Touching folk "fireworks"
In the hometown of Taihang, in the folds of the mountains, there are warm and bright folk "fireworks" blooming everywhere.
This comes from the endless cultural heritage of the people, which nurtured the children of Taihang to grow up and became the roots that they could not give up, and also told the world a local and moving Chinese story...
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If it is said that Chongli District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province has brought sincere and crystal clear snowflakes to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Winter Paralympics, then Yu County of Zhangjiakou has brought precious folks to the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics.” Double Flowers" - colorful window paper-cuts and fiery "hitting tree flowers".
When the patterns containing the elements of Yuxian paper-cut tiger heads were printed on the clothes of the children of the Malanhua Children's Voice Choir, and when the Yuxian Tree Flowers bloomed on the screen of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics, they showed the world a simple and elegant look. Kind Chinese image.
If you want to see the vivid "double flowers" in Yuxian County, you must go to their hometown!
When the snow is fluttering and the red lights are swaying, it is the season when the window flowers are in full bloom.
On the window lattices of every household, colorful window flowers are in full bloom: happy auspicious pictures, watery vegetables and fruits, sturdy grains and six animals, vivid feathers and flowers... They all come from the knives of folk paper-cutting artists, but also from Wei The county people struggled hard one by one.
In 2006, Yuxian paper-cut was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
Now, take a walk on the paper-cutting street in Yuxian County, and you will not be able to take your eyes off the beautiful paper-cut handicrafts with different characteristics.
After a while, the tourists returned with paper-cuts in their arms.
The girls and daughter-in-law of Zhangjiakou love these paper-cuts very much - they light up the home, dress up the courtyard, and reflect the happy life in the future!
Compared with the long-lasting blooming window flowers, the tree flowers in the warm spring of Wei County, which bloomed to the extreme in an instant, opened up another splendid world of fireworks for people.
Under the moonlight and starlight, we arrived at Nuanquan Town, Yuxian County.
When I came to the place where the trees and flowers were hit, the gate of the fort had long been surrounded by water, and the ancient city wall stood majestically.
"The man in charge" Wang Defan wore an old sheepskin jacket, hat and gloves soaked in ice water.
First, use a willow spoon to quickly scoop up a spoonful of boiling hot iron, and then hit the city wall with force.
In an instant, hundreds of molten iron droplets burst open on the icy city wall, blooming golden flowers.
One spoon, two spoons, three spoons... Thousands of golden flowers bloom on the city walls and the night sky, one after another, one after another, forming a waterfall of flowing golden flowers, which is a beautiful picture of "the east wind blooms a thousand flowers at night" Trees, more blowing down, stars like rain" scene!
Fifty-eight-year-old old artist Wang De has been fighting for more than 30 years.
He left unforgettable memories for countless people who came to Nuanquan to watch the tree flowers; what he left for himself was the scorching scars of the fallen tree flowers.
But for Wang De, "These are nothing."
Looking at the splendidly blooming tree flower, Wang De said, "No matter how difficult it is, I have to continue it!"
Today, Dashuhua has also become a national intangible cultural heritage.
The local government built a new Shuhua Square and specially made a section of the imitation ancient city wall.
People can often see Dashuhua, and no longer have to wait until the annual Lantern Festival to see them.
The children of the Malanhua Children's Choir wearing Yuxian paper-cut elements amazed the world with their earthy and fragrant sounds of nature.
The song traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers and returned to Fuping County, Baoding, the hometown of the children.
During the Spring Festival, the villagers in Fuping have already prepared a grand flower club fire to celebrate the festival and celebrate the Olympic Games.
At the welcome ceremony of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the dance team of Zhangjiakou City Group Art Museum performed the folk dance "Bawang Whip" enthusiastically and unrestrainedly.
In Fuping, people also danced the bully.
The rhythm and neat phalanx spread out, the scene is spectacular, the momentum is like a rainbow.
It is the red rhythm of Fuping, passed down from the hands of Tian Hua, a young actor in the Anti-enemy Opera Club of Aoli Village, from praising the anti-Japanese, defending the family and defending the country to calling on the people to be the masters of the country... Now, in the new era, Fuping's The villagers continued to dance the bully whip, stepping on the sonorous rhythm.
In Luotuowan Village after poverty alleviation, in front of the big stage, there were lively and cheerful folk yangko performances in Fuping, and the villagers who got out of poverty sang happily.
Over there, the grand folk performance of "Bull Fighting Tiger" in Yangshuwa Village, Fuping opened with deafening drums.
Performers wearing props bull and tiger heads, and performers wearing props cowhide and tiger skins come on stage in pairs.
"Ox" and "Tiger", the two brave men in the Chinese zodiac culture, began to duel!
One is full of strength, the other is full of vigour.
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Walking into the eastern foot of Taihang, you will stop at the ancient city of Zhengding, which has stood for thousands of years.
In front of the Tianwang Hall of Longxing Temple, a thousand-year-old ancient temple, in front of the simple and elegant Ningrong Street and the gate of Rongguo Mansion, the sonorous and majestic battle drums of Changshan are played, allowing people to travel through history in an instant.
