(New Year walks to the grassroots) "Lingnan ancient county" Qinzhou, Guangxi's special taste of the New Year
Chinanews.com, Qinzhou, January 17th: "Lingnan Ancient County", the special taste of the New Year in Qinzhou, Guangxi
Reporter Zhai Liqiang Yang Qiang
On January 15th, the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month in the Renyin year, Huang Pingxiu, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Yandun Drum in Lingshan, Qinzhou, Guangxi, stepped on an iron bench about one meter high, and beat his first New Year's Day. A drum, the sound of the drum is deafening.
According to Huang Pingxiu, the sound of spring drums will last until the Lantern Festival in nearby villages.
Yandun Dagu is a unique and ancient traditional utensil in Yandun Town, Lingshan County, Qinzhou City. According to legend, it originated from ancient ancestors as a utensil for exorcising ghosts and evil spirits, driving away beasts and sending war signals. , Harvest celebrations, or musical instruments used for opening ceremonies, etc., have been included in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region-level intangible cultural heritage protection list.
In the Yandun Dagu Studio in Dengtang Village, Yandun Town, there are many drums that are as high as a human being on display. The tallest side is about 3 meters. Each drum is stretched from the drum surface to the drum foot with many steel wires.
According to Huang Pingxiu, these big drums are made of camphor wood and cowhide. With the function of steel wire rope, the sound effect of the big drum can be changed by adjusting the wooden wedge of the drum foot.
Huang Xiuping said that it is a local traditional custom to play drums to make spring happen. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, nearby villages will gather to fight drums and compete for the sound of drums, praying for good weather and driving away evil spirits. The Spring Festival in 2023 will be no exception.
In Dalu Village, Fozi Town, Lingshan County, in front of the Dongyuan Villa, which was built in the twelfth year of Qianlong’s reign in the Qing Dynasty, several old people sat around the fire and chatted. The folks were writing Spring Festival couplets, and his three children watched intently around the table.
Every time Lao Hui wrote a word, his niece helped to pull the red paper.
Lao Yongxiu and her nephew on the side also cooperated tacitly, completing one couplet after another.
This tradition exists every year in Dalu Village.
Lao Hui said that his grandfather also wrote couplets to the villagers every year during his lifetime. It was because of this influence that he loved calligraphy and was obsessed with the tradition of writing couplets.
After his grandfather passed away in 1997, he took over the baton.
Bring the kids, just want them to feel the tradition.
Laohui led the children to write Spring Festival couplets in the old house in Dalu Village.
Photo by Zhai Liqiang
Lao Yongxiu told reporters that she started writing Spring Festival couplets for the ancient house after returning to work in her hometown in 2019. Before, it was written by the elders, but now young people are slowly taking over.
It is understood that Dalu Village is famous for its ancient houses, ancient trees and ancient couplets. It is the best preserved and largest Ming and Qing architectural complex discovered in Guangxi. There are 305 ancient couplets preserved, so it is known as "the first couplet in Guangxi". village".
The Spring Festival is approaching, and the taste of the year is getting stronger.
On the streets of Shaping Town, Lingshan County, which is adjacent to Yandun Town, people are busy buying new year's goods.
Sesame cakes are one of the local people's favorite special snacks, and they are often prepared by people for the New Year.
The pie crust made of glutinous rice is filled with char siu, mashed potatoes, etc., and then coated with a layer of sesame seeds. After being baked, it is crispy and delicious.
Workers are rushing to make sesame cakes.
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"It hasn't stopped from today to now." On the afternoon of January 16, Feng Yi's workers were busy packing sesame cakes for delivery to customers. In his workshop, workers were busy making a new batch of sesame cakes.
Feng Yi introduced that he started producing sesame cakes in 2003. The Mid-Autumn Festival and the Spring Festival are the busiest times every year. Since the end of October in the lunar calendar in 2022, he has produced more than 1 million sesame cakes, and 90% of them have been sold so far.
In Lingshan, big rice dumplings are indispensable for the taste of the new year. There is a saying that "you can't grow up without rice dumplings, but you must have rice dumplings if you are happy".
According to Zhang Longfen, the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage at the Guangxi Autonomous Region level, Lingshan Rice Dumplings are famous for their large size and are shaped like pillows. They are mainly made of wild winter leaves, glutinous rice, mung beans, pork, trotters, chicken, etc. , the standard Lingshan rice dumpling generally weighs 4 catties, and the large celebration rice dumpling weighs several hundred catties, implying "passing on from generation to generation, high school champion, and honoring ancestors. "Auspicious Three Treasures" welcome and send off, implying family reunion, in short, smooth.
Liang Shouxuan had just wrapped a big zongzi stuffed with a whole chicken.
Photo by Zhai Liqiang
On January 16, in the old house of Dalu Village, villager Liang Shouxuan made a big rice dumpling with a whole chicken, glutinous rice and mung beans, which weighed 5 catties.
"The rice dumpling stuffed with chicken symbolizes auspicious life and prosperous career," said Zhang Longfen, the elder brother of the rice dumpling.
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