Cangshan is both an ancient cultural town and a big cultural town. The ancient and unique Cangshan is the "residence of the ancient Qi Kingdom" left over from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Qicheng Village in Cangshan Town was once the capital of the ancient Qi Kingdom. In 590 AD, a town was established in Cangshan, and in 593 a county was established, named Feiwu County. Due to large-scale wars in the early Yuan Dynasty, it was merged into Gutongshan County in 1279 AD. The long history has formed a music culture rich in folk characteristics. "Cangshan Music", which is famous both inside and outside the province, is called a living fossil of music, which is the pride of Cangshan people. The predecessor of Cangshan Dalue was the Tang Dynasty Palace Dalue, which was renamed "Cangshan Dalue" in 1985.
Cangshan Music has the characteristics of vigorous, rough and unrestrained northern gongs and drums, as well as the elegant style of Sichuan New Year gongs and drums. The fast beats are earth-shattering and overwhelming, and the listeners are all shocked; the slow beats are gentle and drizzle, It makes people intoxicated and relaxed. There is no limit to the number of people in the band and dance team. For example, when performing in a square, there can be hundreds or even thousands. Since the reform and opening up, the motherland's economy has prospered and carrying forward the main theme of national culture has become a historical mission of the cultural department. Cangshan Dale, which has been hidden for many years, has begun to appear. With the strong support of relevant city and county departments, Cangshan Dale has gained a lot. development. On March 8, 1991, Li Yongshou, the former Secretary of the Deyang Municipal Party Committee, visited Cangshan on the first night of his inspection. He saw Cangshan Music and was full of praise, instructing the cultural department to do a good job in this folk literature and art with local characteristics. Du Tianwen, former director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Culture and chairman of the Provincial Dance Association, and Mr. Yaxin, deputy director of the "Sichuan Provincial Folk Music Collection Chronicles" office, and a group of 7 people went to Cangshan to inspect the history and current situation of Dalue and have a deep understanding of Dalue. Many pertinent suggestions were put forward for its development. Teacher Yaxin also wrote an inscription for Dalue, "Cangshan Dalue is famous far and wide, the drum music shakes the mountainous countryside, the national culture is a treasure, and the Chinese spirit is brilliant!" In order to carry forward Cangshan Dalue, in May 1996, the Cangshan Working Committee specially invited Provincial, city and county music and dance experts and leaders of publicity and cultural departments, after watching the scene, held a "Cangshan Music Development Seminar" in Cangshan, extensively listened to opinions from all aspects, and carefully polished it. On the basis of continuous improvement, Dalue's performing arts will be further improved. In November 1996, Deyang City TV Station recorded Cangshan Music into a TV musical, and then participated in the music program show of hundreds of city TV stations across the country. During the selection in Guangzhou, it was a blockbuster. Among more than 220 exhibition programs across the country, with its unique folk culture and art and exquisite performance skills, it won the 96th Bronze Award for Music Television Showcase from 100 city TV stations across the country. In October 1997, Cangshan Dale was invited to participate in the China Art Festival held in Chengdu and performed at the opening ceremony of the Folk Craft Expo. It was well received by all walks of life. On October 25th and 28th, CCTV's "Focus Interview", Sichuan TV special programs conducted special TV reports on the performances. At this point, Cangshan Music has also been gloriously included in the history of Chinese folk music. The people of Cangshan are related to dragons. They are the descendants of dragons. As an ancient town with strong local cultural characteristics, Cangshan is always associated with mysterious spirits and grandeur. Anyone who has dabbled in the history of Cangshan will understand Surprise: This is a magical and warm land. Not to mention that before the liberation, it was said that a capital was built here to establish a kingdom for the king, nor to mention how the majestic Cangshan palace music shocked China, let's just say that the dragon lanterns in Cangshan are so breathtaking that it makes people sigh. When did the dragon lantern in Cangshan originate? We won't do any research. But not long after the Revolution of 1911, Cangshan dragon lanterns formed their own characteristics. Cangshan people are tough people, rough and heroic, passionate and unrestrained, unyielding to oppression and suffering. Dragon dancing is a cultural carrier of the dragon and horse spirit of Cangshan people. During the Revolution of 1911, the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty was overthrown, and the suffering people of Cangshan became more energetic than ever; the dragon lanterns of Cangshan became more active than ever before. Legend has it that there are two dragons in Cangshan, one is the golden horned dragon of the honey locust tree, and the other is the golden dragon of Chaolong Temple. Later, with the support of Li Donggu, the then district chief of Cangshan District of the Kuomintang, for a while, Cangshan dragon and nine dragons flew together: they were pulled out from the Cangshan palace's happy land, accompanied by the "Emperor's Holy Driving", the fire dragon, the golden dragon, the flower dragon, and the peach dragon. ...Cangshan and nearby areas are boiling.
