On the occasion of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a variety of ways to play are full of festive atmosphere. Sulu Border Village Villager Square, Lianyungang Huaguo Mountain, Yancheng Chuanchang Riverside, a Mid-Autumn Festival performance in the name of reunion is brilliantly staged, poetry, song and dance, folk music appreciation, traditional skills display, ethnic folk customs display and other forms, fully display the beauty of Mid-Autumn Festival folk culture, urban and rural areas in our province immersed in the beautiful atmosphere of celebrating the festival. On the evening of September 15, the autumn mood of the two provinces and two villages was getting stronger. In the village square of Hanlou Village, Hanyuan Street, Pei County, accompanied by passionate drum music, the Mid-Autumn Festival literary and artistic drama written and directed by the people of Hanlou Village and Zhaomiao Village, Weishan County, Shandong Province kicked off.
"The actors are all 'old acquaintances' from the two villages, and the show is very much in line with the tastes of our people, and it is very exciting!" The villagers of Hanlou Village said happily and proudly. As the performance progressed, waist drums, Henan opera, cheongsam show and other programs took turns, and the "Silk Road" folk dance brought by the Zhaomiao Village New Era Dance Team won the applause of the audience.
"I have been dancing square dance for more than ten years, and when I heard that there was a performance here, I brought the team members to 'join in the fun'." Liu Zhaoying, the captain of the New Era Dance Team of Zhaomiao Village, said that on weekdays, at night, she would put on a dance costume and walk to Hanlou Village to learn skills with the old sisters here. "At the beginning of the village's construction of the 'People's Stage' last year, it was only the villagers who sang and danced square dances here, and later the literature and art lovers of Zhaomiao Village also came here to show and learn, and the scale became bigger and bigger." Wei Yanmei, secretary of the party branch of Hanlou Village, told that there are now more than 20 villagers in Zhaomiao Village who often come here to perform, and the villagers of the two places spontaneously formed a performance team, shared a stage, and sang a "big show" together. On the west side of the "People's Stage", Hanlou Village has also built a dialect culture square, with a dialect wall on the square, and a dialect with Shandong characteristics, witnessing the history of the border village, and also becoming a vivid footnote of the two provinces and two villages. "In recent years, Hanlou Village and Zhaomiao Village have carried out in-depth cooperation, the two villages have held joint meetings on a regular basis, the village party branch secretaries have 'suspended' each other's deputy secretaries of the party branches in each other's villages, and the villagers have jointly carried out public security patrols and traffic persuasion to ensure peace and harmony between border villages." Wei Yanmei said that for many years, there has never been a border dispute between Hanlou Village and Zhaomiao Village, and the people of the two places have long been a family. On the evening of September 16, the 4th Huaguoshan Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion Banquet of "Huaguoxian Mountain Gives Birth to the Bright Moon and the Millennium Ancient Pagoda Reunion" was opened in Haiqing Temple Square, Huaguoshan Scenic Area, Lianyungang. Gathered at the foot of Huaguo Mountain, the "hometown of the Great Sage", next to the thousand-year-old pagoda, citizens and tourists eat moon cakes, taste tea, watch performances, and participate in interactions...... The whole reunion banquet was kicked off by the national style dance "Journey ·to the West in the Dance Realm", the theme performance "Mid-Autumn Festival Moon Appreciation Banquet", the song "Take Me to the Top of the Mountain" and "Moonlight", the scene dance "A Thousand Miles to the Moon", and the song and dance "Coming to the Moon" cleverly combined the elements of the scenic spot to the west with the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival. The climax of the more than one-hour performance won bursts of applause and cheers from the audience. The Huaguoshan Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion Banquet was held for the first time during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2021 and has gradually become a bright business card of the scenic spot. In addition to the "highlight" Mid-Autumn Festival reunion banquet, it also prepared wonderful activities such as fireworks show and Yuwan intangible cultural heritage iron flower show for tourists to create a strong festival atmosphere. In the North Island Sakura Moon Square of Crescent Island, Haizhou District, a "super moon cake" with a diameter of 2 meters and a weight of 1,000 