Yinhu New Year is coming, and the atmosphere of the Spring Festival is getting stronger and stronger. Visit the flower market, paste the Spring Festival... Everywhere is full of strong New Year's flavor. Near the Spring Festival, Nandu reporters visited non-hereditary inheritors such as face sculptures and lion dances. In Shenzhen, a city at the forefront of reform and opening up, they inherit ancient folk art in a simple way. During this year's Spring Festival, they will also stay in Shenzhen to perform in shenzhen, and bring their distinctive folk crafts to the grassroots level, bringing a different New Year flavor to the citizens.
In addition, many scenic spots in Shenzhen have launched New Year menus: lion dances, god of wealth garden, New Year markets, Ferris wheel light shows... During the Spring Festival holiday, Shenzhen's New Year citizens and tourists will enjoy the New Year celebrations here to welcome the New Year and new atmosphere.
The non-heritage sculpture greets the Year of the Tiger, and the inheritors of the craft pinch the "tiger" to celebrate the New Year
At the old noodle shop of Shuitian Community in Shiyan Street, Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Zhang Minzhong, a craftsman in his 50s, ushered in the busiest moment of the year on the eve of the Spring Festival, grinding glutinous rice into dough, mixing paint, and carefully kneading it in his hands. "You see, this is the 'Tiger God of Wealth' that I made to welcome the New Year!" Zhang Minzhong introduced to the Nandu reporter that in order to welcome the Yinhu New Year, he fabricated a "MengHu" face sculpture with a gold yuanbao in his arms and named it "Tiger God of Wealth".
Zhang Minzhong was born in Heze City, Shandong Province, and is a representative inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage "Kneading People" in Nanshan District, Shenzhen. He learned the art of face sculpture with his grandfather at the age of 7. Face sculpture, also known as "kneading people", is a traditional folk art that uses flour, glutinous rice flour, etc. as raw materials to shape various characters and other images. According to historical records, the art of the face-kneading people can be traced back to the Han Dynasty and has continued for more than 2,000 years.
In 2002, 31-year-old Zhang Minzhong came to Shenzhen from his hometown to work hard and brought the face shaping craft to Shenzhen. After coming to Shenzhen, he began to walk the streets and alleys and set up stalls everywhere. Due to the humid climate in Shenzhen, the dough is prone to mold in wet weather. Zhang Minzhong repeatedly studied, and after a series of process treatment, he broke through the problem that the "face man" could not be preserved for a long time, which gave him confidence. In the past 20 years, in order to inherit this skill, he has actively participated in the Shenzhen Intangible Cultural Heritage Project into the campus activities, taught face sculpture in many primary and secondary schools, and integrated modern characters and Shenzhen elements into his works. Near the Spring Festival, Zhang Minzhong arranged his itinerary very full. He plans to display his face painting skills in the community and shopping malls to let more people know about the art of face sculpture.
Zhang Minzhong's kneaded sculpture of the Year of the Tiger, which he named "Tiger God of Wealth".
The ancestral hall fried the heap around the furnace, and the lion dance was performed to welcome the arrival of the Year of the Tiger
The lion dance embodies people's love for traditional culture and also expresses the expectation of a better life. Wu Weibo, who lives in the Tongle Community in Nantou Street, Shenzhen, told Nandu reporters that the New Year's custom he was most impressed by since he was a child was to watch the "lion dance" performance. Wu Weibo said that watching the "lion dance" performance during the Spring Festival can not only enjoy a visual feast, but also win a good year. "Enjoy the lion dance performance in the street, the gongs and drums vibrate in the sky, and the lions jump with joy. When the auspicious time arrived, the special person nodded his eyes for the awakening lion, and the awakening lion after the eye-catching seemed to have a spirituality, shaking his head and shaking his head was very gratifying, and it looked very lively. ”
Recalling his New Year memories, Wu Weibo, who lives in Nantou Street in Shenzhen, said that he could not do without a kind of "fried heap" food. In the old days, there was a saying: "Frying heaps in the late new year, people have me", which means "frying heaps" in the New Year's season, you have it, my family has it, and it is necessary for every family. Wu Weibo said that when he was a child, the fried heap that was necessary for the young people was not "fried", but fried in oil. "The main ingredient is glutinous rice flour kneaded with sugar and water into a hollow ball, which is fried in oil." Wu Weibo mentioned that this fried heap is a golden yellow "small round balloon", and the shape is round and covered with yellow, white, yellow and white sesame spots, which is both beautiful and delicious. The golden brown frying heap has the meaning of "frying heap, gold and silver full of house". At the same time, the fried heap resembles a peach fairy fruit, so it is also often used as a New Year gift for relatives and friends.