Among the Cangshan dragons, the fire dragon is the most popular.
The fire dragon is made of hard materials and burlap bundled with the same color as the target. The formed dragon is slightly "slender". If you look closely at the dragon body, the shape of the dragon is realistic and spiritual, and if you look at the iron bones, it is powerful and powerful. Charming with fire dragons is a profession for strong men. When the gongs and drums sound, those muscular men, naked except for a pair of torch kiln pants, dance wildly in front of the fireworks shooting out from all directions. The hard-working and brave Cangshan people danced like this soaring and shining dragon lantern through the suffering of modern times and escaped the oppression of the three mountains. In order to resist cultural tyranny, Cangshan people once joked with the times. During the "Cultural Revolution", in the era of "breaking the old and establishing the new" and "sweeping everything", the Cangshan Fire Dragon was facing annihilation. When someone wanted to burn the Cangshan Fire Dragon, the fire dragon suddenly disappeared overnight. It turns out that the descendants of the new era dragon in Cangshan, in order to preserve the dragon's veins, set up an "authentic station" where they would exchange guns for one place. Cangshan Long squatted in the cold palace for ten years before he was able to see the light of day again. Cangshan people still cannot forget the golden autumn of 1978. Only two years after the Party Central Committee smashed the "Gang of Four" in one fell swoop, it eliminated numerous interferences, exposed and criticized the "two whatevers", and the people across the country ushered in the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Party. Successfully held. People were ecstatic, and Cangshan was boiling. The Cangshan Fire Dragon, which had been hiding for ten years, appeared in front of the people. Without any discussion, people beat the drums and rushed to the streets, reveling with the fire dragon. Just like that, During every New Year and festival, people who come to see the Cangshan dragon lanterns flock to the city, crowding the whole city to the brim and creating an unprecedented grand occasion.
The spirit of Cangshan Renlong is indeed beyond ordinary people’s imagination. Since ancient times, dragon dancing has been the exclusive preserve of men, and women are not allowed to get involved. Nowadays, when it comes to dragon lanterns in Cangshan, the most well-known one is the "Tai Po Dragon Lantern Team" active in Cangshan. After the "Cultural Revolution", those old ladies who let go of their little feet also emancipated their minds under the inspiration of the party's reform and opening up policy. After Chaolong Temple was built, the old ladies thought that the golden dragon of Chaolong Temple should also be restored, so in 1987 Ai Guozhen, Liu Yingfu and others invited more than 20 grandmothers to spontaneously organize the "Cangshan Grandmother Dragon Lantern Team", and since then they have taken over the golden dragon of Chaolong Temple that has been waved by men over the years. Every festival, Cangshan becomes lively when the "Taipo Dragon" takes to the streets. The dark crowd surrounds the Taipo Dragon Lantern Team. Residents hang firecrackers at the door to welcome the Taipo Dragon Lantern Team. The firecrackers went off, the crowd gathered, and the Taipo Dragon Lantern Team danced there vividly. That atmosphere will be infected by anyone who sees it. "Taipolong" has been in business for 17 years now. After 17 years of hard work, 17 years of ups and downs...the dragon ladies insist on practicing and performing at the same time, and strive for excellence. They use exquisite materials and innovative craftsmanship in the production of dragon lanterns. Today, the "Cangshan Granny Dragon Lantern Team" is composed of more than 80 old ladies of the same color, including dragon dancers, drummers, flag bearers... They are divided into details, each performing their own responsibilities and working together in a tacit understanding. Even though these old ladies are old, they are really very precise when dancing the Cangshan Dragon. The tiger and the tiger are very powerful. The dragon holds the pillar, the dragon coils the flower, the super large scattered wings, the