April on earth, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the spring scenery and the harmony, it is the time of the rich. Looking for fangs, not necessarily in the suburbs, the city we live in also has traces of spring. Spring is not only a time of landscape, but also a city of years. Urban spring, there are also wonderful points, need to be rediscovered, to perceive, to refresh. Taking the opportunity of the "11th Lychee Bay - New Xiguan - Folk Culture Festival Series Activities" to be held, in the traditional festival of "March 3 - Shangwei in Xiguan", the famous poet Huang Libao was invited by the Liwan District Cultural and Commercial Tourism Development Center to plan the "Literature Xiguan - Guangzhou Stroll", and held the "Guangzhou Literature Walk" activity in Huacheng for the first time.
In addition to the poet Huang Libao himself, the organizers also invited the famous writers Ai Yun, Zhang Mei, Zeng Dexiong, Nie Xiaoyu, Wang Quan, Zhang Shumei and the poets ShiBin, Jin Jinming, An Pomegranate, Chen Huiling, PanYu, Meng Han, Xie Xiaoling, Congee, Thrush, Zeng Xinlan, Hong Yongzheng, Tan Xiayang, Bird's Nest, Sang Wan, Zhu Yu, Lao Dan, Binyue, etc., as well as Li Zhouwei, He He, Sun Shimei, Sun Shixue and other painters, to stroll together and feel the Xiguan in spring.
The walking path of the literary map is particularly important for this spiritual walk. The road map of the first "Literature Xiguan - Guangzhou Stroll" is to choose to board the boat from Yongqingfang Wharf, travel through Yuebo, Covered Bridge, Lychee Bay Grand Theatre, disembark at Libo, hike to Chen Lianbo Mansion, Longjin Bridge, Wenta, Panxi Restaurant, East Gate of the Park, and then roam into Pantang Wuyo Historical and Cultural Block (1200 Bookstore, Small Space, Luzhi, Fun Space, Heguan, Gu Xiangyu, Xiangsi Lishe, Zebaotang, Songjin Music Space), and then enter the Guangfu Tea Culture Museum.
Lychee Bay Grand Theatre
Venta
Poets, writers, and artists, as the "wanderers" of the city, gathered for the first time in Xiguan in the spring, passing through the streets and alleys, or stopping to gaze, or walking in a hurry, or floating in the shadows, or tasting tea and drinking. When we arrived at Wenta, poets and writers released "bamboo dragonflies" here, and for a while, the breath of spring also flew up. He Xueming, a harmonica player in the same industry, blew up a familiar melody, and everyone sang songs together, melodious and charming. Unconsciously, the skyline also has light, poetry, painting and song, and the memories of those past Xiguan solidified seem to spread. The clear joy of the world exudes a beautiful wind and a smooth beauty among the people, and in the busy moment, the rare elegance is also born leisurely.
In the literary sense of Traveling to Xiguan, poets and writers returned to the Tang Dynasty Zhang Jiuling, song Dynasty Su Dongpo, Ming Dynasty Qu Dajun, Qing Dynasty Yuan Ming and other great poets in the context of Xiguan Yongshi, the wonderful moment of the flow of water seems to return to the eyes, "I have a purpose wine, and Zi Lezhi" style of Xiguan Yaji also has a personal experience of immersion in the ancient realm.
Every era has its own literati. Xiguan in the 21st century needs new perception and writing. As the famous poet Huang Libao said: "In some places, at certain moments, it seems to be invisible, and when we guide the narrative from a new perspective, it brings out a strange vividness." As a symbol of the old Guangzhou, Xiguan is the nostalgia of the old Guangzhou people, the love taste of the Guangzhou people, the location of the world, and the magnetic field of literature. Since the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling, Su Dongpo and other great poets have lingered here, and now, time has exceeded a thousand years, we cannot copy the exact same scene, but we can present the past from the perspective of time absence, leaving our story. ”
The last stop of "Literature Xiguan - Guangzhou Stroll" was selected in Liyuan garden of Liwan Lake, where poets and artists conducted an elegant collection of "poetry + music + recitation". For this collection, the poets and writers of the city carried out the creation of Xiguan, and Shibin, Jin Jinming, An Pomegranate, Congee, Panyu, and Wang Meiyi also specially wrote poems singing about Xinxiguan, which were either read by the poets themselves or handed over to wang Fei, winner of the national host "Golden Microphone", Zu Qing, dubbing of "Happy Sheep", Guangdong Lang Association eldest son Yan, TV host Zhou Lishan and others to recite.
It is worth mentioning that the whole poetry meeting was accompanied by the Cantonese Rhyme Women's Orchestra, and the leisurely classical music inspired the hazy illusion of watching the tradition of watching and chasing dreams. When Wu Shiliang stood on the second floor of Liyuan and blew a bright and melodious trumpet at dusk, Liyuan seemed to wake up from the clouds in the lotus lamp lit by the poet. Lin Yuying's emotional accordion brought the second half of the elegant set to the transition, and guangzhou folk musician Bu Jun's new song "You Xiguan" set off a climax of the atmosphere of the whole audience, "The water birds flew over, suddenly looked back, from the dust to the shadows, the moment is already a hometown." This song is composed by the poet Huang Libao and composed by Bu Jun, who hopes to let readers feel the ten thousand customs of Xiguan through sincere and natural folk songs.
Spring is always associated with rain, and last night's torrential rain did not hinder this outdoor poetry, but made its mood deeper. More than 200 poets, writers, artists and residents of Xiguan sat in the bridge on all sides to watch the performance, the whole garden was full of smoke, lights, music, shadows, poetry, for a time the fairy atmosphere, smoke waves, everyone felt that this is one of the most romantic poetry clubs in Guangzhou.
Huang Libao, the poet who planned the event, said: "Literature gives the imagination of the city, and the changes in the city in turn affect the creation of literature in the present. ”
The "Guangzhou Literature Walk", completed on April 15, 2021, is a new beginning for Guangzhou literature, and it is the ongoing history of Guangzhou literature. When poets and writers wander in places that may not be found on a map, their bodies are the language of the city. They let Xiguan leave traces of the soul in the time it has passed, and will continue to reshape the new literary geographical space. In Xiguan, as a spiritual nomad, like a fluttering cloud, a map-like shape, with unexpected changes, bringing the projection of time, and when turning around, the figure of literature has transformed into urban aesthetics.
It is reported that from April 14 to 16 (the third to fifth day of the third month of the lunar calendar), the series of cultural activities held on the "March 3, Shangwei in Xiguan" is a new measure to promote the construction of the Central District of Lingnan (Liwan Area) in Guangzhou and dig deep into the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The event was chosen to be held on March 3 in response to our traditions and to show the new trend of traditional culture in the present. In ancient times, the "dry branch" era was used, and the first day of the first month of March was called "Shangmi". The term "Shangwei" was first included in the early Han Dynasty literature, and after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the Shangwei Festival was changed to the third of March, and the descendants followed it, and became a festival of drinking and feasting by the water, walking in the countryside, and bending the water.
The main venue of this activity is located in Xiguan Yongqingfang Tourism Area, for the first time to combine Xiguan culture with the Shangwei Festival, through spring frolic, poetry, feast and other activities, leading citizens and tourists to experience traditional folk culture at multiple levels, discover and create a new cultural life, and "Guangzhou Literature Walk" undoubtedly brings new experiences and expressions of traditional culture to the whole event, so that people have a literary feeling and a new imagination of Xiguan.
Nandu reporter Zhu Rongting intern Chen Xinru