The same drum sounded, accompanied by the roar of the sky, and Zhengding South Gate Urn City.
In the vast land of Zhengding, there are more than 170 villages scattered.
Almost every village has a Changshan war drum team, and everyone can get through it.
Changshan War Drum is a national intangible cultural heritage.
During festivals, whoever has louder drums, who has more dense drum beats, and who has more fancy styles, has to open up the field and try it out.
I can't remember how many "Drum Kings" were born, but I just remember that the scene of bunting hunting and iron armor flashing became more and more grand.
The 70-year-old artist Zhang Shushe led the Changshan Drum Team from Dongyangzhuang Village to travel from south to north, from the villages and towns on the ridge streets, temple fairs and celebrations to various places and even the international stage.
Zhang Shushe believes that this sound will spread farther and louder!
The battle drum of Changshan sounded, how could there not be a "high photo" figure?
Zhengding Gaozhao, which is also a national intangible cultural heritage, is charming and colorful with the pheasant feathers swaying in the wind; one side of the dragon and phoenix flags are wrapped around the high bamboo poles in the middle, hunting for the wind.
Dozens of kilograms of Chinese flags flew up and down on the artists.
"Tota", "Er Kicking", "Sun Monkey Carrying Sword", "Erlang Dan Mountain"... Zhongba, representing the shining star of auspicious stars, seems to have the magic power of not falling.
High light, high light, high light shines the people of Zhengding ancient city towards a better future.
And behind every successful leap and every lift, the inheritors of these ancient skills don't know how much they have paid. It was countless practice and sweating, and they rose up fearlessly again and again...
Jingxing County, which is also affiliated to Shijiazhuang, is also a thousand-year-old ancient city like Zhengding.
There, the sultry folk flowers will be vast and varied.
The most proud of the locals is the "Jingxing Lahua".
The original dance, strong and graceful, stretched and generous, can always shock the person who sees it for the first time.
Twisting the shoulders, twisting the arms, turning the wrists, sucking the legs, curling the feet...the combination of rigidity and softness, harmony and harmony.
Every move is full of vitality.
In 2006, Jingxing Lahua was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
The eighty-year-old inheritor, Wu Xinquan, started twisting and pulling flowers at the age of eight.
Now, three generations of Wu Xinquan's family have fallen in love with Lahua, and their daughter, son and granddaughter have also joined the team.
As the local folk saying goes, "Jingxing pulls flowers and twists everywhere", which shows its great charm.
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Under the moonlight, in the hinterland of Taihang, next to the Wa Palace in Shexian County, Handan, people from Tanyin Village set up the "Wa Huang Jiuqu" lantern array.
It is said that the "Nine Songs of the Emperor Wa" originated from the "Nine Songs of the Yellow River", and the "Nine Songs of the Yellow River" has been widely circulated in many villages and towns in Taihang Mountain.
So far, in Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, this folk custom is still circulating.
Lifting your legs and walking into the light array is like walking into a maze.
Light up the lights, move forward step by step, and do not worry.
As long as you take every step firmly, you can get rid of the unsatisfactory life in your life and leave behind the beauty and hope.
Today, the lights are shining through thousands of years, still shining warmly on the children of Taihang.
Still in Shexian, Zhangjiazhuang, every year during the Lantern Festival, "the lanterns on the ridges" will light up, making Taihang bright at night.
Zhangjiazhuang's "Marquee Lantern" is famous.
The candles lit from the Tang Dynasty have been shining for thousands of years, and the lights are fleeting and continuous from generation to generation.
The old artist Zhang Wangzeng talked about lanterns with pride and confidence: "My grandfather and great-grandfather made lanterns!" Now the country has implemented the rural revitalization strategy, and a lantern factory has been built in the village to create lantern ideas. industry.
But there are fewer and fewer people who can make lanterns. Zhang Wangzeng and the villagers hope that more and more young people will return to their hometowns to inherit this old craft.
Still the light.
In the Taihang Mountains, where there is river water, people often have the custom of "putting down river lanterns".
That night, in the spring pool in Jumayuan, Laiyuan County, north of Taihang, the lights flickered.
In the shadow of the water waves, the lantern market at the bridgehead on the street is reflected, and there are also river lanterns carrying people's good wishes.
Choose a favorite carp lantern to light, and pray for blessings in the bottom of your heart - pray for health and safety, and also pray for the prosperity of the country and the people!
Here is too much.
There are majestic and majestic mountains and mountains, Langya Mountain, Hangyun Mountain, Jiangjun Mountain, standing upright, majestic mountains and rivers; here are the clear Mianman River, Sanggan River and the galloping Hutuo River and Juma River.
Here, there are also the romantic blooming window grilles in Yuxian County and the colorful tree flowers; there are the enthusiastic and unrestrained bully whip, the magnificent bull fighting tiger; Jingxing pulls flowers; there are lights that flicker on the ground under the moonlight and starlight, and sway in the water waves... The scenes capture the beautiful moments of Taihang people.
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