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What are the traditional cultures in Wuzhou, Guangxi?

Dragon Mother Culture, one of the eight traditional cultures in Wuzhou, Guangxi, belongs to folk original ecological water culture and religious belief. It is the product of thousands of years of cultural accumulation of the Chinese nation and an important part of Chinese dragon civilization. Dragon Mother, the female leader of Baiyue nationality in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, was famous. According to legend, Dragon Mother did many good deeds for the people in Xijiang River Basin before her death, making contributions to the country, benefiting the people and the world. For thousands of years, people in the Xijiang River Basin have always believed in building temples to worship "water gods". Wuzhou preserves the Dragon Mother Temple, which was built in the Northern Song Dynasty. Folk dragon mother culture is widely spread, and related folk activities are rich and colorful (dragon mother opens treasures, dragon mother's birthday, dragon mother worship, festivals, etc.). Tengxian is the birthplace of the Dragon Mother (Qing Jiaqing's tengxian Annals), and the Dragon Mother Temple (Taiping Universe) was built as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, and the folk dragon mother cultural activities continued until before liberation (Guangdong Yuecheng Dragon Mother Temple Fair sent people to tengxian to invite four women from the dragon mother's hometown to bathe and change clothes).

Dragon Mother Culture is the core of Xijiang culture and one of the sources of loong culture. Its popularity and influence are no less than that of Mazu, the sea god. After thousands of years of historical and cultural precipitation, the strong cultural power nurtured and produced by the dragon mother culture has been transformed into social productive forces. It is the influence and subtle influence of Dragon Mother Culture that generations of workers in Xijiang River Basin inherit and carry forward the national spirit of Dragon Mother's self-improvement and morality, create social wealth in Xijiang River Basin with wisdom and diligence, and promote social progress and economic development in Xijiang River Basin. Wuzhou dragon mother culture has a long history and is deeply rooted in people's hearts. There are many modern admirers in southeast Guangxi, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and even Southeast Asia, which are the treasures of Wuzhou local culture.

The arcade culture arcade is a unique modern building in South China and Southeast Asia. Up to now, there are 560 arcade buildings in Wuzhou with a total length of 7 kilometers. Its scale and quantity are rare in China, and it is known as "China Arcade Museum". These arcades have a long history, rich in Lingnan cultural characteristics and well preserved, which are extremely valuable historical and cultural tourism resources in Wuzhou.

Wuzhou, known as the "century-old commercial port", was once the political, economic and cultural center of Lingnan area. The commercial and residential buildings in the city are unique, and the architectural style is mainly arcade. Wuzhou is located in Lingnan, where the Tropic of Cancer passes. In the old days, in order to combine the humid and rainy climate in the south with the flood disaster, Wuzhou buildings were mostly in the form of arcades, with shops on the street surface and people living upstairs. The arcade is convenient for pedestrians to take shelter from the sun and rain, and it can also expand the building area. The brick columns outside the arcade are inlaid with circular iron rings, which are used to tie boats in flood. Wuzhou arcade culture has become a beautiful landscape in the local area, and it has been selected into CCTV Zhengda variety show. In recent years, Wuzhou municipal government has carried out large-scale renovation, decoration, maintenance and restoration of the century-old arcade, and strived to create a "Lingnan arcade" boutique. After four years' efforts, Wuzhou arcade brand has enjoyed a certain popularity at home and abroad. The next step is to continue to explore the cultural connotation of Hefeng, optimize the environmental planning and management of scenic spots, improve the packaging of cultural brands, make it a tourist highlight and prosperous business circle at home and abroad, further cultivate it into a national cultural relics protection unit, contact well-known film and television production centers and producers at home and abroad, and cultivate it into a well-known film and television shooting base at home and abroad.

Wuzhou arcade is a humanistic landscape with rich cultural connotation, which is unique in history, architecture and commerce. It has injected new vitality into the brand building of Wuzhou arcade culture and the leaping development of Wuzhou.

