Wonderful dragon dance performance. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Shaanxi Net News (Reporter Hao Dou Luo Na Correspondent Jing Jianmin) The famous village of the ancient town has a New Year, and the first year of Yao is happy. On January 27th, the Yaotouyao Cultural Tourism Ecological Park was full of New Year's flavor, visitors were weaving, and the park was full of festive colors, and everyone welcomed the Year of the Dragon in Jiachen in the strong New Year's flavor.
The red lanterns are hung high, filled with the flavor of the New Year, and the joyful tourists are full of New Year's blessings and expectations. Dance, gongs and drums, big-headed dolls and other colorful mass cultural activities and scenic performances, traditional and modern intertwined, very regional, performative and ornamental, Yaotou kiln is offering a wonderful and blessed New Year celebration for everyone.
Li Wuyi, deputy director of Weinan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Li Wumin, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Yaotou Kiln Park and Director of the County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Chengcheng County, Director of the Yaotou Kiln Management Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the County Education Bureau, and Lei Minxue, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Chengcheng County Culture and Tourism Bureau, participated in the event.
Weibei sings black porcelain reflecting the glow
Yangge twisted, the dry boat ran, and the auspicious dragon danced...... The music is dynamic and vigorous. Accompanied by music, the dragon dance performers carry out uniform movements through the coordination and cooperation of multiple parts of the body, presenting the dragon with a variety of forms and performance styles, giving people a beautiful enjoyment and forming a beautiful scenery in the ancient city.
In the lively and festive sound of gongs and drums, Yangge is twisting hot, picking lotus boats, running donkeys, playing ugly, etc., rich and colorful folk performances are staged in turn, lively and extraordinary, so that the audience can feast their eyes. The applause and cheers on the scene continued, and the gongs, drums, and Yangge actors performed harder, with funny expressions and funny movements, which attracted the audience to laugh and added a strong New Year's flavor to the New Year.
Keep the millennium kiln fire and pass on the spirit of craftsmen
On the kiln god square of "offering sacrifices ......", the representative inheritors of Yaotou ceramics offer sacrifices with a pious heart, play continuous sacrificial music, recite Lang Lang sacrificial texts, and perform solemn sacrifices, and jointly wish Yaotou kiln to continue forever under the blessing of the kiln god.
As soon as the door of the furnace is opened, it is full ......of blessings and good luck. With the shouts of the kiln workers in unison, the kiln door was slowly opened. The craftsmen stand in line and realize the nirvana of pottery clay and fire. So far, a piece of kiln quenching works stunning out of the kiln, unique shape, auspicious meaning of the chic black porcelain attracted the guests to watch and take pictures. "A ceramic product, from material preparation to firing, has to go through more than 70 processes, and the production process is extremely cumbersome and long. What we can do is to complete every step in a down-to-earth manner before opening the kiln!" Liu Zhongyang, the fourth-generation successor of Liu's ceramic firing skills and a provincial master of arts and crafts, told reporters.
"There are five scriptures for rituals, and nothing is more important than sacrifices." Sacrifice is a form of religious ritual that spiritually maintains and perpetuates the relationship with the gods and ancestors, and has the spiritual significance of expressing the spiritual significance of returning to the ancestors, identifying with and receiving one's own origin and its traditional education. The Li family ancestral hall in Yaotouyao Cultural Tourism Ecological Park restores the local New Year ancestor worship ceremony, organizes the ancestor worship ceremony, and announces the good news with folk performances and the patriarch reading out the annual major events of the family to the public, and the clan worships the ancestors and other links to restore the ethnic culture of Chengcheng County.
Millennial Yaotou kiln authentic black pearl
"We must not forget our original intention, keep our mission in mind, strengthen our confidence, make persistent efforts, inherit, develop and expand the ceramic art and ceramic industry of Yaotou kiln, and contribute to the construction of the first county of China's folk kiln with practical actions!" Li Wumin said when he visited the intangible cultural heritage inheritors and park staff of Yaotou Kiln Scenic Area.
"Bring your family to the park for a walk, and today I already feel that we are full of New Year's flavor here. It is very necessary for children to experience the traditional culture of our Spring Festival, and it is worth the trip. Tourist Zhang Panpan told reporters. The parking lot near the scenic spot has long been full, but it is orderly, and tourists enjoy the beautiful scenery, play amusement, and watch performances, exuding a strong festive atmosphere everywhere.
Yaotou kiln, located in the southwest of Chengcheng County, Weinan City, more than 10 kilometers of Yaotou Town, throughout the ages, to fire black glazed porcelain is the most prestigious, the ceramics produced are closely related to the lives of the people, there are many types of vessels, magnificent, broad and profound, by experts praised as "pure clay porcelain, authentic black pearl". According to the records of the county chronicles during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, "Chengcheng porcelain sand began in the Tang Dynasty", so far, Yaotou kiln has a firing history of more than 1,300 years, it is an important kiln system with the production of civil ceramics series as the main body, and can be called the treasure of ceramic culture and art in the mainland.
