Culture and Art in Tongguan County

Folk Songs

The labor songs include "Yellow River Boatman's Horn" and "Ramming Song". The Yellow River Boatmen's Horns include the boat pulling horn, the boat stopping horn, the pine covered wagon horn, the boat supporting horn, the foot drop horn, the boat pulling horn, the old hitchhiking horn, the hitchhiking horn, the hitchhiking horn, the hitchhiking horn on behalf of the rushing horn, the inverted horn, the old boat backing horn, and the boat going ashore horn. In 1980, it was included in the Shaanxi volume of Chinese Folk Songs, and in 1983, Liu Quncai and Shijin from the Cultural Center organized it into songs and dances, and participated in the Weinan Regional Folk Art Concert and won the second prize for creation and performance, and in 1984, it participated in the selection of excellent national and folk programs in Shaanxi Province.

The Song of Rammering

, which is a song of repairing the reservoir, damming, and laying the foundation of a house, with a distinctive rhythm of ramming, inspires the laborers to organize themselves.

Songs are mainly popular in the Valley Road, recorded in the "Sister's door on a tree pear", the lyrics of 11 paragraphs, the rhythm of the tune is free. The song sung by Song De Cai in Xitongyu was included in the Shaanxi volume of Chinese Folk Songs Collection.

The folk tunes that have been recorded are Picking Flowers, Big Nail Jar, Embroidered Lotus Bags, Ten Embroideries, Thinking of the New Year, Worshiping Sister Hua, Pearls Rolling Back the Curtains, Little Nuns Haunting the Night of the Five Nights, Ten Visiting Sisters, Ten Pairs of Flowers, and Little Cowherd. Ten Embroideries", "Thinking of New Spring", "Worshiping Sister Hua", "Pearls Rolling Back the Curtains", "Little Nuns Haunting the Five Nights", which were included in the "Weinan Region Folk Songs Data Anthology". The Cultural Center created the performance song "Monthly Flowers for Heroes" based on the ditty "Little Cowherd", which won the second prize of the Weinan Regional Folk Art Concert Creation in 1984.

Folk Instrumental Music

Folk instrumental music is mainly drum music. In the early years of the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty (1644), the Wang family of Du Village, Wengxiang County, Henan Province, introduced it to Youshang Village until now. Before the founding of the country, the drumming class, low social status is called "turtle raucous (sound with) son", "blowing drummer", the other industry is not married to it. After the founding of the country, the social status of the drumming class has been changed, after 1979, Wanjialing, Nanying, Sujiacun, Xiyao, Mabiyukou, Maogou, Wu Village, etc. established the drumming class, in Tongguan County, Shanxi, Henan, etc., for the masses of the wedding festivities. Musical instruments: suona, sea flute, sheng, flute, erhu, banhu, three strings, drums, gongs, hinges and so on. Music: "Slippery Flowers on the Ground", "Reverse Eyes", "Full Eyes", "Six Eyes", "Tightly Welcoming the Marriage", "Going up to the Staircase", "Small Open Door", "Three Hundred Dollars", "Suona Pi", "Liu Qingniang", "Starting a Banquet Calling", "Rice Red Flowers", "Nailed Jar", "Embroidered Lotus Bags", "Zhang Liang Returning to the Mountain", "Hundred Birds Towards the Phoenix", "Wild Geese Landing on the Sandy Beach" and so on. In 1953, Lv Xinyu and Lv Tianyu from Youshang Village participated in the Weinan Regional Folk Art Concert and played double suona, which won the banner award. 1980, the National Folk Instrumental Census, Lv Xiangwa from Youshang Village, played "Nailed Cylinder" and "Embroidered Lotus Bag", and Lv Tianyu played "Zhang Liang Returns to the Mountain" which was included in the "Integration of Folk Instrumental Pieces in Shaanxi Province".

Popular percussion pieces: "Carrying Flowers", "Dew Star", "Fragrant Wheatgrass" and rice-planting gongs and drums. The "Back Flower" is circulated around the Dongyuan area, played by 10 large gongs and 1 large drum, with a stirring atmosphere and a strong and rugged spirit; the "Dew Star" is played by 4 large gongs and 1 small gong, with a hairpin and drums in unison, in a solemn atmosphere; and the "Fragrant Wheatgrass" is played by a small hairpin, a small gong and a small drum in a warm and cheerful atmosphere.

