Worship Guan Gong, forge good fortunes, learn from Guan Gong and practice good fortune
The three societies of Chendong Village in Shuiluo Town, namely Hujiabaozi, are located in the upper reaches of the Changweigou River Basin of Beishan In Shuiluo Town, Zhuanglang County, Gansu Province, because there is a fort in the village, named Jiaolongbao, and the ancestors of the Hu clan moved here during the Ming Dynasty's great migration.
JiaolongBao in the relevant imperial temple sitting east facing west, the main hall will be sitting on the stage is sitting on the statue of Guan Sheng Emperor Jun, on the left and right sides of the statues of Guan Ping and Zhou Cang, in front of the hall is a roll shed corridor, out of the roll shed there is a two-story small building, known as Wenchang Pavilion, Extended stairs up, into the Wenchang Pavilion, facing east and sitting is Wenchang Emperor Jun, kind and kind, on both sides of the book boy holding history books, facing the Wenchang Emperor jun to the west is the Kuixing kicking bucket of the painted statue, Kuixing Emperor Jun stands on the head of a giant in the middle of the sea, meaning "monopoly of the head", The red-haired, fanged, blue-faced Emperor Kuixing holds a pen in one hand and a bucket in the other, which means: Kuixing Dot Yuanyuan. Down Wenchang Pavilion, from the first floor of the door opening out, the door opening on both sides of the standing a pair of stone lions, the courtyard in the middle of a brick incense burner, the courtyard is cement hardened in recent years, the south, west and north walls of the fort due to disrepair, and on the edge of the cliff, has collapsed, now see is the red brick built up a person how high the daughter wall, only the east wall and the southeast corner of the earthen castle wall is still visible, as if telling the vicissitudes of Jiaolong Fort for hundreds of years, from a distance, Jiaolong Fort is like a big seal standing on the cliff next to the long tail ditch.
Every year from the thirteenth to the sixteenth day of the first month is the Jiaolongbao Temple Fair, thirteen in the morning of three or four o'clock, Hujiabaozi, Hujiajinggou, Hujiahewan, Chenjiadongzi, Sujiaya people began to seriously dress up a social fire that they thought was wonderful to go to Hujiagou to meet the Houtu Niangniang and the Emperor of Dongyue to Jiaolongbao "visit the temple fair", the people of Hujiagou will also dress up a wonderful social fire to send, along the way gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are sounding in unison, and smoke is swirling. The team of shehuo was like a colorful dragon wrapped around the mountain road from Hujiagou to Jiaolongbao.
The fifteenth day of the first month is the day of the temple fair, the bell at 12 o'clock in the morning has just sounded, the good men and women will rush to burn incense in the temple to make a wish, and at the same time, on this day, there is a community fire that means auspiciousness to go to the Guandi Temple of Jiaolongbao to pray for blessings and wishes, to thank the gods for the protection of the men, women and children of the village and pray for peace and auspiciousness in the coming year.
(The author, Hu Gengming, is a farmer who works as a baker and loves calligraphy, seal engraving, and face painting.) ）