What kind of natural resources does the world-class intangible heritage project "Send the King Ship" show awe and gratitude for?

World-class intangible cultural heritage projects sent to Wang Chuan to express their awe and gratitude for water, a natural resource.

Sending Wang Chuan, also known as sending ships, gods, lights, fires, plagues, water, flowers, fruits, birds and dragons and phoenixes, is an ancient folk belief and activity popular in southern China. It originated from ancient plague beliefs and sacrificial customs, and has been included in the world-class intangible cultural heritage list.

The main purpose of sending the biography of Wang is to pray for the blessing of the gods, to eliminate disasters and take refuge, to have a good harvest and to prosper people and animals. This folk activity expresses people's awe and gratitude for water, a natural resource. During the ceremony, people will hold various ceremonies, such as dragon dance, lion dance, dragon dance, fire phoenix dance, dragon dance, phoenix dance, carp dance, turtle dance, spider dance, centipede dance, butterfly dance and bee dance. To show respect for nature.

Folk activities to send Wang Chuan.

In the folk activities to send Wang Chuan, people use paper, bamboo, satin, cloth, mud, wood and other materials to make various gods, shenzhou, shendeng, shenhuo, shenshui, shenhua, shenguo, shenniao, Shenlong and Shenfeng. These objects are symbols of nature, expressing people's awe and gratitude for nature.

In the folk activities to send Wang Chuan, people will also sing various hymns, boat songs, lantern songs, fire songs, epidemic songs, water songs, flower songs, fruit songs, bird songs, Long Ge songs and phoenix songs. These songs praise nature and express people's awe and gratitude for nature.

The folk activity of sending Wang Chuan is a kind of reverence and gratitude ceremony for nature, which originated from the ancient plague belief and sacrifice custom, and has now become an important intangible cultural heritage in southern China. This folk activity not only has profound historical and cultural connotation, but also has unique artistic value, which is an important part of China traditional culture.

state of play

"Sending the King's Boat" is a widely spread ceremony in Minnan area of China (Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Guang 'an) and the coastal area of Malacca. The activities of these two countries are both places. Minnan is held every three or four years when it is windy in the northeast season and autumn; In Malacca, it is mostly held in the leap year of the lunar calendar and the auspicious day of the dry season. The ceremony lasted several days or months.