Xianning, history and humanities. Bronze culture of the Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty represented by copper drums, Three Kingdoms culture represented by the Battle of Red Cliffs, revolutionary culture represented by the Battle of Tingsi Bridge in the Northern Expeditionary War, celebrity culture represented by Xiangyang Lake Cultural Celebrities Village, and ecological culture represented by hot springs, Jiu Gong Mountain and Lushui Lake have a wide influence in the province and even in the country; distinctive characteristics of folklore and literature and art, and folk songs and dances, music, paper cuttings and stickers have been performed and exhibited in more than ten countries in Europe. More than a dozen countries performances and exhibitions, woo-doo, high fiddle is the country's unique folk musical instruments, fiddle theater is the country's unique local theater, folk wit stories, folk narrative poetry in the national folk literature temple occupies an important position. The songs of Xianning have a wide range of tones and a bright tone, mostly circulating in the mountainous areas, and are divided into two kinds of high and flat tones. Folk dances are divided into lantern dances and ritual dances. Folk crafts in Xianning City can be divided into four categories: painting, sculpture, arts and crafts, and architectural decorative arts.
Hot Spring Culture: Water, the spirit and full of Zen; water, the intention of the natural spirit. Rivers, lakes, in addition, there is a third water, that is, hot springs.
Xianning City is located in the south of Hubei Province, in September 2006, was approved by the China Mining Federation named "China Hot Spring Township". Since 2009, the city has been organizing an annual International Hot Spring Culture and Tourism Festival.
Hannin hot springs have a large number of folklore, there is the mother of the earth to create hot springs, iron crutch Li worship hot springs and other myths and legends. According to "Xianning City Geographical Names" records, "Xianning hot springs as early as the Tang Dynasty has been known, Song 'hot springs boiling wave' has been into the 'KAM Chuan eight scenic spots', rumor has it that Song Renzong Zhao Zhen south tour had come to this (hot springs town) bathed in hot springs! "In addition to the history and culture of the hot springs, Hamgyeong has a lot to offer. In addition to the history and culture of the hot springs, the health culture of Xianning Hot Springs, which focuses on health care, is also profound and long-lasting. 1938, the Japanese army invading China was stationed in Xianning, and built a hot springs sanatorium along the KAM River. 1945, after the surrender of the Japanese army, the 11th Division of the Kuomintang army used the sanatorium in the same way. After the liberation of Xianning, the People's Liberation Army on the spot to expand into a 195 hospital, the establishment of the "physical therapy department" is mainly the use of hot spring water to treat rheumatism and skin diseases, has continued to this day.
Hamming hot springs are very rich in resources, widely distributed, all counties and municipalities are distributed. Water type to calcium sulfate, calcium bicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate type, water quality is clear, colorless, no sediment, good sensory, rich in sulfur, radon, strontium, fluorine and other trace elements, hot spring water temperature between 27 ℃ to 64 ℃, the city's hot springs across the city of the mineral components of the content of the different, highly valuable health care. Underground hot springs are exposed in the form of rising springs, and some of the boreholes become self-spill wells after exposure, and changes in water level, temperature and water quality only fluctuate within a certain range, which is relatively stable. Affected by man-made mining, water level fluctuation range is generally within 2.0m, mainly showing a relatively high water level from May to September, December to February water level is relatively low characteristics.
The hot springs gush out from the stone caves, meandering flow in the lakeside mountains, there is a "paradise on earth" feeling, you can temporarily forget about the world, enjoy a hustle and bustle of the city away from the nature close to the leisure and cozy, enjoy the scenery in the bubble bath, relax in nature, feel the The "half a day's leisure" mood.
Hamming hot springs are very rich in resources, widely distributed, the counties and municipalities are distributed. Water type to calcium sulfate, calcium bicarbonate and sodium bicarbonate type, the water is clear, colorless, no sediment, good sensory, rich in sulfur, radon, strontium, fluorine and other trace elements, hot spring water temperature between 27 ℃ to 64 ℃, the city's hot springs around the mineral components in the content of the different, very health care value.
Cultural treasures
From the history to the future - foot drums
The drums and war, drums and songs, drums and dance, this is E'nan culture and art in the field of a strange flower - drums. Basin drum, also known as "foot basin drum", because of its shape like a basin and named. It is widely popular in the villages around Chibi. According to historical records, in the ancient Shang and Zhou times, the ancestors hit the wood, hit the basin, hit the drum and sing, line into the prototype of the foot basin drum. According to legend, during the Battle of Red Cliff in the Three Kingdoms, the drums played a significant role in the allied forces of Sun and Liu. Now, the foot basin drum as Xianning a unique folk music, has been selected as the first batch of Hubei Province "intangible cultural heritage", is declaring the national "intangible heritage". Holding the rolling Yangtze River, seeing the Three Kingdoms Red Cliff, embracing the dream water town, walking the thousand years of ancient road ....... In this ancient and magical land, you can touch the feelings of the Three Kingdoms through the millennium.
