At 1:30 p.m. on May 1, in the Yinhe section of Guanshanyong in Danzao, Nanhai, the "Queen of Heaven" Dragon Boat Invitational Race in Danzao Yinhe Su Village, Nanhai was staged. With an order, 23 dragon boats from Danzao, Xiqiao, Jiujiang, Nanzhuang and other places rushed out of the river like arrows from the string. The CCTV reporter team, who was filming and recording in the South China Sea, came to the scene to cheer and praise the dragon boat athletes, and the scene was very enthusiastic.
CCTV host Gao Zemin said that the reporter team deeply felt the atmosphere of the festival in the South China Sea, and the South China Sea dragon boat was amazing!
The CCTV host praised the Nanhai Danzao Dragon Boat Invitational Race.
May 1 is the twenty-third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, in order to celebrate the 893rd year of the establishment of Su Village in Yinhe Community, Danzao Town, and the 1064th birthday of the Queen of Heaven, from April 29th to May 2nd, Su Village held a grand "Tin Hau Birthday" cultural festival series of activities for 4 consecutive days, including theatrical evenings, fast banquets, lion dances, dragon boat races, Cantonese opera evenings and other wonderful content.
Eight Immortals to celebrate the lion festival, sit around and eat fasting feast, five-person dragon boat invitational race, costume Cantonese opera performance...... On May 1st, a variety of activities pushed the "Tin Hau Festival" cultural festival to a climax.
The Sucun "Queen of Heaven" Dragon Boat Invitational Race was brilliantly staged.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, neighbors from near and far will gather together to burn three pillars of high incense for the "Queen of Heaven" in the ancient temple in front of the village. After the completion of the worship, more than 1,000 people in the village, regardless of men, women and children, all went into battle, some arranged the venue, placed tables, chairs and tableware, some split wood to burn the fire, some washed vegetables and rice, and prepared ingredients...... At 11 o'clock at noon, the fasting feast started on time, and more than 130 fasting feasts were open to the villagers, relatives and friends.
CCTV reporters interviewed the dragon boat team members.
Before and after the annual "Tin Hau Festival", the villagers of Yinhe Su Village will hold a grand "Tin Hau Festival" cultural festival. This year, starting from April 29th, Sucun organized a theatrical evening, and from April 30th to May 2nd, it was also a good show for three consecutive nights, and the village staged a costume Cantonese opera to present a rich cultural feast for the villagers.
In the process of holding this year's "Tin Hau Festival" cultural festival, it is interesting that more and more young people are willing to participate, and many young faces appeared in the literary and artistic birthday gala on April 29, and they relay the folk customs inheritance in the collision of innovation and tradition.
CCTV reporters experience promising waterways.
Nanhai folk activities are a unique cultural landscape. From inheritance to innovation, these activities not only show the artistic talent and creativity of Nanhai people, but also gradually build a large platform for urban cultural exchanges.
Text/Picture Nanhai Financial Media Reporter Li Yang
Photo/Correspondent Zhang Bolin provides