On February 20, the five-star Village Hotel in Guilongyuan on Tuzhu Street in Shapingba held a unique blessing event. The "February 2" dragon raised its head in the main arena was awarded the intangible cultural heritage medal of Shapingba District.
"February Dragon Raising the Head" is a traditional festival of mainland folk, also known as the Agricultural Festival, Spring Dragon Festival, and Farming Festival. In farming culture, the dragon's head raised represents the emergence of yang, the increase of rain, the vitality of all things, and the beginning of spring plowing. On the eve of the second dragon in February, people pray to the dragon god for smooth winds and rain, abundant grains, and prosperity of people and animals through lion dances, dragon dances, dragon food tastings and other sacrifices.
The "February Two Dragons Raise Their Heads" event in the Tujia field has a long history, and the written records of the Zhou family have been passed down for four generations. This folk event has also become an annual local festival, and its customs and activities are rich in content and forms, not only the traditional Nagarjuna Festival, shaving the dragon's head, tasting dragon food, dragon lantern dance, blessing sacrifice (worshiping the dragon god and the earth), but also adding a new era element - a warm theme party, making the event more colorful.
It is understood that the "February 2nd Dragon Rises" activity has a long history, after several generations of inheritance by the Zhou family, with the support of the local government, it has undertaken a number of "February 2" intangible cultural heritage folk activities, which has become a well-known local traditional festival, with the deep integration of intangible cultural heritage culture and farmhouses, but also driven the development of the leisure industry in the surrounding countryside.
Zhao Qin, secretary-general of Chongqing Farmhouse and Rural Tourism Association, said that culture is the soul of a nation, as well as the soul of an industry and an enterprise. Exploring a new way of integrated development of the "rural leisure + intangible cultural heritage" industry and letting culture bring immortal vitality to the industry and enterprises is an important topic for the current development of the rural leisure industry in farmhouses.
Many districts and counties in Chongqing have distinctive local traditional culture and folk culture, which are manifested in various aspects of social life such as rural religious etiquette, customs, handicrafts, folk art and food culture, such as Qijiang peasant prints, stone pillar bowl wine, Xiushan hand dancing, etc., and intangible cultural heritage has great potential and wide scope.
Peng Heliang, Deputy Director of Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce, said that the integration and development of folk culture, intangible cultural heritage culture and rural leisure industry in farmhouses allows tourists to enjoy the beauty of the countryside and taste rural food while feeling the charm of traditional culture, which can not only revitalize the ancient civilization, but also let the splendid culture add connotation and interest to rural leisure activities.
It is hoped that the successful application of the "February Erlong Rise" can drive and promote the better integration, inheritance and innovation of the city's rural leisure industry with folk culture and intangible cultural heritage, root culture in the development of enterprises, provide more leisure and entertainment places with rich cultural atmosphere and folk charm for the general public, and promote rural revitalization from both cultural and industrial aspects.
Upstream news reporter Xu Ju
Editor: Zhou Zhiyi
Responsible editor: Qin Yu
Reviewed: Song Yan