Introduce the hippie fish lanterns that originated in the Ming Dynasty?

Shexian WangManTian fish lantern is the folkloric intangible cultural heritage of Huangshan City, Anhui Province. Wang Mantian village is located in the town of Xitou, Shexian County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, every Lantern Festival, a village cultural feast "hippie fish lanterns" will come as scheduled.

This fish lamp can be described as " big brother " level, the dragon head fish body.

Hippie fish lanterns began to appear from the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, to the early Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty reached its peak, is the village villagers worship ancestors, praying for peace in the way of worship, carrying the unique ancestral culture of the Huizhou people, grandparents, generations, is a living fossil of the ecological intangible cultural heritage of Huizhou.

Hippie fish lamps in front of a person playing a torch in front of the lead

Fish lamp to the front of the ancestral hall, the first in front of the ancestral hall of the bridge to turn around, and then to the ancestral hall of worship three times

Hippie fish lamps in front of the ancestral hall of the family in front of the Sai gongs and drums, playing the vibration of the sky and the earth.

Hippie fish lanterns origin is quite mysterious, one said the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the people out of the Yuan Dynasty " tartar " rule, celebrating peace and happiness, the villagers rise fish lanterns, praying for " year after year (fish) ", the fish and many children, but also pray for children and grandchildren to flourish. Secondly, Wang Man Tian village in the wooden frame house fire often occurs by the village in front of the smooth boulder collapse "fire mirror" caused by the Cheng family name, the Ye family name house is particularly easy to catch fire, because the "Cheng" "Ye" is the "Wo" next to the "grass" top, easy to start a fire also. Cheng, Ye house fire, Wang surname since also affected, so the branch of the Tong Fang Pai as a unit, the rise of fish lanterns will be five (now six fish lanterns will be). Every year on the 13th to 16th of the first month, to fish lamp tour of the village, " beach flowers play in the water ", in order to fire water grams, the local people called " hippie fish ".

Gongs and drums while walking

Two fish hippie lamp

Fish lamps wherever the family put firecrackers to welcome, the mouth of the big fish lamps also from time to time out of the meteors, seemingly as a thank you. Each fish lamp through the ancestral temple should be to the ancestral door nodding tail three times, report the wind and rain, year after year. Row to the cypress branch on the garden, fish lamps to turn in turn, dance, called " beach flower ", a metaphor for hitting the son, omen village clan Dingwang. Fish lanterns touring the village several turns, and finally out of the village, the temple, return to the ancestral hall extinguish the candle placed, and then gongs and drums to open the stage, play pay God.

Torches lead the way

To the sixteenth night of the first month, all the fish lamps have to swim to the village behind the hill pier, the fish head to the west mountain descending " fire mirror ", wagging his head and tail, this is the final climax of the fish lamps, in the pier face " fire mirror " bowing, pleading for the next year, " safe and sound, year after year ".

WangManTian fish lamp in the process of production, fish frame all with bamboo green piece, yellow piece not used, all the paper used is cotton paper, cotton paper toughness, not easy to break. Fish lamps in a variety of forms, painted fish scales, head " king word ", the mouth has two whiskers, and is equipped with a meteor nozzle, look vivid and realistic. Lamp majestic, about seven meters long, five sections, more than three meters high, inside the point of wax candles more than a hundred, each lamp has more than 20 people to lift, small lamps are flexible, by the children to mention swimming.

Fish lamp internal frame structure, fixed candles. Play lights before lighting each candle