One, Huangpi Caijiazha town
Caijiazha town Lantern Festival is their biggest festival, where there are Lantern Festival Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, stilt walkers, shrimp Jing, Bengbu Jing, and other folklore performances.
Huangpi Caijiazha Street west of the Phoenix Walled City is a 40-meter-high mile-long village, but every Lantern Festival, the surrounding Gongjia Dawan, Cai surnamed 40 Bay, Wang Xiwan, Xiongjia Dawan, Zhujia Dawan, Yujia Dawan
Bay and other more than one hundred villages of the Dragon Lantern Corps will be naturally converged on the mountain fortress, a moment of fireworks in the sky, the candles are as bright as the day, the drums and whippersnappers and even the firecrackers are released, it is really a deafening. Cai Guantianwan's lamp must be written with "Xin
Haihai Revolution's first righteous flag", because the first righteousness father Cai Jimin was born here. Yu Jia Dawan dragon lantern team, gongs and drums are the most famous, two people carry a large gong, drums can sleep four people! Liujiahewan dragon lantern team
called "cuttlefish dragon lantern", each section of the candle burning, dancing in the golden light. The dragon lanterns of Si Zhanli Jia Village and Wangjia Tianwan are also very good.
Because I've been there twice, I suggest: on the 14th day of the first month, you can go to the town or village to see the dry dragons roaming around the houses; at noon, you can visit Cai Guan Tianwan, the capital village of the Xinhai Revolution;
When it gets dark, the fire dragons in the town or village start to parade around, and we can follow the fire dragons on parade, and look at the altar and the saying of colorful words, which will surely make you memorable for the rest of your life.
There is a local custom to have the New Year's dinner early in the morning on the 15th day of the first month before dawn. Early in the morning, several villages go to Phoenix Village incense is the main event, in the past in order to grab the first incense and even a turn of the clock on the mountain
. However, in 2009, this Cai Zha Street Phoenix Walled City only Dai Jiawan a bay to play dragon lanterns, other villages did not play.
Go to Phoenix Walled City, please note: during the rural holiday town inns are generally not open, that is, open position and conditions are limited to eat can not be compared with the usual, the restaurant is generally not open.
Transportation: to Phoenix Walled City Huangpi Caizha transportation: the best driving, but also in the Hankou Railway Station opposite the entrance of the Jinjiadun coach station directly to the Huangpi Caizha shuttle buses, and now the Huangpu intersection
there is a car to the Caizha. There are also in the Hankou Railway Station Square to take the 292 bus, 4 yuan to the Huangpi bus station (terminal), and then at the station to Caijiazha town, in fact, to go to Huangpi County, every
a point can be this way to go.
Second, Huangpi Changyan town
Huangpi Changyan town and Caijiazha town almost together, you can first go to Changyan town to see the night dragon parade on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month, the "night dragon" has two faces, during the day it is almost the same as the ordinary dragon lanterns, to the night
, will be the dragon lanterns on the outside of the dragon clothes back, only the dragon head, each section of the dragon point. At night, the outside of the dragon lantern is removed, leaving only the dragon's head, and each section of the dragon is lit, turning it into a "night dragon" lantern; men, women, and children will follow the dragon lantern with lanterns. The dragon lanterns follow the line agreed upon by their ancestors
and walk around the town. Every time the dragon lantern arrives at a fixed location, usually the entrance to the village, the landowner has already set up incense and held a grand ceremony to welcome the dragon. In the middle of the ceremony, the headman will lead the way by shouting
some auspicious words and throwing some crops that symbolize good luck such as grains, tea and sesame seeds, etc. After he finishes saying a sentence, the people on the side will all yell out together: "Drink! "
This is the first time that I've ever seen a person who has been in a position to do this, and I'm not sure if it's true.
The 15th day of the first month is the official time to play with lanterns. The inns in town seem to be closed during the festival, but there seems to be no problem with eating.
Transportation: Shuttle buses to Huangpi Changyan Town get on at the entrance of 161 Hospital, or you can take bus 292 at Hankou Railway Station Square to change buses in Huangpi.
Three, Huangpi Wangjiahe town
Huangpi Wangjiahe town in the northeast of Huangpi, and Caijiazha town adjacent to the Changyan town has now been merged in Wangjiahe town.
