Liancheng county culture

Gutian Tour Dalong: Gutian Tour Dalong began in the 16th year of Qing Qianlong (175 1). During the Lantern Festival every year, the villagers in Gutian Town, Liancheng County will hold a folk activity-visiting the dragon to pray for peace and good weather. Its scale and dragon image, the longest dragon in history is 236 knots, which is more than 1000 meters long, setting a Guinness World Record. In the Lantern Festival in 2002, dragons had 237 festivals, including the dragon head and the dragon tail. The whole dragon is 950 meters long and is known as "the first in Gutian Long Tianxia" and "Yi Long in the world". It is worthy of being a wonderful flower of Hakka folk culture. In 20 12, the length of the dragon was 77 1.9 meters, breaking the world record.

Entering Gongtai in the 13th Square of Heyuan: Entering Gongtai is a prosperous folk custom in Fujian (Fujian for short) and western Fujian, with the theme of offering sacrifices to Kaimin King. The 13th Square of Heyuan is a collective sacrifice platform in thirteen regions, mainly distributed in thirteen villages at the junction of Liancheng and Changting counties in western Fujian, among which Pengkou Town and Xuanhe Township in Liancheng County are the majority (Xuanhe Township used to be called Shangheyuan, and the five villages under Pengkou Town were called Xiaheyuan, collectively referred to as Heyuan Li). Each regional collective is held for one year, with thirteen years as a cycle, so the activities are quite grand. The thirteen regional collectives held are "Thirteen Workshops in Heyuan". Every year on the third day of the second lunar month, people in the 13th Square hold a temple fair to commemorate King Kaimin, and neighboring villages such as Hufeng in Wenheng County, Bizhou in Juxi County and Zhongwu Village in Changting County also participate in the sharing of the 13th Square in Heyuan.

It is said that Luofang, a city in Liancheng, suffered from drought and flood, and the local juren transplanted Zougu, which was circulated in Hunan, to catalpa's hometown, in order to achieve good weather and abundant crops, and it has been circulated for hundreds of years since then. Crossing the past is actually a grand carnival with entertainment nature, which is called "China Mountain Village Carnival".

Fang Lin Dalong: You Dalong is the inheritance of the traditional cultural and artistic activities of the Lin family, which originated in the early Ming Dynasty and has a long history of more than 500 years. In the Qing Dynasty, when Sifang Tongde was working in Hongjiang County, Hunan Province, he devoted himself to learning Zhalong and production techniques. After several generations of ancestors improved the dragon production technology, Fanglin Dalong was unique and showed its characteristics. The faucet is tall and mighty, magnificent, beautiful, harmonious in color and rich in cultural connotation. There is a red dragon ball in the mouth of the faucet, and the tiger nose, antlers and talons at the waist are all pulled out. Wearing a dragon beard, the dragon is even more powerful. Up to now, the 13th day of the first month to the Lantern Festival has been designated as the celebration day for Youlong to celebrate the bumper harvest and welcome the Spring Festival, praying for peace, favorable weather and bumper harvest. On 200 1, Fang Lin Dalong represented Longyan City in the performance of CCTV Heart to Heart Art Troupe in Gutian.

Zhixia Lantern: Zhixia Lantern, imported from Suzhou, is mainly made of palace lanterns and has two-layer structure. There are flower baskets, gauze lanterns, peony lanterns and fish lanterns on the periphery, and there are as many as 99 small lanterns, such as painting calligraphy and painting or installing arhats and figures in ancient costumes. The lamp is lit with a special glass lamp, which is filled with steamed tea oil, peanut oil and selected wick for boiling and drying. Each lantern must be supported by 12 people. On the Lantern Festival, Xi Zhi divides lanterns according to their surnames, and there are already 1 10 lanterns in a long queue. The flowers are dazzling, and the gongs and drums in Suzhou and the band in Fan Shi are very spectacular, which is called the miracle of paper wrapped in fire.

Touring the Northern Tuanda Tuanzi: On the 6th to 13th day of the first lunar month, it is the annual Hakka folk activity "Touring the Tuanzi" in Shangjiangfang, Liancheng, Fujian Province. From the sixth day, the villagers began to sew clothes with tens of thousands of leaves, and made a jiaozi of 1.6 meters with 1.20 Jin of glutinous rice. On the morning of the seventh day, Zongzi was cooked for 4 days and 4 nights. On the twelfth day, it was made of gold foil, auspicious paper flowers and other cosmetic powder and enshrined in the ancestral hall. 13 outing, the villagers carried 1 big zongzi, cleared the way with shotgun and gong, and marched along the village road under the guidance of colorful flags and umbrellas. After the fun, the big zongzi was distributed to the villagers, wishing each family a bumper harvest and prosperous five industries. As soon as the festival is over, the busy spring ploughing begins, and folk customs still leave people with a beautiful vision.

