What are the fun places in Nanhai District, Foshan City__ The Water Country Lost City, which is located on the west coast of Nanhai District, Foshan City, is a green and environmentally friendly tourist scenic area in the Pearl River Delta, and another gem-level attraction in Nanhai City, following the Xiqiao Mountain Scenic Area. The scenic spot integrates food, accommodation and fun. It is the largest man-made beach pure natural mineral water swimming pool in the province, and is also a famous rowing training base in the country. Entertainment programs in the water country fan city: beach volleyball, soccer, badminton, kites, open-air karaoke, nightclubs, theme bonfire party, swimming (deep, medium and shallow pools, foot-washing pools, water children's amusement parks, etc.), expanding (heart to heart, tram, power grid, pontoon bridges, water rolling bridges, water climbing nets, grabbing the beach landing). Big Wetland Park, Xianhu Resort has Danzao town bus and Nanhai bus 217 road can be reached. Qiandeng Lake night view, choose a good weather, evening to play there. Huangqi Dragon Mother Temple is located in Huangqi Park, one of the prosperous townships in Nanhai District, Foshan City. Located in the eastern part of the South China Sea, adjacent to the western suburbs of Guangzhou, north of Yuhua, west of Foshan, Guangzhou-Foshan Expressway around its north, the Pearl River tributaries through which the south of the Guangyun Highway and the Guangsan Railway side by side across the East and West, land and water transportation is very convenient. About Huangqi monuments and attractions event, the most prestigious and can attract tourists, there is the Dragon Mother Temple, Dragon Boat Race. Unfortunately, after two hundred years of historical vicissitudes, the temple site has disappeared. As a result, the initiative of the local and overseas villagers, in accordance with the motherland's benevolent policy of opening up the faith, decided to form the Huangqi Longmu Monument Research Committee in Hong Kong and Macau, to carry out the reconstruction of this famous monument, with the Kwun Yum Temple and the Sanniang Temple on both sides of the temple, which have the same history, as well as the preparation for the establishment of parks integrated with the famous monuments and the expansion of the construction of a long embankment along the riverbanks, and planting of trees and shade trees, in line with the natural environment. It provides a place for people to rest and play with fresh air and a beautiful view of the riverbank after a busy day's work. Over the past 200 years, the Longmu Ancient Temple has been highly appreciated by people from neighboring cities and counties as well as Hong Kong, Macau, and overseas. As for the Dragon Boat Race held around the Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Mother's Birthday, it carries forward the national festivals and regional scenic spots to watch the dragon races on the seashore and the lion dances on the shore by the embankment. Dragon Mother Temple was built in 1997 and opened to visitors on the Dragon Mother's Birthday in the same year, enabling the continuation of this 200-year spectacle, which has grown with the times.
Introduction of the Guangzhou Dragon Boat
Guangzhou 2011 Dragon Boat Festival to see the dragon boat schedule:
6.2 May early first (Thursday) Zhucun Huangcun Tangkou Huanxi Lianxi Shixi Miaotou
6.3 May early second (Friday) Wenchong Xiaozhou Tuhua Beiting Nanting Guanzhou Luntou Shiji Chisha Beishan Pazhou South
6_.4 May early third (Saturday) Tongzha Pei Chengjie East and West Village Pazhou North Whampoa Village Member Village Tam Village
6.5 May 4 (Sunday) Haizhu District, the former new _ town of all villages.
6.6 May 5 (Monday) Hunde Shipai Yangji Temple right new Phoenix Xiaogang Pantang
2011 Guangzhou International Dragon Boat Invitational continues to be hosted by the Guangzhou Municipal People's _ Civil _ Government, the time was initially set for June _ 12 (Sunday), the day of the preliminaries held at 11:00 -14:00, 14:30 -16:30 to hold the opening ceremony, the final and awards ceremony, the event will be held in the Pearl River section between the North Gate Square of CUHK and Guangzhou Bridge.
