Strike while the iron is hot is mainly a manifestation of popular culture and entertainment during the Lantern Festival. Popular in Luyang and Hongshui townships of Jingtai County. It was a popular form of entertainment with a strong festive atmosphere before the 1960s.
Now pig iron is broken and buried in the stove in a jar. Heat and melt. The temperature of molten iron should be high, so that it will not solidify quickly.
Most beggars are young people with clean hands and feet. When they play with flowers, they put a handful of sawdust at the front end of the board and flatten it to the front of the furnace to hold molten iron. The furnace maker poured a spoonful of molten iron on the saw foam (the saw foam rose and fell immediately, but it didn't hurt the board). The florist quickly left the furnace and ran four or five steps with a board full of molten iron. First, throw the molten iron and sawdust up for twenty or thirty centimeters. The molten iron is decomposed into inverted trumpet-shaped clusters of Martian flowers, which fall in an umbrella shape. Several people reciprocated and contacted each other in turn. The wind in the iron smelting furnace is very strong, the gardener is busy running and sparks are flying in the air. The audience cheered and intertwined. The warm atmosphere reached a climax. Generally, there are two stoves at a flower show, and three or four stoves at most. Keep the furnace on for tens of minutes at a time. After the hot metal is beaten, it is reloaded and melted. It's over. It takes about 2 hours per game.
2. Firehammer is a kind of social fire performed at night in Huangcishui Village, Lu Zheng Township, Jingtai County. Just like a water meteor performed by a circus or acrobatic team, only the water bowls at both ends of the rope are replaced with barbed wire, which contains charcoal. When performing at night, the charcoal fire is lit and dancing, which looks like filariasis, hence the name.
This is a kind of "Wushu" performance with hemp rope as the weapon, Wushu as the basic skill and simple stick routine. Many people formed a team, pulled a certain distance, and marched in the alleys of Shan Ye. The form is novel, the atmosphere is warm, the scene is grand and interesting.
The manufacture and performance of fire hammer are relatively simple. Shooting with hemp rope as a weapon, accompanied by martial arts performances. Many people teamed up and the scene was novel and warm. And the cage made of wire, charcoal is fire, it won't break when thrown, it won't leak fire or smoke people. It is a symbol of the unity of the Chinese nation. Especially the ditty series sung at the end of the performance is catchy. Unique flavor.
Mainly distributed in Huangcishui Village, Lu Zheng Township, Jingtai County, it is a social fire performance form that is staged every Lantern Festival night and then radiated to three surrounding townships (towns).
When marching, the pace is like the free step of yangko (fast and slow step). The rope is carried behind the neck, and both ends of the rope are held by both hands, and the "ball" is lifted and swung, or swung across the chest or in small circles from left to right, which is more unified.
When we arrive at the performance venue, we first pull the venue (walk in a circle), most of them are "dancers", and the scene is in the middle, and the rope ball swings back and forth in the same place, for example, when marching. The venue is divided into single performance, double performance, three-person performance and other single performances. , mainly focusing on time and skills, difficult and distinctive.
At the end, the drums sang ditties such as New Zhuangzi, Zhuang Nong Qu, Nine Cups of Wine, Ten Black Streets and Ten Big Characters. The performers and the audience have fun, and the festive atmosphere is strong. 3. The fire in the shrine has a strong "myth" color. Performers dress up as various "gods", wear ancient costumes, draw various faces, and use various props to "welcome XiShen" and "play with social fire" to pray and praise virtue, drive away evil spirits and promote goodness. Its scientific nature lies in well-made props, unique facial makeup style, novel and mysterious performances, beautiful and beautiful lyrics, uniformity and uniformity, which has high artistic aesthetic value. Although it is a product of feudal times, it is a manifestation of comforting the soul and looking for spiritual sustenance when people are wandering, poor and homeless. It is of far-reaching significance for investigating history, studying humanities and enhancing national cohesion.
In the past, performances were mainly performed in Sandun Village, Lu Zheng Township, Jingtai County, but its influence was great, and several surrounding towns followed suit. Especially when it is combined with various "sacrificial" activities, the spread will become bigger and bigger.
Performance time: after the ninth day of the first month, before eleven o'clock to the end of the month.
