Intangible Cultural Heritage Dragon and Lion Exhibition, Little White Dragon Colorful Parade, Intangible Cultural Heritage Food Appreciation, Interactive Attraction Punch Card... On October 31st, the Yangtze River Delta Intangible Dragon and Lion Boutique Exhibition and the opening ceremony of the first Jinshan Xiaobailong Folk Culture Tourism Festival with the theme of "Walking Folklore" kicked off in Lvxiang Fruit Park. At the opening ceremony, it witnessed the establishment of Xia Yifeng's "Little White Dragon Faith and Customs" Protection and Inheritance Studio, and the naming of 10 dragon dance teams of "One Village, One Product" in Luxiang Town, and jointly appreciated the charm displayed by the intangible cultural heritage of Lvxiang.
According to the "Chronicle of Jinshan County, Qianlong Edition": "In Qinshanyin, in the mingchenghua room, heavy rain shook thunder, the dragon saw in the clouds, and there was a white jiao that took off from the cave. "This cave is called the White Dragon Cave." "The celestial phenomenon is widely spread in dry lanes, Zhangyan and other places around the Qinshan Mountains. According to the "Chronicle of Ganxiang Township", the villagers of the three-year network boat of the Qing Dynasty inherited the religious activities and customs of praying for the apparition of the white dragon to spit water, organized a dragon dance team, raised funds to buy white silk from Suzhou, painted dragon scales as dragon clothes, and asked Suzhou artists to make small white dragons, from which "Lü Xiang XiaoBaiLong" got its name. "Little White Dragon Faith customs" is a folk activity formed by the people of Luxiang in order to pray for a smooth wind and rain, abundant grain, a peaceful and peaceful life, which has a positive impact on the lives of local people and is immersed in people's daily life and festival customs. In major festivals, it has become normal for people to eat small white dragon cakes, cut white dragon drawings, make dragon head shoes, and dance white dragons.
In recent years, Lvxiang Town has held high the banner of "Three Hundred Miles", closely focused on the construction goals of "five towns" of strong industrial towns, ecological excellent towns, characteristic towns, humanistic towns, and livable new towns, and made every effort to polish the regional business card of "Taoyuan in the Bay Area" and strive to promote the new achievements of "Happy Lvxiang". In 2021, "Little White Dragon Faith and Customs" was successfully selected into the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative project list, which not only became the pride of every Jinshan person, but also inherited the folk culture accumulated by Lüxiang for generations.
Huang Huiyun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Luxiang Town, said in his speech: "The Yangtze River Delta Intangible Dragon and Lion Boutique Exhibition is to show the Yangtze River Delta Dragon and Lion Dance Culture, focus on the high-spirited fighting spirit of the dragon and lion dancers in various parts of the Yangtze River Delta, promote the in-depth exchange of dragon and lion culture in the Yangtze River Delta region, and continue to promote the mutual benefit of traditional culture in the Yangtze River Delta region and the linkage of joint exhibitions. ”
Xia Yifeng, secretary of the party branch of the Planning and Construction Office, is the fifth generation of inheritors of the little white dragon beliefs and customs in Luxiang, he said: "This time under the guidance of the district intangible cultural heritage department and the intangible cultural heritage center, the newly established small white dragon belief and customs protection and inheritance studio, on the one hand, is to show our small white dragon belief culture, on the other hand, it can better inherit the excellent traditional culture, in the future, the studio will organize the town's villages, enterprises and institutions to teach and train in dragon dance skills every week, and will also be invited to teach in the Yangtze River Delta region, and carry out the "one village and one dragon" exhibition every year. Participate in performances in important festivals and activities to continue to pass on the intangible cultural heritage. ”
After more than ten years of long road, I have finally realized my dream by moving forward. The successful application for the national intangible cultural heritage of "Little White Dragon Faith customs" is not the end of "Little White Dragon Faith customs", but a new starting point. Lvxiang Town to spring, summer, autumn and winter four seasons as the basis, 24 solar terms for use, according to different festivals and folk festivals, regular online and offline to create a diversified xiaobailong folklore activities, Jinshan xiaobailong string "walking folklore" in the Yangtze River Delta joint exhibition linkage, to promote rural tourism in the festival city, so as to build the Jinshan Xiaobailong folk culture tourism festival into a new business card of Luxiang, Jinshan and even the Yangtze River Delta cultural tourism industry.
In the afternoon of the same day, the first Jinshan Xiaobailong Folk Culture Tourism Festival kicked off in the Jinshan Xiaobailong Folk Culture And Tourism Festival full of childlike fun and cheerfulness. There are colorful parades of small white dragons; there are tasting of agricultural products and intangible cultural heritage food in the "Pastoral Five Towns" of the Yangtze River Delta; you can personally experience various intangible cultural heritage projects in the Yangtze River Delta, feel the charm of shadow puppetry, native cloth weaving, handmade ribbons, Pinghu watermelon lamps and other intangible cultural heritage; there are more interesting activities such as sugar painting and window cutting flowers full of childhood memories. A series of traditional folk activities with different characteristics, such as punching in the clock in at interactive attractions and tasting folk snacks, take turns to let the citizens relive the fun of the past and feel the charm of traditional culture.
At the ceremony, a framework agreement on the strategic planning of the "Pastoral Five Towns" global tourism was also signed to accelerate the promotion of the global tourism industry of the "Pastoral Five Towns" in the Yangtze River Delta and promote the high-quality development of the "integration" of the Yangtze River Delta. With the "Pastoral Five Towns" rural tourism development consortium, the characteristic fruit and vegetable industry development consortium, the red gene party building consortium and other work special classes, closely focusing on the co-construction of the global spatial pattern, the co-education of the panoramic product system, the sharing of all-round public services, the win-win of omni-channel marketing brand, and the consultation of the full coverage guarantee mechanism, etc., to achieve "urban tourism integration, host and guest sharing, global development, and livability", promote the development of global tourism in the Yangtze River Delta, and jointly promote rural revitalization.
It is understood that the first Jinshan Xiaobailong Folk Culture Tourism Festival activities from October 31, 2021 (during the frost fall) to May 5, 2022 (Lixia) ended, during the "dragon theme", Lvxiang Town will also carry out the pen walk white dragon embroidery mountain and river - Yangtze River Delta "dragon" totem tubu cultural and creative product design competition, white dragon splash ink to welcome the new spring - Yangtze River Delta "dragon" theme Spring Union gathering, live dragon live tiger lantern festival - Shangyuan Festival folk "party", spring summoning dragon chant "three hundred miles" - sacrifice to the dragon god · A series of activities such as the "Peach Blossom Garden" - Yangtze River Delta "Pastoral Five Towns" Dragon Boat Invitational Race, through a series of cultural theme activities, let the "walking folklore" truly enter the hearts of the masses.
Author: Bo Xiaobo
Editor: Tang Weijie