Intangible Cultural Heritage Dragon and Lion Exhibition, Little White Dragon Colorful Parade, Intangible Cultural Heritage Food Appreciation, Interactive Attraction Punch Card... On the evening of October 31, the Yangtze River Delta Intangible Dragon and Lion Boutique Exhibition and the opening ceremony of the first Jinshan Little White Dragon Folk Culture Tourism Festival with the theme of "Walking Folklore" kicked off in Lvxiang Fruit Park. At the opening ceremony, people 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 of The Intangible Cultural Heritage of Lvxiang.
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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 2021, 'Little White Dragon Faith and Customs' was successfully selected into the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects, which not only became the pride of every Jinshan person, but also inherited the folk culture accumulated by Luxiang for generations." Huang Huiyun, secretary of the Party Committee of Luxiang Town, said that 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, made every effort to polish the regional business card of "Taoyuan in the Bay Area", and strived to promote the new achievements of "Happy Lvxiang". "This Yangtze River Delta Intangible Cultural Heritage Dragon and Lion Boutique Exhibition and Performance focuses on the uplifting fighting spirit of all parts of the Yangtze River Delta, and also promotes the mutual benefit and joint exhibition of traditional culture in the Yangtze River Delta region."
As the fifth generation of inheritors of the Xiaobailong Faith and Customs in Lvxiang, Xia Yifeng said frankly: "This time under the guidance of the District Intangible Cultural Heritage Department and the Intangible Cultural Heritage Center, the newly established Xiaobailong Faith and Customs Protection and Inheritance Studio, on the one hand, is to show our Xiaobailong Faith and Customs Culture, on the other hand, it can also better inherit the excellent traditional culture, in the future, the studio will organize young people from all villages in the town to teach and train in dragon dance skills every week, and will also be invited to teach in the Yangtze River Delta region, which will be carried out every year. One Village, One Dragon' exhibition and performance, participating in performances in important festivals and activities, will continue to pass on the intangible cultural heritage. ”
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. It is revealed that Lvxiang Town will take the spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons as the basis, 24 solar terms as the use, according to different festivals and folk festivals, regularly online and offline to create a variety of small white dragon folk activities, with Jinshan little white dragon string "walking folklore" in the Yangtze River Delta joint exhibition linkage, with the festival xing city to drive rural tourism, and then the Jinshan Little White Dragon Folk Culture Tourism Festival into a new business card of Luxiang, Jinshan and even the Yangtze River Delta cultural tourism industry.
It is understood that the first Jinshan Xiaobailong Folk Culture Tourism Festival began on October 31, 2021 (during the frost period) and ended on May 5, 2022 (Lixia). During this period, around the "dragon theme", Lvxiang Town will also carry out a series of activities such as the White Dragon Embroidery Mountain and River - Yangtze River Delta "Dragon" Totem Tubu Cultural and Creative Product Design Competition, the White Dragon Splash ink to welcome the New Year - the Yangtze River Delta "Dragon" theme Spring Union Gathering, the Lantern Festival of The Living Dragon and the Tiger - The Shangyuan Festival Folk Customs "Party", the Spring Dragon Song "Three Hundred Miles" - The Dragon God Worship And Pray for Blessings, and the Dragon Racing Crossing "Peach Blossom Garden" - The Yangtze River Delta "Pastoral Five Towns" Dragon Boat Invitational Competition, and through a series of cultural theme activities, let the "walking folk customs" be "walking folklore" Truly into the hearts of the masses.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Huang Yongdi Text Editor: Huang Yongdi
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