Gem culture Wuzhou artificial products processing began in the 1980s. After more than 20 years of development, it has gradually developed into the largest center for the production, processing, distribution and trading of artificial products in China. The output of artificial products here accounts for 80% of the country and 40% of the world. There are more than 500 companies engaged in the trade of raw materials, mechanical processing and finished products of man-made products, with 6,543,800 employees. With the development of economy and the improvement of people's living standards, people's love for beauty has been released and sublimated. China's jewelry consumption is increasing by 8%- 10% every year. In the past two years, the annual sales of China's jewelry and jade market exceeded10 billion US dollars, ranking second in the world after the United States. According to experts' prediction, platinum and jewelry will become the third largest consumption hotspot in China after automobiles and real estate.

To create gem culture, we should give full play to the initiative of the main body, establish the advanced concept of "resource intensive, scale operation, industrialized operation and chain connection", and integrate all links of raw material production, processing, operation, exhibition, auction, import and export of the gem industry, so as to form a world-class communication platform for the jewelry industry and an industrial cultural industry integrating commerce, shopping, exhibition, Expo, tourism, sightseeing and leisure.

Make full use of the platform of Wuzhou International Gem Festival, further open up investment, expand business tourism, enrich and invigorate mass culture and local characteristic culture, and build Wuzhou into a regional central city with more beautiful scenery, more developed economy, more harmonious society and full of vitality.

Landscape Ecological Culture The landscape ecology of Wuzhou has great potential ecological value under the situation of contemporary global ecological imbalance, especially compared with the eastern coastal areas with serious environmental pollution and the northern areas of China with serious water shortage. Jinshan Yinshan will not be as good as green mountains and green hills.

The creation of Wuzhou's landscape ecological culture is mainly through protecting the unique natural ecological environment, transforming the scenic belt along the river in the city, decorating long flood dikes, promoting the concept of harmony between man and nature, showing the waterscape of the southern mountain city and the legends of Su Shi and Qin Guan's visits to Wuzhou and Tengzhou, and compiling stories of ancient and modern poets and writers praising Wuzhou's landscape customs; Hold a love song duet to increase the cultural connotation of Yuanjiang amorous feelings tour; Reproduce the water culture of Xijiang people; After China's longest low dam, Changzhou Water Control Project, is impounded, it is planned to build the World Dam Museum and Chishui New Port on China's largest inland island to decorate the natural and cultural landscapes along the river in the reservoir area (such as Chishui Ji Ling Temple Site, Luozhou "Oriental Lion King" performance base, tengxian Long Mu Hometown Park, Singapore-Malaysia Yuan Chonghuan Hometown, etc.). ), and open up landscape eco-cultural tourism directly to Guilin and Guiping Datengxia.

Wuzhou is rich in religious culture and needs to be excavated and integrated. Wuzhou was a Buddhist scholar at the end of Han Dynasty and the author of China's first Buddhist monograph, The Theory of Reason and Confusion, which combines the essence of Confucianism and Taoism and advocates cultural compatibility and complementarity. ) and the hometown of Song Qi (1007- 1072), a famous monk and Zoroastrianism master in the Song Dynasty; Before Jian Zhen went to Japan to preach, he also gave lectures in Wuzhou and Tengzhou. In addition, the rare stone Buddha unearthed from the Ji Ling Temple site in Chishui, tengxian (which should be restored as a site and upgraded to a municipal-level cultural relics protection unit), the Taoist Baihe Temple built in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Zhuxi Garden founded by 1933, and the Sien Temple in Baiyun Mountain, which was donated, reveal the origin of local religious culture from one side. In addition, there are Christian and Catholic missionary activities introduced from the west in modern times (there are still Catholic churches in Hedong District). In the long-term historical development, religion itself has become a kind of culture and plays an irreplaceable role in inheriting culture. Inheriting and exchanging religious culture according to law can carry forward excellent traditional culture and help build a harmonious socialist society. In mid-April, 2006, the first World Buddhist Forum with the theme of "Harmonious World, Starting from Heart"-"China Buddhist Grand Meeting Unprecedented in the History of 2000" was held in Hangzhou and Zhoushan. The industrial transformation of Wuzhou's religious culture should be realized mainly by means of tourism. It is urgent to establish religious cultural brands and carry out religious cultural tourism through the excavation of religious heritage and resource integration. Wuzhou has unique religious and cultural tourism. At the intersection of Jiang Xun, Gui Jiang and Xijiang, between Zhushan and volcano, and in Xiushui, a beautiful city in Yunshan, there are three religions: Confucian cultural works are located in Wensheng Garden on the south bank of the river, Taoist ruins are located in Baiheguan in Zhushan, and Buddhist temples are represented by Sien Temple in Baiyun Mountain and Zhuxi Garden in Beishan.

