Hequ February 2: "lamps and lanterns" will pray for blessings?

The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, also known as the "dragon head-raising", is the past of China's folk worship of dragons and pray for rain traditional festival; in addition, some places are rumored to be this day is the birth of the Land Lord, to hold a "land will be" for his old man congratulations on his birthday. In Shanxi Hequ area, every year on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the local annual traditional customs of the ancient meeting, called "lamp janzan", people in this day to pray for a new year of all things smooth, then let's come together to understand it.

The pestle and mortar village is a remote mountain village in Hequ County, where people have a traditional custom, the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar every year, the whole village will be hand-made with pastry for their own pinch of a lamp janjam. Lamp janjandan different shapes, styles jiongcai, there are characters, beasts, there are living two dragons play beads, but also love the naive little lion, to name a few, fabricated after the shape, put lamp oil in it, insert a wick, night light is like a star, very good-looking.

The second day of February nightfall, the village of men, women and children in every household, holding their own lamps and lanterns, meet in the village courtyard, set up, pouring oil lamps, at once, as if the stars fall to the ground, point blinking, the sky and the earth with the light. At the same time, the village men, women and children in the eight drums and music led around the lights and turn, will be the heart of the good wishes sent to the lights, looking forward to a year of smooth, well-being.

This kind of "lamps and lanterns" gathering was once prevalent in many villages in Hequ, but with the passage of time, nowadays there are only a few places that can preserve this tradition, and the village of Usuyu in Hequ County is one of them. This folklore not only enriches the cultural life of the villagers and enriches the atmosphere of the festival, but also has great significance in protecting and passing on the precious folk handicrafts and customs.

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