On April 19, 2024, the Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony and a series of cultural activities will be held in the Cangjie Temple Scenic Area in Baishui County. The picture shows the scene of the 2023 Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
Shaanxi Net News (Reporter Yang Qingshan Hao Dou) Qingming Festival, Gu Yu is coming, in the white fruit township full of vitality and hope, the world is drunk in April, and the apple blossoms are busy. At this time, the "Guyu Festival Cangjie" is the "annual ceremony" of the people of Baishui every year, and all walks of life pay attention to it, and the county is vigorously organizing. On April 10th, a reporter from Shaanxi.com walked into Baishui to take you to understand the tradition of "Guyu Festival Cangjie" that has continued to this day since the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period of the Chinese nation, and to reveal to you the arrangements of the 2024 Jiachen Year of the Dragon Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony and a series of cultural activities, and invite everyone to meet in the hometown of the word saint and witness the legend of Guyu.
In the rainy season of the valley, why does Baishui sacrifice Cangjie
"Guyu Festival, worship Cangjie" is the beginning of the Chinese nation's spring and autumn, a long tradition that continues to this day, in Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, the hometown of the word saint, every year Guyu, hold a sacrifice to Wenzu Cangjie, are the most grand "annual ceremony".
Cangjie was born and died in Baishui, and was the creator of the Chinese script. According to many historical records, Cangjie was the left historian who made characters during the Yellow Emperor period. Legend has it that because of Cangjie's meritorious work in creating characters, the Jade Emperor of the upper realm was greatly moved when he heard about it, and rewarded him with a golden man in Cangjie's sleep, but Cangjie thought that the golden man was "a thing in the world" and could not be taken private, so he said to Tianguan in his sleep that he wanted a bumper harvest of grains, so that the people of the world could have food. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he took back the golden man, and it rained about a foot of grain for half an hour. For this reason, the Yellow Emperor named the day of the grain rain as the grain rain festival, and also had the traditional custom of "grain rain sacrifice Cangjie". In the eyes of the people of Baishui, Cangjie, the creator of Chinese characters, was born in Baishui, and the characters were also made in Baishui. Therefore, they have every reason to sacrifice such a great ancestor.
Later, every time the valley rains, Baishui County will hold a sacrifice to commemorate Cangjie. In order to commemorate the contribution of "Cangjie Character Creation" to mankind, the United Nations designated the Guyu solar term as the "United Nations Chinese Day" in 2010. In 2001, Cangjie Temple in Baishui County was listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council, and is the only national security unit among similar relics in the country. At the same time, the "Legend of Cangjie", which is mainly based on the stories of Baishui Cangjie such as "Heavenly Rain Su, Ghost Night Crying", "Respecting Character Paper" and "Stone Building Characters", has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage.
There are more than 40 Cangjie temples in the country, Baishui Cangjie Temple has a long history and the greatest fame, and it is the only cultural holy place in the country that integrates temples, tombs, tablets, books and cypresses. There are 48 ancient cypress trees of more than 1,000 years in the temple, which is the first of the ancient cypress groups in the ancient temples of the country, among which "Cangjie hand planting cypress" is one of the five 5,000-year-old famous trees in the country;
Nine rules of etiquette Three highlights of this year's ceremony
The reporter learned from the Baishui County Culture and Tourism Bureau that the 2024 Jiachen Year of the Dragon Sacrifice Ceremony, with the theme of "Respecting the Character Shengcangjie and Inheriting the Chinese Character Civilization", will be held on April 19 at the Cangjie Temple Sacrifice Square in Baishui County, Shaanxi Province.
Nine regulations of etiquette. The ceremony will continue to be held in accordance with the nine rules of the provincial intangible cultural heritage "Guyu Sacrifice to Wenzu Cangjie Ceremony": the first item: the golden sound vibrates, the bells and drums sound in unison, the second item: the cangsheng, a petal of heart incense, the third item: the tribute, the five grains are abundant, the fourth item: the tribute wine, bathing in the spiritual light, the fifth item: all the people look up, the flower basket is offered, the sixth item: the heaven and the earth, the recitation of the sacrificial text, the seventh item: thanksgiving virtue, music and dance sacrifice, the eighth item, calm the mind, collective worship, the ninth item: worship the holy temple, the tomb and worship the ancestors.
Four links. According to the development of the scenic spot and the route of the march, on the basis of the previous ceremonial rituals and rituals, the four ritual links of "prelude ceremony, avenue ceremony, sacrificial ceremony, and temple sacrifice ceremony" were planned with reference to the sacrifices of the past dynasties. Through the transformation of the form of the inner extension and the outer extension, it is incorporated into the unified design of the overall ritual rules of the sacrificial ceremony and becomes an integral part of the ritual activities.
