Shipu folk custom

Shipu Beasts Lantern is a unique folk art form in Xiangshan, and it is a wonderful program in Xiangshan's famous folk festival-"Walking on the beach on March 3rd". Mr. Wen's black unicorn, Jiang Ziya's four elephants, Li Tianwang's white dragon pony, and yellow five-color god cow are all vivid. "Shipu Beast Lamp" is based on the historical classic list of gods, and it is pleasing to the eye when dancing.

Since March 3rd, 2003, Mendao has performed on the island with drums, and made its debut at the 2nd Farmers Culture and Art Festival in Ningbo and the 7th China Fishing Festival Folk Art Conference, showing the charm of Xiangshan fishing culture with its loud, rough and unrestrained drums.

Dongmen Island has a unique geographical location and is a Shipu barrier. Dongmen Village in Song Li is the first military camp in Xiangshan history. In ancient times, soldiers defending coastal areas often beat drums to call the police. When the two armies confront each other, they beat drums to cheer and inspire the rural style. After winning, we beat the drums to celebrate. Whenever local fishermen go out to sea during the fishing ban, they must beat drums to clear the way and pray for a safe harvest; After the fishing moratorium, fishing boats should also beat gongs and drums to celebrate their return to Hong Kong.

Based on the traditional rhythm of ancient anti-Japanese drums and gongs and drums when going out to sea, Dongmen Boat Drum has compiled folk drum music with 8 1 beat, and added 16 drums, 16 cymbals and three drum eye drifts. Fishermen beat drums and cymbals with their hands and feet, making a unified movement and knocking out the rhythm of the waves. They beat the drums with exquisite and skillful movements, which are light and heavy, as light as a mountain stream humming, as heavy as a huge wave rolling, bold and unrestrained, and magnificent. Wave after wave of thrilling drums shows the true colors of fishermen on the island, such as simplicity, boldness, roughness, courage and strength.

Colorful boat decoration culture

The mysterious boat decoration culture in the East China Sea of Zhejiang Province reflects the fear, confusion, hesitation, self-confidence and fighting spirit experienced by human beings in the process of conquering the ocean and developing fisheries. This is a precious record of human marching into the ocean and a symbol of human challenging nature.

According to research, as early as the Neolithic Age, ancestors lived in the East China Sea, "chopping wood for a boat, chopping wood for a armor". After the appearance of ships, the ship decoration culture was born.

The painted fishing boat itself is a very beautiful physical painting. Fishermen pay great attention to how to paint the bow, stern, cabin and mast, and how to match the colors of the paint, and gradually formed the established rules. According to historical records, during the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, fishing boats were mainly small fishing boats that could be operated by two or three people. Their shapes and decorations include a net-edged boat with a sharp tip and a wide tail, a sand boat with a flat head and a wide tail, an eagle boat with its head and tail up and an eight-paddle boat. Generally, dragons and tigers' heads or sea loaches and lotus flowers regarded as dragons' nephews are carved on the bow, stern and fenders of ships, and the bow has two upturned horns. Fishermen respectfully call fishing boats "Mulong", and think that fish and shrimp serve dragons, and Mulong can guarantee fish and harvest every year; It also pinned the fishermen's desire to ride the dragon into the sea, ride the wind and waves, and be safe in all the seas.

The two rafters under the corner of a fishing boat usually have a pair of white eyes on the outside and a pair of black eyes in the middle, which are called "boat eyes". Every time a new ship is built and its eye is installed, a "color fixing" ceremony will be held. The shipowner first chooses an auspicious day, then nails it on the bow with colorful silk thread together with the ship's eye, and then sticks a new red cloth or red paper on the ship's eye, which is called "eye sealing"; When the new ship entered the sea, the owner took off the red cloth or paper amid the cheerful sound of gongs and drums, which meant that Long Mu "opened his eyes". Fishermen in the East China Sea like to use ancient copper coins engraved with the words "Qianlong Bao Tong" as the "ship soul" and embed them in the water tank of fishing boats. This is the homonym of "dry" and "tuo", which is for good luck and Rowen.

The national flag is an important decorative symbol on fishing boats. The flags of the East China Sea fishing grounds are mostly triangular colored flags, some with red and yellow characters or black characters with white or green edges, and some with black and yellow characters or white characters with yellow or red edges. With motorized sailboats replacing Xiao Mu sailboats, pennants are no longer inserted in the stern, but are raised high on the main mast, commonly known as "wind flags". It can rotate with the change of wind direction, which is not only an ornament on the boat, but also helps fishermen to measure and master the wind direction and wind force at any time. The decoration of the ship is usually painted on the drawing board in the cockpit, where the hull is more eye-catching. The early boat decorations included Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea, Prince Nezha on the ship, the Eight Immortals crossing the sea and other myths and legends, as well as characters such as Song Wu and Guan Yunchang. In recent years, with the reform and opening up in fishing areas, boat decorative paintings have also presented a new era. Boat decorations with strong fishing island characteristics, such as "scientific fishing into the Dragon Palace" and "hard work to build a paradise on the sea", vividly reflect the new life of fishermen in the new period and the new pursuit of a new generation of fishermen. Most of these boat decoration paintings are made by fishermen's local painters, which is a must in boat decoration culture at home and abroad.