We are all curious about the local traditional culture and traditional cultural characteristics of each province. After a long history, long years, the provinces continue to develop and inherit, there are many rich folk culture interaction, which in turn formed the local cultural characteristics we are familiar with. I have organized the relevant content, I hope to help you.
I. Traditional Cultural Elements and Customs of Huzhou
Changxing Hundred Leaf Dragon
The Changxing Hundred Leaf Dragon originated and circulated in the area of Linxian Town, Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, and has a history of more than one hundred and sixty years. The traditional Hundred-leaf Dragon performs at temple fairs and festivals, starting from the formation of "touring the four gates", "round field", etc. When the lotus lanterns are gathered into a circle and connected with each other to form a "dragon" shape, the outer circle of When the lotus lanterns gather into a circle and connect with each other to form a "dragon" shape, the outer circle of the dance team dances enthusiastically to draw the audience's attention; as soon as the "dragon" takes shape, it leaps into the air, and all the dance teams disperse immediately, highlighting the Hundred-leaf Dragon and forming a fervor. The performance mode of Baiye Dragon is also divided into different forms such as stage dance, street dance, square dance, etc., and it is getting more and more complicated to adapt to different performance occasions. Its main formations are long snake formation, solitaire ......[more]
Sericulture customs (sweeping sericulture)
China is the world's first country engaged in sericulture, in the middle of the Neolithic era 5,000 or 6,000 years ago, the ancestors began to pick mulberry sericulture, silk silk weaving. Sericulture is an important part of China's traditional agricultural culture, China's earliest canonical text "Shangshu" of the "Yugong" chapter on the "mulberry both sericulture" records, the Spring and Autumn period works "Guanzi" of the "mountain power art" also has "the people of the pass through the sericulture," the statement, the Han dynasty musical The poem "Mulberry in the Stranger's Land" describing the folk custom of sericulture, "Luo Xi is good at sericulture and mulberry, picking mulberry in the south corner of the city" is even more popular. Sericulture is the crystallization of the wisdom of the Chinese nation, but also the source of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries "Silk Road" ......[more]
Xiangjia shadow play
Anji County Xiaofeng Town, Dahe Xiangjia shadow play has a very long history, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty. In the second year of Guangxu (1876), Xiang family ancestors from Tongbei County, Henan Province, introduced into the village of Dahe, Xiaofeng Town, Anji County. In the history of nearly one hundred and fifty years, Xiangjia shadow play has been developed greatly and is loved by the general public. During the period of the Republic of China, Xiang family shadow theater troupes often went to the rural and mountainous areas of Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places for tours. At that time, it performed mythological dramas such as "Feng Shen Ban", "Journey to the West" and historical dramas such as "Xue Ren Gui Conquest of the East", "Xue Ding Shan Conquest of the West", "Yue Chuan", "Yang Family General" and other plays. Every place, a show is a few months, full of ......[more]
HUZHOU FEATHER FAN PRODUCTION CRAFT
HUZHOU FEATHER FAN, commonly known as the bird hair fan, is a long history of our country's famous traditional handicrafts, with the Suzhou fan, Hangzhou, folding fan and known as China's three famous fan. So far there have been more than 1300 years of history. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the feather fan production industry in Huzhou flourished, with its exquisite craftsmanship and excellent quality, which has been famous in the world. There is a poem in the "Feather Fan Spectrum" which praises: "Wuxing group fan is famous all over the world, Zhuge Wangsui doesn't rely on Luo; Huaihai sail wall returns to the feather guest, and the door lane recognizes the golden woman in spring." During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, Huzhou founded the first feather fan store - Qiu Yifeng feather fan store, Guangxu, Xuantong period, has opened Yan Zhengtai, Yan Yitai and other old feather fan store. After the founding of New China ......[more]
Series of lake silk traditional production techniques