Three chapters. This year's "Music and Dance Festival" section has increased the content and time of the performance, and consists of three chapters. The first chapter is "Ode to Cangjie", the second chapter is "Guyu Festival", and the third chapter is "Chinese Love". The event will be broadcast live, highlighting the atmosphere of "Kyushu worships Cangjie from afar, Wenzu blesses China", and at the same time opens the platform of "Gu Yuyun Festival Cangjie", where the descendants of Yan and Huang at home and abroad, and the sons and daughters of China can gather Chinese dreams, gather the power of rejuvenation, and pray for the prosperity and strength of China through the form of "video viewing and online worship". The ceremony will be reported by CCTV, People's Daily Online, Xinhuanet, Shaanxi Net and other media.
Three highlights. Highlight 1: This year's series of activities started from the Guyu Festival on April 19 and lasted until the end of the May Day holiday. Highlight 2: This year's series of activities will hold the "Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance, Beautiful White Water" ancient temple fair folk activities, and the villages of Shiguan Town will carry out intangible cultural heritage folk performances such as Shehuo and Yangge, as well as the exhibition and sale of special agricultural products. Highlight 3: This year's Guyu Cangjie cultural series of activities are rich and colorful, in addition to the activities on the day of the sacrifice, there will also be a series of activities such as "Exploring the Beauty of Chinese Characters, National Style Painting and Rhyme Art Exchange", "World Book Day, Talking about Cangjie by the Whole People", "Millennium Drama on Taiwan, Qin Yun Forever" and so on.
Looking back at the past, follow the classic system inheritance and innovation
In Shaanxi, the Qingming Festival of the Yellow Emperor and the Guyu Festival of Cangjie are all annual cultural events. Shaanxi Net reporter through nearly 10 years of participation in the Baishui public sacrifice Cangjie activities and visits to Baishui cultural celebrities to understand when the Guyu Cangjie sacrifice activities first began, now there is no way to verify. However, the first public memorial service began in 1990 and has been going on for 33 years. Especially in the past 10 years, the Baishui public festival Cangjie activities have been inherited and innovated from following the canonical system, and the influence has become greater and greater, and in 2020, the opening of the Baishui section of the Huangpu Expressway of the National Highway Yulan Line has ended the difficult history of the annual public sacrifice activities over the mountains and mountains.
Early sacrificial activities, inheriting Cangjie culture. The reporter walked into the Cangjie Temple in Shiguan Town, Baishui County, and hung the plaque of "the ancestor of culture" on the temple hall, according to reports, this is the Guyu Festival in the ninth year of the Republic of China, Mr. Yu Youren, a famous calligrapher in modern China, when participating in the Cangjie sacrifice activities, waved the calligraphy plaque under the inscription. On the other hand, this also illustrates the cultural origin of the ritual sacrifice Cangjie.
Cangjie is a symbol of the excellent culture, laborers and creators of the Chinese nation. In the early days, the tradition of Guyu sacrifice to Cangjie was solemn, warm, and civilized. As a kind of folk culture, the Guyu temple fair takes the sacrifice of Cangjie as the main line, promotes the Cangjie culture, integrates culture, economy and trade, and focuses on calligraphy exhibitions, singing operas, poetry leagues, social fire, and gong and drum competitions. The form of the ritual ceremony is mainly based on sacrificial music, sacrificial utensils, sacrifices, reading sacrificial texts, and visiting ancestors and tombs.
In 1990, Baishui County turned the Guyu Cangjie sacrifice into a public sacrifice for the first time, and the main leaders of the county participated in the sacrifice. Then, with the support of the county party committee and the county government, Baishui set up a special organization for sacrificial activities, with a small sacrifice every year and a major sacrifice every three years, and the form of sacrifice took the form of public sacrifice or folk sacrifice to further strengthen the hereditary and inheritance of Cangjie culture. In addition, Baishui also organized professionals to collect and sort out the historical materials of the sacrificial activities of the Cangjie Temple, built the Cangjie Folk Customs Exhibition Hall, created or collected the sacrificial music and dance of the sacrificial ceremonies, and organized the performance and performance team of the special priest and sacrificial dance. All these have brought the Guyu Cangjie sacrifice back to people's field of vision, and also made the sacrifice a business card to promote Baishui.
The annual Chinese character is released, and the public festival has a far-reaching impact. In the four years from 2016 to 2019, the Baishui County Party Committee and the county government worked closely with the China Public Relations Association to hold the Guyu Sacrifice Cangsheng Ceremony and the "Belt and Road" annual Chinese character release ceremony, combined with a series of colorful series of activities, to trace the merits of Cangjie, inherit the excellent Chinese character culture, innovate and spread and promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture, and contribute to the "Baishui Power" for the cultural exchanges of the Silk Road. With the participation of CCTV, the CCTV host presided over the ceremony, the attendance of leaders and cultural celebrities at all levels, the participation of major media, and the wide dissemination of event news at home and abroad, the Baishui Cangjie public festival had a far-reaching impact.
