"The east wind brings rain to the west wind,
Earth sun and heating generator"
Dear art fans
Spring is here today!
You say
It's a spring today
What's different?
If you answer "Coincidentally meet the Spring Festival"
The rank is not high enough
The most special of course is
This year's Spring Festival
Warmly embraced the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics
The festive season is also a grand occasion
Sport meets culture
Make this Lichun more vibrant
Let this Winter Olympics be more and more full of traditional charm
The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics will be held
Multi-dimensional three-dimensional presentation of Chinese "spring elements"
Tell the story of China to the world
Show Chinese style and Chinese civilization
Spring
What are the elements?
Come, please take a look at Xiaoyi together
Li Chun Sanhou
In ancient China, five days were one waiting, and three days were one breath. What are the three seasons of the Spring Festival? Of course, the east wind thaws, the stings begin to vibrate, and the fish are negative ice. It seems a little difficult to understand, how to understand it in the words of modern people? Xiao Yi weakly felt that it could be summed up in three sentences: the east wind blew the snow melted, the hibernation woke up innocently, and there were fish carrying ice every year.
Photo by Li Xuefeng Source: WeChat public account of China Photographers Association Network
The east wind thaws: "From then on, the snow melts and the wind softens, and the plum blossoms make the wicker new." The warm east wind blows, so that the ice and snow begin to melt, the earth begins to thaw, and everything is about to awaken, ready to welcome the spring of thousands of purples and reds!
The stinging insects began to vibrate: "Residual winter has not been released in the spring, and there have been wasps and purple butterflies coming earlier." The east wind is coming, and the footsteps of spring are near. The dormant animals keenly felt the temperature rise and "opened their eyes happily", but at this time they still did not move, and some yawned and stretched their waists and continued to stay at home (sleep). Babies don't want to go out yet, is it possible to (know) but (know) love (understand) love (understand)?
Fish negative ice: "Far away from the sky to return to the geese whisking the clouds to fly, near the water swimming fish burst out of the ice." The river began to thaw, and the fish that had been silent for a winter felt the budding of the spring day, and gradually swam to the surface of the water, and the crushed ice on the surface of the river was floating on the surface as if it were carried by the fish. So, who is the prophet of Chunjiang Plumbing?
Lichun Folklore
In ancient times, Lichun was not only a festival, but also an important festival, known as "Lichun Festival", which has been handed down for thousands of years, such as Dai Chun Chicken, Pei Yanzi, Tie Yi Chun Character Painting, Hanging Spring Spike... Not only is it beautiful, but more important thing is to ask for an auspicious color head, as well as important activities such as welcoming spring, saying spring, stepping on spring, biting spring, playing spring, welcoming spring, saying spring, stepping on spring is easy to understand, biting spring and playing spring, what is going on?
-Biting Spring-
Every festive season, I gain three pounds,
Lichun is also the "spring" of foodies.
"Biting Spring" is exactly what Li Chun food customs,
Why use the word "bite"?
"The plan of the year lies in the spring",
Some people say,
It is to bite the spring without relaxing.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Mou Yu photo Source: Xinhua Net
On the day of Spring Festival, in general, it is popular to eat spring cakes in the north, and it is popular to eat spring rolls in the south. No matter what kind of eating method, there will be some fresh vegetables, fresh and delicious pinned on people's good wishes, like putting celery is to hope to become more industrious, put leeks mean long and long. Beijing people eat spring cakes, they must eat from beginning to end, called "there is a head and a tail". In some places, there is also the custom of chewing raw radish, the ancients said, "Bite the grass root, then Pepsi can do", chew the radish to chew out is to bite the teeth, eat the bitter tenacity.
-Playing Spring-
Playing spring, also known as "whipping spring cattle".
What kind of cow is whipped?
Knowingly asking? Spring Cow!
No, no, no, it's an earth cow.
Xinhua News Agency reporter Ju Huanzong photo Source: Xinhua Net
Whip spring cattle, but once popular in many parts of the country in the important customs, the Qing Dynasty "Jindu Bamboo Branch Words" recorded this grand situation: "Yinghui Gate inside the earth cattle passed, the flag flew laughter and laughter." People are like mountains coming to spring like the sea, and high-makeup women's plays have stepped into the air. "In some places, when molding spring cattle, grain is stuffed in the belly of the cow, and when the cow is broken, the grain flows out, and people pick up the grain and put it back in their own barn, indicating that the barn is full of grain. Speaking of "Earth Cow", there is an episode that has to be said. At that time, during the UNESCO heritage application process, the introduction of the folk customs of the solar terms said that "Li Chun Whip Spring Cow", some people questioned that whipping The Spring Cow was suspected of animal cruelty, what do you say?
