Langzhong Ancient City is located in Nanchong City, Sichuan Province, is a well-known ancient city through the vicissitudes of life, where a large number of ancient Shu cultural imprints have been retained for a long time, people in the city can feel a strong cultural impact, the many cuisines are also one of the factors that tourists prefer.
Langzhong Laoguan Town, intangible cultural heritage Liu Dezhi is performing the Ba Xiang drum dance with the legacy of the Bayu dance. Langzhong was once the capital of the state of Ba, where the Ba and Han cultures mingled and had a long history.
As the old capital of the ancient country, Langzhong is located in the key point of Ba Shu has a long history, many relics, geographic environment, religion and folklore and other factors create a unique cultural ecology;
And the rise of the city, the arrival of modernization, but inevitably to the ancient city has brought a variety of ineffable impact. The stars have changed, people are no longer there, and things are hard to survive.
Fortunately, in the process of the times, the historical heritage of culture is still stationed in the blood of the city, unceasingly, is the kernel, is the soul, embodied in the details of the ancient city of a place.
Langzhong Lao Guan Town, three Qiaoqiao Square, dragon and lion dances, lively.
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the most lively day of the Spring Festival in the old town of Lao Guan, with all kinds of folk activities competing.
Laoguanchang site, formerly the site of the ancient county town of Fengguo.In February 2019, I took this picture while catching a fair in Laoguan Ancient Town in Langzhong.In the foreground is a crowd of people catching a fair, carrying backpacks with local local characteristics; in the background is a photo of a young couple's wedding.
Hongshan Township, Langzhong, the owner of a motorcycle in the rearview mirror. With improved transportation conditions, this scenario has gradually faded out of people's lives.
Gongyuan Square on Xuedao Street in Langzhong, where the sun shines brightly in the afternoon, folks in Langzhong town gather to chat and play long-distance cards, which have a long history and are played in a variety of interesting ways.
The old teahouse in Thousand Buddha Town is dimly lit, with old log railings glistening with a dim light, and familiar guests drinking tea and chatting in an atmosphere of idleness and lethargy.
Langzhong, more like a symbol, is the residents of the spiritual power of the collection; is a collection of symbols; is the concentration of thousands of years of accumulation. I grew up under this symbol, and after several years, I revisited it through the medium of images.
In my personalized experience, my father had taught me to grasp the scale of beauty in a subtle way, and this scale that has been carried on since my father's generation has also become the initial purpose of my observation.
Photographed on April 21, 2016, in my hometown, Miaogao Town, Langzhong. The picture shows the day of my father's 83rd birthday banquet, setting up a dambanban, where family and friends gathered together.
(※Baba Banquet, also known as the nine bowls of running water, is one of the traditional specialties of the Sichuan region, which focuses on the characteristics of the steamed vegetables, the original intention is to steam the nine dishes and the name)
School Road Street, Gongyuan Square, people in the passionate accompaniment, kicking and swinging, swaying their bodies, a unique view of the street.
In Langzhong, the two forces of nature and humanity grow with each other and exist in a state of harmony. The mountains and rivers are hazy and beautiful, like a timeless landscape painting.
Langzhong, the structure of the river
The traces of survival carved on the residential, staggered arrangement, reflecting the southwest of this blessed land how to let all beings to flourish, the sound of people, the experience of the masses are worth reading, be recorded, every time slice is a specimen of life.
An elderly couple in their 80s on Xiaxin Street in the ancient city of Langzhong.
April 2014 in Langzhong Hexi Ferry, a young girl dressed in fashionable clothes walked off the ferry, coquettishly smiling, Hexi Ferry is located in the middle section of the Jialing River, once one of the seven passes that guarded the city of Langzhong, with the development of the city, the ferry has not been able to meet the requirements of the modern people traveling; in July of the same year, the Jialing River Three Bridges were officially opened, the Hexi Ferry Terminal out of service.
"Spring Festival old man" is unique to the heritage of Langzhong, the white-haired old man is involved in the early Han Dynasty, "Solar Calendar" of the astronomer Lok Ma-tek's incarnation of the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Small Celestial Bodies in 2004, the International Committee on the Nomenclature of Small Celestial Bodies will be named "Lok Ma-tek star".
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Photographed on New Street in the Old City - Live painting, also known as drawing live, is the most grounded form of art, with a lively atmosphere of live interaction.
Mere authenticity of the way of being and the state of life is enough to move people. As writer Jiang Lan said:
"The most moving part of Langyuan culture lies in the mysterious and open communication between heaven, earth and people, as well as the life aura and cultural atmosphere formed by such communication."
A middle-aged woman selling pot side buns on the street of Lao Guan ancient town.
In Langzhong, new elements are constantly emerging, while old legacies seem to have never been disconnected. While the process of modernization pushes individuals and collectives forward, Langzhong has solidified many traditions in a manner that lags behind the mainstream.
Langzhong's Northern Sichuan Lantern Opera, which farmers also call the "God of Joy,"
In the slow pace of life, dragon and lion dances, Northern Sichuan shadows, and the spirit of craftsmanship have settled in time. Older generations leave their legacy to newcomers, and young people continue to pass on the love.
Beijing shadow puppetry has two laurels: "World Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" and "National Intangible Cultural Heritage".
After a thousand sails, Langzhong has a lot to tell, whether it is a grand narrative or a small detail. The land, which has remained in my youthful memory, seems to have never left, whether it has changed or not.
In the artist's creativity, the three-meter-high Sichuan shadow stands on the ancient road, as if looking out at the ancient and modern, the city and the people, in Langzhong, new elements continue to rise, but the old inheritance seems to have never been disconnected.