Among my colleagues, there are a few people from Caijiahui, who often talk about the lion depression in Caijiahui Town, saying that it is a "star village", and there is a village song, and humming "kissing the lion depression". I don't think so, what good village can Xingxian have that can get involved with "stars"? I have lived in the city for a long time and gone to the countryside to see which village is not "dear"!
Last summer, I went to the Lion's Depression. It's just a small mile in the mountains, and the stone kilns are built along the slope, which is no different from other villages, but it feels different. Look closely, the fence of the yard is very distinctive: there is no solid and cold cement fence, there is no modern neat red brick fence, all the walls of all houses are made of stone, the stones are of different colors and shapes, according to their natural shapes, the gaps are not filled with mud, and there are no cement joints on the surface, which is natural and simple. The bricks and tiles in the middle of the low wall are built into a carved pattern, and a stone mill is embedded in the high wall, or a grinding plate is stacked into a plate, revealing ingenuity at will. The village road is also very rare to see cement roads, a section of bluestone slabs, a section of cobblestones, natural and elegant, and suddenly have a sense of "kissing".
I suddenly thought of Suzhou, where many walls and roads are like this.
The festival of the lion depression
There are many festivals in Shishiwa, and many ancient folk customs have been retained, and Cai Jiangbao, the village party secretary, has made a detailed introduction in the village committee.
1. Eat 100 family meals
From the beginning of the first month, the lion depression is lively, Jin opera, singing and dancing, Taoism, two-person stage, there are literary and artistic activities every day, because there is a troupe in the village. It has been booming until the 15th Troupe goes out to perform.
The lion valley is passing through the meeting from the tenth to the thirteenth day of the first month, which is called the peace meeting. In the afternoon, twist Yangge, first twist on the village road, and then enter the courtyard, the head of the household happily comes out to give a few boxes of cigarettes, dig a bowl of noodles, some people give a bowl of bean noodles, some give red noodles or cake noodles, grain rice, come back to make oil cakes, rice and bean noodle soup, and the whole village eats "100 family rice" together. The people of Shishiwa believe that after eating a hundred meals, they will keep safe all their lives.
Now, Shishiwa has given the village road a nice name, and Yangge is twisted more vigorously. Twisted the East Lion Road, went out of the West Lion Road, swam Fumin Road, and went on Zhenxing Road. On the road of Fumin, the "Harvest Song" is sung, "the valley waves are rolling and shining with golden light, and the song is ten miles of incense"; on the road of loyalty and filial piety, the "Song of Filial Piety" is sung, "the blood flow is continuous, the mountains and rivers are new, the parents' kindness and righteousness are important, and loyalty and filial piety must be the first"; the "Harmonious Family" is sung on the Harmony Lane, "people and hearts are comfortable, the family and everything are prosperous, the world is harmonious, and the harmony is new"; Shangzhenxin Road sings "The hundred-year-old sleeping lion wakes up and the rural revitalization shows its majesty." ”
Now that the village collective has money, it doesn't make up rice and noodles, and after twisting Yangge, the village collective will give the whole village a soup of oil cake and flour. I said that it is not called Baijia Rice, Secretary Cai said that the wealth of the village collective is made by the whole village, and the food is still everyone's, and it is also called Baijia Rice.
After eating 100 family meals, he began to turn nine songs, which was the climax of the meeting. At the time of "recognizing the lantern", the whole village gathered in Jiuquchang. The lion is not very entertaining, but more like a pious religious ceremony, wishing a smooth year and a safe season.
2. 给孩子取名
The whole village of Shishiwa is surnamed Cai, which is a big family, and whoever has a child cannot be named by the parents casually. As soon as the doll landed, the parents gave it a nickname, and when it reached the age of 16, on the second day of February, the whole village sat down and named all the 16-year-old children in the village.
In the early hours of the morning, the night was deep blue and starry. The whole village sat under the old locust tree in the village, and the male protagonist held a big red rooster in his hand, listening to the first rooster crow. As soon as the cry started, the male protagonist raised his knife and fell, cut off the rooster head in his hand, and hung the chicken head on the high branch of the old locust tree neatly, and the villagers picked up stones and soil clods and threw them at the chicken head until the chicken head was knocked down. At this time, it was already five o'clock, the main family gave the men a circle of cigarettes, and the mother-in-law and aunts stewed out the freshly killed rooster, and then boiled a pot of shredded yam, and the shredded chicken and yam were mixed, and the soju was poured up, and the whole village raised their glasses, calling the child's new name, and saying blessings. After eating, the mother-in-law served the rice wine brewed in the first month. After drinking rice wine, the main family took the child to the police station to change his name, and the child has a big name since then.
As for why the name was chosen to kill chickens in the early morning, no one knows why. In "Erya", it is said that the chicken has five virtues: the one who wears the crown on his head, Wen Ye, the one who fights with his feet, the martial arts, the enemy dares to fight in front of him, and the brave one, the one who sees the food and calls each other, the benevolence, and the one who keeps vigil and does not lose time, and the letter is also. I speculate in vain that I may want my child to have these "five virtues: civility, martial arts, bravery, benevolence, and faith".
3. May 25 to pray for rain.
On the 25th of May, the people of the Lion Valley should worship the gods and pray for rain. It is also the house where each family takes turns to be the head of the meeting. In the past, whoever was in charge of the house would kill the pigs they fed, but now they buy pigs collectively, and the master will preside over the pig killing and sacrificial meat distribution ceremony. May 25 folk called "Little White Dragon Visiting Mother Day", the dragon travel is naturally clouds and rain. Xingxian County is almost dry every year, and praying for rain shows people's expectations for Ganlin. There is a saying in the countryside: "If you don't harvest the grain, you will see May 25", at this time the crops have already emerged, and whether they can grow well depends on the rain.
4. Double Ninth Festival
The folklore of the Lion Depression is also infused with modern elements. On the day of the Double Ninth Festival in September, the whole village celebrated the Double Ninth Festival together, and the village collective gave Tang costumes to the old people, all dressed neatly and beautifully, sitting upright, and the young people stood in a row to toast the old people. On this day, civilized households were selected, and the selected civilized households were on the honor list, and they went to the love supermarket in the village to receive towels, soap, and laundry detergent. In 2016, civilized households were evaluated, and the village organized a trip to Taiyuan-Xi'an, which made everyone envious, everyone strives to be a civilized person, and every household strives to be a civilized household. This seemingly peach blossom-like village is not a "unknown Han, regardless of the Wei and Jin Dynasties", no matter the appearance of the village, the village style, or the digitalization of economic development, it is at the forefront of the times, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a "star village".
There are many traditional festivals in Xingxian County, and I always forget the season when my children are young, and even if I remember, I don't have time because I am too busy. One day chatting, the old woman in the neighborhood said: "The season is all about living a good life in order to "go up to the level" at the time, how can I not do it! I listened to her words and tried my best to eat and do what I should do according to the season. It's not that I care about the "level", I think this is a serious attitude towards life, so that life has a sense of ritual and family cohesion. There are many festivals in Shishiwa Village, and the old customs and new rules are practiced on time, forming a strong magnetic field to attract villagers to move upward, and rarely use administrative means to restrain them.
It's almost clear, the spring breeze is blowing vigorously these days, I want to come to the Shishiwa Village, inside and outside the wall, the peach buds are purple and shy, and the willows are golden and tender; on the mountain, in a few days, the pear blossoms are about to bloom a thousand trees and snow.