Rural drama performance (held on religious festivals)
Social drama is the biggest traditional folk entertainment in China. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, villages have successively built land temples. Each large-scale land temple has a stage, about three feet square and more than three feet high. It is mostly made of wood, covered with a chicken coop roof, with an upturned cornice and a "Yunlong" roof. There are many books and couplets on the pillars. During the Taiping years, people lived and worked in peace and contentment, usually working at sunrise and returning at sunset, working in the fields in spring and summer, and chopping bamboo and firewood in the mountains in autumn and winter to supplement their pocket money. But at the beginning of the Spring Festival, every village (bag) has the habit of "making up plays", which makes it lively and has a strong Spring Festival atmosphere. Opera teams are invited from other places, mostly from Shangyu and Shengxian. Generally, Shao Opera or Yue Opera is chosen as the genre. Expenditure, private fund-raising or individual appropriation, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, is mostly the collective expenditure of the production brigade (village). Whenever there is a play in the village, relatives and friends from neighboring villages are invited from door to door to see the play and warmly welcome guests. There is a saying among the people that "wine and rice are limited in drama". In addition to acting in the New Year, there is also the custom of praying for the Buddha's birthday. Autumn harvest or villagers' happy events are usually celebrated through opera.
temple fair
Temple fair is a market activity held in or near a temple on a festival or a specific day. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, the temple fairs held annually in China were Fushengshe Temple Fair and Guo Taiwei Temple Fair.
Fushengshe is located at the southern end of the old street. It is jointly built by Ni, Tong, Zhu and Cai, and is commonly known as the temple. Every year during the Lantern Festival, Fusheng Society holds a grand temple fair, which is organized by Ni, Tong, Zhu and Cai in turn. Colorful cards and lanterns will be hung during the temple fair, and there will be a light show for five days and five nights from the 13th to 18th day of the first lunar month. There will be lanterns in the streets and on the Qian Fang Bridge, and there will be people who will patrol at night. Businessmen gather in the 400-meter old street, the trade is prosperous, and all kinds of handicrafts, toys, daily necessities, specialty foods, local products and other commodities are dazzling; Various unique performances such as folk acrobatics, folk art, juggling and selling martial arts stickers are staged in competition; Eat, drink and be merry, enjoy watching, offer sacrifices, everything is very lively. After liberation, the temple fair stopped because the country was used for other purposes.
Guo Taiwei Temple was built in the Sixth Mausoleum of the Song Dynasty. According to legend, Guo Taiwei was the messenger responsible for the construction of the Six Mausoleums in the Southern Song Dynasty. After the completion, in order to ensure the confidentiality of the mausoleum, he committed suicide. In recognition of his loyalty, later generations built a temple next to Song Ling to commemorate him, and a statue of Tai Wei Bodhisattva was built inside. The local people call this temple Taiweitang, and the eighth day of the fourth lunar month (Guo Taiwei's birthday) is designated as Taiweitang Temple Fair Day. On this day every year, colorful flags are flying around Taiwei Hall, gongs and drums are loud, and good men and women from eight neighboring villages come to burn incense and recite Buddha's words and worship Taiwei Bodhisattva. At the same time, various mass cultural and recreational activities are carried out to perform arts for Bodhisattva Tai Wei, including social drama, yangko, walking on stilts, holding rocks and bones, and drama. Forks, colorful bottles, lion dances, dragon dances, receptions, and big knocks on the shed are colorful and lively. This activity continued until the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. Later, due to the abolition of Taiwei Hall, the temple fair was no longer held.
Singing classes, bands
Singing class is a non-governmental organization dedicated to serving people's celebrations, adding a lively and active atmosphere to the owners in the form of singing opera and drum music. Generally, it consists of about 6 people. Shao Opera is good at singing opera, and drums, gongs, cymbals, suona, Xiao, erhu and banhu are common instrumental music. This town has a long history.
Since the late 20th century, domestic singing classes have been gradually replaced by bands and military bands.
antithetical couplet
Writing couplets is also a cultural tradition of citizens since ancient times. It began in the Five Dynasties and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with a history of 1000 years.
The appearance of Spring Festival couplets is closely related to the symbol of peach. As early as before the Qin and Han dynasties, the townspeople had the custom of hanging peach symbols during the Spring Festival. The so-called Fu Tao is to write the names of the legendary gods "Shen Tu" and "Lei Yu" on two mahogany boards and hang them on the left and right doors to exorcise ghosts and eliminate evil spirits. This custom has been followed by 1000 years. In the Five Dynasties, the townspeople began to write couplets on mahogany boards. After the Song Dynasty, it was quite common for city people to hang Spring Festival couplets in the New Year. In the Ming dynasty, people used red paper instead of red boards, and the Spring Festival couplets we see today appeared. Because the appearance of Spring Festival couplets is closely related to Fu Tao, the ancients also called Spring Festival couplets "Fu Tao". After the Qing Dynasty, China's style of writing and pasting couplets flourished, and it has not yet declined. The most common couplets are Spring Festival couplets, Happy Couplets, Shoulian couplets, Xinju couplets and so on. Whenever there is a festival, wedding, birthday celebration or moving to a new house, the townspeople often use couplets to set off the festive atmosphere, express their wishes and feelings through couplets, express their celebration, pursuit and hope for a better life with beautiful words and auspicious words, and express their spiritual sustenance. The content of couplets is extensive, covering weather, geography and people. Most of the favorite themes of the townspeople focus on the reflection of happy marriage, long life and well-being, wealth and good fortune, good weather, food and clothing, peace and prosperity.
memorial archway
Archway is a kind of archway-shaped building, which is mostly built in important places or places of interest in the market. Generally, it consists of two or four parallel columns with eaves. Building memorial archways is also a kind of traditional culture and art among the people in China.