Rattling the pulse of history-Patting Dance
"After work, rest the fire, patting and beating ah eezi yo. I pat you, you pat me, pat away the hard work on the happy ...... "In Xianning folk, these pat dance lyrics have been passed down for hundreds of years. Now, the beat dance has been included in the first batch of Hubei Province Intangible Cultural Heritage List. The beat dance is one of the artistic performance forms in E'nan folklore, which is popular in Tongcheng, Chongyang and other places in Xianning, from the "beat game" that folk men, women and children are good at. It originated from young men and women in the labor rest time, each other pat each other's different parts of the body, teasing for fun, and accompanied by funny banter, gags, giving people a relaxed and pleasant.
Rare artistic wonders - fiddle play
A rare cultural species, in the strange modern art forest, peculiarly fragrant, this is Xianning Chongyang fiddle play. In China's more than 300 types of opera, violin opera, is a unique branch of the oddball. It is said to have originated from Yueyang Flower Drum Opera, which was grafted and rooted in Chongyang until it flourished. The main instrument of the flower-drum opera is the pipa, but Chongyang people transformed and innovated to make the fiddle. The fiddle opera has a unique singing voice, which is a combination of the Liangshan tune, which is widely circulated in the southeast of Hubei, north of Hunan and north of Gan, and the local ditties of Chongyang, forming a type of opera with the local characteristics of Chongyang.
Fragrance of the Moon Palace - playing osmanthus
Hannings large-scale planting of osmanthus began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. Xianning is a place where the cultures of Jing, Chu and Wu-Yue converge. The combination of ancient moon worship and local osmanthus planting customs gave birth to the unique phenomenon of "Chang'e Culture". In the folk activities of "kong chunshen", Chang'e worship replaces the central position of "chunniu", and the customary activities such as keeping moonlight, sacrificing Chang'e, worshipping the moon, and withdrawing osmanthus tents break the traditional custom of "men don't worship the moon and women don't sacrifice the stove" in Han areas, which is a great opportunity for the Han Chinese to develop their own culture and culture, and to promote their own culture. The traditional custom of "men don't worship the moon and women don't offer sacrifices to the stove" is unique to Xian'an. "Playing Gui Hua" is a popular folk dance in Xian'an District, and its basic movements are derived from the agricultural activities of the farmers in Gui Township when they harvested gui flowers. Because of its close proximity to life, this art, which has come to earth from the palace of heaven, has become a popular and popular program for farmers.
From the battlefield to the field-Shan Drum
Shan Drum, popular in Tongshan and other places, is an ancient agricultural drum music. Mountain drums, also known as "single drum" or "gall bladder drum", its shape oval like a gall bladder, there is a "drum to drive away all the evils, the people bold as a tiger" legend. It has been selected as one of the first "Intangible Cultural Heritage". Historical data show that the drums were popularized and flourished as early as in the Ming, Qing and Republic of China periods. Now, the drums have ushered in the stage of inheritance, innovation and protection, and from the field to the art stage.
The music of heaven made of yellow earth - Wutu
About 2,000 years ago, a shepherd boy from Jiayu, Xianning, made the world's first clay whistle out of the earth under his feet, which was the predecessor of Wutu, known as "the music of heaven". Initially used by herdsmen to call cattle, the whistles were improved over the generations and became a musical instrument that has been passed down through the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Nowadays, in addition to the performance of the wootoo, it is also widely favored by literature and art museums, collections, and travel enthusiasts, and has become one of the most distinctive ancient musical instruments and art collections in Hubei.
Originally a treasure from the Shang Dynasty and Zhou Dynasty, the Chongyang Bronze Drum
Excavated in 1976 in Baini Town, Chongyang County, is the earliest and heaviest bronze drum unearthed in the present day, and has been reported to be the "Shang Dynasty Taotie Bronze Drum". Bronze drum by the drum crown, drum body, drum seat three parts. It is a national cultural relic, now in the National Museum.
Huanglong Prop Up Paper
According to historical records, in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the town of Meshi, Tongcheng County, Hubei Province, started to produce fire paper in the workshops of the Han Dynasty. Huanglong prop up the paper to bamboo as raw material, paper color yellowish, delicate and smooth, strong water absorption, not only has a high craft value and economic value, but also has an important ritual cultural value and practical value.
Tongcheng Causeway Cavity
Tongcheng Causeway Cavity originated from Tianshin Flower Drum Opera, which was introduced by Wang Jiaoer, a victim of Tianshin, during the reign of Emperor Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, and combined with the local opera to gradually form the Causeway Cavity with local characteristics. It is sung in local dialect and is characterized by "singing in unison and accompanied by gongs and drums." In 2013, "Tongcheng Gong Cavity" was listed as one of the fourth batch of intangible cultural heritages of the province by the Hubei Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List.
Tongshan Mountain Songs
Tongshan Mountain Songs, also known as Woodcutter Songs, are folk songs sung by the local people in their distinctive cadences and dialects that have been passed down from generation to generation. Tongshan County is a sparsely populated area, and during the busy farming season, the people would work collectively, usually playing drums and singing, inspiring a scene of fervent labor. With the change of time, it has gradually become a very distinctive folk traditional culture.