Baoji, Shaanxi Province, often called Xifu, is one of the representative areas of social fire facial makeup art in Shaanxi Province. In particular, the social fire masks in Longxian and Baoji counties have a long history, unique shapes, simple and bright colors, rigorous ornamentation and various spectra, which represent the highest level of social fire masks in Xifu.
Social fire originated from tattooing, witchcraft, sacrifice and religion in primitive society, as well as the activities of fighting, exorcism and sacrifice to society in ancient times. The decorative pattern of Shehuo Facebook proves that the original symbols on painted pottery were completely inherited on Facebook five or six thousand years ago.
There are many kinds of social fire, such as mountain social fire, car social fire, horse social fire, back social fire, high-core social fire, stilts, earth social fire, blood social fire and black social fire. Most of them perform in the first month when they offer sacrifices to the society, greet the gods at temple fairs and pray for rain, among which the fifteenth day of the first month is the most grand and the loudest. In the mid-1980s, there were more than 100 teams performing in Longxian on the 15th day of the first month, and nearly100000 people watched the performance. The blood club fire in Chisha Town, Baoji County is the only one preserved in Shaanxi and even the whole country. Performed every leap year.
Religious activities of Famen Temple
Famen Temple is the only remaining Sakyamuni Buddha in the world and an important Buddhist shrine in China.
Famen Temple holds an international cultural tourism festival every April. During the Tourism Festival, activities such as "Buddha Finger Relic Worship Ceremony" and "Datang Treasure Exhibition" will be held. At the same time, exhibitions of folk art, folk fine embroidery, art paper-cutting, shadow play, straw weaving technology and Buddhist stationery will be held in main streets such as Baota Road in Famen Temple Scenic Area. Activities such as folk food culture display and cultural performances were held in Nanxi Formation of Yangmei Village and Guanzhong Style Garden.
Fengxiang county folk art exhibition hall
Fengxiang's long history has given birth to rich culture and art. Fengxiang's folk arts mainly include clay sculpture, paper-cutting, shadow play and woodblock New Year pictures. Thousands of handicrafts are exhibited in Fengxiang Folk Art Exhibition Hall, which is of great artistic value. The exhibition hall is located in Donghu Park. Fengxiang colored sculptures are exquisite and vivid. The content includes the faces of characters in costume dramas and animals like tigers and cats that the masses like. Most of them are hollow round plastic bodies, and there are also embossed hanging pieces. It is characterized by fine modeling, which can grasp the characteristics of the object, simplify the complex and strive to express the inner character of the object. Both animals and characters have reached the realm of both form and spirit, which makes people feel very cordial. Fengxiang woodcut New Year pictures are rich in ideas, bold in style, absorbing the overprint techniques and characteristics of traditional murals, concise in knife work and strong in line sense. They are one of the five folk woodcut New Year pictures in China. The museum also has a collection of ancient books of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are rare treasures. Fengxiang shadow play has a long history, exquisite carving and bright colors. As a representative of Shaanxi shadow play, he has performed for foreign friends many times and is very popular. Fengxiang paper-cut is rigorous and delicate, full of strong life spirit.
Taibai Mountain Tourism Mountaineering Festival
Taibai Mountain Tourism Mountaineering Festival is held every April. The Tourism Festival is jointly sponsored by China Adventure Association, Shaanxi Provincial Tourism Bureau and Baoji Municipal Government. During the Mountaineering Festival, a series of activities will be held to commemorate the anniversary of China mountaineering team's first ascent to Taibai Mountain, as well as outdoor sports exhibitions and outdoor sports forums.