On April 23, at the production site of Gutian Dalong of Liancheng County Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau, the 36 dragon bodies of a dragon with a length of more than 150 meters were coiled and placed full.
"This Gutian dragon will show the parade to the majority of tourists on the intangible cultural heritage wonderful night during the 'May Day' and let tourists participate in the experience. Fu Xiaodong, director of the Liancheng Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said. Gutian You Dalong is one of the national intangible cultural heritage projects in Liancheng, and from 2020 to 2022, it has been selected as the "Excellent Folk Project of Chinese Sports Culture" by the General Administration of Sports of China for three consecutive years, and it is also the only excellent project in Fujian Province that has been selected for three consecutive years.
Liancheng is the ancestral land of Hakka, and it is also an excellent tourism county in China, a large county of Chinese cultural tourism, the hometown of Hakka folk culture in China, a national demonstration county of leisure agriculture and rural tourism, and the first batch of national all-for-one tourism demonstration zone creation units, with rich Hakka culture accumulation in the territory, with 16 traditional Chinese villages, 3 Chinese historical and cultural villages, 3 provincial historical and cultural towns, 18 provincial traditional villages, Sibao engraving and printing skills, Hakka Shiban music, marionettes, Gutian You Dalong, Eight folk skills such as Luofang walking ancient things have been included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage, and nine folk skills such as Liancheng boxing and Lianshi paper making skills have been included in the list of provincial intangible cultural heritage, enjoying the reputation of "the hometown of Chinese Hakka folk culture" and being known as "the living fossil of ancient culture in the Central Plains".
Sibao engraving printing (data map)
Puppet calligraphy (data map)
In order to promote the protection and development of Liancheng County's characteristic intangible cultural heritage, promote the construction of the national Hakka culture (western Fujian) ecological protection demonstration zone, polish the business card of the global geopark Longyan Geopark, and promote the accelerated integration of culture and tourism, Liancheng County will stage a series of activities of "Liancheng Intangible Cultural Heritage Wonderful Night" at the Liancheng Hakka Cultural Park, an important component of the Longyan Geopark, which has just been rated as a global geopark, from 7 to 8 o'clock every night from May 1 to 3.
Gutian You Dalong (data map)
North group tour of Dazong folk activities (data map)
Bizhou lanterns (data map)
Zhixi lantern (data map)
The collision of ancient charm and modernity, the enjoyment of vision and taste, and the immersive experience of wonderful intangible cultural heritage. At that time, at the "Liancheng Intangible Cultural Heritage Wonderful Night", intangible cultural heritage folk activities such as Liancheng Gutian Tour Dalong, Zhixi Lantern, Bizhou Lantern, and Beituan Tour Dazong will be in front of Guanzhi Mountain, along the "Guanjing Road - Shimen Lake Road - Shijing Road - Fayun Temple - Zhuyuan Road - Narada Hotel - Guanjing Road - Hakka Cultural Park" for a total distance of more than 3 kilometers, and tourists can register for the folk customs parade experience officer online and offline. During the period, various intangible cultural heritage items such as Sibao engraving printing, Shiban music, marionettes, and Liancheng boxing will also be exhibited in the Hakka Cultural Park and Sijiaojing Historical and Cultural District, and a national photography contest and "Guanzhi Cuisine Hakka Taste" food experience activities will also be held, so that the general public and tourists can spend a wonderful night of tasting and experiencing the intangible cultural heritage of Liancheng online and offline.
Reporter: Huang Shuilin