Cultural activities in Xinchang ancient town

The new venue was very lively during the annual Spring Festival before liberation. From the fifth day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, there are various forms of lanterns in towns and villages, such as lion lanterns, pole lanterns, stilt lanterns and sister lanterns. Among them, "Lion Lantern" is more folk, universal and interesting. Its colorful performances are deeply loved by the masses and have been passed down to this day.

1, lion lantern: the lion's head is painted with paper, and the lion's body (about ten feet long) is made of colored cloth (or silk). Its performance operation, one person holds the lion's head and one person holds the lion's tail. There are also two performers, one wearing a "laughing monk" mask, a vest and a broom; One wears a "monkey head" mask and cooperates with each other to lead the lion to dance. The performances include wonderful programs such as Climbing Wutai Mountain, Swan Holding Eggs, Fishing for the Moon at Sea, Opening Four Doors and Closing Four Doors, Stealing Fans, Killing Lions for the New Year, and folk dances such as somersaults and fluttering are also interspersed. In addition, after the performance of the lion lantern, there are many interesting and elegant "things" (that is, the mystery of the lion lantern) activities. These are welcomed by the broad masses.

2. Cow lamp: One person wears a bull's head mask, and the other person's face is painted white. With the dance, he sang and danced. Actors sometimes take off their masks to congratulate their hosts on New Year's Eve.

3. High-legged lamp: The performer uses two sticks six or seven feet long, and a footstool is installed at the lower end about two feet. When performing, people often pull a wooden stick and walk on the footstool, taking pleasure in its surprise.

4. Sister-in-law Lantern: This lantern should be played by a slim and handsome man. Wearing old-fashioned clothes, embroidered waist, satin lace (or handkerchief), blushing, singing and dancing, twisting the waist, and lyrics with strong local colors are even more amusing. Opening ceremony of food tourism festival in Xinchang ancient town, Chengdu

10 On the first weekend after the "Double Festival", the "20 12 First Xinchang Folk Culture and Food Tourism Festival" hosted by Xinchang Town People's Government of Dayi County and hosted by Xinchang Ancient Town Management Committee will be held in Xinchang Ancient Town.

The theme of this food festival is "Taste, Leisure, Food". In addition to gathering all kinds of special delicacies and handicrafts in and around Xinchang Ancient Town, the organizer also specially preserved the original lifestyle of western sichuan bazi in Xinchang Ancient Town, taking nostalgia and farming culture as the main elements, and cooperating with colorful activities, creating a unique and participatory western Sichuan folk culture and food tourism festival. From 65438+1October 13 to165438+1October 2, "The Last western sichuan bazi" will show all the guests the most authentic western Sichuan folk culture with a thousand years of heavy history and culture.

Gluttony feast, ancient town folk food collection

Blood sausage, duck with sesame oil, Li Huang cake, Xinchang wide noodles ... The food in Xinchang ancient town is impressive and deeply engraved in the living atmosphere of western sichuan bazi. Alleys along the roadside are littered with humble old restaurants, which are often century-old shops with a long history. The food here, either spicy and refreshing, or moderately salty, can be eaten and tasted, attracting countless diners to linger.

It is reported that as the highlight of the food festival, the organizers have set up a variety of live activities, and strive to fully display the new western Sichuan food culture.

Looking for new food in memory takes nostalgia as the theme element, and through food display, the most beautiful ancient town customs are concentrated in one square inch. The "New Folk Food Competition" takes the blood-enriching and fat-filling sausage, which is the most unique in the new field, as the competition point, and the famous local signature old shops compete in the same field, showing the whole process of making new food to tourists on the spot, which is very visually impactful and interesting. "All-day food exchange meeting" is a unique "alternative dam banquet" in the new venue. The "Snack Expo", which consists of more than 60 kinds of specialty snacks, covers almost most of the famous snacks in Sichuan, and continuously satisfies the endless pursuit of taste buds by foodies all day.

In addition to on-site activities, the organizers also launched interactive and interesting online activities. "Collection and Selection of Western Sichuan Private Cuisine (Home Cooking)" was organized by the organizer to collect special private cuisine from netizens through Sina Weibo. After netizens signed up for the photo exhibition in Weibo, the organizer selected ten finalists to get the opportunity of "free one-day tour in new fields" and showed their cooking skills to tourists on the spot. The "Collection of Old Photos of Western Sichuan Food Culture" activity explores the historical memory behind western Sichuan food culture with netizens by collecting old photos.

Precious memory of the historical imprint of folk culture in western Sichuan

The beauty of the new stadium lies in its rich historical and cultural heritage. Half modern history of a small town. In the ups and downs of nearly a thousand years of history, the elegance and richness, vicissitudes and desolation of the new stadium have been deeply integrated into the blood of local people.

In addition to the rich experience of food culture, the wonderful display of western Sichuan folk culture is also a highlight of this new food festival. In order to completely preserve the original features of Xinchang's "Last western sichuan bazi", the organizers abandoned street performances or stage performances with obvious artificial traces, and restored the lifestyle of residents in western Sichuan to the maximum extent. Here, everything is unpretentious, just like a small town forgotten by time, perhaps an old man basking in the sun at the corner of an alley, perhaps a cat lying on a mottled wall, perhaps a master who is concentrating on shaving his head with a razor, or perhaps a hardworking woman lying in front of an old sewing machine, all of which will cause faint memories buried in your heart or become precious scenes captured by your camera.