Question 1: What is the meaning of the windmill? The windmill is not only a scenery, but also a spiritual symbol and a totem. As a saying spread in Europe: "God created man, and Dutch windmills created the land." The windmill symbolizes the national culture of the Netherlands, people's love for the sky, and fairy tale happiness. Windmills can be seen everywhere in Spain. Although the windmills now have lost their original functions, they do symbolize the past of Spanish agriculture. The windmills built on the windy mountainous land are symbols of agricultural prosperity. With the output of bags of flour, the figures of light appear. However, with the advent of the industrial age, windmills and mills have gradually declined. In a short story, a persistent miller said: "These machines are wheat-eating devils!" This also symbolizes the decline of an era. In modern corporate culture, the windmill symbolizes corporate spirit or human quality, and takes the meaning of "seeking truth and being pragmatic" and "removing the false and retaining the true". Windmill - represents bravery, diligence, enterprising spirit, loyalty, happiness, agility and love. The windmill and peach blossom array arranged in the lobby of the large hotel brings good luck to guests with the lucky windmill and peach blossoms symbolizing the prosperity of popularity. Distribute lucky pinwheels to guests so that everyone can change their luck in real time. The windmill symbolizes that the career is moving forward and prospering. Zhang Shengming's work "Memory of a Windmill" delicately presents a story about a childhood windmill with its unique design concept and contrasting red and white tones. Windmills symbolize peace and unity. Windmills bring people infinite reverie and longing for the future. The rotating windmill symbolizes the vitality and endless flow of life, symbolizing "the turning of the universe." In "Prison Break", "Van Gogh" regarded windmills as hope. Holding the windmill on the drawing paper, he jumped from the high-voltage power tower and flew to the Netherlands of his dreams... The windmill seemed to symbolize power and hope... The Soviet Union Windmill construction during the period (heavy industrialization in economic construction neglected light industry) windmills symbolized the construction achievements of the Soviet Union, and the large windmill of Sanssussi Palace in Germany is a symbol of German legal system. In the folk world, windmills represent joy and auspiciousness, and have the effect of exorcising evil spirits and calming down the house. So the old saying goes, "When the wind blows, the wind will turn, and when the wind blows, happiness will come." In the past, the circumference of the windmill was 365 minutes, symbolizing the 365 days in a year, the 12 spokes representing the 12 months, and the 24 heads representing the 24 seasons. The windmill had four talismans to pray for peace in the four seasons. Windmills have now become one of the cultural symbols of Beijing’s Spring Festival temple fairs and festival activities. Beijing’s Jianguomen Street uses windmills as a regional image symbol. Windmills are declared intangible cultural heritage in the district. Under the iconic windmill sculpture in the square, windmills are displayed every year. At the beginning of spring, many citizens go out for an outing and hold a cultural event with the theme of windmills. Windmills are a symbol of old Beijing. The windmill symbolizes freedom and dreams, and smooth sailing. Windmills are a universal language, and windmills have infinite connotations and directions. Modern windmills are like a revelation. Windmills in the city, small windmills and big windmills, different windmills are spinning like crazy. Imaginary enemies are colorful, and in another version accidents become the story. Why are windmills crazy? When windmills become scenery, who is this tragedy or comedy? It keeps moving and swallowing, a huge riddle. A windmill in simplified Chinese version of a riddle. The windmill was lost and finally torn into ashes, worthy of poems and dream records. The hollow wheel of the blade is dizzy, the one-way intention of happiness and trance, the cryptic fall symbolizes the double. There are so many unknown storms inside the windmill. To talk about the connection with other things, I am just talking about the windmill I saw, the windmill I thought of, the perfect windmill, the windmill in progress, the first and last windmill. The windmill in the morning and the windmill in the evening both see the wind coming and going. The wind at night is whose pass, and whose epitaph the windmill is. A windmill spins faster than forgetting. The windmill is always rejecting and rejecting the world. Its posture is incompatible with the world. The windmill encompasses everything and then becomes silent. The wind passing by the windmill will make things sober. The windmills I can see and the windmills I can tell are far from expressing and representing windmills. The real windmill is a certain ballad. What does the windmill want to spread? A tireless preacher who thins his lips between culture and civilization.