The Ink Dragon Lantern, also known as the Fire Dragon Lantern, is popular in Huangpi District, Wangjiahe Town, Liangting Village, He Liuwan. The string of nine sections all by the S-shaped dragon-shaped lanterns, symbolizing the nine sons of the dragon, inserted candles, supplemented by folk music, wandering through the
wound, shaking the shape, the atmosphere is warm. Ao fish lamp, only activities in Huangpi District Wangjiahe Township Jiangdongdonghong Village, Black Liwan. At the end of the Yuan and early Ming Dynasty by Jiangxi immigrants to Huangpi, according to the carp jump Dragon Gate story derivation
Became, that is, the arowana fish jumped over the dragon and phoenix color door that is to become a dragon, which is a fish into a dragon legend of the art of reproduction. In the area of Wangjiahe, there is also a high dragon, much like the high dragon in Hanyang, which is danced by a single person; there is also
a kind of lion dance played on stilts, which has been extinct for a few years. It is also worth seeing the dragon and lion dances of Dapengwan Village in Qiling on the night of the Lantern Festival.
Transportation: Shuttle buses to Huangpi Changyan Town or to Caijiazha Town pass through Wangjiahe Town, and there are direct shuttle buses from Hankou and Huangpi.
Four, Xiaonan Yangdian Town
Yangdian Town is located in Hubei Xiaogan Xiaonan District, northeast. Yangdian Town has been known as the "hometown of the Dragon Dance", every year in the first month of the Lantern Festival from all villages in the town of dragon lanterns according to the rules are: a dragon can not be more;
A dragon can not be less. At present, only here, you can still see the authentic dragon lantern custom.
Near Yangdian is a small village called Chujangwon, where the custom of playing on stilts to celebrate the Lunar New Year has been practiced for hundreds of years, and now the stilts are called "doll stilts" because
all the stilts participants are between the ages of four and four years old. The stilts are performed by children aged from four to sixteen or seventeen, and they are usually the last group to go to the temple.
Every year on the twelfth day of the first month of the dragon is the day of enlightenment, enlightenment ceremony is presided over by the virtuous Taoist priests, the village men, women and children to participate in the worship, the manifestation of the spirit of the Horse Horn also have to dance stiff lion pilgrimage to the ancestral hall.
Thirteen of the first month of the village lamps are up early in the morning, to do to catch the meeting before the dragon lamps officially out of the preparations. From all directions came one after another dragon lamp lion dragon boat and stilts let sleep a load of ancient temple instant resurrection
. At one time, the earth field, the sound of people like boiling, the sound of gongs and drums, cannonballs like porridge burst, Yangdian town near the 30 or so dragons have to go to the east end of the town's "Temple of the Heavenly Instruments," incense, pilgrimage. Then they go to the
"On the big temple", that is to say, on the "Houjia big temple". Tianfu Temple is about 4 kilometers away from Houjia Temple, and the dragon lantern procession stretches for several kilometers in the spring fields, making it a spectacular sight.
On the 14th day of the first month, the dragon lanterns of each bay basically play in their own bay, going from house to house, bringing festivity and good luck to each family, called "worshiping the lanterns".
New Year's Day 15 near noon, near the bay so the dragon lanterns once again gathered together, first to the street to honor the temple of the day after all the dragon lanterns in the south side of Yangdian Street string tour in the village village bay, because
For each village bay have to receive the dragon, dragon dance, send the dragon ceremony, but also because of the venue reasons, the dragon lanterns army in each bay have to be divided into batches of the field performance, so the whole time takes a long time, a few
For each village bay to receive the dragon, dance the dragon, send the dragon ceremony, and because of the venue reasons, dragon lanterns in every bay to batches of performances, so the entire
Almost a whole day is needed, and lunch is served in the field by the village in a car.
The night of the 15th day of the first month, in addition to a few bays to comply with the ancestral example in the 16th, almost all in the late night before the turn of the clock held a solemn "Chan lights" ceremony, all the villagers flocked to the dragon lamp to the bay
sub near a place near the water, inserted on the hands of incense and candles, kneeling down in the ground in the head of the person who mumbled colorful words. The headman murmured colorful words, to send the dragon to ascend to heaven.
Transportation: transportation to Yangdian can be transferred from Xiaogan, or from Huangpi to go. However, the most direct is to take a Chinese bus directly to Yangdian in front of 161 Hospital on Huangpu Road, about every 15 minutes
, the ticket is about 12-15 yuan. It's even easier to drive, as the Beijing-Hong Kong Expressway has a highway exit in Yangdian, and it's only 2 kilometers to the east.
