Chinanews.com, Wulanchabu, February 5th (Reporter Zhang Linhu) Around nine tunes, playing dragon lanterns, walking on stilts, rowing dry boats... On the evening of the 4th, Zhuozi County's 4th "Auspicious Nine Songs, Beautiful Zhuozi" in 2023 The cultural festival kicked off, and more than 50,000 people gathered in Jiuqushan Ecological Park to parade and pray.
Zhuozi County is located in the middle of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is named after the mountains and is beautiful because of the mountains. It has rich natural resources such as minerals, forests, grasslands, and rivers, as well as a long-standing folk culture.
The picture shows the dragon dance performance at the opening ceremony.
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"Rounding the Nine Songs" is also called "Turning the Lamp", which has a history of more than 3,000 years in folklore.
"Nine-curve" represents Kyushu in China. It is composed of 19 rows of poles horizontally and vertically. There are 361 poles in the array, and there are 4 poles at the door.
A red lantern must be hung on each pole. There are 18 kinds of lights, such as peace lights, fortune lights, longevity lights, and marriage proposal lights. There are a total of 365 lanterns, representing 365 days in a year.
There is a thick and tall old pole in the center of the formation, on which there is a giant dragon hovering upwards, which is mighty and magnificent.
The Jiuqu Yellow River Lantern Festival in Zhuozi County is an intangible cultural heritage at the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region level.
Every year around the Lantern Festival, when night falls and the lanterns come on, people climb up the steps of the Jiuqu Mountain Ecological Park. Some people walk alone, and some people "group" to walk. When turning to the old pole in the center, they have to hold a Holding the old pole, the folk saying "Hold the old pole, one hundred and three".
The picture shows the drone performance at the opening ceremony.
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At the opening ceremony, 630 drones rose slowly, and then changed into a digital countdown mode.
Accompanied by the performances of 99 little rabbit actors and 99 actors holding luminous art balls in their hands, the drone also changed into the pattern of the nine-curved Yellow River array, echoing the nine-curved Yellow River array on the ground.
Song Zilong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Zhuozi County Party Committee and Minister of Propaganda, said that the Lantern Festival "Nine Twists" is a major local event, which indicates that the local people are not afraid of difficulties and will work hard.
The picture shows singer Yunfei singing.
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The opening ceremony not only includes "Nine Songs", but also singing and dancing, drum music, lion dance and other activities.
"In the hearts of ordinary people, the Lantern Festival has to be 'noisy', and the more 'noisy' the days are, the more prosperous the festival atmosphere is." Li Junwei, a local resident, said.
The picture shows the performance at the opening ceremony.
Photo by Zhang Linhu
In Song Zilong's view, it is very necessary to vigorously promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture and enhance the sense of identity and pride in the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
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