Saidazhu Shantou

Guanshan rotating annual competition pig

On the 17th day of the first lunar month, Guanshan is an annual "Big Pig Race" folk activity. According to legend, this activity was initiated by James Zhou Village in Jiazi Year (1864), and was implemented with the consent of Liugutou Village. This activity was suspended from 195 1 to 198 1 and resumed to 1982. It has a history of 100 years. Guanshan Village is a big village with more than 30 surnames, including Zhou, Lu, Xu, Lin, Chen, Zheng, Zhang, Hong and Li. Eight surnames with a large population in the village hold a big pig race in turn according to two surnames every year, with a period of 12, which is arranged according to the age of the zodiac. The interval between the big surnames with large population is 2 or 4 years, and the interval between the small surnames with small population is 4 or 8 years. The annual big pig race starts on the evening of the 17th day of the first month and ends at noon on the 18th day of the first month. On the 19th day of the first month, we will hold a parade to pay tribute to the local gods. Of course, there will be wonderful cultural parades. The parade included wonderful performances such as the national flag team, children's basketball team, lantern team, English song team, Chaozhou gongs and drums team, brass band and lion dance team.

Off-site race pig

Xiajiao Township is located in Chenghua Street, Chenghai District. Every year from the 19th to 22nd day of the first lunar month, Chen and Cai in their hometown take turns to worship the mysterious god (Zhenwu Emperor).

On the 19th day of the first month of each year, it's the turn of the surname to organize a team of gods to go to the shrine in Tian Xuan, and invite the gods of Tian Xuan to hold sacrificial activities in the ancestral temple of the surname. When offering sacrifices, people not only use sweet cakes, three animals and five sacrifices, but also whole pigs and sheep. In front of the gods, thousands of villagers competed for the worship of the big pig, and the Chaozhou Opera Troupe was invited to perform. On the 22nd of the first month, a cultural parade will be organized to send Tian Xuan back to the temple. In the parade, there must be a big gongs and drums team, a national flag team, a flower basket team and a colorful flag team composed of young children in their hometown, as well as a brass band specially invited from other places to entertain them. This lively atmosphere is even better than New Year's Day. Yuepu is fighting for a big pig in Dingtou.

Every year on the eighth day of the first lunar month, Yuepu Town, Yuepu Street, jinping district, Shantou City will hold a folk activity of "Race the Big Pig".

This custom has been popular since the Ming Dynasty. Before the competition, rows of big pigs dressed in gold and silver will be placed on decorated lifting surfaces, followed by the stage of Chaozhou Opera. Competition for big pigs, the competition is not thousands of pigs running, but thousands of You Zhu are beautiful and fat.

Plague often occurred in Chaoshan area in Ming Dynasty. In order to prevent disasters, the villagers regard the big pig as a "sacrifice" and pray to prevent bad luck and ensure safety.

The main content of "Saida Pig" can be summarized as six words "Ding Tou, Xiu Da Pig". According to the custom in the village, a young man who has reached the age of 24 is called Ding Tou, and "Ding Tou" is an adult ceremony (the number of Ding Tous in 20 13 is 56, and it is said that there are more than 90 Ding Tous at most in a year). And this pig must have been raised by 20 13 adult boys. After feeding, it is bigger than anyone who raises it, and it is better than anyone who dresses up the pig. Finally, after the game, the pig was moved as fast as it was robbed, faster than anyone else. In fact, I think it may contain a traditional consciousness of agricultural society. Everyone is richer and healthier than the improvement of agricultural products and quality of life.

Top is a big pig.

Topgasse pig is divided into eight parts: pine, bamboo, plum, orchid and pear by Dajing Village and Yujing Village (formerly a township). In order to take turns to worship the "South China Sea Wang Sheng" in my hometown every year, the turn of the Ministry of Social Affairs is called "armor" by the local people. It was the turn of the Armor-piercing Society to go to Nanhai Temple and invite Nanhai Wang Sheng and his wife to worship in their village. In addition to offering sweet cakes, three lives and five sacrifices, people also need to whole pigs and sheep. In front of the gods, thousands of villagers competed for the worship of the big pig, and the Chaozhou Opera Troupe was invited to perform. Every big pig and sheep also has a golden flower and a big red flower, with red paper cuts. Let's see who dresses up the pig beautifully. The one recognized as the king of pigs this year became the most glorious praise object in the village this year, and it was not until the next year that a new big pig was competing to replace it. The first game of gull lamp, big pig

According to legend, when Sanwangye Temple (now Auchan Neighborhood Committee) in Longtou Village of Ou Ting was founded, it was managed by ten buildings, namely "Lane Building, Shunxuan Building, Yuanfeng Building, Dongning Building, Funan Building, Gongbei Building, Zhisheng Building, Sha Ting Building, Jingxi Building and Wanghai Building" composed of five surnames of Auchan Village. Every year, the villagers on duty will choose the auspicious day in early February of the lunar calendar, invite the third prince to travel and inspect the village. This is the "lantern head". And on the twelfth day of the first month of the following year, the "bald tail" was held again. Every building has a "Logger Vick" every ten years. Therefore, there is a saying that "Li. Z Guo stayed in the camp for ten years. "

On the first day of the Lantern Festival, all kinds of sacrifices have been put in place one by one, and the sacrifice has begun. In the center of the square are more than 100 big fat pigs. In an agricultural society, having pigs at home is home. Today, although people no longer regard the number of big fat pigs as a symbol of wealth, in this folk festival, every household will put on a well-dressed big fat pig, which still conveys the information of life changes. Look at these bonsai carefully. The raw materials are actually red dates, fungus, peanuts, yuba, lotus seeds and so on. There are towers made of sugar, peanuts made of sugar and lions made of sugar. No wonder people from all over the country want to come here to watch the excitement and see the new things.