Shun Di culture lists Shun Di as one of the Yellow Three Emperors and Five Emperors in China. Shun Di culture is a moral culture created by Shun Di. It is a primitive moral noumenon culture and the root of China traditional culture. Shun Di is rich in cultural heritage and a glorious monument in the cultural history of China. After thousands of years, it has been recognized by the Chinese nation and always respected by Chinese at home and abroad.

Wuzhou was called Cangwu in ancient times. It is one of the important cradles of Shun Di culture. According to Records of the Five Emperors (Shun), "In the twenty-ninth year of Emperor Jian, he went hunting in the south and collapsed in the wild of Cangwu." Historians agree that Shun Di died in Cangwu, Lingnan. Shun Di is the only emperor in China's 5,000-year history who has been to Guangxi. Quotient: "Virtue is self-harmony". "Historical Records" says: "Virtue in the world begins with the emperor". Yan Di culture with farming culture as its connotation, Huangdi culture with political power culture as its connotation and Shun Di culture with moral culture as its connotation are the three major milestones of China culture and the source of China ancient culture. Yu Di Temple in Wuzhou was the earliest Shun Temple built during Shun Di's southern tour. Shun Di's southern tour, when he arrived in Cangwu, brought Lingnan into the central territory for the first time, strengthened the connection between Lingnan and the Central Plains, and strengthened the communication between Cangwu Yue and Huaxia. Moreover, Shun Di's southern tour spread the Central Plains culture to ancient Cangwu and even the whole Lingnan area, which had a far-reaching impact on the economic and cultural development and prosperity of Lingnan, and promoted the social development and civilization progress of ancient Cangwu.

Shun Di culture, as a spiritual culture, has a history of more than 5,000 years. No matter how China's social system changes, no matter what nationality the rulers belong to, they all regard Shun Di as the ancestor of the same strain. Through the memory of Shun Di's sacrifice and Shun Di's moral culture, Shun Di culture can be passed down and carried forward. Historically, Shun Di culture has been the mainstream of the spiritual life of the Chinese nation. In the new century, it calls for the return of morality to become the common aspiration of all mankind, and culture has become an intangible resource and priceless capital that all countries in the world strive to develop.

Lion Dance Skills and Culture Lion Dance and Wushu have a long tradition and a deep foundation among Wuzhou people. In recent years, the lions in tengxian, Cangwu and other towns and villages have become active again. Among them, tengxian Ruozhou Lion Dance Team, Cangwu Xin 'an Lion Dance Team and Mengjiang Children's Hall Lion Dance Team have been among the best in lion dance competitions at home and abroad for many times. Tengxian Island Lion Team has won the reputation of "Oriental Lion King", which is a cultural brand with great potential in Wuzhou, and is exploring the market.

Wuzhou Cantonese Opera Song and Dance Performing Arts Culture Wuzhou Cantonese Opera culture has a long history and profound connotations. Ma Xu, starring Pan Chuhua, a national first-class actor, is very famous in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Guangdong Opera Troupe (also known as Guangxi Cantonese Opera Troupe) has successfully performed in Hong Kong for many times, which shows the foundation and strength of Guangdong Opera culture in our city. City Song and the Dance Troupe and the tengxian Oriental Lion King jointly performed in France, which was also a successful attempt of brand co-construction. Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have successfully declared Cantonese Opera as a national intangible cultural heritage, which is both a challenge and an opportunity for us. While carrying forward its own advantages, the performing arts and culture of Cantonese opera in our city actively draws lessons from foreign advanced experience and explores how to form a unique genre. At the same time, it seeks greater development by changing "nurturing people" into "nurturing operas" and building performing arts bases. To build a brand of Wuzhou Cantonese Opera, besides "Female Ma Xu", we should also build a brand Cantonese Opera Troupe with the theme of Dragon Mother, and make use of the influence of Wuzhou Cantonese Opera in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.