In the past, memorial archways were usually built to commemorate or celebrate. Before the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), China's archways were mostly used to commend people who were loyal, filial and righteous. They are usually stone and permanent buildings. At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a four-poster and three-bedroom archway at the entrance of the Six Mausoleums of the Song Dynasty (the junction of Paikou Village and County Tea Farm), which was a magnificent stone building and an accessory building of the Six Mausoleums of the Song Dynasty. South of the memorial archway is the Six Mausoleums of the Song Dynasty, and north of the memorial archway is Paikou Village, hence the name. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, this archway still existed. 1, 1, was destroyed by a strong typhoon in August, 0956, and the remnants were removed during road construction. Today's Fusheng New Street is from the entrance of Fusheng People's Hospital to the farmer's market, and its old name is "Xiapai". There is a reason for this famous book. Because before the "Cultural Revolution", there used to be a Shixing brand here, which is said to be the Ji Xiao archway of local bureaucrats. Built before the Qing Dynasty, it was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution after the founding of the People's Republic of China. This auspicious filial piety card was originally found near Gualin Natural Village, which was also destroyed after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
After the founding of New China, the townspeople often built memorial archways to celebrate festivals, or to celebrate the temporary prosperity of a place, or to commend the brilliant achievements of a generation. Festive festivals (such as New Year's Day and National Day) are generally temporary archways, mostly made of bamboo and wood, decorated with pine and cypress, colored silk paper and other raw materials, commonly known as "colored cards", which play a role in enhancing the festive atmosphere and are more common in the early 1950s and 1960s after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Archways that celebrate the prosperity of a place and commend the brilliant achievements of a generation are generally made of high-quality stone and are permanent.
inscription on a tablet
Inscription is the art of engraving words or pictures on a monument (monument) to record achievements or as a memorial. The common stone carvings in China generally use high-quality stone, and the main types are tombstones, architectural monuments, monuments and merit monuments.
A tombstone is a stone tablet erected in front of a grave, engraved with the name of the deceased and an inscription commemorating the deceased. This is the most common and common inscription among the people, involving thousands of families.
Inscriptions on architectural monuments generally record the construction date of the project, the list of contractors, constructors, investors, fund-raisers and other units or individuals. Since ancient times, the townspeople have regarded building bridges and paving roads, pavilions and temples as merits, and most of them are funded by private donations. After completion, they often erect a monument to their virtues. In the past, the mountain people in China went through the customs from Fusheng Port and Zanggong Port respectively, and many pavilions stopped along the way. There are usually such inscriptions.
Monuments to places of interest are generally placed at places of interest, and the inscription is a brief introduction to places of interest. Such inscriptions have been found in Fu Sheng Warring States kiln sites, horseshoe wells, Shao Lizi's relatives' tombs and other places of interest.
stone carving
Stone carving is an art of carving images and patterns on stones, which has been deeply loved by urban people. 1952, a pair of stone kylins were unearthed in Qingtang village; In 2002, a number of stone statues such as Stone Man, Stone Horse, Shi Hu and Shiyang were unearthed in Xuejiashan, Jinjialing Village. In 2004, another statue of a stone man was unearthed in Zhao Jia 'an, Fang 'ao Natural Village and Yifeng Village. These stone statues are exquisitely carved and lifelike, reflecting the ingenuity of a group of skilled craftsmen in Fu Sheng at that time. In modern times, citizens often use stone carvings to create and beautify the environment, such as Janie? In the wealthy private industrial park in the village, there are a pair of stone lions guarding the door, a stone sculpture of "workers and peasants galloping" with double hemp figures, and a stone statue of Huang Daopo. These stone carvings were all produced in the 1980s, weren't they Janie? The symbol of the rapid development of village industrial economy. After hard work, employees often take pictures beside these stone carvings to cultivate their sentiments and make them happy.
Other folk art activities
Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was popular among the people to walk on stilts, hug rocks and bones, and have fun. Forks, colorful bottles, lion dance, dragon dance, welcome party, knocking on sheds and other cultural competitive activities.
In the early days of the People's Republic of China, 265,438+0 newspaper reading groups were established in towns and villages in Fusheng area, with 560 participants. 54 blackboard newspapers; 3 slide teams; Amateur group 1, with 23 members; There are 1 waist drum team, 8 people; There are 2 yangko teams with 24 people and 4 Lianxiang teams with 32 people.