Zhang Shengming's work "Memory of a Windmill" delicately presents a story about a childhood windmill with its unique design concept and contrasting red and white tones. Windmills symbolize peace and unity. Windmills bring people infinite reverie and longing for the future. The rotating windmill symbolizes the vitality and endless flow of life, symbolizing the "moving universe". In "Prison Break", "Van Gogh" regarded windmills as hope. Holding the windmill on the drawing paper, he jumped from the high-voltage power tower and flew to the Netherlands of his dreams... The windmill seemed to symbolize power,... ..gt；gt;
Question 3: How to describe the large number of people visiting the temple fair? Entering the temple fair, people were walking shoulder to shoulder with smiles on their faces, creating a festive and peaceful scene. Look, the strings of big candied haws bent over with laughter; listen, the creaking little windmill smiles from ear to ear; here the dough-maker pinches a Sun Wukong; over there the sugar-blower blows a little lamb Son. There is a dazzling array of toys, silk flowers, and merchandise.
Question 4: When did the windmill originate? "If the windmill rotates often, life will be prosperous. If there is no wind, the sound will not be quiet. If the wind blows, the windmill will spin. When the windmill rotates, happiness will come." The windmill is the most popular toy at the temple fair. Holding a windmill in the left hand and a large bunch of candied haws in the right hand, eating the candied haws and playing with the windmill are the sweet memories of countless friends from their childhood.
There is currently no way to verify the age when windmills appeared, but in the "Picture of a Salesman" by Li Hao from the Song Dynasty, the salesman has a beautiful little windmill on his head, which shows that windmills have appeared and become popular at least in the Song Dynasty. countryside.
The most basic parts of a windmill are the rotating shaft and blades. As long as the blades of the windmill are tilted in the same direction and have a shaft that can rotate freely, various windmills can be manufactured.
The most common thing seen at temple fairs in Beijing is a traditional sounding kite. The structure of this kind of kite is slightly more complicated. It needs the blades to drive the shaft to rotate together, and the gear on the shaft moves a small amount. Rod, continuous drumming sound.
Question 5: The origin characteristics and evolution of temple fairs are explained in the 1980 edition of "Cihai" by Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House: "Temple fairs are also called 'temple markets'. One of the market forms in China.
Jinan Qianfoshan Temple Fair
It has existed since the Tang Dynasty. It is usually held on temple festivals or on specified dates, so it is called "Temple Fair". "Beijing Customs: Markets" quoted from "Miaoxiangshi Conghua": "At Longfu Temple in the capital, on the ninth day of every month, department stores gather together, which is called a temple fair." This is a market left over from history. Form, it was still used in some areas after liberation, and played a certain role in exchanging urban and rural materials and meeting people's needs. "The source of temple fairs lies in the ancient ancestral temple community system-sacrifice. In ancient times, sacrifice was a frequent and significant event in people's lives, so "Zuo Zhuan? The Thirteenth Year of Chenggong" said, "The major affairs of the country lie in sacrifice and military affairs." , meaning that sacrifice, like war, is the top priority in national life. Early sacrifices were mainly made to ancestors and nature gods. In the process of worshiping ancestor gods and natural gods
, people gather together and collectively carry out some activities, such as making offerings, playing music, holding ceremonies, etc. This kind of ** is produced to worship the gods. * It can be regarded as the prototype of the folk temple fair in later generations [5]. In fact, this can also be seen from the Chinese characters for "temple fair" itself. "Temple" originally referred to a building dedicated to gods, especially the gods of ancestors.
The temple fair originated around the temple, so it was called "temple"; and because the small businessmen and hawkers saw many people burning incense and worshiping Buddha, they set up various displays outside the temple
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Making money at a small stall gradually became a regular activity, so it was called "Hui". Over time, "temple fairs" evolved into today's entertainment activities during festivals, especially during the Spring Festival.
Temple fairs are Han folk religions and customs of the year.
