(New Year walks to the grassroots) Mianzhu, Sichuan: Tens of thousands of people immersively experience the grand occasion of the New Year painting "Welcome to Spring" in the late Qing Dynasty
Chinanews.com, Deyang, January 14th (Lv Jie) "From childhood to new year, to Mianzhu to celebrate the Chinese New Year." On January 14, when it was a small year, Mianzhu City, Deyang, Sichuan ushered in the twenty-second year of 2023. This is also the first offline New Year Painting Festival after two years.
On that day, Mianzhu City was surrounded by a strong atmosphere of the New Year. Tens of thousands of people gathered on both sides of the street to immerse themselves in the grand occasion of the New Year's painting "Welcome to Spring" in the late Qing Dynasty, and welcome the New Year in a joyous atmosphere.
In order to better protect, inherit and develop the national intangible cultural heritage - Mianzhu New Year Pictures, and bring New Year pictures back to the Spring Festival and people's lives, Mianzhu has held the New Year Picture Festival since 2002, and it has been held for 22 consecutive sessions.
This year's New Year Picture Festival vividly reproduced the grand occasion of the New Year's picture "Welcome to Spring" in the late Qing Dynasty. The folk parade team composed of hundreds of people truly interpreted the grand occasion of the Mianzhu Spring Festival at that time, reflecting the ancient Mianzhu people's desire to welcome, herald, visit and beat the spring. The ancient folk customs and the grand scene of welcoming the spring in the city.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the Mianzhu Street was full of gongs and drums, and the crowd was full of voices. In the lively and jubilant atmosphere, the folk parade officially started.
A shepherd boy leading a cow, a spring official riding a bull, a government servant holding a gong, and a county magistrate sitting in a sedan chair...The parade personnel dressed in costumes described the "golden drum opening the way", "happy news of spring", "lion dancing" in the Mianzhu New Year painting "Welcome to Spring". Scenes of welcoming the spring, heralding the spring, outing in spring, and beating the spring, such as "beating spring cattle", "walking on stilts", etc., are presented one after another in front of the masses, and a strong New Year flavor rushes to their faces.
The New Year Painting Festival endows the city of Mianzhu with profound cultural heritage and exquisite urban taste. Mianzhu uses New Year paintings as a medium and festivals as a platform to organically combine folk art with mass culture, promote the deep integration of culture and tourism, and fully display " The long history of "Beautiful Mianzhu" has launched the tourism brand of "Celebrating the Chinese New Year in Mianzhu".
Therefore, the New Year Picture Festival has become a bridge connecting guests and friends from all over the world, a business card showing the charm of Mianzhu, and a treasure to revitalize the cultural industry.
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