Wu Weibo said that today's rich material life has made the Spring Festival cuisine have more choices, and his family and neighbors have slowly stopped wrapping oil horns and frying heaps at home. But in Wu Weibo's view, this is a result of more choices in social life under the development of the times. "For example, the Tuan New Year dinner from the traditional Chinese New Year's Eve at home in the past to eat at the restaurant now, the change is the form, the unchanged is the core of the reunion, whether you taste the original taste or not, the family reunion is a happy year."
Visit the Chinese New Year Garden Party and look for the ancient taste of Dapeng City
On the occasion of the Spring Festival, many scenic spots have also launched New Year activities. From February 1 to March 8, 2022, the Dapeng City Lantern Festival will be lit up in the North Gate Square of Dapeng City, combined with the theme of "Night of the City, Tide Tour Ancient and Modern", integrating the local characteristics of Dapeng Intangible Cultural Heritage, Coastal Defense Culture and Architectural Culture, and will present nearly 16 groups of large-scale light groups, highlighting the local culture and the lantern festival activities that the people like to hear. At the same time, Chinese red lanterns, palace lights and various types of lighting are arranged in the main streets and alleys such as the South Gate City Tower and Dongmen Street of the city to create the atmosphere of the Spring Festival in the ancient times of Dapeng City.
During the Spring Festival, Dapeng New Year customs such as dancing grass dragon and dancing unicorn are invited to parade and perform in the city to express the good wishes of welcoming good fortune and praying for smooth wind and rain and guotai and people's safety. From the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, every afternoon, the traditional opera will be displayed at the City God Temple of Dapeng Suo, Peking Opera, Sichuan Opera, Huangmei Opera and other types of opera, and on the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, dapeng local original drama "Liu Heizai, Hero of the Eastern Vertical" will be performed, taking Liu Heizai's allusion as the prototype, showing it to the public through edutainment, and carrying forward the Chinese national essence and the local traditional culture of Dapeng City.
Splendid Chinese Year of the Tiger is a huge offering, and the parade of floats is unveiled during the Spring Festival
In addition, the staff of Shenzhen Splendid Chinese Folk Village said that from the first to the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, the scenic spot will hold the theme activity of "Spring Festival Float Parade", which will have a new dream float show, a fantasy lazy river, a new series of activities such as returning to the village for the New Year, the New Year Garden, the Hantang Lantern Night, etc., with traditional culture as the theme, integrated into the interesting interactive experience, creating a very charming Chinese style, presenting the most authentic human fireworks.
During the Spring Festival, the Scenic Spot specially invited the Qiaotou Lion Awakening Group, which has won a number of competition championships, to bring wonderful performances such as the High Pile Southern Lion, Wufu Linmen, One Pillar Optimus Sky, and Lion Dance Flying to the audience. At the same time, the disciples of the great living treasure Chen Jincai's "Chen Clan Trick" were also invited to show many tricks that were on the verge of being lost, such as the three immortals returning to the cave and fetching water in the air. At nightfall, nearly 200 Zigong non-heritage lamp masters will light up the splendid Chinese Zigong lanterns. Among them, the large-scale water light group "Dragon Leaping Tiger Leap" is 20 meters high, 40 meters long and 10 meters wide, the dragon spits smoke, grasps the dragon ball with both feet, and dances out of the style of prosperous China. Focus on "national tide illuminations, national style performances, Chinese cuisine, immersive experience", not only highlight the traditional New Year flavor, but also meet the needs of young play.
Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year and the most grand and lively traditional festival of the Chinese nation. Tide play the New Year, play with folklore, pick up the most authentic New Year's flavor, and live a real Chinese New Year.
Written by: Nandu reporter Cai Yuqing