The word dragon boat, first seen in the pre-Qin ancient book "Mu Tianzi biography - Volume 5": "the son of heaven by bird boat, dragon boat floating in the great marsh." In the book "Nine Songs - Xiangjun", scholars believe that the "flying dragon" is a dragon boat, as it "drives the flying dragon on a northern expedition, and "my path leads to the dongting", and that "the rock is shallow, and the flying dragon is fluttering". Xiangjun" is a poem that describes Xiang people driving a dragon boat and sinking a jade pendant into the river (similar to throwing a trailer into the river) to mourn a historical figure. This is with the "soul boat" allusion, and the Chu "characters of the imperial dragon silk painting" like allusion, can be mutually corroborated. Jing Chu chronicle of the year: "May 5, known as the Bathing Orchid Festival. It is the day, the race, the race to pick miscellaneous drugs." Since then, through the ages, poetry, notes, books and other records of the race on the countless.
Dragon boat, and ordinary boats are not quite the same, different sizes, the number of radials vary. Such as Guangzhou, Huangpu, suburbs around the dragon boat, 33 meters long, on the road there are lOO people, radial hand about 80 people. Nanning dragon boat more than 20 meters long, each boat about 50 or 60 people. Hunan Miluo County dragon boat is 16-22 meters long, scratchers 24-48 people. Fujian Fuzhou Dragon Boat is 18 meters long and has 32 scratchers. The dragon boat is generally long and narrow, the bow decorated with a dragon head, the stern decorated with a dragon tail. The color of the dragon's head is red, black, gray and other colors, all similar to the head of the dragon lantern, with different postures. Generally carved from wood, painted (also with paper, yarn). Dragon tail more whole wood carving, carved scales and armor. In addition to the dragon's head and tail, the dragon boat also has gongs and drums, flags or hull paintings and other decorations. Such as Guang_dong Shunde dragon boat decorated with dragon plate, dragon head and tail flag, handsome flag, embroidered couplets, flowers and plants, and embroidered with dragon wind, eight immortals and other patterns of umbrellas. The general dragon boat does not have so much decoration, more decorated with various colors of triangular flags, hanging color, etc.. Ancient dragon boat is also very ornate, such as painting dragon boat racing "Dragon Pond Racing Figure Volume" (Yuan Wang Zhenpeng painted), the dragon boat in the picture of the dragon's head is high, Shuo _ big God, beautifully carved, the dragon's tail is high and curly, the dragon's body and several layers of heavy eaves. If it is realistic, it can prove that the ancient dragon boat exquisite. Another example is "point stone Zhai painting. Tracking Qu Zi" painted Wuhu dragon boat, is also the dragon head high, there are layers of buildings. Some areas of the dragon boat still have the ancient style, very exquisite.
Dragon boat racing, is the main custom of the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that it originated in ancient times, Chu people could not bear to see the wise minister Qu Yuan threw himself into the river to die, many people rowed boats to catch up with the rescue. They scrambled and chased to Dongting Lake when they disappeared. After that, they rowed dragon boats on May 5 every year to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan. The dragon boat was used to disperse the fish in the river so that the fish would not eat Qu Yuan's body. Racing habits, prevalent in Wu, Yue, Chu.
In fact, "dragon boat racing" as early as the Warring States period. In the sound of drums, rowing carved into the shape of a dragon canoe, do racing games, to entertain the gods and people, is the ritual half religious, half entertainment programs. Later, the dragon boat race in addition to commemorate the qu yuan, in various places people also gave a different meaning.
Before the dragon boat race, the first to invite the dragon, sacrificing God. Such as Guangdong _ East dragon boat, in the Dragon Boat, before the Dragon Boat Festival to rise from underwater, sacrificed in the South China Sea Temple in the South China Sea God, after the installation of the dragon head, dragon tail, and then ready to race. And buy a pair of paper rooster on the dragon boat, that can bless the boat peace (vaguely corresponding to the ancient bird boat). Min, Taiwan is to Mazu Temple worship. Some directly in the river to sacrifice the dragon, kill the chicken blood on the dragon, such as Sichuan, Guizhou and other individual areas.
