Origin of the temple fair:
The origin of the Tai Hao Mausoleum Temple Fair can be traced back to more than 6,000 years ago, according to the history of the humanities ancestor of the Chinese nation, Tai Hao Fuxi was the capital of the Wanyu (Huaiyang). He "a painting to open the sky divided into yin and yang, deduce all things to determine the universe", in the center of Chen on the Huanghuai Plain, opened the prelude to the Chinese civilization. He invented the net, teaching people to fish and hunt livestock, the creation of the primitive animal husbandry; he identified himself as the wind surname, teaching people to follow the rules; he made the marriage ceremony, so that the original people get rid of the stupid taste of the group marriage; he invented the most primitive musical instruments qin and se, teaching people the greatness of the rites and music; he is the Dragon Chronicle officials, said the Dragon Division, the division of the sea; especially he looked up to the astronomical, down to observe the geography, the view of all things in the creation of the eight trigrams, the end of the knotted rope to keep track of things, the beginning of the human wisdom, creating the human civilization. Human wisdom, creating a precedent of human civilization. His series of inventions and creations, like a light that never goes out, have illuminated the history of China for thousands of years. Fuxi thus became an epoch-making figure, was later revered as "the first of the three emperors", "humanities ancestor", and became the Chinese people respect and honor the human ancestor, dragon ancestor, Chinese **** ancestor.
To commemorate the merits of Fuxi, in the Taihao Fuxi's long sleep Huaiyang built a mausoleum temple. According to historical records: Huaiyang Spring and Autumn has Fu Xi mausoleum, the Han Dynasty before the mausoleum in front of the shrine, Tang Taizong Li Shimin issued an imperial edict "banning the people ruminants and herdsmen", Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizong imperial edict to set up the mausoleum temple, and since then there has been a fixed for the sacrifice of the day. To the Ming and Qing dynasties and repeatedly repair and expansion, Tai Hao mausoleum scale, colorful, beautiful and spectacular, the ancestral temple will be more red-hot, bustling.
Temple content:
The ancestral incense is the basic content of the temple fair. According to legend, the 15th day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of Fuxi, the ancestor of man. Fuxi and Nuwa together, the earth to create people to create gossip, the development of marriage, laid down the early Chinese civilization. Composed of good men and women towards the ancestral incense will be held high yellow damask green dragon flag, hand holding the incense building, shoulder picking flower baskets, in the sound of instrumental music, very solemn to the human ancestor burning incense and kneeling, to express the reverence for the ancestors. All ancestor worship incense, should bring a handful of soil from their hometowns, into the incense, add sprinkled on the tomb of Fuxi, implying that the children and grandchildren prosperity.
The temple fair features:
The temple fair during a variety of Han folk entertainment, more fascinating. Among them to juggling. Performances for the most, lions, dragon lanterns, bamboo horses, dry boat and so on. Too Wu Ling ancestral temple fair. At the same time, it is also a showcase of Han Chinese folk amusement. "Compared with other temple fair, too Wu Ling temple fair customs in two very unique places. First, there is the primitive dance of "Danjingzhi", also known as "Danhuaban", which is a dance to honor the gods and ancestors. During the temple fair, you can see every day to Tai Wu Ling incense offering ancestors to please God's blessings "by picking the class". These "Jingchao Banzi" sing and dance in front of the Taiwu Mausoleum, attracting many good men and women who come to pay homage to the temple. The dance of each class of four people, three people with flower baskets, a person playing the bamboo board, to sing the form of dance, three sets of warps, six kinds of flower baskets, while dancing and singing. The dancers all wear black clothes, black waist pants, tie wrapped legs, black embroidered shoes, wrapped around the head nearly 1 meter long black gauze head, the lower edge of the head is left with a 6-centimeter long spike. Most of the dancers are elderly women.
It is not known when the Tambourine Dance originated, but it is said to be a primitive ritual dance passed down from the Vanguard Dragon Flower Festival. There is no definite explanation for the Wangu Longhuahui. Legend has it that Fuxi was a big dragon and Nuwa was a small dragon, so this dance may be related to the ancestor of man. The Flower Basket Dance was passed down from woman to man, mainly to entertain the ancestor of man, Nuwa (there used to be a Nuwa Shrine at the Taihao Tombs). "When the dance is in full swing, the dancers walk to the middle and pass back to back, touching each other, symbolizing the intersection of Fuxi and Nuwa. The lyrics of the dance are mostly related to Fuxi and Nuwa. Some of the movements of this dance are basically consistent with the image of Fuxi Nuwa's lower part of the Han Dynasty statue of a dragon with a human head, which is a primitive practice of fertility worship.
The second unique feature is the "mud dogs" that can be seen everywhere at the temple fair. Mud dog, also known as "Tai Wu Ling dog", "Ling dog", is a kind of clay toys sold at the temple fair, blowing sound. Every year at the Taiwuling Temple Fair, there are a wide range of mud dog stalls. These clay toys pinched a variety of shapes, there are turtles, snakes, frogs, unicorns, two-headed dog, face monkey, hold peach monkey, straw hat tiger, turtles, swallows and dozens of other kinds of dozens of. Its image is exaggerated, different demeanor, in the ancient and clumsy to see the meaning. According to the test, these clay toys are handed down to the late primitive society living cultural relics. It is also believed that these clay toys are Fuxi Nuwa married after the "pinch mud people" left behind the custom.
The cultural phenomenon of Tai Hao Ling Temple Fair has many colors of primitive culture, and there are many things worth studying and mysteries to be solved.