China acrobatic hometown Wuqiao where

The Hometown of Chinese Acrobatics Wuqiao is in Wuqiao County, Cangzhou City.

Wuqiao County is located in the lower reaches of the ancient Yellow River. West of the Grand Canal, east of the four women's Temple River, the river occupies a large area of land, and the land is saline and infertile, frequent floods, but also the history of war and war, the people's lives are miserable. People in a desperate situation, had to make a heel, set of juggling, to be a big knife, play with monkeys, pugs and other small animals, wandering, selling art to make a living.

Wuqiao people practicing acrobatics, acrobatics more. Legend has it that the Tang Dynasty scholar Ji Xiaotang twice to Beijing to catch the examination, because they do not try to bribe, won the jinshi, and was removed, in a fit of pique, only traveled in the clouds and the four seas. On this day, came to the end of the South Mountain, just met the acrobatics of the ancestor Lu Dongbin, then worship the master to learn the art, learned 360 sets of magic tricks.

After the master, wandering to Wuqiao, settled in a Taoist temple, accepting students to pass on the art. From then on, the teacher passes on the apprentice, the father passes on the son, the person learns, the family practises, the generation passes on, more and more. Wuqiao ten townships have acrobatic artists, acrobatic artists are more concentrated on the ditch store, Yu set, Iron City and other townships.

Traditional customs:

According to the records, Wuqiao people practice acrobatics with ancient traditional customs. Temple fair for acrobatics to provide a place to perform, acrobatics for the temple to recruit incense, the two complement each other, over time, it has become the traditional style of Wuqiao.

After the fall harvest every year, there is a month-long temple fair from August 15th to the 15th of the railroad month. During the temple fair, acrobatics, magic props knife, fork Dan ring stalls for sale; dogs, monkeys, snakes, bears to buy. At this time, acrobatics, magic, puppets and other artists have come to, or to build and negotiate skills, or to visit friends, or set up a class group shed, the temple fair opened exclusively for the acrobatic industry, a unique style.