Huizhou
The three fish –
There are fish in the fishing beams
The lamp is home, it is a warm concern, a bright lamp entrusts the waiting and watchfulness of the family, the wanderer is thousands of miles, the lamp is burning at home, and the lights of thousands of homes hold up a happy life.
Every Shangyuan (Lantern Festival) and Mid-Autumn Festival, among the blue bricks and tiles of Huizhou, bright fish lanterns pass through the alleys, wandering in the antique old streets, forming a strong visual impact and opening an aesthetic feast. After lighting the lanterns and candles, the big fish are brightly colored and swim with the changing posture of the lantern dancers. This lamp is a thousand years.
Fish swim in Huizhou
The fish lantern is the prop of the ancient Chinese folk dance fish and dragon dance, the ancient Huizhou fish and dragon dance has flourished in the Song Dynasty, and the Qing Kangqian period has entered the climax, and the fish lantern has become the most beautiful color of ink Huizhou. The scene of the fish and dragon dance has always been spectacular, Xin Qiji's poem said: "The wind is moving, the jade pot is light, and the fish and dragon dance is all night", which shows the brilliant gilt and lively grand occasion of the fish and dragon dance.
Ancient Huizhou "dwells in the middle of ten thousand mountains, the river valley is rugged, the peaks and peaks are covered, there are many mountains and few lands", the five peaks of Huizhou Mansion are guarded, the six rivers are round, the geographical environment factors have created a distinctive regional culture, formed a strict clan system, bred a unique fish lantern activity, and continued the strong traditional cultural style.
As an important Huizhou folk custom, the Fish and Dragon Dance carries the yearning and pursuit of life of Huizhou people, and is the embodiment of Huizhou people's simple beliefs. Fishing, seeking auspiciousness, prosperity and prosperity; Second, pray for peace, drive away evil spirits, suppress disasters, and rejuvenate Boke fire; Three transmissions of welfare, send children to add grandchildren to the clan Ding Wang. The fish lantern not only affects the hearts of Huizhou people, but also inherits and guards traditional culture, and entrusts people's long-cherished wishes for happiness and health and the inheritance of beautiful family style.
Three fish frolicking together
Three fish into a fish (fresh), more than every year. There are three fish lanterns in Huizhou, one in Zhanqi, one in Wang Mantian, and one in Yuliang.
The fish lantern first started in Zhanqi Village.
Zhanqi Village is located in the northwest of She County, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and is an ancient village built around mountains and rivers, with a history of more than 1,300 years. Zhan Qi Village was originally based on the surname Zhang, named Zhang Qi Village, after 1201 A.D. Wang surname moved to Zhang Qi, the family prospered, gradually expanded, Zhang's people greatly decreased, Kangxi two years Wang descendants to "Book of Poetry, Wei Feng" "Zhan Pi Qi Ao, green bamboo Yiyi" changed Zhang Qi to "Zhan Qi". The custom of Zhan Qi's fish lantern was started by the ancestors of the Wang family in the Song Dynasty and has continued to this day.
Wang Mantian Village in the upper reaches of the Bushi River, and Zhan Qi Village north and south opposite, this is the Cheng family settlement, the last three branches of the Wang surname moved in, the Ming Dynasty Wang family grew, the land built a house and the descendants, because of the name Wang Mantian, there was also the surname Ye moved in, and the Wang family lived together in Wang Mantian. Six hundred years ago, the ancestors of the Wang family lived in the village, the geographical location is superior, but because the grass, wood, bamboo and other materials used in the construction of houses are easy to cause fires, the villagers invited the "Mr. Geography" to find that there is a fire mirror in the west of the village, so in the thirteenth to sixteenth of the first month of the fish lantern to overcome the fire, the custom of fish lantern has been passed down to this day.
The third fish, swimming in the fishing beam. Yuliang was the largest commercial wharf in the upper reaches of the Xin'an River during the Ming and Qing dynasties, and it was also the most important land and water transit station for Huizhou merchants to go out. According to the record of the "Yao Branch of Wudan Yao in Shenan" and the pattern map of "Yuliang" jointly compiled by the Department of Architecture of Southeast University and the Cultural Relics Administration of She County, the overlook of Yuliang village resembles a swimming big fish, and the fishbone-shaped street pattern in the middle, everything in this thousand-year-old town has an intimate connection with fish. Walking between the streets and water ports of Yuliang, you can still clearly feel the quiet charm of the ancient village.
Fish leaping fishing beam
Pictured above: In 1993, the Yuliang Lantern Festival Fish Lantern Show
The picture below shows that in 2024, after a lapse of 30 years, Pan Min in She County will restore the fishing beam fish lantern
There is no detailed information on the fishing beam lantern, but there is a natural connection between the fishing lantern and the fishing beam. The economic source of the ancient Huizhou fish lantern is adapted to local conditions and spontaneous, and the funds come from the local society itself, and the Huizhou merchants "Jia and good Confucianism" and "righteousness and benefit are taken into account", which has effectively promoted the development of religious beliefs, sacrificial rituals and other folk customs in Huizhou, and has made great contributions to the formation and development of Huizhou culture. The fish lantern originated from the blessing of the town disaster, and the merchants gathered in Yuliang since ancient times, and it is reasonable for Hui merchants to pray for the smooth trade and the safety of people through the fish lantern here. The name, geographical location, village form, trade history and other reasons of Yuliang together constitute the reason for the formation and development of Yuliang fish lanterns.
According to the description of the Huangshan Station of the Chinese Civilization Network "Yuliang: The Source of Huishang Water Changliu", Yuliang has the folk activities of playing with fish lanterns, according to the memories of local elders, the fish lanterns are mainly light red, with a total length of ten meters, and only one is done every year, and dozens of people need to dance together.
Swim out of Huizhou
The three fish lanterns, traveling for thousands of years, respecting the heavens and praying for blessings, entrust the common hope of Huizhou people, and continue to be inherited after several years of baptism. Today's fish lamp is on fire. More and more tourists, intoxicated by the cultural landscapes of Huizhou, lost in the red and green fish lanterns, from the beauty of the big fish to the exquisite production skills, let the fish that originally frolicked in the small villages, the old ancestral hall, rushed out of Huizhou, took the east wind of modern media and network technology, and was brought to the international stage by Wang Wenbin and Hua Chunying, the diplomatic troupe.
At the symposium on cultural inheritance and development, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that only a comprehensive understanding of the history of Chinese civilization can more effectively promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, more effectively promote the construction of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics, and build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. In order to better undertake the new cultural mission, protect, inherit and make good use of the historical and cultural heritage, and make the excellent traditional culture of fish lanterns "live", Shexian, as the core area of Huizhou's history and culture, has been exploring new paths, constantly integrating agricultural, cultural and tourism resources, and promoting industrial integration and development.
If you haven't been to Huizhou or seen the fish lanterns, when you first arrive in the ancient city of Huizhou, the combination of quiet old streets and all kinds of fish lanterns will definitely add a little color to your impression of Huizhou.
Source: Anhui Huizhou History Museum