Folk Songs and Dances

Mill Women's Dance, also known as the Earth Wanderer. It was introduced to Dongguan Village in the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty by the artist Zhang Ma-zi. The four young girls wear ancient dresses, with a lotus flower tray under the skirt and lotus lamps in their hands, and dance while singing, which is simple and elegant; the young boys disguise themselves as herdsmen and sing songs such as "December" and "Ten Pairs of Flowers", etc. In 1955, they took part in the Weinan Regional Mass Art Show, and in 1985 they were adapted into a dance called "Pair of Flower Lanterns", which took part in the folk dance performance of Weinan Region, and won the prize for performance. In 1985, it was adapted into a dance called "Pair of Flower Lanterns", which participated in the Weinan Regional Folk Dance Festival and won the first prize for performance and composition. Wedding Customs

Tongguan is in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, the earliest humanization, and the previous marriage customs always kept the old system of the former kings, with the order of parents and the words of matchmakers. The first betrothal, first take a pair of earrings, given to the woman, which is called betrothal. Subsequently prepared by the male family clothing jewelry and other things, choose an auspicious day to send to the female family, which is called Xu mouth. It is said that the woman has agreed to the head of the marriage, also known as eating noodles, because the woman entertained the matchmaker on this day, eating noodles, take a hundred years of good, long-term permanent meaning. Now the custom is simpler than before, divided into engagement, see home, recognize the door. Betrothal is the introduction of people back and forth, to obtain the consent of both men and women, agreed to meet and talk about the location, both sides if there is no opinion, they will give each other gifts, as a proof. The so-called look home, that is, the male party to choose an auspicious day, so that the female party to watch the house, hosted a banquet, and buy clothes, commonly known as breaking the clothes, this day to the female party, the mat requires a sumptuous. Recognize the door is the female side to choose auspicious days, let the male side to recognize the door, and invite relatives to accompany the toast, by relatives of the unmarried son-in-law gift of a piece of clothing.

Marriage: the first day by the male family, will do a good job of wealth gift wine and meat boxes, racks, food Luo sent to the female family, because the male family that day to go to the officiating person, to worship the female three generations of ancestors, which is called a gift. Now more simplified, commonly known as "catalytic box", into the village before the firecrackers, firecrackers before dinner. Marriage this day, in the past there is a sedan chair, there are riding horses, are now using the car to meet the bride, usually the son-in-law to go to meet in person, to go accompanied by lifting the box, move the dowry, firecrackers. Female relatives to send relatives, the marriage ceremony, which is called "over things". The next day, the bride and groom, on the father-in-law's home to recognize the relatives and neighbors, the father-in-law's home also set up a banquet, which is called the recognition of the door, that is, the bridegroom first come to know the father-in-law's home gateway, but also called back to the door, that is, the new daughter-in-law went out yesterday, and came back today, and son-in-law with the son-in-law returned in the afternoon. Daughter-in-law into the door seven or eight days later, and then return to the mother's home, which is called the ten, generally in the mother's home to live seven or eight days. People often say: "go seven to eight, both hair".

Daughter-in-law on the sedan chair (car) to change another pair of shoes, said not to step on the mother's soil, the original is the daughter-in-law in the mother's home to go, the next kang, first stepped on the basin, and then stood up to the felt, and then a felt round to the sedan chair (car), there is no longer these preoccupations, this set of simplified.

Burial customs

Burial customs vary from place to place, Tongguan area generally when the patient's breath is dying, the first for the shaving and washing of the feet, put on the birthday suit, should not be moved, a move that is gagging. After the patient gagged, parked in the hall, the old man parked in the hall, young and strong parked to the side. Parking the body with foil, there are also used to place the board, more than three, the board distance from the wide take ventilation to prevent corrosion of the body running water, head resting on the roof tiles five to seven pages, the face covered with paper, the mouth contains money (hemp paper, copper, coins), hand holding pancakes, feet trip paper rope. The elderly parked three or five days, young and strong at any time into the coffin. If the guest died in another country, or the murder of death in the outside, shall not enter the city, parked outside the city.

When the coffin, the corpse in the coffin, there are six qu malt for the coffin, take the silk and linen constantly, children and grandchildren, six relatives have to rely on the meaning of future generations Xingfa. Cotton seeds to fill the gap in the coffin (after more grass ash) will be the body steady really, before the funeral and then nailed the coffin lid, carried to the grave burial.

Burial burial, digging a pit, the depth varies, the elderly burial pit deep, juvenile burial pit shallow, the deepest nine feet, generally seven feet or so, placed in the coffin, closed the mouth of the tomb, fill in the pit, roll high grave mound. First buried three days and nights, filial son of the tomb three nights, to the tomb on both sides of the fire simmering into the smoke, called playing afraid. It is said that the dead first buried here, lonely and unsupported, guarding the tomb for three nights, is to do the meaning of companionship. Buried full three days, filial son must save the grave to pay tribute, roll high mound, called round tomb. There are also small paper flags for the dead from home to the tomb in the road, which is called "insert flag", mostly at noon. This is modeled after the story of the sheep's horns and the left Bo peach, for the dead to strengthen the color, to help the power of the flow of customs. Although the matter is not funny, the situation is pitiful. Hundred days, the anniversary of the next of kin to propitiate, over the third anniversary of the release of the eye, commonly known as off the service.