Yangge is a folk dance that spreads in the vast areas of northern China. Shenyang yangko belongs to northeast yangko, which is divided into two categories: stilts and earth yangko. People in Shenyang love yangko. They danced enthusiastically, boldly and rudely, which was inspiring. At present, in the streets of Shenyang, there are not only the popular performances of the old yangko team, but also fine yangko performances, such as walking on stilts, dancing on lanterns, children's stilts, refreshing sleeves yangko, stilts and so on. There is a Yangko Festival in Shenyang every year, which lasts for five to seven days. The large-scale Yangko competition is the main event of Yangko Festival. Yangko Festival helps foreigners to know more about China and Shenyang, and also makes yangko in China and Shenyang go global.
2. Westward Migration Festival and April Fool's Day
Every year on April 18 of the lunar calendar, Xibo people in Liaoning hold a grand festival temple fair to commemorate the feat of Xibo people's migration from northeast to northwest more than 220 years ago, which is the biggest festival of Xibo people. In addition, there will be cultural performances and colorful cultural and sports activities, such as horse racing and sheep grabbing.
Moxiang Festival is on the 16th day of the first lunar month. It is said that this day is the day when visiting gods come to inspect. On this day, Xibe people go out one after another before dawn, door to door, regardless of gender, age and shame. When young people meet old people, they pay New Year greetings first, then kneel down, and then symbolically put a little black on their faces to show respect and good luck. It is better to let the gods see their sincerity and avoid head smut of wheat.
3. Xibo's "Mother Xili"
On the first day of the first month, every Xibe family worships Xili's mother and asks her to bless the family's peace and prosperity. Xili's mother is a symbol of Xibe people's longing for their children, and also a genealogy of Xibe people and the country. Hillary's mother's memorial tablet is usually located in the northwest corner of the hall, and its symbol is a silk rope more than two feet long. Sacrifice began after the 23rd cleaning of the twelfth lunar month, and the second lunar month was put in a paper bag and put back.
4. Street lighting customs
Located in the northwest of Shenyang, there is a habit of scattering street lamps on October 10. After the Spring Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, 20 to 25 people were specially organized to make lanterns and paper bags for lighting. On the night of the fourteenth day of the first month, people with lanterns lined up in two teams, with gongs and drums as the leader. Some people light paper bags and put them on the ground next to the house. Small paper packaging burns for a long time and is placed on the ground along the road, so it is called scattering street lamp, which makes people feel mysterious and comfortable and adds a festive atmosphere.
5, fire and fire pit
Kang is a common heating equipment in northern rooms. The fire is the same as the kang, except that one is on the ground and the other is underground. The setting of the fire site is the same as that of the kang, that is, a flue is built underground to heat the ground, so that the heat can be dissipated indoors and the indoor temperature can be raised. Generally, the materials used for paving fire and kang are mainly blue bricks. Generally, fire-resistant kangs and fire doors are set up to burn firewood outdoors. What is even more peculiar is that this kind of fire-resistant kang and fire site generally have no chimney, but a spiral flue to exhaust smoke. This flue is commonly known as Erlong Xu Tu. In Manchu families in the mountainous areas of Northeast China, this custom of building houses has been preserved to this day.