Hunan Miluo County, before the race must first to the Qu Zi Temple towards the temple, will be offered to the dragon head in the words of the gods in the Weng worship, Phi red cloth on the dragon head, and then the head of the dragon head in the boat race, both worship the Dragon God, but also the discipline of _ Nen Qu Yuan. In zigui, hometown of qu yuan in hubei province, there are also rituals to worship qu yuan circulated. The custom of worshiping Qu Yuan is recorded in "Sui Shu - Geography": "The swift oars and oars are running together, and the rowing and singing is chaotic, and the clamor vibrates on the land and water, and the spectators are like clouds." Liu Yuxi of Tang Dynasty wrote in his own note: "The competition began in Wuling, and now the oars are lifted and the sound is called 'He_in', which is the meaning of Swamp Qu." Visible two lakes region, sacrifice qu yuan and dragon boat racing is closely related. Possibly Qu Yuan (and Cao E, Wu Zixu, etc.) died, the local people _ people have also used the soul of the boat to send their souls to be buried, so there is this custom.
Another example is the Zhejiang region, where the Dragon Boat Race is held to commemorate the death of Cao'e. After the Han Book - the female biography ", Cao E is thrown into the river to die, the folk legend that she went down to the river to find her father's body. Zhejiang region, more than worship, "point stone Zhai painting newspaper - pious worship Cao E" that is, depicting the people of the Huiji region _ people worship Cao E of the scene.
"Qingjiazhu" in the record of the Wu Di (Jiangsu area) race, is derived from Ji_nian Wu Zixu, Suzhou, therefore, there is the Dragon Boat Festival of Wu Zixu's old habits, and held on the water race to show Ji_nian. In addition, there are also Guangxi's ji_nian Ma Yan, Fuzhou's ji_nian Yan_wang Wang Shenzhi and other ceremonies.
Various rituals, the ceremony of the ji_nian, is nothing more than point incense and candles, burn paper money, chicken, rice, meat, fruit, dumplings and so on. Now these contain superstition _ color Long ceremony has been rare, but in the past, people worship Dragon God Temple atmosphere is very serious, and more pray for a good harvest, wind and rain, to evil spirits, hustle disaster, all the best, but also blessing boating safety. In the words of the people, "it is a good luck" to express the good wishes of the people in their hearts.
At the beginning of the official race, the atmosphere is very warm. Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Jianfeng "ferry race song": "two _ shore Luo Yi fragrance, silver hairpin shining sun such as frost blade. The drums beat three times and the red flag opened; two dragons leaped out of the water. The two dragons jumped out of the floating water. Anchorage shadows of waves flew ten thousand swords, and the drums split the waves and sounded a thousand thunderbolts. The sound of drums is getting faster and faster, and the two dragons are looking at the mark as if they were in a flash. People on the slope called out thunderbolt and thunder, while the pole head hung with colorful rainbow and neon halo. The front boat has already won the mark, while the back boat loses its momentum and swings in vain." These verses have written out the magnificent scenery of the dragon boat race in the best way possible. Women usually do not go out, now also scramble to see the dragon boat, silver hairpin shining sun; drums, red flag under the command of the dragon boat sped, fell like flying swords, drums like thunder; the end of the inserted brocade color pole, as a sign. Dragon boat to the standard speeding near the modern dragon boat race is largely the same, but the regulations are slightly more stringent. In recent years, there have been international dragon boat races at home and abroad, attracting athletes from all over the world.
In addition to the speed of the race, dragon boat paddling there are a number of other activities. For example, the dragon boat tour to the township, is paddling the dragon boat in the dragon boat race to the nearby familiar village tour, set _ meeting. Sometimes the dragon boat also has all kinds of fancy paddling, with the meaning of performance. Such as the dragon boat in Guangzhou, the hand with the paddle blade into the water, and then up to pick, so that the water splash _ splash; bow and stern of the people are rhythmic foot pressure boat, so that the dragon boat undulation such as swimming dragons playing in the water in general. Zhejiang Yuhang County dragon boat, there are people to step on the dragon's tail low, so that the dragon's head is high, the bow of the rapid waves from the dragon's mouth spit out, such as the dragon swallowed clouds and spit out rain in general.
There are also boat-type races. Such as "huainanzi - this training" "dragon boat _ first, floating blow to entertain", is rowing the dragon boat, rocking the boat on the water to play music, play. In the "dream sorghum record" recorded in Hangzhou in the Southern Song Dynasty "dragon boat six, play in the lake". There are dragon boats on the lake, just part of the boat cruise.
Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, love all generations of emperors, there are near the water's edge to watch the dragon boat entertainment, also belongs to the game and so on. The old book of the Tang Dynasty, Mu Zong, Jing Zong, have "watch the race". Tokyo Dreaming Records" volume 7, recorded in the Northern Song Dynasty Emperor in the water temple to see the gold _ Ming Pond in the custom of dragon boat racing. One of the colorful boat, music boat, small boat, painting cabin, small dragon boat, tiger boat for viewing, music, there is a long of forty feet of the big dragon boat. In addition to the big dragon boat, other boats in formation, competing bidding, as entertainment. Song Zhang Zeduan "Jin_Mingchi capture bidding map" that depicts this scene. And the Ming Dynasty emperor, in the South China Sea, Ziguangge view dragon boat, see the Royal Archery Supervisor gallant_sheriffs running horse archery. Qing Dynasty in the Yuan_Mingyuan Fuhai held a race, Qianlong, Jiaqing Emperor, etc. are to watch.
And night dragon boat. In Zhejiang Wujin, there used to be night dragon boat, hanging up small lights on all sides to race. Sichuan Wutongqiao from 1982 onwards, there is a night dragon boat, electric lights on the boat, with fireworks, floating river lamps, brilliant and eye-catching. A few places in zhejiang also set up on the water heaps of floating flames, let the dragon boat from the flames through the lights and colors.
There are also dry dragon boat, is on land to simulate the activities of the dragon boat race. Such as the "Nanchang Province," which reads, "May 5 for the dry dragon boat, so that a number of people under the different (y6, *** with picking up things), pass the drums, fill the overflow of the thoroughfare, the ladies Shi money to pray for blessings, competing with the firecrackers to remove the ominous." Wuyi County, Zhejiang Province, in the past, there is also a dry land to push the custom of the Dragon Boat, but also that can remove evil spirits. Foshan, Dongguan and Xinyi in the east of Guangdong have the custom of rowing dragon boats on dry land, which is actually a kind of dance, but the date is not necessarily in the Dragon Boat Festival. Foshan autumn fall color when the dry-land dragon boat is the most spectacular. Another example is the "Huizhou Fu Zhi" in: "May 5, welcome the god boat chasing the epidemic, the boat with bamboo for the, attack painting like loach, to twelve people as God, carry and swim in Ogushi city." Another small dry dragon boat to children as toys.
When rowing the dragon boat, and more singing to cheer the dragon song circulated. Such as zigui in hubei province rowing dragon boat, there is a complete singing, lyrics and songs according to the local folk songs and horn _ son fusion and become, singing sound majestic and magnificent, heart-stopping, that is, "lifting the hand and the phase and the" of the legacy of the wind. Another example is the Dragon Boat Song of Xiong County in Southeast Guangxi, which is sung after the launching of the Dragon Boat in April until the Dragon Boat Festival, with a wide range of performance contents. Circulating in northern Guangxi Guilin, Lingui and other places of the dragon boat song, in the race by the crowd of radial hand chorus, someone to lead the call, the performance of the contents of the Dragon Boat, Dragon Boat Festival and related to the custom, the song is far-reaching and moving. Guangxi folk music anthology contains Lingui County (4 dragon boat song) group song, such as the horn _ son of the rhythm of the distinctive, enthusiastic, sing up must be very moving.
Additionally, something should be said about the female dragon boat. In the past, many places in the dragon boat race are not allowed to women to participate, that women receive _ touch the dragon boat is very unlucky. Now all over the women's dragon boat team, the heroic and ironic women to fight for the light, competing for the first, not weaker than the men.
As with the Spring Festival, there is a dragon dance as well as a phoenix dance, and at the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a dragon boat as well as a phoenix boat. The source of the phoenix boat as mentioned above, is derived from the ancient Wu boat, _ boat. In ancient times, there were phoenix boats in the court (e.g., "Tian_Fu GuangJi" records that there were phoenix boats in the court of the Ming Dynasty), and there were phoenix boats in the folklore. Guangdong capsule: "dragon boat to hang the doctor, phoenix boat to serve the Queen of Heaven, all with five days for the victory. Gengwu in the summer, Panyu Shiqiao village into the gathering of ten thousand gold, the production of phoenix boat, ten feet long, wide zhang three, the head and tail held high, the two sides of the heavy wings for the convergence of Shu, the back of the temple, in order to serve the Queen of Heaven, traveling to the water towns." After 196_4 there was again a phoenix boat race in Hong Kong. This kind of phoenix boat is slightly shorter, can sit 16 members, decorated with phoenix head, phoenix tail, by female members of the race. It is indeed a very good form of racing, which is in line with the meaning of the dragon and the phoenix.