Yangdian now has a three-star hotel, there are several individual inns, restaurants are guaranteed to have meals.
Fifth, Huangpi Fang Anji
Huangpi largest dragon lantern temple in Fang Anji, that is the most lively place, which is characterized by only play the lion and step on the lotus boat, do not play the dragon lantern; the morning of the first day of the month of January 15, dozens of villages around the temple to go on a
Temple - Zhengjia Temple. On that day, a group of pilgrims go to the temple in order to worship according to the ancestral tradition, and the sound of gongs and drums and the sound of firecrackers can be heard for miles. Note: The temple is usually open at 10:00 a.m.
The peak is at 10:00 a.m.
Later, it will be gone.
Transportation: Fang An set in the west of Huangpi near Xiaogan on the side of the road, Zhengjia Temple in Fang An set of towns directly south of 2 kilometers away, you can take a shuttle bus to Xiaogan in Huangpi in Fang An set of towns; you can also
first take the Huangpu Road - BaoTong shuttle bus, in the intersection of the Daiyi under the junction, and then waiting for a passer-by car at the intersection! Or take the numbing car to Fang'anji, the transportation is also very convenient.
Six, Huangpi Awaitong Town
Ten years ago I went there specifically to see the dragon lanterns, the day of the fourteenth day of the first month of the town above the bustling, the morning of the fifteenth, a few villages around the dragon lanterns on a temple, if you're not careful, you'll be fighting
. But now it's better, everyone is in harmony, harmony is the main theme of our times.
Transportation: the transportation to Huangpi's Botong is very convenient, Hankou 161 Hospital entrance has a direct shuttle bus to Botong, 15 minutes a trip, 10 yuan per person.
Seven, Huangpi Luohansi town
Huangpi Luohansi this place to play dragon lanterns is different, dozens of dragon lanterns on the mountain to the mountain to go towards the mountain to honor the temple, (184 meters above sea level,) the position of the big, the number of people, the scene of the
spectacular, and its rare. New Year's Day 13, dragon lantern on the cottage, around a dozen bay lights converge over, in turn on the cottage. Banging gongs and drums and firecrackers, a sea of people, the ground shook. At the top of the hill to honor the temple
Down the hill, gathered in the Wu family compound behind the ancestral burial ground, a good-sized flat spread of dragon lanterns, in the sound of gongs and drums and firecrackers, they play to their heart's content, sometimes standing and dancing, sometimes kneeling and playing, a time to ring
Sound of the sky, the smoke is filled with a magnificent.
While there are fewer dragon lanterns to play with now, there are still teams playing with them above the town street of Luohansi on the 15th day of the first month.
Transportation: Luohansi is next to Huangpi, about 50 kilometers from the center of Wuhan city, go to Bao Tong, Yangdian car through here, but Luohansi town in this intersection inside there are still 2 kilometers, the intersection
There is a numbness can be sat in.
Eight, Huangpi long Xuanling Town Green Forest Village
Long Ridge Green Forest Village is located in the central southern foothills of Huangpi in the Dabie Mountains in the remainder of the veins, located in the northeast of the town of Li Zhi and the town of long Xuanling west of the junction of the Longwangjian Mountain, Longwangjian is the highest peak of the mountain range in the area, the sea
Pulled up to 385.6 meters, the main peak on top of the summit of the temple has an ancient temple, the name of the Longwangmiao. The huge ancient military fortress on the mountain is still telling us about the glorious days of the past in its broken walls.
Lulin village is a relatively isolated mountain village - far from the center of the township, the village and the outside world is connected to the only dirt road is potholes, sunny days full of dust, rain full of mud; a day only
a bus from the farther Zhuyuan village passes through the intersection of the village of 2 kilometers.
Lulin village on the 15th of the first month of the Lantern Festival is characterized by "high dragon lanterns on the tip of the Dragon King", Lulin village dragon lanterns on the mountain departure time is the 13th of the first month at 5:00 p.m.. After the dragon lanterns go up to the temple of the Dragon King on the top of the mountain to offer sacrifices,
The sky is already slowly dark, the villagers light up the wax pillars inside the dragon lanterns and the lanterns in their hands, and the long fiery dragons swim down from the mountain, which is very spectacular. After descending the mountain, you have to go to every house to pay homage to the New Year until late at night.