Li Chunniu: The Central Plains has been introduced to the south of Liancheng, especially Xi Zhi and Xinquan, with a history of more than 500 years. Every year around beginning of spring, we pray for peace, good weather and good harvests with families or movies as the unit. The whole team was cleared by a seven-member gongs and drums team, and two boys and girls provided good weather and auspicious light for the country, the people and the country. Petunia boy is leading a strong plowman in HongLing, followed by plowing, delivering meals, fishing, picking firewood, carrying farm tools, reading, carrying cattle grass, picking millet and carrying open flames. Petunia boy and plowman dressed as clowns improvise and drink cows with hey hey. They roll up their sleeves, go barefoot, wear hats, men gird their waists, and women wear aprons. The audience often sings folk songs, just like a vivid and extraordinary spring ploughing map that simulates spring ploughing.

Liancheng Boxing: During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (1385), the wife of Huang Qianqilang Gong in Nantian (Tian Ge Village, Liancheng County) was called Zhang Sixiang, and she was a fellow countryman of Henan with Zhang Xiu, the county governor, and was known as a friend. Zhang Xiu, Zhang Siniang's eldest son, was asked to return to Henan after his term expired. After arriving in Henan, Huang was recommended to worship Cai, Dong and Sun as teachers in Shaoshishan Mountain (Songshan Shaolin Temple) in Dengfeng, Henan, and learn Shaolin Wushu for three years. Although time is limited, Huang still absorbed the essence of the three masters. After Huang returned to his hometown, he taught all he had learned to his people, so cross-disciplinary martial arts came down. Later, after Huang et al. deleted and improved in practice, Wushu routines were more refined, enriched and improved. It is called "Liancheng Shaolin Boxing" or "Shaolin Unique Boxing" and is a wonderful work in Wulin. There are two kinds of Liancheng Boxing: Nantian Huangjia Boxing and Yang Di Wu Jia Boxing.

Muppet calligraphy: Liancheng Muppet has a long history. In the early 1950s, Xu Chuanhua, a famous puppet performer, went to Huairentang, Zhongnanhai, Beijing, and was invited to visit the former Soviet Union, Poland, Czech Republic and other countries to perform. He is known as a puppet master in China. His direct disciple Li Mingqing has been engaged in puppet performance for 2 1 year. His puppet calligraphy was praised by international news media and art peers as the world's first in China, and this performance was declared as the best in the Guinness Book of World Records. Liancheng red-hearted sweet potato: It is one of the famous "eight famous workers in western Fujian" with a history of 200-300 years. In the Qing Dynasty, it was a precious little point as a tribute at the palace banquet, with the reputation of "golden potato chips", and Liancheng became a famous "hometown of red-hearted sweet potatoes" at home and abroad. Liancheng village has soft soil, moderate acid and alkali, and suitable climate, which is very suitable for the growth of this red-hearted sweet potato. This dried sweet potato keeps its natural color and quality. Yellow and red in color, sweet in taste, soft in texture and rich in nutrition. Exported to Southeast Asia, North America and other countries and regions. Liancheng's two specialties, red-hearted sweet potato jerky and black girl Liancheng white duck, are well-known at home and abroad, and have the reputation of "hiding sweet potatoes in the soil and black girls swimming in the water".

In Fujian, Jiangxi and other places, sweet potato is called Meng sweet potato by the older generation because of its simple and honest posture. With the craze of animation culture and the popularity of selling cute funny elements, most of them are now renamed as cute sweet potatoes. Sweet potato has a high yield. When the Red Army was fighting guerrilla warfare, it was short of materials and longed for a full meal. Later, I learned from farmers in mountainous areas that planting sweet potatoes can effectively cope with hunger, so I planted some sweet potatoes in front of and behind my house with my friends in mountainous areas. The military and civilians also played the slogan "It is not difficult to eat sweet potatoes in the soil".

Liancheng White Duck: Liancheng White Duck is produced in Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province, with white feathers. Because its feet and head are black, it is also called "black girl" locally. "The only medicated duck in China" and "The quintessence of China duck". According to the records of Ten Medicine Classics in Qing Dynasty, Liancheng White Duck is an auxiliary diet food for many diseases such as hemoptysis and tuberculosis. Traditional Chinese medicine and folk believe that it has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing yin, reducing fire, resolving phlegm, inducing resuscitation, calming the heart and calming the nerves, stimulating appetite and strengthening the spleen. It is widely used to treat measles, liver fire, unknown low-grade fever in children, bloody dysentery, etc., and has analgesic and adjuvant effects on cancer patients. Daoguang period in Qing Dynasty was listed as a treasure and a tribute. According to the experiments in the biology department of Xiamen University and the central room of the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Liancheng white-tailed duck contains 17 amino acids and 10 essential trace elements, and its cholesterol content is extremely low. Liancheng's two specialties, red-hearted dried sweet potato and black girl Liancheng white duck, are well-known at home and abroad, and have the reputation of "sweet potato hidden in the soil and black girl swimming in the water".

