On February 26, 2022, the first 12 members of the "South Sea Lion Group" officially appeared in the "South Sea Lion Group Birthday"! At the foot of Xiqiao Mountain, on the shore of Tingyin Lake, the lion group parade, group ceremony, blessing, and spring festival opened the curtain of this festival celebration one by one!
Awakening lion originated in the South China Sea, passed down from generation to generation, and has lasted for a long time. The lions of the East have awakened, the Chinese people are all excited, China is experiencing major changes that have not been seen in a hundred years, and in the new era, the culture of waking lions calls for new responsibilities. To this end, the Nanhai District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau closely follows the important national policies of the central government on "the creative development and innovative transformation of excellent traditional culture" and "comprehensive rejuvenation of traditional culture", continues to exert efforts and innovative measures, and jointly launches the "South China Sea Awakening Lion Renewal Development Plan" with the Institute of Cultural and Creative Development of Tsinghua University, to continue the context of traditional culture, actively respond to the expression of contemporary cultural innovation, promote Lingnan culture in a way that the public likes to hear, and promote the sustainable development of South China Sea Awakening Lion culture.
The "Nanhai Lions Birthday" event was hosted by the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports of Nanhai District, Foshan City, and provided academic guidance by the Institute of Cultural and Creative Development of Tsinghua University. In response to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, the event took Tingyin Lake Square and Feihong Hall as the main venues, and at the same time opened live broadcasts on CCTV, Cultural Tourism China, Weibo, WeChat and other platforms, which received wide attention from audiences at home and abroad.
12 male lions shine on the scene.
The southern lion dances with the inheritance of intangible heritage, and the twelve male lions appear together
In the noisy sky of gongs and drums, the lion flag fluttering in the wind, the lion regiment flag displayed by the flag, the jubilant Big-headed Buddha, the majestic 12 lions, and the unrestrained participating lion team formed a parade team with distinct South China Sea characteristics, changed into a "wake" character formation, and slowly danced into the release venue, showing the great charm of the awakening lion, a national intangible cultural heritage, and won the warm applause of the audience.
Subsequently, a group of imposing, lifelike hand-drawn illustrations reveal the historical changes of the South China Sea Awakening Lion from Rui Lion to Awakening Lion. For thousands of years, the lion dance has been prosperous for a long time. Today, the dynamic new South China Sea, the new chapter of the Lion Exhibition, based on the existing 2700 lion teams in the South China Sea District, selected twelve representative, inherited and innovative lions to form the "South Sea Lion Group", with new media, new forms, new stories, to tell the story of the South China Sea lion awakening to the new era of new people.
Among the twelve lions, there are both highly respected masters, as well as young people with fresh smiles and smiles, there are bold and self-reliant bearers, and there are also representatives of cute lions full of vitality.
They are Blue Lion Amin, Love Lion Ah Hong, Zhi ge Lion Ah Zhong, Houlang Lion An Zai, Old Lion Fu A Feng, Slash Lion Skin Boy, Yuanqi Lion Le Tsai, Ye Qing Lion Ah Cheng, New Wave Lion Ain, Hanlin Lion Alang, Little Lion Sister Ah Ping, and Generation Zong Lion Feihong.
The ceremony of the South China Sea Lion Group continued the tradition of "New Lion Eye-catching", which was led by Li Nianzhong, the inheritor of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project Guangdong Awakening Lion, and the on-site leaders and guests jointly completed the grand and traditional eye-catching ceremony, and the South China Sea Lion Group was officially established.
After the ceremony of the South China Sea Lion Group, the South Sea Lion Group was officially established.
Kung Fu shocked the South China Sea and woke up the lion to lead the tide
In fact, Nanhai has always been committed to the inheritance and development of the lion culture, and the annual "Traditional Lion Art Competition" is a grand event for intangible cultural heritage craftsmen and traditional lion dance techniques. Compete to wake up the lion, highlight the spirit of hard work; exchange skills to promote cultural integration; promote lion art, and promote the development of the whole people of the lion awakening sport.
"There are 12 lions in the lion group, and we all dig out their usually little-known stories and present them to our masses and pass on its spirit, which is our content innovation." Liang Huiyan, executive deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Nanhai District Party Committee and director of the District Culture and Tourism Bureau, introduced that there are waking lions who fight for their dreams in the South China Sea Lion Regiment, there are waking lions who inherit the spirit of craftsmen, and there are also awakening lions who are to spread young lions.
In the future, Nanhai will keep the integrity of innovation, combine the national tide music, e-sports animation and other industries, develop the awakening lion cultural industry, continue to optimize and upgrade the awakening lion competition, promote the standardized development of the awakening lion competition, and make unique contributions to the development of the South China Sea lion competition to the whole country and the world.
Editor: Chen Binying Guan Wanling
Photo: Chen Binying
Correspondent: Nan Xuan