Some places also have dragon and phoenix boat. Shunde County Records: "the dragon and the wind of Daliang boat wonderful extremely gorgeous." But today has disappeared. Hunan Miluo County dragon boat, front mounted dragon head, rear phoenix tail, phoenix tail is wrapped with red paper gabions into a fan-shaped inserted in the stern, such as the moment of the tail in general, can also be called the dragon and phoenix boat. The dragon and phoenix boat seems to be a trace of the fusion of the dragon boat and the bird boat.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas rowing dragon boat, both the chronicle of the local birth of the modern women's democratic reformer Qiu Jin's significance. Night on the dragon boat, lights and colors, to and fro, water and underwater, the scene is moving, interesting. Guizhou Miao people _ people in the lunar calendar in May 25-28 held "Dragon Boat Festival" to celebrate the victory of rice-planting and wishing a good harvest. Yunnan Dai people_cells in the Water Festival Dragon Boat Race, commemorating the ancient heroes of the rock red nest. Different ethnic groups, different regions, paddling dragon boat legend is different. Until today in the south of the many near the rivers, lakes and seas of the region, the annual Dragon Boat Festival will be held in their own characteristics of the Dragon Boat Race activities.
Qing dynasty qianlong twenty _ nine _ year (1736), Taiwan _ bay began to hold dragon boat race. At that time, Chiang Yuan-jun, the governor of Tait_wan, had presided over the friendly race at the Half Moon Pond of Fahua Temple in Tainan City. Nowadays, dragon boat races are held in Taiwan every year on May 5th. In Xiang_Hong Kong, the race is also held.
In addition, rowing dragon boat has been introduced to neighboring countries such as Japan, Vietnam and the United Kingdom. 1980, dragon boat racing is included in China's national sports competitions, and held annually, "Qu Yuan Cup" dragon boat race. 1991 June 16 (the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar), in the second hometown of the Qu Yuan in China's Hunan city, Yueyang City, the first International Dragon Boat Festival. The First International Dragon Boat Festival. Prior to the competition, the "Dragon Head Festival" was held, which preserved the traditional rituals and introduced new modern elements. The "dragon head" was carried into the Qu Zi Ancestral Hall, and after the athletes "reddened" the dragon head (draped with a red belt), the officiating priests read out the sacrificial text and "opened the light" (i.e., lighted the dragon head) for the dragon head. Then, participate in the sacrifice of the dragon of all personnel three bows, the dragon is carried to the Buro River, running to the dragon boat race. More than 600,000 people participated in the race, fair and celebration, which was an unprecedented event. After that, Hunan will regularly organize the International Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon boat racing will be prevalent in the world.
There is also a legend that a long time ago, Zou Wei has no river, only a small and dirty ditch. One day, a fisherman caught a small snake in the ditch. This small snake is very peculiar, the tail has nine shiny scales. When the fisherman touched his hand to the scales, the snake's eyes shone with a begging light, very pitiful. The fisherman felt compassion and stroked its scales, and then put it back into the gutter. Who knew that the nine scales suddenly fell, and the little snake grew and danced, transforming into a small dragon. Originally, it was a divine dragon in heaven, because of violating the heavenly rules, punished by the Jade_Huang_Da_i, turned into this appearance, it was added nine locks on the tail - that is, the nine shining scales on the tail of the little snake. The Jade Emperor once said, "The locks can only be opened by a person's yang qi." The fisherman had inadvertently opened the thousand-year-old lock on the little dragon. The little dragon, in order to thank the fisherman, kept turning_over in the gutter, and kept spouting_out_water from its mouth, pouring it into the little gutter. Slowly, the small ditch into a big river (which is now Zou Wei Qingshui River), the river for the Zou Wei brought a good harvest. In order to commemorate the dragon, the people along the river village called Longtou Zhai, on the dragon's head and other villages. In the dragon ascending _ day this day, that is, the Dragon Boat Festival held a dragon boat race to celebrate.
