Introduction of Wuchuan Customs!

A moment in spring is worth a thousand dollars. Lantern Festival is another carnival of Wuchuan people.

On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, tourists come out of the city and flock to Huaqiao. People in Gaihai Village, Lu Mei Town, Wuchuan City are decorating the Flower Bridge. They decorated a bridge on the Meijiang River with colorful flowers and bright lights, which was vivid and touching. From a distance, it looks like a dragon flying out of the water and crossing the Meijiang River. It's magnificent. Approaching the Flower Bridge, on both sides of the bridge, flowers are blooming, poems and paintings are hung high, lanterns are shining, and they are reflected in the water for everyone to enjoy and associate. Flower Bridge, clay sculpture and floating color are known as the "three wonders" of Lu Mei Lantern Festival, and have been put on the screen by Guangdong TV station for many times, enjoying a good reputation at home and abroad.

"On the fifteenth night of the first month, I went to Huaqiao to buy a white peanut." This custom of Wuchuan people has a long history. Nowadays, not only Wuchuan people visit the Flower Bridge and enjoy the lanterns, but more and more foreigners come to Wuchuan to see the local conditions and customs, and many foreign guests also come here, adding a lot of color to Lu Mei, an ancient town in western Guangdong.

Second, the grand occasion of Huaqiao

Traditional flower bridges are located in Shanghai Bridge in Lumei Town, Wuchuan City. Due to the limitation of terrain location, the narrow streets and lanes in the old city can't accommodate the flood of people. People often have to queue for more than one kilometer to cross the flower bridge, which is crowded and brings inconvenience to tourists and managers. This year is the first year of 2 1 century, and last year was a bumper year for the people of Wuchuan. The enthusiasm of Wuchuan people is very high, and the Wuchuan municipal government also attaches great importance to it. Therefore, this year's Lantern Festival is more grand than any other year. In order to reduce the pressure of crowded people and facilitate management, this year, the municipal government built a new flower bridge on the Jiang Xindao Bridge, integrating the flower bridge with Jiang Xindao Paradise. When people swim across the Flower Bridge, they can go to Jiang Xindao Paradise to have fun and taste Wuchuan snacks.

People in Haige Village don't agree to change traditional customs and habits and move the Huaqiao Bridge from Meijiang to Jianjiang. Therefore, people in Haige Village decided to raise funds by themselves to build a traditional flower bridge on the former site of the traditional flower bridge (Shanggehai Bridge), ready to win glory with the new flowers in Jiang Xindao. Therefore, this year's tourists can see two flower bridges with their own characteristics. The new flower bridge in Jiang Xindao Paradise has the style of the new era. Jiang Xindao Overseas Chinese Bridge is10m wide and more than 200m long. The word "overseas Chinese" on the two 1.8-meter lanterns hanging on the Qiaotou archway is very eye-catching. Two laser lights are dazzling, and the bridge is covered with lanterns, colorful flags, ribbons, balloons and calligraphy and painting, which set off a festive and warm atmosphere everywhere. On the bridge, "bloom welcomes the new century, and the bridge is spacious and comfortable, running towards a well-off society" and "Moon Palace in a trance, Flower Bridge with a leisurely barren woman" reflect the sincere admiration of tourists. The cross-sea flower bridge has maintained its traditional style, antique, rich and colorful legends and attractive ideas. The two bridges compete to shine, and the tourists feast their eyes.

Third, the art of making flower bridge

"Huaqiao" as the name suggests. This is a bridge decorated with flowers. This explanation may be correct for Guhuaqiao. However, the history of Huaqiao has developed to this day, and its significance is not just to decorate this bridge with flowers. Today's flower bridge is not so much a flower bridge as a folk art exhibition hall. Its composition includes sculpture art, bonsai technology, lighting effect, poetry and painting, ancient archway architectural art style and so on.

