On February 23, 2022, the special report of Putian Overseas Chinese Times was version 08
A hundred flowers and strange stones charming eyes ink Danqing into a dream
Fupu Xian Dongyue Guan "Non-Heritage" over the Lantern Festival
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"The Lantern Festival is full of life, and the whole world is happy and peaceful." There is a prosperous city with brilliant lights that never sleep. This is the sentence in the bamboo branch word "Lantern" that describes the grand situation of the Lantern Festival in Putian. The Lantern Festival in Putian is known as the "Carnival" of the Putian people. From the third day of the first lunar month to the second day of the first month of February, the villages and villages make a Lantern Festival, and every family fights together, with different winds in ten miles, and one village and one custom. Under the epidemic situation, the 2022 Dongyueguan General Lantern Festival was unveiled with the "Intangible Cultural Heritage" activity, so that villagers at home and abroad can feel a different kind of nostalgia.
On the 20th day of the first month, the "Lantern Festival" of the East Yue Temple of FupuXian in Jiangkou opened lively.
Outside the cold weather freezing rain and rain, inside the view of spring melting laughter. In the morning of the same day, the overseas Chinese memorial hall in Dongyue Temple was filled with ink fragrance, and more than ten Elites of Puyang Calligraphy and Painting gathered here to participate in the Dongyue Group Pen Club and Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition for the Lantern Festival of the New Year of Nongyin.
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At the scene of the event, the three generations of calligraphers and painters of the old, middle and young generations splashed ink and dotd Danqing, using the tip of the pen to depict the prosperity and development of the country and write a new chapter in the townships where the people live and work in peace and contentment. A series of calligraphy, cursive, landscape paintings, novel ideas, distinct themes, or majestic, or euphemistic and beautiful, or ancient and thick, exuding a strong artistic fragrance, people are amazing!
In addition to the exhibition of calligraphy and painting, the Hundred Flowers Feast and the Strange Stone Exhibition also feasted the eyes of the villagers. Dongyueguan Hall, Mazu Hall Pavilion, Dongyue Square and Mazu Cultural Square are full of strange flowers and stones and finely decorated offerings, etc. attract many citizens to watch. Lo and behold, the offering, "Chunjing Zhai Cai", is a kind of folk art creation that integrates handwork, carving and painting, kneaded with flour, or for the zodiac, or for various types of fish and shrimp, or for melons and fruits, bright and bright colors, lifelike, and ingenious pieces.
According to the staff, these works were made in just two or three days, using simple ingredients to shape melons, fruits and vegetables, birds and animals. The plates are full of competition, and the Road has its own characteristics.
Fupu Xian Dongyue Temple inherits the ancient system, introduces the old and innovates, and enriches the faith and folk culture of the Puxian land with one after another rich in nostalgia customs and aesthetic tastes.
Pray for peace and lanterns stacked high, a hundred flowers and grasses compete for performances. At the event site, there is also a "strange stone banquet" with a realistic form and can be faked and real. Pork belly, big elbows, lychee meat and other "delicacies" are the masterpieces of nature, they are made of pieces of shape, size, color similar to the shape of various dishes of the real natural stone placed together, forming a unique and beautiful visual feast. "Can only see, can not taste ... It's amazing. Aunt Liu, a citizen, took her family to participate in the Lantern Festival celebration activity, "This activity opened very well, and it was popular to hear, which not only enriched the festival life, but also increased knowledge." ”
At seven o'clock that night, the Dongyue Temple was even more noisy, and the dragons and tigers jumped. A number of dragon dance teams, car drum teams and literary and art teams from the land of Puyang came to the audience to celebrate. Accompanied by the sonorous drum beat, they waved the colorful golden dragon, churning up and down, meandering and dancing, which not only added to the festive atmosphere, but also expressed everyone's good wishes for the new year. The drum team danced while hitting, and with the ups and downs of the rhythm, they formed various shapes, and the drum array was orderly, imposing, strong and vigorous, and enthusiastic. Knocking on the side of the drum, beating the drum heart, vibrating the drum gang, suddenly rushing like a shooting star, suddenly slowing like flowing water, constantly changing patterns, interesting.
Fire tree honeysuckle does not sleep. That night, brilliant fireworks light up the night sky. Colorful fireworks take the sky as the curtain and bloom wonderfully in the night sky, thousands of purples and reds, gorgeous and dazzling, adding a strong New Year's flavor to the New Year. The fireworks bloomed into a glittering sky, which not only ignited the blessings and hopes of the new year, but also demonstrated the self-confidence and heroism of the people of Putian. The colorful fireworks and the Fupu Xian Dongyue Guan lanterns reflect each other, forming a dreamy colorful and dazzling New Year picture.
Cai Jinshui, chairman of the board of directors of FupuXian Dongyueguan, said that he hopes that through the lantern celebration activities, the cultural and entertainment life of the citizens can be enriched, so that everyone can increase their insights, feel the breadth and depth of traditional culture, stimulate national feelings, and enhance the sense of gain and happiness of the citizens.
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Source: Times reporter Wu Qinqin Zheng Yujun
Editor-in-charge: Lin Yiping
Editor: Zheng Yujun