In 1984, the former National Sports Commission decided to classify dragon boat racing as a sports competition and organized the "Qu Yuan Cup" dragon boat race.
Dragon boat race has a long history, after the introduction of foreign countries, by the people of various countries _ people's favorite and formed the international competition. 1983, our country for the first time to send a team to participate in the Dragon Boat Competition, won all two championships in one fell swoop. 1984 International Dragon Boat Competition was held in Hong Kong, with 16 teams, including the United States, Germany, Japan, Great Britain, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Australia, Hong Kong, etc. participated. Hong Kong and other 16 teams participated in the competition. The Chinese team won the championship again. Dragon boat race in the south of our country to carry out the more common, has formed an annual "Dragon Boat Festival". Dragon boat race is an important activity of the Dragon Boat Festival, very popular in the south of my country, it is the earliest when the ancient Yue people sacrificed to the god of water or the dragon god of a sacrificial activity, its origin may begin at the end of the primitive society _. Quanzhou Dragon Boat Festival activities and other places almost the same, but only Hui'an Chongwu more special. In the early years of Chongwu in the Dragon Boat Festival, there are also dragon boat races, but with the field is different, mainly in the typhoon season is approaching before the sea held in the wish God exorcism activities. It is rumored that later due to a year of disaster, it is no longer in the sea dragon boat race, but instead of the land dragon boat, swim _ line to sing the "A spiral song", the lyrics to the effect of requesting the gods to eliminate disasters, but nearly a hundred years has not been held again. From this point of view, Chongwu dragon boat racing, dragon boat and "picking lotus" custom, are folk beliefs _ in a form of dragon worship, that is, to borrow the Dragon King's divine might, to avoid evil and eliminate disasters to protect the peace.
June 6, Foshan, where to see the dragon boat race?
1. Race time and place (if there is no special reason, according to the following time)
Dongsheng Cup June 6, 2011 (the fifth day of the fifth month):
Place: Folding North Dongsheng Village (can be entered by the Hai Bajie Road Folding North Village Committee intersection, or Folding _ Road, Nanhai Cotton Two Factory Bus Station intersection, but also by the Tamtou race area along the waterway into the details see the map below)
Race waterway: Around the village, the village of the village of the first time to see a dragon boat race in the village of the first day of the sixth month of May. p>Race waterway: waterway around the village
Course characteristics: curved race, with S-bend, waterway twists and turns
Race time: about 14:00 to 18:00
Tantou Cup June 7, 2011 (the sixth day of the month of May):
Venue: Tamtou Village, Fibonacci North (can be accessed from the intersection of the Tamtou Bridge on South Road, or from the intersection of the Xinyao Village on Nanhai Avenue, and also from the Dongsheng Race Area along the waterway. (You can also enter from Dongsheng Race Area along the waterway, see the map below for details)
Race waterway: the waterway opposite to the Li Dazhong Ancestral Hall
Course characteristics: Curve race, with large wooden stakes at the exit, making it more difficult to enter and exit the curve
Race time: around 14:00 to 18:00
Shengtang Cup June 8, 2011 (the seventh day of the 5th lunar month):
Venue: Shengtang Village, Fannan (can be accessed from the intersection opposite to Fannan Market on Wenhua North Road (100 meters north of Chambers KTV), or the intersection of Fannan Village Committee on Fannan Road, see the map below for details)
Race waterway: the waterway on the outflow of the Kong Dazong Ancestral Hall
Circuit characteristics: curved race, the outflow of the corner with a stone corner, commonly known as the "Kao Shi Jiao! "
Race time: about 14:00 to 18:00
Cha Kei Cup June 9, 2011 (the eighth day of the fifth month):
Venue: Cha Kei Village, Jienan (can be accessed from the intersection of North Wenhua Road, Cha Ting Sluice Gate (west of the Huawen Kindergarten), please see the map below for details)
Race course: Cha Kei Recreation Center, opposite to the outlet of the waterway. Waterway
Course features: Straight race, with dark corners
Race time: about 14:00 to 18:00