What does social fire mean?

The meaning of "social fire" is the traditional celebration and carnival activities of the Han people in China to celebrate the Spring Festival. It is the intangible cultural heritage of some places in northwest China, such as Qinghai Province, Gansu Province and Shaanxi Province. It is a general term for high platform, stilts, dry boat, lion dance, dragon dance and yangko. The specific forms vary greatly from region to region.

"Social fire" has a long history. Historical materials say: "Social fire is a variety of zaju performed in festivals"; Also known as: "folk drum music is called social fire, I can't remember it, it's probably funny." (Thirty-two Rhymes of Wuzhong Wu Jie in Shangyuan Period by Fan Chengda in Southern Song Dynasty). In primitive society, human beings lived to defeat wild animals, and often celebrated after killing animals, or gathered to dress up as animals to celebrate, educate future generations, and establish wisdom, courage and resourcefulness.

This is the earliest animal play and "country furniture" activities. , has a certain charisma and prestige, and has the right to deal with violations.

Every time this kind of club greets the gods, it is bound to hold entertainment activities, gongs and drums, torches, dragon and lion parades and crowds to follow. Obviously, "human power" encourages "divine power" and forms the custom of "social fire", which is exactly the same as the folk customs of "incense" and "wishing" (temple fair custom), just as the folk say: "social fire" has far-reaching meaning and long taste.