Lichun Intangible Cultural Heritage
Lichun traditional folk customs are rich and colorful, is a precious intangible cultural heritage, the country has 4 Lichun folk customs as the twenty-four solar terms expansion project, included in the national intangible cultural heritage representative project list for key protection, namely: Jiuhua Lichun Festival, Banchun persuasion of farmers, Shiquan said spring, Neixiang spring cattle customs. Among them, the restoration of the BanChun persuasion ceremony is related to a famous opera composer in the Ming Dynasty, who is Tang Xianzu, the author of "Peony Pavilion". Tang Xianzu served as Suichangzhi County, Zhejiang Province in the twenty-first year of the Wanli Calendar (1593), serving for five years, diligently loving the people, rejuvenating education, and encouraging farmers, and was deeply loved by the local people. On the day before the establishment of spring, he followed the canonical system and led his subordinate officials to welcome the spring in the countryside, offering spring gods, whipping earth cattle, and presenting "spring whips" to the people, and promulgating the "spring ploughing order" to the Yi people with the spring whip ceremony. He wrote a poem describing the scene at that time: "The family officials give spring whips, and they want er whip cattle to learn to farm." The flowers and branches are each rewarded, and the joy is won in the New Year. The eighth "Persuasion of Farmers" of his "Peony Pavilion" writes that Nan'an Taishou Du Bao bought flowers and wine to go to the countryside to persuade farmers, and the folk background was taken from Suichang, and the "Banchun Persuasion Of Farmers" was recorded in it, so that this agricultural event could be better restored in modern times and re-bloom in Suichang.
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JiuhuaLi Spring Festival
Photo by Chen Lan Source: China News Network
Jiuhua Lichun Festival is a traditional folk activity of Lichun Festival in Quzhou, Zhejiang Province, with a long history. Every year on Spring Day, the locals will hold ceremonies to worship the spring god Gumang, young men and women wear flowers on their heads, hold ceremonies such as sticking spring cattle pictures, dressing up the gods, welcoming spring, whipping spring, stepping on spring, exploring spring, picking spring, tasting green, wearing spring, etc., and there are plays and various entertainment activities. Quzhou City, Kecheng District, Jiuhua Township Waichen Village, Wutong Ancestral Hall is the "Jiuhua Li Spring Festival" held place, the hall for Zhejiang Province and even the country is the only well-preserved ancestral hall dedicated to the wood god (spring god) Jurman, the god statue with a huge plane tree root carved into a Buddha statue, mountain people called "Sycamore Old Buddha".
Ban Chun advised the farmers
Chen Minmin photo Source: Suichang tourism WeChat public account
Ban Chun persuades farmers to be a traditional spring ceremony in Suichang, Zhejiang Province. "Ban Chun" is the same as "promulgation", "Ban Chun" is to issue spring orders, "persuade farmers" to persuade agricultural affairs, and encourage spring ploughing. Since ancient times, the county-level governors who have served in Suichang have held whipping ceremonies on the occasion of spring ploughing, issued spring orders, and advised farming, called "Banchun persuasion of farmers.".
Shi Yan said spring
Source: Ishikawa News Network
Shiquan Spring began in the Tang Dynasty, is a comprehensive folk activity passed down from generation to generation in Shiquan County, Guizhou, with rich cultural value, unique regionality and diverse social functions, its language, music, rap unique characteristics. Before and after the "Li Chun" of each year, the spring officials would wear ancient clothes and hold wood-carved spring cattle in their hands, go door to door in the village to sing auspicious spring words, open the door of wealth, send spring letters, send printed "twenty-four solar terms" spring stickers and statues of the god of wealth, and wish to attract wealth and treasure, and when the cultivation is combined, the harvest will be full.
The custom of beating spring cattle in the inner countryside
Source: Henan Neixiang County Ya Museum WeChat public account
The custom of beating spring cattle in Neixiang County, Henan Province, has a long history, the earliest custom shared by the government and the people, and then gradually evolved into a folk activity that the local people spontaneously organized and participated in. Spring cattle fighting activities are divided into spring festivals, spring festivals, spring fighting, spring fighting, spring sending and so on. On the day before the spring, the masses spontaneously organized a spring party to worship the spring cattle and the god of mango at the altar of the first farmer, and cultivated the land in the nearby fields to pray for a good year; the people of The spring day gathered in Neixiang County to whip the spring cattle, and then began to parade in the streets around the county to make spring; after the spring, the elders wore spring chickens for their children, the whole family ate spring cakes to bite the spring, and relatives and friends sent spring cattle and "Fu" characters to each other to cut paper to welcome the arrival of LiChun.
Civilizations know no borders
What is national is also of the world
Guard the Chinese civilization
Show the world the culture of China
Let this Spring be more spring!
Romantic, aesthetic, warm
The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics officially kicked off at 8 o'clock tonight
Let's do it together
Wait for this encounter between ice and snow and spring
Together to spring,
Together to the future!
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