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Fujian traditional folklore warms up for modern tourism

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China News Service (Nov. 19, 2003)

China News Service, Xiamen, Nov. 18, 2003 -- The "Fujian (Xiamen) Gourmet Festival Folklore Spectacular", which was held in Xiamen's World Trade Center Plaza on Nov. 18, attracted guests from all over the world to the simple and interesting folklore of southern Fujian like a magnet.

As China (Xiamen) International Tourism Festival supporting activities, in order to give this modern tourism event warm-up, Xiamen City, adjacent to the train station plaza in the outdoor plaza of the World Trade Center, deliberately built an antique embroidery building, in the atrium hall within the mall to set up a traditional compartment, realistically reproduced ancient Minnan wedding customs "embroidered son-in-law", "welcome the son-in-law", "the son-in-law", "the son-in-law", "the son-in-law", "the son-in-law", "the son-in-law" and "the son-in-law". "embroidery building to choose a son-in-law", "welcome the bride to pay homage" and other joyful scenes. Particularly interesting is that the lady in the boudoir "embroidery building son-in-law selection", "son-in-law" naturally from the site visitors, lucky to receive the lady threw the "embroidered ball" tourists, immediately surrounded by people wearing a "son-in-law", "son-in-law", "son-in-law", "son-in-law", "son-in-law", "son-in-law", "son-in-law". Surrounded by people wearing a "groom's coat", "prepare sedan chair to welcome the bride", in a sound of gongs and drums, to the "cave room", "to pay respect to the marriage ". This process, Miss, the matchmaker, to send the bride and the master of ceremonies, language expression all use the southern Fujian dialect.

Qian Ying Cheng, deputy general manager of the World Trade Center, said that such a lively and interesting traditional Minnan wedding show, from today to twenty-six will be staged fourteen consecutive. In order to the modern society people have gradually unfamiliar with the folklore of southern Fujian vivid show to visitors, the organizers deliberately deep into the rural areas of Xiamen Tong'an, looking for a variety of physical performance props to enhance the sense of reality.

In the World Trade Center, visitors can also enjoy the old-fashioned stone mill grinding soybean milk, craftsmen kneading noodles and other folk performances, as well as full of rich southern Fujian vernacular flavor of the song, Xiang opera, Nanyin and other traditional opera performances.

In the beautiful Sun Bay, Xiamen Island Road, Chang'anmen Restaurant outdoor plaza, another traditional flavor of the Minnan Folklore Spectacular activities also started at the same time. Here the special food plaza and southern Fujian folklore display activities will culminate on the 24th: enshrined in front of the "Bao Sheng Hall" Palace of the Bao Sheng Emperor, then come to Xiamen to participate in the International Tourism Festival of the Star Cruises "Lion Star" foreign tourists and other guests will be To go on a pilgrimage to incense; set up the stage, will perform rare traditional Minnan opera song, Xiang opera, cloth bag opera and other plays, so that come to participate in the modern tourism event of domestic and foreign tourists to fully appreciate the charm of the traditional folklore of Minnan.