What is the social fire in Datong?

Datong social fire is an activity of the Spring Festival. Folk social fire in Datong area is an activity for people to perform and entertain themselves during the Spring Festival, which is rich in content and diverse in forms. According to its forms, it can be divided into gongs, drums, yangko, vehicles and boats, stilts, simulated animals, simulated ghosts and gods, martial arts and so on.

Shehuo is a traditional celebration and carnival for the Han people in China to celebrate the Spring Festival, and it is an intangible cultural heritage in some places such as Qinghai Province, Gansu Province and Shaanxi Province in the northwest.

The origin of social fire

Nanfengcheng Shehuo is a traditional folk activity of Jiangyou people in Hexi area of Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province, and has been declared as a provincial cultural heritage. Social fire originated from people's sacrifices to bodhisattvas and civil servants and military commanders in past dynasties. Since the Song Dynasty, various sacrificial activities have spread and formed a colorful social fire culture. The local people originated from the sacrifices made by people to bodhisattvas and civil servants and military commanders in past dynasties.