The thousand-year-old historical accumulation has created a unique cultural landscape in Yaotou. Strolling in the Yaotou kiln ruins full of history, you can see ruins everywhere, broken jars and urns, sagger walls, porcelain stone mills, old residences, empty courtyards, porcelain kiln workshops, street ancestral halls, ridges and beams, mountain roads and narrow roads, just like a huge painting of "Chang'an School". Next, I will provide you with a strategy, welcome everyone to bring your family, make an appointment with friends, go to Weibei Yaotou, and start a New Year's discovery journey during the Spring Festival!
By car: Xi'an Chengdong Bus Station (subway to Textile City Station, out of the station is Chengdong Bus Station) take the bus to Chengcheng County, one-way two and a half hours to the county, to Chengcheng County after you can take a taxi.
Self-driving: Xi'an - Beijing-Kunming Expressway - Weizhuang Interchange - G108 - S202 - S106 - Chengcheng - Yaotouyao. High-speed exit: Chengcheng toll station exit of Chengshang Expressway, Weizhuang exit of Beijing-Kunming Expressway.
Accommodation: Chengcheng County accommodation is convenient, fast and business hotels are available, and can be booked online in advance. The round-trip time on the day of going to Yaotou kiln is sufficient, and the itinerary can be arranged in advance.
Address: Yaotou Kiln Cultural Tourism Ecological Park, Chengcheng County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province.
Li Wuyi, deputy director of the Weinan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Li Wumin, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Yaotou Kiln Park and director of the County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Chengcheng County, Dang Shilong, director of the Yaotou Kiln Management Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the County Education Bureau, and Lei Minxue, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the County Culture and Tourism Bureau, watched the flower buns on display in the old street of the park when they participated in the event. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Li Wuyi, deputy director of the Weinan Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, Li Wumin, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Yaotou Kiln Park and director of the County Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Chengcheng County, Dang Shilong, director of the Yaotou Kiln Management Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the County Education Bureau, and Lei Minxue, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the County Culture and Tourism Bureau, watched the flower buns on display in the old street of the park when they participated in the event. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Wonderful dragon dance performance. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Wonderful dragon dance performance. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Wonderful dragon dance performance. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The audience enjoyed the dragon dance performance with relish. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
A lively and festive gong and drum performance. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Lotus picking boats, running donkeys, playing ugly, etc., colorful folk performances are staged in turn, and they are very lively. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Lotus picking boats, running donkeys, playing ugly, etc., colorful folk performances are staged in turn, and they are very lively. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
A variety of folk performances are staged in turn, and it is very lively. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Delicate Chengcheng face flowers. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Delicate dragon dancing flowers. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Delicate Chengcheng face flowers. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The dragon dance flower is lifelike. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
"Rui Rabbit bids farewell to the old golden dragon welcomes the new" face flower. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
On the kiln god square, the representative inheritor of Yaotou ceramics held a solemn sacrifice. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
On the kiln god square, the representative inheritor of Yaotou ceramics held a solemn sacrifice. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The representative inheritor of Yaotou ceramics offers sacrificial offerings with a pious heart. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Recite the prayer and perform a solemn sacrifice. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Colorful folklore performances. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
On the kiln god square, the representative inheritor of Yaotou ceramics held a solemn sacrifice. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Colorful folklore performances. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Opening ceremony of the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Opening ceremony of the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Opening ceremony of the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Opening ceremony of the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Opening ceremony of the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Opening ceremony of the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Opening ceremony of the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The fourth generation of Liu's ceramic firing skills, the provincial arts and crafts master Liu Zhongyang opened the kiln to display. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The fourth generation of Liu's ceramic firing skills, the provincial arts and crafts master Liu Zhongyang opened the kiln to display. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The fourth generation of Liu's ceramic firing skills, the provincial arts and crafts master Liu Zhongyang opened the kiln to display. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Displayed in the kiln. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The Li family ancestral hall New Year ancestor worship ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The Li family ancestral hall New Year ancestor worship ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The Li family ancestral hall New Year ancestor worship ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The Li family ancestral hall New Year ancestor worship ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The Li family ancestral hall New Year ancestor worship ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
The Li family ancestral hall New Year ancestor worship ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Black porcelain product display. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Black porcelain product display. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Yaotou Kiln Cultural Tourism Ecological Park is full of New Year's flavor. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Yaotou Kiln Cultural Tourism Ecological Park is full of New Year's flavor. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Yaotou Kiln Cultural Tourism Ecological Park is full of New Year's flavor. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Yaotou kiln cultural tourism ecological park, full of New Year's flavor, tourists are weaving. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun
Yaotou Kiln Cultural Tourism Ecological Park is full of New Year's flavor. Photo by reporter Yang Dajun