China News Service, Pingdingshan, Henan, February 22 (Kan Li, Wang Yu, Fan Xiaoheng) On the 22nd, the temperature in Majie Village, Baofeng County, Henan Province dropped to below zero. The Majie Book Club, which has been inherited for more than 700 years, opened up in the ice and snow. People from all over the world The artist "went to the banquet" as promised.

　　“One can watch a thousand plays in one day and read ten thousand books in three days.” As one of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritages in China, the Ma Street Book Club is commonly known as the “Thirteen Ma Street Book Club”. It has been prosperous and is a pilgrimage place for folk artists to have a "carnival" of folk arts. Because the book fair is held in the wheat field, it is called the "Feast of Folk Arts in the Wheat Field".

　　That day is the 13th day of the first lunar month in the Chinese lunar calendar, and it is the main meeting of the Majie Book Club.

The wheat fields in Majie Village, which has just experienced a new round of cold wave, rain, snow and freezing weather, are already covered with snow.

Although it was freezing cold, there were still a sea of ​​people in the wheat field and a tide of music. Pendants, Taoist sentiments, tunes, Qinshu and other music genres were performed one after another.

The artists, whose hands and faces were red from the cold, were sitting or standing, playing or singing, completely immersed in the world of folk art.

　　In the crowd, more than a hundred young artists held allegro and sang while playing, which became a highlight of the scene.

12-year-old Yan Zaiheng comes from Pingdingshan, Henan. Inspired by his family, he has been learning Allegro for 8 years. “It is the first time for me to play the board and strings with so many people. The weather is very cold but my heart is very warm.”

On February 22, in Baofeng County, Henan Province, Sam from Panama experienced playing the erhu at the Ma Street Book Club.

Photo by Wang Yu

　　"It's so lively that I don't want to leave." Sam (Mingles), who has lived in China for many years from Panama, made a special trip from Zhengzhou to attend the Majie Book Club. It was his first time to rush to the Majie Book Club. Sam was fascinated by everything he saw. It's novel, I stop to listen for a while, and touch the instrument for a while.

　　At the invitation of an artist, he sat on the bench and played the erhu, which received bursts of applause from the audience. "This is my first time playing the erhu. I really want to learn it."

　　This year, Liu Lanfang, a "frequent guest" of Majie Book Club and a famous storytelling performing artist, also braved the severe cold to "attend the banquet" as scheduled.

At the age of 80, she also held an apprenticeship ceremony in Majie Village, where she accepted seven music artists as her disciples.

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