Gaozhou culture

On March 3rd, 2065438, KOOC-0, Gaozhou No.1 Middle School held the awarding ceremony of "China Couplet Culture City" and "China Couplet Culture and Education Base".

Couplets are a unique artistic form of China language and one of the treasures of national culture. Gaozhou attaches great importance to the cultural and educational activities of couplets and the construction of cultural bases, with remarkable results. It is understood that the city's couplets culture has a good mass base and a large number of talents. In 20 13 years, there were 20 members of China couplets society, 32 members of Guangdong couplets society, and 0/5 municipal members. There are 16 couplets branches in towns, streets, communities, institutions and schools, with more than 2,000 couplets lovers. It has opened up couplet education bases such as Gaozhou No.1 Middle School and Gaozhou No.3 Middle School. Invest a lot of money to build Gaozhou Sendai Temple into a cultural symbol project of couplets; Invest 2.3 million yuan in Yingzhou Park to build a joint signing project of "Shangyi Famous District" with the function of clean government education. The New Year Festival is the biggest festival in Gaozhou and even in western Guangdong. In rural areas, it is called "New Year's Day is greater than Spring Festival" and it is also the most distinctive festival in Maoming.

Guangxu's "Gaozhou County Records and Customs" contains: "December to February (the second month of the lunar calendar), villagers Nuo, chasing ghosts along the door and singing local songs, which is called the year." It is understood that the chronology of Ming and Qing dynasties has been recorded in the popular local chronicles of western Guangdong from the early years of the Republic of China to the early days of liberation, which was once interrupted. Since 1980s, with the reform and opening up and the rapid economic development, the annual pattern has gradually recovered.

activity

1, "Wandering God" activity

There are colorful flags, incense burners, bodhisattvas, Taoist priests, paper boats, gunners, trombones, suona, Qiang, gongs and drums, etc. The colorful flags are written with blessings, prayers and other related words. Some also indicate who donated the flag. The bunting team is mainly composed of children, and the front is led by an adult with a banner, standing at the front of the whole wandering soul team. Some places also have signs such as "patrol" and "avoid". The gunner detonated a gun head at regular intervals along the road and rang into the sky.

2. Cultural performances

The performances include Cantonese opera, movies, songs and dances, puppet shows, tea picking, acrobatics, magic, lion awakening and fireworks. Among them, Cantonese opera, puppet show, tea-picking show, acrobatics, magic and lion-awakening show are staged in turn from day to night; Movies, songs and dances, and fireworks shows are usually arranged from night to early morning or even all night. Fireworks are usually set off after dinner or at 7: 00 to 9: 00 in the evening, or at 3: 00 or 4: 00 in the morning, with the deafening firecrackers at that time.

3. annual feast

Gaozhou area divides the Chinese New Year into two parts: "Chinese New Year" and "Chinese New Year", and banquets are also very important in the Chinese New Year. The main dishes are: boiled chicken, fried powder, fried squid with lentils, braised pork with plum vegetables, chicken wings, braised fish and fresh shrimp. In some places, the annual lunch is vegetarian. It is said that we can't break the fast until the "break" is over, and dinner is the time to "have a full meal".

shadow play

Gaozhou puppet show, also known as ghost play, is a new kind of drama formed by Gaozhou folk artists' continuous absorption, transformation and development. Gaozhou puppet show has a history of more than 400 years, and is known as "a hundred-year puppet, a new classic of the times", which has attracted the attention of the government and all walks of life. In 2006, Gaozhou Puppet Show was listed in the "First List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage" by the State Council. Gaozhou singles have performed in France, Germany, Hong Kong, Macao and other places, which is very popular.

fulfil

Puppet shows can be divided into large, medium and small classes according to the number of people. There are a dozen people in the big class, a few people in the middle class and one person in the small class. One person in a small class performs a program. Dancing, singing, reading and tapping are all "one kick" and anything can be done.

During the performance, artists perform puppets and rap in local dialects. The costumes of the repertoire are modern, and the performances are easy to understand, unique and novel.

art

The artistic value of Gaozhou puppet show mainly lies in the integration of many modern schools while maintaining tradition. Gaozhou Muppets have beautiful shapes, beautiful stories and clear interpretations.

Sacrifice litchi god

This custom is completed every year when litchi is harvested, usually shortly after the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. Sacrifice to litchi god first set an auspicious day, including single family and collective. A single family cooks their own food, adds vegetables and invites relatives and friends to drink homemade litchi wine, and brings sacrifices, especially litchi wine, to worship under the self-planted litchi tree. After the worship, firecrackers, gongs and drums were set off and Nuo dances were performed. People collectively chose a litchi tree with high yield and the greatest "contribution" as the altar. On the Eight Immortals table, there are three kinds of sacrifices and litchi wine sent by various households. Please bid farewell to Nanzhai. Do a puppet show near litchi garden in the evening. This custom first appeared in the roots, and later spread to Jieshou, Surabaya and other places.

Mrs Sendai's birthday

On the 24th of the lunar calendar 1 1 month, whenever there is an ancestral temple in Gaozhou, performances will be held in the days before and after the festival, especially in places where Feng Xiansheng lived, such as Liangde, Changpo and Dong 'an. In Donglei Village of Changpo, villagers named Xian live together, and Mrs Xian is called "grandma". In the past, whenever Xian's birthday, the villagers always prepared a sacrificial ceremony, beating gongs and drums, and went to Liangde (his hometown) to welcome his "grandmother" back to celebrate the festival. The old town of Changpo is the settlement of descendants of Feng Bao, where the Sendai Temple went to Donglei Village dozens of miles away to welcome the "Sendai Temple" back to the old town. The neighboring Huazhou, before liberation and a few days before Xian Tai's birthday, went to Gaozhou City to welcome Xian Tai to Huazhou, and all villages along the way had the habit of "grabbing worship". After the worship, there was a parade that night.