After the ninth day, choose a day to start socializing before the eleventh. The well-transformed social fire team set out at the right time. On that day, the orientation of the Western God "welcomed the Western God". Then go to the nearby temple (village) to burn incense (sacrifice to the gods). The next day, the official "Imperial Society Fire" began, and after the delivery of "West God" on the evening of 16, the one-year social fire ended.
Performance method: When entering the stadium, first "step on the five corners" (paddock), and then the firecrackers team will put a soil cannon (or set off firecrackers) in the air. Then we started to perform separately. Then turn into two lines or several circles to sing a little song, and then end. At night, several "big men" in front of them hold torches and throw a mixture of powder, fragrant foam and buckwheat noodles on the torches from time to time to "set fire" (for example, in a play). Or wrap the mixture in hemp paper and put it in your mouth to "light" the torch. Increase the atmosphere and increase the mystery of the shrine fire.
It is a unique custom of "shrine fire" to invite "social fire" and "cure disease" to "exorcise evil spirits" in the hospital and "give birth" in case of infertility.
Residents who receive the social fire must first contact the "social fire chief". Please do a good job in the social fire, set the table in the yard at the appointed time, and put "plates" and dried fruits and other offerings. The incense burner paper is finished. In order to welcome the "social fire" to the door, the social fire team consists of several large plates of Gao He's demon wife (paunchy). Gao He's demon wife holds the "God of Wealth" and lights it, pulling flowers into the courtyard, and the owner burns incense and installs them to show sincerity. On behalf of the master, Gao or Yao's wife asked questions in the form of rap according to the master's intention. The "God of Wealth" and the lights answered and sang impromptu (see who sang what words). Singing and reading were combined, and singing was the mainstay, and Hezhou accent was spoken. The songs are full of rich Tibetan folk songs.
4. Rolling lights, as the name implies, are lights that roll on the ground. This is a social fire performance in Hongdunzi Village, Hongshui Town, Jingtai County during the Lantern Festival. Mainly in the evening, a large group of people, one boarding, lined up in a long line, interspersed between the mountain villages and alleys, performing in the wheat field. Colored lights roll, just like a colorful dragon, twisting and jumping, slowly and quickly, swinging back and forth, symphonically reflecting, and having a different taste.
Rolling lamp is unique to Jingtai. According to legend, it was created for soldiers to March and fight at night during the war years, and now it has become a form of culture and entertainment. Whether it is the production of lamp body, lamp holder, candlestick, costume or wonderful performance, it embodies the perfect combination of modern science and ancient civilization. Rolling lanterns is now an indispensable form of literary expression for major festivals in Jingtai. Its preservation and development are of great significance for inheriting ancient civilization and developing modern civilization.
Rolling lights, as the name implies, are lights that roll on the ground. In the past, it was mainly a social fire performance in Hongdun Village, Hongshui Town, Jingtai County during the Lantern Festival. Now it has spread all over mountainous areas and surrounding townships (towns), which is relatively popular. Mainly in the evening, a large group of people, one boarding, lined up in a long line, interspersed between the mountain villages and alleys, performing in the wheat field. Colored lights roll, just like a colorful dragon, twisting and jumping, slowly and quickly, swinging back and forth, symphonically reflecting, and having a different taste.
There are two basic steps, that is, when walking in the streets and lanes, line up in two or more rows, and the lantern hand lifts the "chariot driver" from the middle to the top, with the lamp body up and the shaft in both hands. When entering the performance, the venue is surrounded first, then the lamp body is put down to make it land, and then the queue is changed by trot, so that it is "step array". Such as "one-word long snake array", "two dragons playing pearl array", "four doors exposed" and "ambush on all sides" are all similar to the road and the temple beach fire. 5. Luyang Li Gongbi takes the shape of a line, and his brushwork is neat, delicate and rigorous. Li's "Luyang Gongbi" uses bark as a pen, which makes the picture neat, forceful and more textured. It can well reflect the vivid gesture of meticulous flowers and birds, and add a little thickness to the details of flowers and birds on rocks. The brushwork made of bark has a strong sense of reality, and the depth of ink can better show the precipitous beauty of the motherland's mountains and rivers. In the picture, the gurgling water seems to have a sound, and the characters and scenes are moving and static, with different expressions, giving people a beautiful scene of infinite scenery and a beautiful life blending with each other.