Every year, there is a wonderful cultural parade on the Lantern Festival. There are not only flag-raising teams composed of young people in our village, but also children's flower baskets and lanterns in the parade. Of course, there are also performance groups specially invited from other places, such as Chaoyang English Song Team, Chaozhou Big Gong Drum Team and Brass Band. The most thrilling performance is the lion dance with high stakes. This lively atmosphere surpasses the Spring Festival.

Zhou Yulong Fu Christmas Game Pig

According to legend, when Fusheng Magong Temple in Longxiang, Yuzhou was founded, it was composed of Wu CuO, Chen CuO Zhai, Xia She, Shang She, Cai She, Cao Chi and Long Mei. Every year, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on July 15, and it is the local people's turn to offer sacrifices.

At that time, the Ministry of Social Affairs had to repair her husband's uterus in advance, including painting doors and windows, plaques and door couplets. The gift before serving the social god is the same as the gift before the husband's palace god. The village looks delicious, the furnishings are ingenious, and each township agency does its best. On July 14, during the day, the village party secretary, the gongs and drums team, the flag team, the flower basket team and the colorful flag team went to the temple to invite Fu Shengma workers to burn incense burners to the shed in Niannian Township, where the villagers could worship. Besides sweet cakes and pig heads, there are geese, chickens, ducks, noodles, beans, cigarettes, wine, tea and drinks. In the evening, the villagers also carried the big pigs one by one to the gods for a big pig competition ceremony. Every year, there are basically more than 300 big pigs, ranging from 500 kg to 300-400 kg. We also invited Chaozhou Opera Troupe to perform in front of the gods to celebrate their birthdays and create a festive atmosphere.

During the period, there were also wonderful cultural parades, including a big gong and drum team, a national flag team, a flower basket team and a colorful flag team, and a brass band specially invited from other places. This lively atmosphere is more lively than the Chinese New Year.

Waisha Nanshe Saida Pig

Since Nanshe built Notre Dame, it has been taking February 16 of the lunar calendar as an example to celebrate the festival (during the Cultural Revolution, Notre Dame in Tianhou Palace was converted into a farm tool repair shop because of the difference between the old and the new, and Notre Dame was destroyed, so the sacrifice was stopped).

1980 On the first day of the tenth lunar month, Notre Dame was restored, the statue of Notre Dame was re-carved, and the opening ceremony was held on an auspicious day. From then on, there will be a big celebration every ten years, that is, the prefix "B" in the lunar calendar and the suffix "V" in the solar calendar. Whenever the anniversary is set in September, the celebration date will be decided by the elders in the countryside asking Mazu for a visa.

Mazu celebration is very spectacular, with sacrifices such as pigs, sheep, geese, chickens, rice and fruits. In particular, put the big pig in front of Notre Dame and hold a competition to see whose You Zhu is fat and big, so as to win the lottery and look forward to a safe and prosperous life in the future. For example, in 2005, the four-day celebration from the fourth day of the ninth lunar month to the seventh day of the ninth lunar month was the biggest in history. More than 3000 square meters of open space is filled with big pigs selected by various households, which embodies the good wish of pigs to grow fat and strong. Specially invited tiger and lion dances, operas, Chaozhou operas, sketches, song and dance performances, gongs and drums formations, colorful flag formations and other demonstration performances. The whole village * * * 294 pigs and 32 sheep competed on the same field, with spectacular scenes and numerous tourists.

Yu Zhou spiced Saida pig

According to legend, Yuzhou Township in longhu district was composed of five villages, namely, Datiezhou, Xindi, Jiudi, Xixi and Liumei (so local people commonly call it "Yuwu Township"), and four clubs, namely, Zhou Tie, Dong Xi (Xindi and Jiudi), Xixi and Liumei, were formed. Located in Jiudi Village, Beidi Temple was established as the protector of the local "Jade Wuxiang" to worship the mysterious god.

Every year, Wuyu Township holds Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival twice to worship God. Moreover, every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival (1March), one of the clubs takes turns to hold a pig race (those who can't worship the normal "fragrant goose" in turn), so each village club holds it once every 12 years. In addition to offering cookies, three animals, moon cakes, bean recipes and other sacrifices, people also want to whole pigs and sheep. In front of the gods, thousands of villagers competed for the worship of the big pig, and the Chaozhou Opera Troupe was invited to perform. The next day, August 16, the village community hosted a banquet and invited relatives and friends to celebrate.

Yu Zhou Li CuO Zhai Sai Dazhu

Licuozhai Village, Yuzhou Township, longhu district, has a history of hundreds of years. It is dedicated to Mazu in the "Tianhou Palace" and celebrated the festival with the first day of the seventh lunar month as an example. It is also scheduled to hold a grand pig worship ceremony every year in the Year of the Sheep, that is, every 12.

On June 30th of the lunar calendar, the Presbyterian Church in the village organized a group of immortals to the Tianhou Palace, and respectfully invited Mazu to the village to set up a large colored shed in the ancestral hall in advance to receive sacrifices. On the evening of June 30th, a pig race will be held, which will last until the early morning of July. Besides pigs and sheep, there are sweets, pigs, geese, chickens, ducks, noodles, beans, cigarettes, tea and so on. On the first night of July, every family in the village held a banquet and invited relatives and friends to celebrate. During the period, the village also had a wonderful cultural parade composed of gongs and drums, flag teams, flower baskets and colorful flags.