The Green Forest Village does not seem to play every year, play 2 years stop 2 years, so contact in advance.
Transportation: At present, there are two roads into the village, the main one is from Huangpi - after milling the Gang, in the near Changling Township, turn left into the 7-kilometer-long dirt road, the sign at the intersection is "quarry". So it's good to
Drive. There is a daily bus from Hankou to Jhuyuan that passes through the intersection into Green Forest Village. The easiest way is to first to the bubble town, and then package noodles or mamu directly to the green forest village, this journey is big
about 10 kilometers.
Nine, Xinzhou Daoguanhe
Every year during the Lantern Festival, Daoguanhe street has a dragon dance, lanterns, waist drum show, paiko gongs and drums show.
Transportation: to Xinzhou Daoguanhe transportation is also convenient, there is a direct shuttle bus, but not much; Hankou Wuhan Port entrance to the bus to Xinzhou, the ticket is 13 yuan, in the Xinzhou station to Daoguanhe bus
bus can be. It's best to go by car. It is very convenient to stay and eat in Daoguanhe.
Ten, Xinzhou Chengguan
Every year on the morning of the Lantern Festival, Xinzhou District, the "card drums and gongs" team and the dragon lantern team, will be concentrated in the People's Square in Xinzhou to show their skills. Each "sign gongs and drums" team consists of several farmers, musical instruments are Beijing
gongs, small drums, Beijing cymbals, tuba, cushion cymbals, bells, small gongs, horse gongs, plus two suona. At that time, the dragon will fly up and down, and the gongs, drums and suona will be blown together, and the sound of firecrackers will shake the sky,
the scene will be very lively and spectacular. The "brand gongs and drums" is a unique folk art of Xinzhou, which was developed from the ancient interpretation of the drum and music.
Transportation: There are direct buses to Xinzhou from Wuhan Pass Pier in Hankou, which is very convenient.
Eleven, Huangpi Mulan Mountain
Every year, there is a temple fair in the ancient temple area of Mulan Mountain on the Birthday of the God of Wealth; and a Lantern Festival Folklore Activity in Mulan Mountain Square. Nearby Zhangjiachong village of high dragon lanterns and ancient mountains as famous as Mulan Mountain, Zhangjiachong is located in Mulan
Shanshan Mountain foothills, the name of the east bank of the river, a is more than 1,000 people in the Bay, *** there are 16 dragon lanterns, 8 lions, 11 colorful boats. Zhangjiachong high dragon lantern head is more than ten feet high, S-shaped shape. The body of the dragon embroidered phoenix, decorated with scales and piercing
A. The head and body of the dragon are made of silk cloth and fine paper material, and candles can be inserted inside.
Transportation: first from Wuhan city by car to Huangpi, Hankou Railway Station Square West Plaza 292 bus to Qianchuan (Huangpi), just get off the bus stop and then transfer to the local bus to the Mulan Mountain; the city has a direct
direct Mulan Mountain tourist shuttle; the best is in front of the 161 Hospital in Hankou Huangpu Road Hankou - Caidian shuttle bus, in Mulan! Down, there is a bus every 15 minutes.
Twelve, filial piety Xiao port gold god temple
Xiaonan district Xiao port town southwest corner of the gold god village has a gold god temple, New Year's Eve there is a "lift the story", that is, by the neighborhood of the children aged one to three years old sitting on the table, heavily colored by the make-up of the ancient king
Hou generals, was carried by the small streets, this is the most lively of the year, the parade, the most popular in the city. Parade, this is the most lively time of the year. The Golden Temple holds an annual opera, and it is said that if the opera is not held, there will be a flood. The "Story Carrying" is also held almost every year, is
really? I don't know at the moment, but if anyone goes there, please leave a note.
Transportation: By car: Wuhan Tianhe Airport - Xiaotian Road - National Highway 107 north - Xiaogan City, Xiaogang Town; bus can be transferred to Xiaogang at Xiaogan Station shuttle bus.
Thirteen, Xinzhou Zhangqipai Bay
Lions on stilts , the dance of the Zhang surname alone. To the end of the Qing Dynasty, only to pass on the art of foreign surnames. Lion dance on stilts is a unique form of performance: lion dancers feet on stilts one foot eight inches high, rolling back and forth, prancing
jumping, expression. It is popular in Zhoupu, Cangbu, Yangluo, Zhangdian and other places to the west of Xinzhou Lushui, and has spread to Henan, Hunan and other provinces.
