The youngest Tujia girl throws an embroidered ball to her lover. (Correspondent Zhao Sheng fan photo)
At the opening ceremony of the Enshi Tujia Daughter's Festival, the children of Tujia Miao performed the "sound of Tujia drums". (Photo by Zhao Yingxue)
The youngest sister at the Daughter Festival. (Correspondent Wu Gongxun photo)
"There is a magpie bridge meeting in the sky, and there is a daughter's meeting in Tujia; Cowherd in the sky to the weaving maiden, and the ground A-go with the A-mei."
From August 29 to 30, the romantic and sentimental ballad was sung again, and Enshi City, the "hometown of China's Tujia Daughter's Meeting culture" ushered in the annual event - the Tujia Daughter's Meeting.
Cave under the groove, Sobuya stone forest, red earth village lime kiln village and rice pool village 4 large venue lively start, tourists come in droves, with enthusiasm lit up the mountain village.
The stone forest witnessed the sea vows and mountain alliance
"Hundred heard as well as seen, indeed wonderful!" On August 29, Mr. Tan from Wuhan couldn't help but sigh after enjoying the opening ceremony performance.
Mr. Tan is a member of the fleet of the "Single Driver - Thousand Mile Daughter's Meeting" activity of the current Daughter's Meeting. 8:00 p.m., he and 200 tourists, together, to the 50 cars affixed with the word "Xi", "wear", "wear", "wear", "wear", "wear", "wear", "wear", "wear", "wear" and "wear". "The first time I saw this, I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night, and I was in the middle of the night.
The main venue of the hole under the groove of the village, the tide of people with the Tujia wedding show sedan chair marriage team surging, from the antique street courtyard, through the "windmill tunnel", all the way to the antique light show museum.
A song "happy to catch the daughters will" ceremony, a variety of activities wonderful start. Tan Linghua, deputy mayor of Baiyangping Town, introduced the program are Enshi local intangible cultural heritage performances, both professional performers, but also villagers to form a folk band. Self-written song "hole under the groove good to good" original lyrics vividly told the hole under the groove changes, the atmosphere to the climax.
Sobuya Stone Forest branch of the song and dance matchmaking is also wonderful, "Nuo dance blessing", "Maogus", "juggling" staged in turn. Tiejiazhai Square on the right, "matchmaking promenade" matchmaking sign hung with young men and women's names, ages, occupations and other information, through the network registration, **** Youth League Enshi Municipal Party Committee organization, hundreds of young men and women stopped in which, looking for sweethearts.
The song and dance matchmaking ended, seven pairs of men and women went to the Nuo Po stone square to hold a collective betrothal ceremony. Formed 460 million years ago under the witness of the stone forest, young people exchanged gifts to Nuo Gong, Nuo mother-in-law signed the "marriage contract", made a vow of love, and then to the stone forest "to catch the side of the side will be", hand in hand with the tour, set the oath of alliance.
Catching up with each other, the song of love, bonfire carnival continued during the day, the wonderful, A brother and a sister dressed in gorgeous Tujia costumes, around the bonfire **** with the "swinging hand dance". In the daughter will be the birthplace of red soil township, the original matchmaking will be staged, young men and women to heart to heart, high above the mountains, the enthusiasm does not diminish.
The firelight and starlight echoed each other, and the sound of music resounded through the mountains. The mountain village is "alive" because of this event.
The Tujia wedding custom has evolved into a cultural feast
The lime kiln in Hongtu Township, Enshi City, is the origin of the "Tujia Daughter's Association", which has a history of 400 years. Daughter will be the festival preserved the ancient Ba people wedding customs heritage - every year on the twelfth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the wisdom and courage of the Tujia brother and sister in pursuit of freedom of love and marriage, by the name of the sale of goods in the market, the secret eye to choose the object. They skillfully use than the song to answer each other, looking for a willing partner, and strive for the opportunity of marriage autonomy.
From 1995, the daughter will be hosted by the Enshi Municipal Government, this traditional festival from the lime kiln out of the mountains, but also from the free love gradually evolved into a love as the theme, highlighting the Tujia wedding cultural characteristics of the event.
