About Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, residential folklore

Dabashan, high mountains and steep roads, transportation is very difficult, mountain people transport goods and so on all rely on manpower bamboo backpack transportation, people call this backpack goods back two brother or back old two. The backpack is an important tool for the production and life of the people in the Dabashan Mountains, and this kind of Bashan backpack, which is wide and narrow, has become a symbol of the simple and hardworking people in the Dabashan Mountains. Once upon a time, transportation was closed, and all the goods that needed to be transported out of and into the mountains had to be carried by human labor. Nowadays, the rural young adults to work in the city can not be separated from the back of the sedan chair. The back of the second brother mostly to

Bayu dance, the historical record of its canonical history of many generations, its origin is also said differently, but most of them are sure that it is either in the ancient battlefield, or in the folk and even in the court are very popular, in the ancient military, political and musical history of the arts occupies a very important position. The origin of Bayu dance has gone through at least three stages of evolution. The first stage was the initial period before King Wu of Zhou conquered Zhou. The Cubans were described in Chang Qu's Huayang Guo Zhi as brave, swashbuckling, and warlike,

Bazhong Shadow Dance, refers to two major parts of the arts and crafts of a folk leather sculpture of traditional theater characters and folk shadow play performances circulating in the territory of the city of Bazhong. The arts and crafts referred to here refers to the carving and production of shadow figures. Select the bloodletting and death of the rhubarb cowhide after sweating, soaking, scraping, de-tendonization, taut stretching and drying, under the material, to be carved and produced. Painting paper man (also known as lattice), to be carved leather head, body, limbs painted on paper, after the paper man painting parts pasted on the cowhide,

Yi family old house is located in Bazhong City, Nanjiang County, Yuantan Township, word library village, was built in 1895, so far, has a history of more than 100 years. Yi family old house through the vicissitudes of wind and rain is still well-preserved. Yi family old house is the family name of Guangyao in Guangxu Yongnian in the family after the folk gold package silver around the soil in the middle of the wood of the triad concept was built, due to the owner of the house is very conscientious, in the construction process and quality requirements are very strict, the roof beams, 6 doors and windows, such as painting and carving superbly decorated, window

The 14th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year Festival of lights is the Bazhong folk tradition of playing (dance) the dragon's festival. Bazhou people can play the dragon all year round, especially on the 14th day of the first month of the Festival of Lights is a big play and special play; followed by folk prayers for rain rituals also play the dragon. But the color of the dragon danced in different seasons is different. Generally speaking, the green dragon is danced in spring, the red or yellow dragon in summer, the white dragon in autumn and the black dragon in winter. In Bazhong around the color of the dragon dance also has a difference, fishing Creek Temple dance black dragon, Yinyang River dance

Men and women are generally introduced to marriage by the introduction of the bridge, the parents of both sides agreed to free love for a period of time, the longest up to a few years. During this time, to fulfill the six rituals to welcome the custom. The practice: First, the male family to ask the matchmaker (introducer) to the female family to propose marriage is called nazai; Second, the male family to ask the matchmaker to the female family to mention the eight characters is called the name; Third, the male family after the eight characters and decided to enter into a marriage, and sent the gift of love is called the Naji; Fourth, the male family to the female family to send the bride-price bride price dowry is called Najing;

Build a house is a major event in life, the home of the people, people with the house for the home, the residence if you are safe that is, the home of the generation of the Chang. For this reason, in the construction of a new house in a series of projects, are to be held in a solemn and serious, a variety of activities, are generally based on the spirit of all things to nature worship as the main content of a series of folk rituals: first of all, please choose to build a house foundation, stonemason into the mountain to choose stone, mountain to take the stone, break the ground under the foundation; second is to ask the earthworkers to frame the board to build a wall, An over the wall, lifting the stacks, the opening of the mouth of the beam, under the wall panels, sealing the beam

Playing Sanchao Playing Sanchao is very popular in Bazhong, a ceremony held after the third day of the birth of the first child after the marriage of a girl in the countryside. Grandmothers are the guests of honor at the ceremony. Grandmother to the grandson prepared clothing and nutritious food for the daughter: mash, pork legs, bacon, chicken, eggs, sugar, etc., grandmother riding a slider and help to send the gift of personnel together to the son-in-law's home, placed on a few large square table, the female branch of the Guest Division to preside over the ceremony, chanting the auspicious words, grandmother to the grandson's name.