dragon drips water... every move is authentic. It can be said that the modern classic masterpiece of the dragon vein inheritance of Cangshan Ancient Dragon is this Taipo Dragon Lantern Team. They represent the spirit of Cangshan Dragon and convey the cultural information of Cangshan people. What they held up was not only the dragon lantern of Chaolong Temple, but also the cultural banner of Cangshan. Over the past 17 years, the Dragon Mothers have brought great surprises and joy to the local cadres and the masses, and the Cangshan "Grandmother Dragons" have become a beautiful scenery in people's eyes. It’s no wonder that in recent years, tourists and photography enthusiasts from all over the world have flocked to Cangshan, taking beautiful pictures of the majestic and unrestrained “Taipo Dragon”, which have been exhibited in provinces and cities, and published in newspapers and periodicals. Sichuan TV station also put the "scenery" of "Tai Po Dragon" in the program "Golden Land" to meet the majority of TV audiences. On October 5, 2003, the fourth page of "Sichuan Daily" reported it extensively. As a result, the "Tai Po Dragon" became majestic, famous and favored by everyone. Therefore, more and more people come to Cangshan for sightseeing for the "Taipo Dragon". Cangshan City is bustling with traffic, business is promising, and it is very lively.
The folk art in Cangshan is so rich, not only the "Cangshan Music" and "Tai Po Dragon Lantern Troupe" we mentioned above, but also the "Cangshan Sichuan Opera Troupe" and "Cangshan Players Club" ", "Cangshan Club", "Cangshan Flower Drum Troupe", "Cangshan Peasant Band", lion lanterns, stilts, and a colorful stage. Cangshan is a magical place with a rich history. Dinosaur fossils identified as 70 million years ago by provincial cultural relic experts were unearthed in Cangshan, which has aroused great interest from people at home and abroad. Since then, the small town of Cangshan has become famous, going beyond the city gate, the province gate and even the country gate, letting the world know the name Cangshan. Cangshan currently has a municipal cultural relic protection unit - Dizhu Temple. The Emperor's Main Temple was built during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. When you walk into the Emperor's Temple, the magnificent building immediately appears in front of you, but what makes people interested is not the magnificent building, nor its unique shape, but the huge pillars with exquisite work on them. The carvings include the dragon holding the pillar, the dragon coiling flowers, the dragon relaxing its body, the dragon spreading its wings, the two dragons playing with the pearl, the dragon grabbing the treasure... every move on the capital is lifelike. The majestic lion is even more realistically carved, and its majesty does not lack aura, and that...
The stone carving located in Daobei Village, Cangshan Town, faces south and faces north, with seven niches. It consists of grottoes and was discovered during the cultural relics survey in 1987. In April 2003, the Seven Niches Grottoes were newly discovered. After investigation by provincial Grotto Temple archaeological experts and Chengdu cultural relics and archaeological research experts, they believe that the Seven-Niches Grottoes discovered in 1987 may have been built in the early Tang Dynasty, and the newly discovered Seven-Niches Grottoes may have been excavated during the Tang Dynasty, from Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu of the Tang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. During the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years of Xuanzong, the main statues were Maitreya Buddha, Sifang Buddha, Western Pure Land Transformation, etc. According to the analysis of the grotto discovery site, there may still be stone tablets and stone carvings hidden underground, as well as new discoveries. It is of high value in the archeology of the grotto temples in our city. It is currently a large-scale grotto group with exquisite carving art in our city. As these cultural relics were unearthed one after another, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, and television reported more time on Cangshan, and more people visited Cangshan for sightseeing, which increased Cangshan's connection with the outside world.