Series of lake silk, also known as "series of silk", produced in the South Xun town of series of the village and the name. There are historical records, Nanxun series of Li village since the end of the village into the production of lake silk. In the Ming Dynasty, Nanxun series of silk has emerged, to the Qing Dynasty because of the quality and "famous", Jiangning, Suzhou, Hangzhou, three weavers in the silk season each year to Nanxun large quantities of raw silk purchases. Qing Kangxi when weaving nine imperial robes, is the name of the selected series of silk for the warp made in 1851 Nanxun series of village production of raw silk to participate in the first World Expo held in London, England, won the gold and silver awards. Nanxun local use of traditional silk car, mainly in the Ming and Qing dynasties after the improvement of the stereotypes of wooden three-rope reeling ......[more]
six village of Huikan village horse lantern
"Horse lanterns" is the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the activities of the folk to drive away the ghosts of epidemics. It is a popular activity in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River to drive away epidemic ghosts. Its origin can be traced back to the "祃祭" recorded in the Book of Songs, that is, the "出师祭" which is a prayer for victory before going out on a journey. The history of Samuel Cane Horse Lanterns is said to be more than 230 years old. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, there were four Wang brothers in the area, and the eldest brother, Wang Rongtang, was a very economic minded person who mobilized people in his hometown to plant trees and raise livestock, so every family raised many livestock, such as horses, cows, sheep, chickens, dogs, pigs, etc., known as the six animals, of which the horse was the first of the six animals. When feeding at night, the villagers light lanterns to illuminate the lanterns written on a "horse" to pray for the prosperity of the six animals, after the evolution of the ......[more]
Lin Cheng Double Lion
The Lion Dance originated from Buddhism, and was first performed in the form of a "flower party". The lion dance originated from Buddhism, first appeared in the form of "flower party", started in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The countryside of the house entrance, both sides of the bridge, the public **** site is still distributed in different forms of stone lions, people to lion for the evil things, symbols of good luck, and in the worship of the gods and ancestors, the lion dance custom to send a good harvest, the good wishes of peace. Lion dance is generally in the first month or festivals by the lion class up to a specific organization to carry out activities. Every time the lion class into the village performance, there is a person to report, and blowing, gongs, drums, firecrackers, enthusiastic and extraordinary, signaling the arrival of good luck. the early 20th century by the Shanghai from the art of the "two monks, the three monks" (art name) to collect ......[more]
two, Huzhou introductionHuzhou, Zhejiang Province, prefecture-level city, located in the north of Zhejiang, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces at the intersection of longitude 119 ° 14′-120 ° 29′, latitude 30 ° 22′-31 ° 11′ between the east neighboring Jiaxing, south of Hangzhou, the western border of Anhui Xuancheng, the north of the Taihu Lake, and Jiangsu Wuxi, Suzhou, across the lake! It is a city named after the lake in the Taihu Lake area, and is located on the south shore of Taihu Lake, at the confluence of the East Campsis River and the West Campsis River. The terrain slopes roughly from southwest to northeast, with mountains in the west and a plain water network in the east. Huzhou City has two districts and three counties under its jurisdiction, covering an area of 5,820 square kilometers. As of the end of 2021, the resident population of Huzhou City was 3.470 million .
Huzhou is a city in the central area of the Yangtze River Delta, the core city of the Great Bay Area around Hangzhou Bay, and the center city of the G60 Science and Innovation Corridor. It is an ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River with a history of more than 2,300 years, and the establishment began in the Warring States period, and there are a lot of natural landscapes and historical and humanistic landscapes, such as the Moganshan Mountain and Nanxun Ancient Town. Huzhou is a national historical and cultural city, national forest city, national garden city, national health city, and one of the first pilots of Zhejiang high-quality development and construction of *** same affluence demonstration area. Huzhou belongs to the north subtropical monsoon climate zone, monsoon significant, four distinct seasons, rain and heat in the same season, abundant precipitation, is the main producing areas and important production base of grain, cocoons, freshwater fish, bamboo in Zhejiang Province and the country, there are double dudu snow lotus root, Taihu Lake lily and other native products, but also the birthplace of modern lake business.