2016 "And". The word "and" has the connotation of the "Belt and Road" initiative. "One thousand people have one mouth", all things are harmonious. "Harmony" is a realm that contains peace, harmony, harmony, and beauty.
2017 "Fusion". The word "Rong" has the meaning of "integrating all things, heaven and earth are beautiful", implying that the "Belt and Road" is the road of integration and integration.
2018 "New". With the purpose of "new era, new ideas, new self-confidence, and new inheritance", the word "new" aims to interpret the new responsibilities of the "Belt and Road" in the new era and show the new development of the "Belt and Road" in the new era.
2019 "Total". "Together" is interpreted as symbiosis and co-prosperity. Share opportunities and seek common development". Chinese characters are the cultural symbols of the Chinese nation, a vivid portrayal of the "Belt and Road" to promote cultural integration, and a powerful testimony of the "Belt and Road" to promote win-win sharing.
Inherit the historical context and promote the integration of culture and tourism. After the successful holding of the 4th Guyu Sacrifice Cangsheng Ceremony and the "Belt and Road" Annual Chinese Character Release Event, due to the impact of the epidemic in 2020, the Gengzi Guyu Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony adopted a simple ceremony through live video broadcast, online worship and other forms. After the ceremony, all the attendees paid homage to their ancestors in front of the Cangjie Tomb, and mourned and paid tribute to the medical workers and compatriots who died during the fight against the epidemic. Baishui County also carried out online ancestor worship for the first time with the theme of "Kyushu worships Cangsheng and Wenzu blesses China".
In the following three years, the Guyu Cangjie Gong Festival has a new change compared with the past: the theme is distinct. The theme set shows the reverence for traditional culture and the firm belief in carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture in the new era. Specification of the instrument. On the basis of the traditional nine regulations, the music and dance festival link was resumed, which can stimulate the reverence of all the guests present for the great achievements of Cangjie characters to the greatest extent. The scene was solemn. The sacrificial area extends from the front hall to the central axis of the building to the nave, lengthening the depth of the sacrificial area, and the ceremonial guards on both sides and the original bell and drum tower form a very grand scene, setting off a solemn atmosphere. The ritual utensils are exquisite. After careful research, in strict accordance with the Han Dynasty costumes, the sacrificial clothes and sacrificial vessels were updated, and the ritual regulations were strictly followed.
Inherit the thousand-year-old cultural context and write a new chapter in cultural tourism. In the new era and new development, Baishui County has inherited and carried forward the creative spirit of Baishui's "Four Sages" (the word Shengcangjie, the wine saint Du Kang, the Tao saint Lei Xiang, and the paper saint Cai Lun) by holding the annual ceremony of "Guyu Festival Cangjie", and adhered to the cultural and plastic brigade and the brigade to highlight the culture, inherit the historical context, promote the cultural soul, and build the "Chinese character holy land and travel camp" around the "Chinese character civilization spiritual identification place" and "Cangjie Temple National Chinese Character Culture Park", enhance cultural self-confidence, promote the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry, and open a historical and cultural tour. The new pattern of all-for-one tourism integrating ecological landscape tourism and beautiful rural tourism is writing a new chapter in the integrated development of culture and tourism in the hometown of Chinese characters.
The scene of the 2023 Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The scene of the 2023 Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony, the picture shows the scene of the sacrifice ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The scene of the 2022 Renyin Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony, the picture shows the praise official presiding over the ceremony of entering the city. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
At the scene of the 2022 Renyin Guyu Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony, the picture shows the participants walking into the Shinto along the central axis avenue and entering the sacrificial square in front of the Cangjie Temple. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The scene of the 2022 Renyin Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The 2022 Renyin Year Guyu Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony was held in Baishui County, the hometown of Cangjie, the ancestor of writing. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
2021 Xinchou Year Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony site. Photo by reporter Xu Aixue
2021 Xinchou Year Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony site. Photo by reporter Xu Aixue
In 2021, the series of activities of the Cangjie Ceremony of the Guyu Sacrifice in the Year of Xin Chou, the picture shows the large-scale original animation "Follow Cangjie to Learn Chinese Characters" in the Baishui China Cangjie Stele Forest for the first time. Photo by reporter Xu Aixue
The 2020 Gengzi Year Guyu sacrifice ceremony was held in Cangjie Temple, Baishui County.
The scene of the 2020 Gengzi Year Guyu sacrifice Cangjie ceremony.
The 2020 Gengzi Year Guyu sacrifice ceremony was held in Cangjie Temple, Baishui County.
