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Hakka Culture in Longnan County

Longnan is a typical pure Hakka county. Longnan people, traditionally hard-working and intelligent, generous and simple, hospitable, and people-oriented, and good for virtue, simple folkways, in the four seasons, folk festivals and daily life, has a noble moral sentiments, maintains the Central Plains of the Tang and Song dynasties of the customs, lifestyles, and language features, carry forward the spirit of Hakka, adhering to the culture of Hakka, showing the Hakka style. Longnan mountain song "over the mountain skating" pitch high excitement, fast and free rhythm, tea picking songs and dances are witty and lively; Longnan people respect their ancestors, pay attention to the order of elders and children; "stuffed bean curd", "whacking the fish", "small fish", "small fish", "small fish", "small fish", "small fish", "small fish", "small fish", "small fish", "small fish" and "small fish". Hakka cuisine such as "stuffed tofu", "fish threads" and "small fried fish".

Hakka houses

The number of Hakka houses in Longnan is the largest in the world in terms of scale, style and preservation, which is the most valuable evidence for the study of social and cultural history of the Hakka people. Longnan existing 376 houses, spread throughout the county, and Guanxi new enclosure, Yang village YanYi enclosure, WuShi enclosure, etc. is one of the outstanding representatives, known as the "Oriental ancient Rome" and "architectural textbook". Guanxi Xinwei and Yanwei are listed as national key cultural relics protection units and have been declared as world cultural heritages.

Yangcun Dragon Boat Race

Yangcun Dragon Boat Race originated during the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty. The town of Yangcun in Longnan County, which was known as Taiping Castle in ancient times, was inhabited by Hakka people, who held dragon boat races every year during the Dragon Boat Race. Yangcun Dragon Boat Race is a unique Dragon Boat folklore in Yangcun Town, the Dragon Boat Race is held in a pond with an area of 15 acres, and with more than five hundred years of circulation, it has formed a unique traditional Dragon Boat Folklore Culture of worshiping the Dragon God, inviting the Dragon God, Dragon Boat Race, sweeping away the evils, final race, boat tour, Dragon God return to its place, sending the boat touring ducks and so on, and has become the most popular traditional folklore activity during the Dragon Boat Race during the Dragon Boat Race Festival in the three counties and five townships of Ganjiang and Guangdong Provinces.

Longnan Hakka House Culture and Tourism Festival

"China - Longnan Hakka House Culture and Tourism Festival" by the *** Longnan County Committee, Longnan County People's Government hosted by the *** Longnan County Propaganda Department of the Longnan County Committee, Longnan County, Culture and Radio Film and Television Bureau. Since 2008, it has been held once a year in October-November in Longnan County Longxiang Square. With the continuous development of China - Longnan Hakka House Culture and Tourism Festival, and gradually improve, not only become a cultural event focusing on the Longnan Hakka House cultural taste, openness awareness, and become a well-known brand of festivals in the Ganzhou region, but also large-scale festivals of close attention from all walks of life. Every year, the opening ceremony of the festival invites many famous singers, hosts, song and dance troupes, and other cultural and artistic figures from home and abroad to participate.