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Before the arrival of the Spring Festival in the Year of the Dragon, Hyundai+ launched a series of live broadcasts of "13 live broadcasts in 13 cities to watch the ritual sense of Jiangsu people for the New Year", and followed the Modern Express reporter into 13 cities in Jiangsu to see the ritual sense of the New Year in various places. To welcome the New Year, Guishan Village, Laozishan Town, Hongze District, Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province set up a long table banquet, and the villagers wrote Spring Festival couplets together, hung lanterns, watched big plays, and prayed for all the best in the coming year. On February 3, the Modern Express reporter walked into Guishan Village, immersed and felt the 100-meter-long table banquet with the villagers and tourists, and welcomed the New Year with "eating and drinking well" in a lively atmosphere.
△ Reporter live interview long table banquet
In the year of Ruixue Mega Harvest, Guishan Village in the goose feather snow is more quiet and beautiful, like a paradise. Located on the right bank of the Huai River, Guishan Village has a history of more than 1,000 years and has developed into an important canal town. This "traditional Chinese village" retains the historical pattern and traditional features of the ancient original village, leisurely walking on the original stone bridge, watching the foraging grass chickens coming out of the stone houses from time to time, and the puppies that wag their tails when they see people, and the pace of life slows down.
△ Stepping on stilts Gui Baolin/photo
The Modern Express reporter saw at the scene that groups of children were wearing colorful costumes and stepping on stilts. "We grew up walking on stilts, which is unique to our culture in Kameyama Village, and everyone from the elderly in their 60s to the children in their 10s. Hu Mingjiang, a villager, hurriedly stepped forward to introduce that he was the former village secretary of Guishan Village, and after retirement, he spontaneously became a tour guide in Guishan Village.
△ Lifting the New Year Pig Gui Baolin / photo
The twenty-fourth day of the lunar month is a small year, and the villagers of Guishan Village carry the New Year's pig to pray for good weather and smooth water in the new year. After the blessing ceremony, the fragrant pig-killing dish is out of the pot. Villagers stand around the earthen stove and help add firewood. The villagers on the other side were busy chopping vegetables, and everyone was busy with the strong festive atmosphere.
With the "out of the pot", men, women and children followed the steaming pot and ran to the long table to sit down. The long table banquet in the old street is lined up, and the 99 long tables are all filled with dim sum with the word "Fu", and the villagers light the small stove in front of them and cook vegetables in the pot. "It's so fragrant, it's the first time I've felt such a strong New Year's flavor. Ms. Qi, a tourist from Xuyi, exclaimed at the scene. "Great, what could be better than tasting good food in the snow!" "I wish you all a better and better new year, and I wish our Kameyama Village better and better." The sound of blessings was particularly loud against the backdrop of the red lanterns.
△ Long table banquet serving Gui Baolin/photo
Hu Mingjiang told reporters that in the past, during the Chinese New Year, the children who worked hard outside would go home, and the neighbors would have dinner and reunion together.
Walking from the streets to the alleys, many tourists asked the villagers if they would continue to hold a long table banquet in the coming year, and next time they would definitely bring more relatives and friends to participate in it and experience a different New Year's flavor.
It is understood that in 2016, Laozi Mountain Guishan Ancient Village adhered to the concept of "protecting folk customs, displaying intangible cultural heritage, spreading culture, and serving the masses", and successfully held the first Guishan Folk Culture Festival, which is now the ninth year. In the past nine years, the influence, radiation and driving force of Guishan Ancient Village in Laozi Mountain have been continuously expanded, and it has been awarded the national traditional village, provincial characteristic pastoral village, and selected into the first batch of national rural tourism key village list, rural tourism development typical case and other honorary titles.
Huai'an Hongze Lakeside Long Table Banquet has a strong New Year's flavor
Correspondent: Liu Yun, Modern Express+ Reporter, Zhang Haifeng, Li Zixuan
(Photo by Gui Baolin)