It is also one of the forms of market trade in my country. Its formation and development are related to the religious activities of local temples. It is held on temple festivals or specified dates, and is mostly located in and near temples, hence the name. [3] Popular in vast areas of the country. In ancient times, "Japan and China were the markets" for market trade. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, rulers believed in Buddhism and built large temples. Grand events such as the birthday of Bodhisattva and the consecration of Buddha statues came into being. Vendors supplied tourists and believers, and department stores gathered together, forming a temple market. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the temple fair of the Grand Prime Minister in Kaifeng was very famous. The poetess Li Qingzhao, known as "the most talented woman in the history", once went to the temple fair with her husband Zhao Mingcheng! [6]
Ancient times
The original temple fair originated from the ancestral temple community system in ancient times. In order to seek the blessings of their ancestors and gods, the ancestors chose to have conversations with them through offerings and sacrifices in palaces or houses. On every day of sacrifice, in order to enhance the atmosphere, people would also perform some wonderful songs and dances, which are social operas, also known as temple fair operas, and the temple fair was formed from this [1].
Qin and Han Dynasties
Cultural activities at temple fairs
Like other folk customs, temple fairs are the product of social development, and with the development of society, they can reflect the times. color. During the Qin Dynasty, the content of temple fairs was still simple and stable, that is, worshiping ancestors and gods. During the Western Han Dynasty, Taoism began to take shape. Temple fairs were influenced by religious beliefs, and their content began to become diversified, and various customs began to take shape. For example, the book "Miscellaneous Notes of Xijing" describes the customs of worshiping in ancestral temples at that time: "In ancestral temples made in the Han Dynasty, people drink wine in August, use Jiu brewing, Tailuo", "The capital floods, sacrifices to mountains and rivers to stop rain, the prime minister censors Two thousand stones, praying to the temple is like praying for rain." The capital in the book refers to Chang'an, from which we can get a glimpse of the basic content of temple fair culture in the Central Plains region.
Buddhism began to be introduced into China during the Eastern Han Dynasty[5]. At the same time, Taoism also gradually took shape during this period. They launched fierce competition for survival among themselves, and various religious activities emerged. Such as Christmas celebrations, altars, water and land ashrams, etc.
etc. The focus of competition between Buddhism and Taoism is, first, the construction of temples and Taoist temples. The second is to win over believers and attract the masses. For this reason, entertainment content to attract the public was added to their religious ceremonies, such as dance, drama, tours, etc. In this way, not only devout men and women flock to it and never tire of it, but also many ordinary people are willing to join in the fun. In order to win over the masses, Buddhism and Taoism often expand their influence by going out of temples.
Performances at temple fairs
Northern Wei Dynasty
After Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang in the ninth year of Taihe (485 AD), in addition to Buddhism and Taoism, The most important thing is to put statues of gods and Buddhas on floats. They also hold Taoist temples in temples and temples, regularly carry out some rituals or Buddhist activities, and wait for believers and laypeople to come to fast, listen to lectures, and worship.
Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties
During the Jin and Jin Dynasties, social unrest and political darkness caused Confucianism, which was originally relatively prosperous, to decline. War-torn
In front of the windmill stall at the temple fair
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Question 6: Introduction to the Temple of Di Temple Fair The Chinese are the most Paying attention to the old calendar year, there are many activities during the Spring Festival. Visiting temple fairs has become the largest Han folk activity during the Spring Festival. Some people call it: the Chinese people’s own carnival. After the reform and opening up, the important task of enriching mass activities as a cultural center is placed in front of us. Some people have proposed resuming temple fair activities during the Spring Festival. And highlight the characteristics of Chinese culture, not only retaining the form and content of traditional temple fairs, but also adding the cultural connotation of reform and opening up. Dongcheng selected the Temple of Earth as the new venue for the temple fair. We customized it as: Temple of Earth Cultural Temple Fair.
Question 7: What is the aesthetic meaning of windmills~ Windmills are not just a scenery, but also a spiritual symbol and a totem. As a saying spread in Europe: "God created man, and Dutch windmills created the land." The windmill symbolizes the national culture of the Netherlands, people's love for the sky, and fairy tale happiness.
