The reason why we call the rice-planting songs of Tashantun Village in Suizhong County sacrificial rice-planting songs is because they were organized for the purpose of taking part in the activities of this group of rice-planting songs.
At that time, located in Xingcheng Liu Taizi Township Shandong Village, one kilometer west of the temple there is a Niangniang top. This temple was built on the top of the hills. The structure is a large courtyard. The main hall is eight meters high, is three Xiao Niangniang Hall, molded with three Xiao Niangniang, Qiong Xiao Niangniang, Bidang Niangniang statue. East and west side of the hall is six meters high, is the ten temple Yan statue. East Hall for the Duke of Qi Heng, Duke of Jin, Duke Xiang of Song, Duke Mu of Qin, King Zhuang of Chu; West Hall for King Yama, the King of Earth, the King of the Rolling Wheel and so on. The three hall walls are white stone, special brick, ridge frame carved dragons and phoenixes, the hall facing the main door seat north-south masonry pavement, the top of the hall for the small semi-circular green stone monument more than twenty, monument is a square, the temple fair celebrations, stalls to do business are in this.
Whenever the lunar calendar April 18 Dongniang top temple fair, it is the season of green mountains and water green spring breeze pleasant, everywhere are on vacation for a day, so the Xing Sui two counties have three to five million people rushed to the Niangniang Temple. Of course, there are many outsiders, inside and outside of Guanzhou people come to burn incense and do business. Of course, more people came to see the fun. People have a donkey ride, a sedan chair; there are a variety of offerings to take, there is a cross Phi red wish, there are three kowtow nine worship for a sign, there are practicing and selling art, there are selling needles and threads, children's toys, there are selling farm products seafood fish and shrimp, there are support shed open restaurant, tofu brain, deep-fried cake, big tendon cake, sesame oil and so on have.
Temple day, Xing Sui two counties forty-eight pan will (that is, faith, sponsorship units) are to be present, in various forms to celebrate the festival. Among them, there are Tashantun, Ye Datun, Ant Tun, Dong Xinzhuang, Haiquanzhai and other six or seven gangs of rice-planting songs. These groups of rice-planting songs were performed in order, according to the hour, and lasted for one day. At that time, there was a popular saying: "The rice-planting songs of Haiquanzhai will be performed in Tashan, and the drums of Dongxinzhuang are the most difficult to match. It can be seen that each has its own unique characteristics. Performances of the competition, each show their skills, blowing suona fire top water, playing cymbals to catch the point, playing drums drumstick flip flower, applause, shouting one after another.
The so-called "Tashan's meeting" is because the Tashan Tun ritual rice-planting number of people, projects more kung fu is good, and thus this group of children rice-planting famous square miles, so their performance is always lined up in the last finale. Nevertheless, many people in order to see some more time, or to stop the rice-planting team of the "Grand Master", up Diao name to sue for evil, burn incense to wish for the people would have been draped in red cloth on the Niangniang frame even if the wish, but are trying to delay the time, do not let the group of rice-planting smoothly into the performance, many people waited for a day is to see this group of rice-planting! The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.
As soon as the sun passed noon, the Tashantun sacrificial rice-planting team - a huge team of more than 200 people - came to the bottom of Niangniangmiao Mountain and began to meander into the field.
The whole team is basically divided into two lines. In front of them are two fire attackers (i.e., firecrackers). Then there are two gong players, holding a large gong with a diameter of two feet four gongs to open the way. Immediately followed by thirty-two colored flags composed of flag trips, in order of green dragon flag, black tiger flag, Ming flag, wolf tooth flag and blue, purple, white, red and black colored flags in two teams march. Four people play the back drum (snare drum) and eight people play the cymbals. Then is to lift the pole, also known as the shooting pavilion, the front two people carrying a crossbar, crossbar down a long pole, seven magistrates dressed as a big lord sitting at the head of the pole, the back of a person to put the shooting pole to help the dance, on both sides of the two Yamen. Then the double lion embroidered ball, four people dancing two big lions, in a hand holding the embroidered ball lion trainer to guide the body forward. They are followed by a drum band, with two suona, one back drum, two big cymbals, one cymbal and one cymbal. Immediately after is the big frame (also called lifting pavilion), frame height of four meters, eight people carry, a person dancing pole, pole top two children perform "theft of immortality grass". Followed by the back of the pole (also known as the back of the cabinet), three people back frame pole, pole on the three children perform "flowers for the matchmaker". Behind the back pole is a drum band, again with two suona, one back drum, one cymbal and one cymbal. Then there is the second frame, which is six meters high, also carried by eight people, with a dancing pole on which three children perform "Borrowing Banana Fans". Next is the pressure pole, four people carry a horizontal bar, a long pole on the bar, sitting at the head of the long pole is a clown official, a person at the end of the pole walking dance pole theater. Then there are three racks, rack height of four meters, eight people carrying, a person dancing on the pole, the pole on the two children in the upper side of the performance of the "West Wing". These three racks bottom cushion seat are two meters square, carpentry carving, the middle of the round pole running freely, in order to do the play. Three shelves of the back is the rice-planting team, dressed as a play, pulling flowers, dry boat, donkey, cart, big head, Journey to the West, the White Snake, small on the grave, Na Zha haunted the sea, saw tanks, chopping sinus E, pig eight back daughter-in-law, etc., *** about eighty people. Immediately followed by a group of drum bands, three suona, a two-person carry drum, a cymbal and a cymbal. Then is the Queen frame, four people carrying (this frame is made of Panicum color paper, beautiful and unique shape, after the temple will be burned), two hands to accompany the sides, the Queen frame is a suona behind a solo blowing since the sound. Finally, a large sitting flag, modeling similar to Zhongkui, two people rotate on the shoulders, the flagpole is six meters high, three people in a triangle holding the rope to stabilize the flag, "security event" four big gold letters embroidered on the square red flag inlaid with white teeth.