Shunde folk custom

The history of dragon boat racing in Shunde can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, when dragon boat rowing was popular in all towns and villages in the county. Today, there is a stone tablet in Beishui Village of Xingtan during the Kangxi period in the city museum. There are two kinds of dragon boats: Youlong and Sailong. Youlong, with a large body and beautiful decoration, is called Dragon Boat, with the emphasis on cruising and displaying costumes. Sailong is very small, called dragon boat, ranging from three radius to fifteen radius, focusing on racing.

2. Dragon boat rap

Dragon boat rap is a folk rap art, which originated in the Qing Dynasty and was popular in counties and Guangzhou dialect areas before the 1950s, with Shunde dialect as the authentic dialect. Artists often sing under the big banyan trees in teahouses, Du Xiang and Fencun. Holding a wooden dragon boat as a prop, holding a small gong and drum on the chest. Singing and knocking, the content is mostly humorous stories and peace greetings.

3. Guanyin opens a library

On the 26th day of the first month, "Guanyin Kaijiao" is a unique folk festival in Shunde. Among them, the most famous ones are Guanyin Kaiku in Kannonji, An Baili Park, Rong Gui, Guanyin Kaiku in Ziyunge, Longjiang and Guanyin Pavilion in Longshan.

It is said that one year on the 26th day of the first month, a young man went up the mountain to worship Guanyin. Because the believers in the temple were crowded, he rested on the hillside and dreamed that Guanyin lent himself some money to do business and made a fortune. When he woke up, it was midnight. Later, he really made a fortune. People regard the dream day of young people as the opening day of Guanyin.

4, gongs and drums cabinet

The gongs and drums cabinet is a pavilion-sedan chair-type movable wooden cabinet made of flowers and wisps of wood. It is carved with vivid historical figures of different shapes, and equipped with various musical instruments for blowing, pulling, beating and percussion. The performance team is formed by the cabinet as a unit. The performance of gongs and drums was popular in Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, especially in Xingtan and Jun 'an.

5. Longjiang burned cannons

Burning firecrackers is one of the folk activities in Shunde rural areas in the past, which originated from temple fairs. Moreover, most of them were carried out during the local rural temples and shrines, and bamboo fences were temporarily built in front of the temples, which was euphemistically called gratitude and praying for the royal family. Burning guns is a rare event among people in Longjiang, and it is also very particular. It is understood that Longjiang firecrackers have existed since the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and they became popular in the middle of Qing Dynasty.

Extended data

Shunde is rich in intangible cultural heritage resources. It has four national intangible cultural heritages, including eight-tone gongs and drums, Xiangyun yarn dyeing and finishing skills, dragon boat rap and dragon dance, as well as many provincial, municipal and district intangible cultural heritages, such as Chencun Flower Festival, Guangxiu, Liu Lelong's eye-catching ceremony and Guan Di's outing in Jun 'an. 20 15 Shunde Water Town Folk Culture Festival focuses on Shunde's rich traditional folk customs.

The full integration of Lingnan water town culture and non-legacy folk culture aims at introducing more regional intangible cultural heritage, creating a large-scale brand cultural activity with distinctive Lingnan water town local characteristics and non-legacy folk customs for Shunde, and enhancing the competitiveness and radiation of Shunde's cultural industry.

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