Transportation: you can drive yourself. Or go to the entrance of Wuhan Port to take a bus to Xinzhou, and then transfer to the bus at Xinzhou Station.
XIV, Hanyang Xinnong, Juru Town
Five shrimp haunted chub lamp is made of gimlet paper mache. "Five shrimp chub" early by five colorful shrimp and a chub combination, the meaning of the five shrimp on behalf of the southeast, northwest, north and west of the five directions, but also contains the five blessings to offer life, year after year
Yu meaning. The performance of shrimp by two people dance, male dance shrimp head, female dance shrimp tail, in the drums and gongs in the accompaniment of light and heavy, through the head, around the waist, sweeping the legs, change the handle and other actions, performance shrimp popping, jumping,
turning, turning and other forms. The silver carp is held high by a male, wandering among the shrimps, swimming and playing, and teasing and dancing, making the whole scene present a cheerful and lively atmosphere.
Transportation: Buses go to Wangjiawan in Hanyang at any time.
Fifteen, Hanyang Jiangdi Township, Yongfeng Township
Gao Long Wuhan first batch of intangible cultural heritage, Wuhan Gao Long by the dragon head, dragon body, dragon tail three parts of the cut structure. Its shape is very peculiar, the dragon body is made of 13 or 17 Taiji, Bagua
graphic lamps of the lamp section with a rope string into one; dragon head, dragon body, dragon tail three parts of the cut type, but strive for integration. The Wuhan Gao Long's dancing skills mainly include "knocking", "sweeping", "lifting" and "supporting
",
Transportation: There are buses to Wangjiawan in Hanyang at any time.
Sixteen, Huangpi Qijiawan
The 13th day of the first month of the stiff lion visits every villager and dances in front of their homes. Villagers set up incense, fireworks and firecrackers to meet, called "eat incense case". The length of the lion dance depends on the time of the firecrackers
, the firecrackers are not stopped lion dance.
Night of the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, Qijiawan street on both sides of the incense and flowers, dragon lanterns and stiff lions visited along the street, people dancing wildly, flowers in the sky. Inside the village after the lion dance, the stiff lion to mouth
extinguish the candle flame, the lion's eyes to the wilderness to burn, known as "the lion". After the completion of all the rituals, the village people, including villagers in the field by friends and relatives arranged to eat wine in each house, called "
Dismounted wine". The nearby villages of Jiuzi and Dongwan are also worth seeing.
Transportation: you can drive yourself, and the Hankou - Qijiawan bus starts at the Xinrongcun Road bus stop on the Hankou riverbank.
XVII, Huangpi Li set town
Li set town in the western part of Huangpi, is a relatively large town. Liu Pengjiawan has 108 villagers, there is a famous "Lion King" - Liu Mingqi, he is 1.75 meters tall, medium-sized, according to the burning
firecrackers for a long time holding a more than a hundred pounds of lion's head a breath of seven or eight hours of dance! Each village "head" is the dragon lantern team
Organizer, each year from the village elected a few families to serve as the dragon lantern team responsible for the purchase of equipment, personnel organization and food supply.
Transportation: Shuttle buses from the entrance of Hankou 161 Hospital to Botong stop at the top of Li Jie Street every 15 minutes to pick up and drop off passengers.
In addition to this, there are Huangpi District Qianchuan Street Zhenjun village Zhang Liwan, Huangpi Qianchuan Street Gaohu village Du Jiadun, Huangpi Hengdian Zhangjia Dawan dragon lanterns are also famous, is also worth seeing. In short, you can
according to their own specific circumstances flexible time, location, transportation, selective participation.
Safety Tips:
1, go out and pay attention to safety, do not contradict with local villagers, abide by local folk customs, such as some places where women can not touch the dragon lanterns, do not go through from the belly of the dragon lanterns, can not touch the dragon
side of the lion, etc., the most several people into a line, each other have a care.
2, before taking pictures, it is best to ask the local villagers, if you find that there are local villagers in conflict, it is best to stay away from, away from the "horse horn".
3, the general rural local inns are not open for business before fifteen, if you spend the night, it is best to bring the camping equipment to solve their own.
4, I can not guarantee the accuracy of the above information. This is because the information at hand is too little.