Windmills can be seen everywhere in Spain. Although the windmills now have lost their original functions, they do symbolize the past of Spanish agriculture. The windmills built on the windy mountainous land are symbols of agricultural prosperity. With the output of bags of flour, the figures of light appear. However, with the advent of the industrial age, windmills and mills have gradually declined. In a short story, a persistent miller said: "These machines are wheat-eating devils!" This also symbolizes the decline of an era. In modern corporate culture, the windmill symbolizes corporate spirit or human quality, and takes the meaning of "seeking truth and being pragmatic" and "removing the false and retaining the true". Windmill - represents bravery, diligence, enterprising spirit, loyalty, happiness, agility and love. The windmill and peach blossom array arranged in the lobby of the large hotel brings good luck to guests with the lucky windmill and peach blossoms symbolizing the prosperity of popularity. Distribute lucky pinwheels to guests so that everyone can change their luck in real time. The windmill symbolizes that the career is moving forward and prospering. Zhang Shengming's work "Memory of a Windmill" delicately presents a story about a childhood windmill with its unique design concept and contrasting red and white tones. Windmills symbolize peace and unity. Windmills bring people infinite reverie and longing for the future. The rotating windmill symbolizes the vitality and endless flow of life, symbolizing "the turning of the universe." In "Prison Break", "Van Gogh" regarded windmills as hope. Holding the windmill on the drawing paper, he jumped from the high-voltage power tower and flew to the Netherlands of his dreams... The windmill seemed to symbolize power and hope... The Soviet Union Windmill construction during the period (heavy industrialization in economic construction neglected light industry) windmills symbolized the construction achievements of the Soviet Union, and the large windmill of Sanssussi Palace in Germany is a symbol of German legal system. In the folk world, windmills represent joy and auspiciousness, and have the effect of exorcising evil spirits and calming down the house. So the old saying goes, "When the wind blows, the wind will turn, and when the wind blows, happiness will come." In the past, the circumference of the windmill was 365 minutes, symbolizing the 365 days in a year, the 12 spokes representing the 12 months, and the 24 heads representing the 24 seasons. The windmill had four talismans to pray for peace in the four seasons. Windmills have now become one of the cultural symbols of Beijing’s Spring Festival temple fairs and festival activities. Beijing’s Jianguomen Street uses windmills as a regional image symbol. Windmills are declared intangible cultural heritage in the district. Under the iconic windmill sculpture in the square, windmills are displayed every year. At the beginning of spring, many citizens go out for an outing and hold a cultural event with the theme of windmills. Windmills are a symbol of old Beijing. The windmill symbolizes freedom and dreams, and smooth sailing. Windmills are a universal language, and windmills have infinite connotations and directions. Modern windmills are like a revelation. Windmills in the city, small windmills and big windmills, different windmills are spinning like crazy. Imaginary enemies are colorful, and in another version accidents become the story. Why are windmills crazy? When windmills become scenery, who is this tragedy or comedy? It keeps moving and swallowing, a huge riddle. A windmill in simplified Chinese version of a riddle. The windmill was lost and finally torn into ashes, worthy of poems and dream records. The hollow wheel of the blade is dizzy, the one-way intention of happiness and trance, the cryptic fall symbolizes the double. There are so many unknown storms inside the windmill. To talk about the connection with other things, I am just talking about the windmill I saw, the windmill I thought of, the perfect windmill, the windmill in progress, the first and last windmill. The windmill in the morning and the windmill in the evening both see the wind coming and going. The wind at night is whose pass, and whose epitaph the windmill is. A windmill spins faster than forgetting. The windmill is always rejecting and rejecting the world. Its posture is incompatible with the world. The windmill encompasses everything and then becomes silent. The wind passing by the windmill will make things sober. The windmills I can see and the windmills I can tell are far from expressing and representing windmills. The real windmill is a certain ballad. What does the windmill want to spread? A tireless preacher who thins his lips between culture and civilization. The ancient rotation of the windmill captures all the old and new time. How quiet and lonely a windmill is, no one pays attention to it, and it is eventually ignored by history.