"Eight-carrying sedan chair, red candles hanging high, over the ceremony, welcoming the bride, stopping the door, worship, carrying a sedan chair, crying marriage, stopping the car and horse ...... traditional Tujia wedding performance for tourists to see out of sight." Sun River Township stone forest villagers Zhao Changhong had done before the development of Sobuya stone forest sedan chair, carried the "new girl". Memory, Tiejiazhai square set up a stage, the villagers from all over the countryside to see the fun, the surrounding hilltop crowded with people.
To this day, the stage is still in the Tujia wedding customs are still lively, in the heritage of the continuous innovation and development of the daughter will be glowing in the new era of the living power: Shake than the "dance" marriage, hot air balloon on the confession; ten big abduction cycling attracted more than 400 domestic and foreign cyclists, thousands of tourists shouting to support; original ecological Mountain Song Competition, 17 township teams you side of the stage; Nuo opera culture, light show, minority representatives parade, show Enshi culture and ethnic customs; water screen movies, bonfire party, starry night camping and other activities to attract the attention of young people.
"It was simple then, but now it's very different." After many years to go to the meeting again, Zhao Changhong sigh.
Flash release, network short video, live cloud broadcasting, drone shooting ...... popular communication methods will be the daughter will be moved to the "cloud", so that tourists do not go out to feel the Tujia style and charm of Enshi.
Daughter will become Enshi Tourism film
"Please wear a good life jacket, line up in order to wait." August 29, hole under the groove of the village of Long Catch Lake, "Water Carnival" site popularity, boating lake, walking suspension bridge, swinging ...... adults with children to buy tickets into the park, enjoy the experience of summer passion.
"Tasty and fun, my children are very satisfied!" Ancient street flags fluttering, Yichang tourists Ms. Chen with her daughter in the food stalls side of the feast, kang yam, Tujia baklava and other local snacks let them thumbs up.
In the evening, the self-service barbecue garden was crowded, and the crowd set up a circle of barbecue tables on the green, with a bonfire party site in the center. Jumping swing dance, eating snacks, visitors shouted.
Material exchanges, live with goods, the main venue media live room popularity is hot, the anchor while introducing the hole under the groove of the scenery and the daughter will be along the leather, while promoting Enshi cultural and creative products and specialty agricultural products.
With the festival as the medium, the countryside is singing a cultural tourism integration drama. The hole under the groove village is the national ecological culture village and the first batch of national rural tourism key village. "Take this opportunity to let tourists recognize the hole under the groove, so that the development of rural tourism set off another boom." The hole under the groove village village poverty alleviation "sharp knife class" class leader Tan Jian said.
Known as the "heavenly yaochi, earthly rice pool," Hongtu Township, rice pool village is located in a remote area, many years, "raised in the boudoir people do not know," the daughter of the tourists will recognize the beautiful mountain village, the villagers followed on the " tourism The "tourism rice".
"Stone Forest and the daughter will be very match, every daughter will be, for the scenic area hard to pull a wave of popularity, do a publicity." Sobuya stone forest scenic area marketing person in charge said, since the "walk with love, travel to Hubei" activities start, the scenic area has received a total of nearly 40,000 visitors, the highest daily reception of 4,200 people. Daughter will be, style town B&B overnight full, a batch of tourists into the stores to buy handicrafts, for the revitalization of the quarantine "add another fire". In Enshi Daughter City, the nightly staging of large-scale Tujia folklore situational drama - "Daughter will - catching up with the matchmaking" has become the most anticipated program for tourists.
As one of the three business cards of Enshi City, the "Daughters" from the remote mountain townships of cultural practices to the "multi-flowering", has formed a blend of festivals, culture, trade and tourism in one of the comprehensive features of the event, become the promotion of Enshi, The festival has become a comprehensive event that integrates culture, trade and tourism, and has become an important hand in promoting Enshi, revitalizing Enshi after the epidemic, and reconstructing after the disaster.