At the 2019 Jihai Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony, participating leaders, guests from all walks of life and people from all walks of life in Baishui participated in the event. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The 2019 Jihai Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony was held in Cangjie Temple, Baishui County, the hometown of Cangjie, the ancestor of Chinese writing. The picture shows the 2019 "Belt and Road" annual Chinese character release ceremony, with Li Jiaming and Zhang Lei, hosts of China Central Radio and Television, presiding over the on-site activities. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The 2019 Jihai Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony was held in Cangjie Temple, Baishui County, the hometown of Cangjie, the ancestor of Chinese writing. The 2019 "Belt and Road" Chinese character of the year - "Gong" was officially released. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The 2018 Wuxu Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony and the 2018 "Belt and Road" Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony were held in Baishui, Shaanxi, the hometown of the word saint.
The 2018 Wuxu Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony and the 2018 "Belt and Road" Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony were held in Baishui, Shaanxi, the hometown of the word saint.
The 2018 Wuxu Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony was held in Baishui, Shaanxi. The picture shows the leaders and guests entering the venue to participate in the event. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
2018 Wuxu Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony Site.
The 2018 Wuxu Valley Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony was held in Baishui, Shaanxi. The picture shows Richard Sears, the "Uncle of Chinese Characters", giving an in-depth explanation of the Chinese character "new" in the 2018 "Belt and Road" year. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The 2017 Ding Yougu Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony and the 2017 "Belt and Road" Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony were held in Cangjie Temple, Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, in Cangjie's hometown. CCTV host Zhou Yu and performance artist Li Yemo hosted the event. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
The 2017 Ding Yougu Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony and the 2017 "Belt and Road" Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony were held in Cangjie Temple, Baishui County, Shaanxi Province, in Cangjie's hometown. CCTV host Zhou Yu and broadcast artist Li Yemo announced that the 2017 "Belt and Road" Chinese character of the year is: "Rong". Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
At the 2017 Ding Yougu Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony and the 2017 "Belt and Road" Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony, the famous Great Seal calligrapher brought international students and primary and secondary school students from countries along the "Belt and Road" to reveal the 2017 "Belt and Road" Chinese characters of the year. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
At the 2017 Ding Yougu Rain Sacrifice Cangjie Ceremony and the 2017 "Belt and Road" Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony, the famous Great Seal calligrapher brought international students and primary and secondary school students from countries along the "Belt and Road" to reveal the 2017 "Belt and Road" Chinese characters of the year. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
On April 19, 2016, in front of the Cangjie Temple in Baishui County, CCTV host Li Sisi announced: The 2016 "Belt and Road" Chinese character of the year is: and. On the same day, the "Bingshen Year Guyu Sacrifice Cangsheng Ceremony and the 2016 'Belt and Road' Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony" was held in the hometown of Cangjie, the ancestor of writing. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
At the 2016 Bingshen Year Guyu Sacrifice Cangsheng Ceremony and the 2016 'Belt and Road' Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony, Baishui children held up the thousand-character bamboo slips with both hands and read the "Thousand Character Text" aloud with background music. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
At the scene of the 2016 Bingshen Year Guyu Sacrifice Cangsheng Ceremony and the 2016 'Belt and Road' Annual Chinese Character Release Ceremony, the staff of the Rite Society appeared in Zhaotian, and the arrows sounded for nine days. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
In 2015, the ceremony of the Guyumin sacrifice to Wenzu Cangjie was held in Shiguan Town, Baishui County. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
At the scene of the 2015 Yiwei Year Gu Yumin Sacrifice Wenzu Cangjie Ceremony, the elders slowly walked to the altar, placed the god of Wenzu Cangjie on the altar, bowed and saluted, and the official brushed his sleeves, offered three pillars of incense to Wenzu, and bowed to him. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
At the scene of the 2015 Yiwei Year Gu Yumin Festival Wenzu Cangjie Ceremony, more than 50 children sang and read the bird track book in unison and sang the cang's hymn. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
Cangjie once established himself as an emperor, called Cangdi, and was a tribal leader in ancient times. According to historical records, Cangjie has two pupils and four eyes, born with Ruide, observing the movement trend of the stars, the footprints of birds and beasts, and creating the first text according to its image, eliminating the ugliness of the knotted rope at that time, and creating the foundation of civilization, so it is respected as "Wenzu Cangjie". The picture shows the "double pupils and four eyes" Cangjie portrait provided by Cangjie Temple.
The scene in front of the Cangjie Temple.
Cangjie Temple, two dragons play pearl cypress.
Interior view of the newspaper hall of Cangjie Temple.
Cangjie Temple scene.
Cangjie hand planted cypress.
Cangjie temple Huai hugging cypress.
The east gate of the Cangjie Tomb.
Cangjie Temple Scenic Area in Baishui County.
Cangjie Temple Scenic Area in Baishui County. Photo by reporter Yang Qingshan
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