Performance time of Tiehua in Sui and Tang Botanical Gardens

The performance time is from New Year's Day to 15, from 7: 30 to 8: 30 every night. Tietiehua is a traditional folk fireworks and one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Tiehua is a large-scale traditional folk fireworks, which is a folk cultural performance skill discovered by ancient Chinese craftsmen in the process of casting utensils. It began in the Northern Song Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a history of 1000 years. Iron and iron flowers are mostly distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, especially in Henan and Shanxi. Kaifeng Tiehua is also known as the top ten folk arts in the Yellow River Basin. During the fireworks display, a six-meter-high double-layer flower shed was set up in an open space. The flower shed is covered with fresh willow branches, fireworks, firecrackers and goods. An old pole six meters high was erected in the middle of the shed, making the total height of the shed more than ten meters. There is a melting furnace next to it to melt molten iron. A dozen performers used Hua Gun to beat the high temperature of 1000 degrees on the hot metal in the shed in turn, forming hot metal with a height of more than ten meters. The fireworks lit by molten iron are spectacular, showing the characteristics of soul-stirring and festive excitement. The historical origin "Tiehua" originated from the sacrificial activities of craftsmen. At the beginning of each year, before the opening of the five craftsmen, the first batch of craftsmen will negotiate to set up a flower shed, set up a god shed in the north of the flower shed, sit facing south, and choose auspicious days to offer various sacrifices in the county town of laojunmiao and the Temple of Fire. After that, all the owners of the five craftsmen's shop and the shop name marched in procession carrying the statue of the old gentleman enshrined in our shop and set off firecrackers all the way to the shed. Along the way, craftsmen's shops should set up incense table offerings to meet them. After the team arrived at the shed, they put the statue of the old man in the shed and held a sacrificial ceremony, hoping that the old man and Vulcan would be safe all the year round, prosperous in business and rich in financial resources. Start playing with flowers at night. Most of the people who take part in playing with flowers are craftsmen from various stores. Before playing with flowers, they should bow down and change clothes in the shed and ask the gods to protect their safety and avoid burns. The sacrificial activities of artisans were supported and participated by Taoist priests. Taoist priests either provide places to strike iron flowers (mostly open spaces for temples) or pay for things. Taoist priests often organize sheng, Xiao, Guan, flute, silk and bamboo, gongs and drums and other musical instruments to cheer for craftsmen when they worship and parade. Usually craftsmen will cast bells, jars, Yunka, incense burners and braziers for Taoist priests free of charge. Every major Taoist celebration, Taoist priests will also pay for things and ask craftsmen to hold "iron flowers" to add luster to Taoism. This virtually promoted the development of "Tiehua" activities. Obviously, the first purpose of "strike while the iron is hot" is to show the elegance of the industry, please the masses and expand its influence, which is equivalent to making an advertisement. The second is to make money, which is homophonic with "flowers" and "hair" and means "playing with flowers, playing more and more", symbolizing the prosperity of the cause.