Bundle board: also known as rice noodle board and rolled board, is a great creation of Hakka ancestors' migration from north to south. Because there is no wheat and no flour to make spring rolls, rice flour is used as the skin instead of spring rolls. The smell of the north wind and the south is unique. In the south of Liancheng, almost every family will cook it, everyone loves it, and street food stalls also sell it from time to time.

Jiumentou: Liancheng traditional hot pot famous dish, alias braised Jiupin. Originated from Pengkou Valley in Liannan, the so-called "Shuan Jiu Men Tou" is made of nine essential parts of beef, namely, the peak of beef tongue, tripe with louvers, the crown of beef heart, the tip of tripe, the bald cow in beef, tripe peak, the cardiovascular system of beef, tripe waist and tripe wall, through strict material selection, fine knife skills, supplemented by seasonings, rice wine and several Chinese herbal medicines. This dish is tender and crisp, and the soup is delicious. It has the effects of invigorating stomach and kidney, dispelling cold and removing dampness, and is a delicious food with both medicine and food. Because it is the meat of nine parts of a cow, which almost contains the main essence of the cow, there is also a saying of "eating a cow at a time".

It has been included in the national famous dishes.

Taro jiaozi: Taro dumpling skin is emerald-colored, shaped like a half-moon, and the stuffing is made of pork, mushrooms, green onions and other raw materials. The skin is tender and fragrant, smooth and waxy. It is a traditional famous food that Liancheng urban and rural people must cook on holidays. It has been in Liancheng for hundreds of years. According to legend, the taro made in the early days was shaped like "rice peach" (longevity peach), commonly known as "peach", and it was also called "zhuashao" (meaning hot) because the taro dumplings were eaten hot after serving, and the fragrance dispersed after cooling.

Sibaoyang Tofu: Fujian Hakka dish Sibaoyang Tofu is a special dish of Hakka people in Liancheng County, western Fujian. It has a history of more than 300 years, which is closely related to the prosperity of Bao Si printing industry in Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is said that the workers in the printing workshop worked very hard day and night at that time, and their family specially made some dishes to clear the heart, moisten the stomach, nourish yin and nourish the yuan, and Yang tofu was one of the most famous dishes. Tofu is made from a kind of "Mayyellow" bean, which is a special product of Bao Si. It is tender, white, smooth and delicious. Fujian Hakka dish Sibaoyang Tofu is made of tofu produced by Bos.

Snowflake fish cake: Liancheng people like to eat fish, not only because it is tender and delicious, but also because it is rich in nutrition. "Having fish" symbolizes a good omen of "abundance". There are many kinds of freshwater fish dishes in Liancheng cuisine, especially "snowflake fish cake", which is beautifully made, novel in shape, delicious and delicious, and has become the first-class dish in the banquet. "Snowflake Fish Cake" is made of fresh and clean fish, skinned and boned, mixed with fat pork, sweet potato powder, egg white and seasoning. Mash the fish into fish paste, chop the fat pork into meat paste, put the sweet potato powder, monosodium glutamate, pepper, salt, ginger juice and onion juice into a person's plate, steam it in a pot, then take it out of the pot and cut it into rhombic pieces. After steaming, wipe the egg white.

"Snowflake Fish Cake", also known as snowflake silver flakes and melted fish, looks as silver as snow after being put on the plate, and tastes fresh, fragrant, smooth and tender. At festive banquets, people often take this famous dish as the criterion of whether the banquet is rich or not, so that there is a saying that "nothing can be done without melting the fish". At the first "Camellia Festival" in western Fujian, this dish won the first place in flavor snacks. Liancheng Orchid: Liancheng Orchid has been planted since the Song Dynasty, and Guihua Village in Pengkou Town is the most famous. 100 Almost every family grows orchids, with more than 100 species. In the late 1980s, Pengkou farmers jointly established an orchid development company and built an orchid plantation of nearly 10,000 square meters in the town. At the 4th China Orchid Expo on 1994, new varieties of orchids cultivated by farmers in Pengkou, such as Sanyoumeidie, Nandousin and Yangshengsu, won two silver and bronze awards respectively. There are more than 2,000 orchid growers in the county, with more than 30 cultivated varieties/kloc-0, which are exported to Korea, Japan, Malaysia and other places.

Shi Lian paper: Liancheng Xuan paper has the advantages of thin and tough paper, white color and strong water absorption, and is a good material for hardcover printing, reproduction and painting. Liancheng established a leather rice paper production base in Gutian Town, and its products are exported to Japan and Southeast Asia. Many celebrities and scholars regard Liancheng Xuan paper as a good gift for relatives and friends. Therefore, Liancheng Xuan Paper not only earned foreign exchange for Liancheng, but also won glory for the country.

Liancheng root carving art: Liancheng root carving began in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, with a long history and many artists. Previous works are mostly limited to the gods or auspicious animals displayed in the case. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially since the reform and opening up, Liancheng's root art industry has developed greatly. The types of works are not only figures, flowers and animals, but also flowers, figures and cases. A number of root carving artists with exquisite skills and profound attainments have emerged. Some of their works are good at simplicity, some win with elegance, some learn from nature, and some are ingenious.