A complete flower bridge mainly consists of two parts, one is the bridge body, and the other is the decorations at both ends of the bridge. There is an archway with ancient architectural style at the entrance of Huaqiao Bridge, which is the inheritance of China's ancient architectural artistic style. There are various patterns on the archway, dragon and phoenix dances, red walls and green tiles, and the eaves are upturned. There are horizontal plaques on it and couplets on both sides, which are very spectacular. At the other end of the flower bridge, there is a large clay sculpture with the theme of fairy scattered flowers. The fairy who is more than two meters tall is located among the flowers. The clay sculpture is exquisitely carved, cleverly conceived, lifelike and breathtaking. This clay sculpture is not only exquisite in craftsmanship, but also has a beautiful legend. Every visitor who buys white chrysanthemums soaked by the water from the fountain on clay sculptures will have a baby this year. If it is a red chrysanthemum, it is a girl. Therefore, this is the favorite place for young couples and lovers. This is also the main reason for the continuous flow of overseas Chinese every year. The most beautiful part of the flower bridge is the main part (bridge body). On the basis of the original reinforced concrete bridge, the flower bridge is built of bamboo and wood, forming a square passage of the whole bridge. The top of the flower bridge is covered with colored plastic film, and colorful flags are hung criss-crossing, dotted with a string of grapes, strawberries and other fruits and green leaves; Fluorescent lamps of various colors on the top and sides make the whole bridge colorful and brightly lit, and strings of colorful lights are like stars, and the Milky Way pours on the ground; On both sides of the bridge, there are masterpieces such as poems, calligraphy and paintings of celebrities and writers from all walks of life in Wuchuan. Walking in is like entering a poetry gallery. On both sides, flowers are blooming, competing for beauty. Flowers in full bloom, bright lights, reflected in the water, rippling bundles of magnificent aura, and just the right poetic and picturesque set each other off. This is really a beautiful night, and the scenery is intoxicating.

Fourth, the history and legend of Huaqiao.

Overseas Chinese today have a long history. It is said that it originated in the Qing dynasty, and it is impossible to verify which dynasty and year it is. The original flower bridge is not as colorful and brightly lit as the present flower bridge. At first, it was connected by bamboo rafts or small wooden boats, without flowers and lights. There are different historical legends about it.

Huaqiao was originally a bridge built by people in Haige village to cross the river into the city for the Lantern Festival. It is said that at first it was a pontoon bridge connected by bamboo rafts or boats. Later, because the pontoon bridge was more dangerous, it was built with bamboo. At that time, because people had the feudal idea of "men and women don't kiss each other", they were afraid that when men and women walked on the same bridge, they would inevitably brush their backs when they were crowded, so they changed to the second bridge for men and women, and covered the bridge for women and decorated it. The more beautiful it is, the more beautiful it becomes.

Another legend says that a long time ago, people in Haige Village used boats or bamboo rafts to connect a pontoon bridge to cross the river for fun every year. On the eve of January, people were crowded across the bridge when a strong wind blew down the pontoon bridge. All the people fell into the water, men, women and children, crying and crying, very miserable. Just then, a fairy suddenly fell from the sky, waving a ribbon. The ribbon immediately turned into a rainbow bridge on the river. This bridge is all made of flowers, which is very beautiful. The man overboard immediately climbed onto the flower bridge, and no one was killed or injured. Since then, in order to commemorate the fairy, people in Haige Village have bridged the bridge with bamboo every Lantern Festival, then decorated it into a flower bridge and carved a fairy at the bridge head.

Historical records about Huaqiao say. Hebei Shangcun, Meijiang in front, Confucian Temple in the back. The scenery is magnificent, the customs are sincere, separated by a water, the boat and the car are exhausted, the lantern festival is held, and the competition center is held. The year before the Qing Dynasty, on the night of Lantern Festival, a goddess sent flowers, floated to the river, descended on the holy land, scattered flowers and made a fortune. Therefore, every year, the Lantern Festival program welcomes the gods with a flower bridge and benefits the people. Young men and women went to the bridge to pick flowers, which became a symbol of good luck. Men and women come hand in hand, and guests from all over the world come in droves. Meiliuhua Bridge is famous for many years and generations. Mei has six colorful bridges, and the river spans Changhong. The string songs are brilliant, and the lovers chasing the moon seek the wind. Flowers bloom in the bridge, colorful flags fly, poems and paintings fill the gallery, and lights are charming. Just like the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon Temple, Guanghan Fairy Tour Penglai. Outstanding people, a hundred years of clay sculpture at the bridge, and peerless things. The goddess has given flowers for thousands of years, and she is prosperous and prosperous. Good men and women are eager to get flowers from sandalwood, forming a picture of paradise on earth. It is the Meiliuyuan Lantern Festival that fascinates distant tourists and intoxicates tourists across the sea.