catties attracted people's attention. The mooncake is adorned with cherry blossom motifs and contains a variety of fillings such as chestnuts, five kernels, purple rice, red beans, egg yolk and meat floss, etc., exuding a mouth-watering aroma. Citizens and tourists lined up to taste and share for free. "It's the first time I've eaten such a big mooncake, it smells fragrant, and it tastes very good. Everyone shared together, it was too much of a Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere. Citizen Liu Tongxia said with a smile. The moon cake banquet for 1,000 people reflects the theme of reunion, and I hope everyone can feel strong family and friendship while tasting moon cakes. Wang Mingyue, general manager of Crescent Island Tourism Development Co., Ltd., said that during the festival, the Crescent Island Scenic Area also invited the owner of the exclusive Black Myth Wukong Armor to the Crescent Island for a cruise. The 2024 Mid-Autumn Festival Fireworks Gala of "Full Moon Mid-Autumn Festival · Full of Love in Haizhou" that night is a collision of singing and dancing and beautiful scenery, popularity and tradition. Various forms of performances, such as national tide shows, folk music performances, dances, Peking Opera joint singing, and group comedy, light up the entire night sky through the "seamless integration" of fireworks, stage lighting, music and other forms of artistic expression. Some bloom like flowers, some like waterfalls, and some dance like elves, and the audience looks up to admire and let out bursts of exclamations. Poetry and songs bring unforgettable nights, the stars hang down the plains, and the moon swells across the river. On the evening of September 15, the 9th Mid-Autumn Festival poetry recital in Yancheng City was held in Zhuxi Ancient Town. The theme of this recital will be "Moon Surge String Field River", conveying love with poetry and empathy with scenery. At the scene, the citizens spent an unforgettable night in the beautiful artistic conception brought by poetry and songs.
At the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry recital, ancient poems and songs were combined with modern elements and Yancheng characteristics, and the wonderful interpretation won applause from the scene.
Huaiyin is curling, one step at a time, and the water sleeves convey affection. The Huai dialect duet "Slow Voice", tactfully turned to listen, and the aftermath lingered, leading the audience to appreciate the rhyme of Huai Chao and appreciate the beauty of intangible cultural heritage. For thousands of years, candles shine on the present. The famous recitation of "The Story of Yueyang Tower" brought by the students of Juheng Road Primary School in Yancheng City pushed the atmosphere to a climax. "The Book of Poetry· Chen Feng · the Moonrise", "When · Bright Moon Is There in the Water Tune Song Head", "Magnolia Flowers Slow ·Pity the Moon Tonight"...... The familiar poems were recited on the spot, evoking people's endless reverie. The autumn moon sends thoughts, ancient poems express nostalgia, and when the fresh modern poems are like a cool autumn breeze, they give people a different charm. "Pick up an inch of Hua into condensate and paint a light makeup for the canopy; Cut a few wisps of mist to make a tulle and decorate the hazy with side ......" recital, Zhou Haihan of the Tinghu District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau brought the original modern poem "Ode to the Bright Moon". As for the inspiration for this poem, Zhou Haihan recalled, "At that time, I was walking by the Tongyu River, and I only felt that the moon was like practice, the water was turbulent, and there was an occasional sound of birdsong, which was very meaningful, so I created this modern poem." "See the Kushiba River again, we take the red oath, the green name, and the attitude of forging ahead, and ...... to the sea to the future" for more than 2,100 years, and the 170-kilometer Kushiba River connects the salt pans along the north and south, creating a grand scene of "300 miles of fireworks and a stove full of stars". The poetry recitation "See the Kushiba River Again" shows the endless flow and thousand-year-old elegance of the Kushiba River.
The Yancheng Poetry Contest and Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Recital has been held for eight consecutive years, which is loved and sought after by the majority of poetry, calligraphy and painting, music and other literary and art lovers, and attracts poetry friends from all over the country to actively submit manuscripts. This year's Yancheng Poetry Contest also officially launched the call for papers, focusing on five themes such as "Prosperity of the Motherland", "Mid-Autumn Festival Reunion" and "Urban Development", "Kushiba River" and "Jun to Yancheng South", and has received more than 1,000 poems from all over the country.
Source: Junction News
Editor: Zeng Xueqi
Review: Zhang Xiang