China News Service, Yongding, Fujian, February 20 (Huang Qiuping and Lu Ye) During the New Year Festival, a large number of folk activities are held in Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province. Local people feel the traditional New Year in the colorful folk activities. Taste.
On February 20, the eleventh day of the first lunar month, a unique folk activity in Kanshi Town, Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province, which has been held for more than 500 years, was grandly staged. Photo courtesy of Yongding District Media Center
On February 20, the eleventh day of the first lunar month, a unique folk activity in Kanshi Town, Yongding District, which is said to have been for more than 500 years, was grandly staged. It is said that as long as you are beaten in the face by this "drunken man", you will be blessed with a son in the coming year.
The "drunken man" holds a rolling pin and "beats the newlyweds". Photo courtesy of Yongding District Media Center
At 14:00 that day, the area around the Lu Family Ancestral Hall in Kanshi Town, Yongding District was crowded with people, firecrackers were going off, and it was very lively. Everyone from ten miles and eight villages rushed to the ancestral hall. After paying homage to Mrs. Lin with incense, candles and three animals, two strong men supported a "drunken man" whose face was red and smelled of alcohol.
A "drunken man" smelling of alcohol. Photo courtesy of Yongding District Media Center
I saw the "Jiu Zui Gong" wearing a red Tang suit and a top hat, holding a noodle dish in his right hand, wrapped in red paper, with the four words "give birth to a precious son early" written on it. He "hit" the "groom officers" who had just married the year before, rolling them gently from their left shoulders, and then from the bottom to their right shoulders. While rolling, he said some wishes for the couple's newlyweds and happiness. Happy and auspicious words.
The "drunken man" holds a rolling pin and "beats" the "groom man" who just got married the year before one by one. Photo courtesy of Yongding District Media Center
"I wish you a baby soon! Another baby! Twin babies!" The groom stood up after being "beaten" and walked away with a smile. After "beating" one, there are still a bunch...
"Today I was beaten several times by Mr. Drunk. I am very happy. I hope everyone can be as blessed and long-lived as Mr. Drunk. I hope that at the end of the Year of the Dragon, I will be able to hold a baby dragon and have more children and wealth." Kan City, Yongding District Lu Chunkai, a descendant of the fourth room of the Shangzu Temple (Shangzu Temple) in the Zhenkanshi Street Community, said happily.
According to the older generation of Kanshi people, this "wedding ceremony" was to pay tribute to Mrs. Lin, the fifth generation founder of the Lu family. This "Mrs. Lin" is a hundred years old and has many children and grandchildren. Later generations chose the 11th day of the first lunar month as the day of "beating newlyweds", and selected a respected old man of Fushou as the "Drunken Master" to be responsible for "beating newlyweds". (over)