Doufeng Stone Bridge Head: It is made of peanuts and sugar, which is powdery and square, sweet and delicious.
Shiqiaotou bean candy: also known as "pork knuckle buckle", is made by adding sugar to the surface of bean phoenix.
In addition, there are such products as peanut pulp, sweet cake, and bean paste cake. "Southern Tianshan Light": It is located in the southern pastoral area, where green fields and blue sky, clouds and canals complement each other, and you can look directly at Da Nanshan to the south.
Tangxi Hongying: On Tangxi River, there are seven bridges across Henglang, connecting things and exchanging needed goods. It is highly mysterious, antique and changeable.
"West Canal Love": The village is a clear west canal, which is divided into two villages: Chinese and western villages. There are tall trees on the shore, there are idle seats on the road, and there is a lover's street under the moon.
"The Bell Tower is bright": There are two watchtowers at the top of the stone bridge and at the bottom of the culvert, about 20 meters high and about 300 meters apart. It was used as a police post in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, changed to a broadcasting tower after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and abandoned after the mid-1990s. At present, the top of the tower has become the habitat of migratory birds, from which we can overlook the magnificent and broad Chaoshan houses in our village. In the early morning or dusk, standing in the distance overlooking the watchtower, against the background of Chaoshan folk houses, the sense of historical vicissitudes often comes to mind.
Huifeng in the North Yard: Tianzhong Temple, Guye Palace Square, surrounded by green fields. There are often good men and women praying in the temple, watching the lotus and feeling the tranquility of the north courtyard.
Listening to Zen in Dongting: Bailing Temple is also surrounded by green fields. Here, you can pray for Buddha, meditate, realize Tao and feel the love of Buddha.
"Ancient Village Xia Guang": Dazhai, also known as the village inside. Shiqiaotou ancient village, the land of the Three Dragons' Meeting, has nearly 20 ancestral temples standing here. This used to be a resting place for our ancestors. We should pursue the future cautiously and forge ahead.
"Blessing in the Holy Land": Laoye Palace, Niangniao Temple and Tian Xuan Temple, where Chaoshan people's faith is entrusted, good men and women come here to pray, and their hearts are sincere and spiritual. Folk customs are simple, but there are also taboos: lion dancing is a big taboo in the village. The reason is that the geography of Shiqiaotou is that Sanlong entered the first meeting bureau, and lion dancing is forbidden in all villages where Sanlong entered the first meeting bureau in Chaoshan area.
There is a man and a woman singing and dancing in Shiqiaotou, and the Chaozhou gongs and drums band has not been built yet. The most lively festival in Shiqiaotou is Lantern Festival. According to the custom, a few days before the Lantern Festival (starting from the tenth day of the tenth lunar month), there will be activities such as "Song and Dance Parade", "Sending Golden Flowers", "Offering Incense" and "Recruiting Escorters". On the tenth day of the first month, the villagers put the "King of Three Mountains" in the old village. From the tenth day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, the villagers go there to burn incense every night. Due to this period of time, the flow of people going to pilgrimage is quite large. As a result, a group of lawless people took the opportunity to set up stalls here to gamble, including dozens of stalls such as hidden treasure, wine, and Ji' an carp.
The activities on the day of the Lantern Festival can be roughly divided into three parts: ancestor worship, lighting and parade:
Apprentice: Every household goes to the "old village" with tributes, which means "apprentice". There are many people in the village. From the first hour of the Lantern Festival, people have gone to "learn from the teacher".
Ancestor worship: at noon, the ancestors are worshipped at home, and then the men at home take a bath, change clothes and prepare to light up.
Lighting: Men in the whole town lined up "Yang" lanterns in the ancient village, lit a fire and brought home this year's "auspicious light"-praying for the whole family to go in and out safely in the new year and think about everything together. On the way back and forth, men should be silent, even if they meet acquaintances, benefactors, long-lost friends or people who fall in love with Lu Yu, they should be very calm and keep this piety;
Parade: In the evening, every household carries this "Yang" golden lamp to Guzhai Square and the main street in the village to wait for the "Holy Ride" (that is, Master Ying). The scene is roughly as follows:
Outside the village, fireworks are flying all over the sky and a hundred flowers are blooming. The villagers are happily waiting for the sacred driving trip with lanterns, while the young men who volunteer to join the army wear clothes and shoes uniformly formulated by the three villages in Dongzhongxi Village to maintain order inside and outside the village entrance!
Village: The trip of "Master" was proposed by the respected patriarch in the village. At about 6 pm, he began to ask the "master" with a "winning cup"-can he start the tour? When the "master" promised to go out for patrol, there was a "two wins and one stability" cup. Three celestial cannons immediately exploded (lasting nearly 20 minutes), and all the people in the village who participated in the spiritual tour were jubilant. In an instant, gongs and drums roared and firecrackers rang. Three statues of the "Three Kings" were carried out of the village by people from three districts in the village. Perhaps the custom of "playing by an expert" evolved from the previous ancient wars. In the patrol, all the young men in the village are ordered to patrol. When the whole team was ordered to patrol, the division of labor was orderly. The banner led the vanguard troops to the front, and the "three kings" led the gongs and drums to bring the back to the back. The sound of the big gongs and drums is very exciting, commanding the wandering gods in the three districts to charge. Wherever the "King of the Three Mountains" went, people cheered and thundered, and fireworks filled the whole sky. Even if the sky is clear in Wan Li, there is not a star, and the sky is littered with fireworks. Wandering immortals carried "Master" around the village, and then entered the village from the south gate. At this time, the straw that had been prepared in several main lanes in the village was immediately ignited. There are dozens of piles of straw lit in the village, the standard height is about one meter, and the flame height is almost three or four meters. If you want to carry the idol and jump over these fires, you must rely on your faith in the "master" and some courage. Jumped into the fire until about ten o'clock in the evening. Wandering gods and believers in the village put three statues back to back in Dayuan, and then three people lifted them and spun them quickly. There are thousands of participants. In order to compete for the statue, you fight for it, and sometimes you have to fight. At about four o'clock in the morning on the 16th, you Xian will "send Tai Sui". From the old population, we know that there is a "Tai Sui" in 20 13, and they will send this "Tai Sui" away on 20 12, and they will also send away some unpleasant things in the village on 20 12, I hope 206543.00000000006 After the "Master" came to the temple, the village chiefs held a prayer ceremony. Limited to writing, it is impossible to explain the above in detail, and anyone who is destined can experience it personally. Shiqiaotou people are polite to the guests at the party, as long as they don't say anything frivolous, they will be distinguished guests. "The July Orchid Championship is called Stone Drum, which is also called Purdue."
In Chaoshan area, July has been called "Ghost Moon" since ancient times. In this month, there are both distant and warm "Qixi" and "Mid-Autumn Festival". The most lively festival during this period is the "Orchid Club" with strong religious color, which is also called "Shigu" in Shiqiaotou and "caring for orphans". The pronunciation of folk dialects is as follows: after the death of the deceased with families, there will be children, grandchildren and family members to worship at festivals, but there are still many deceased without families and families. The soul of this "group" will wander around after death, which will bring trouble to the world over time. This is the original meaning of the idiom "sneaking around". Therefore, the ancients thought it necessary to set up festivals for this "group", at least once a year, so that "they" can gradually live in harmony with fresh life, which is also the embodiment of simple humanistic spirit. Chaozhou's "orphan-entrusting" ceremony came into being, which was recognized by the people and passed down from generation to generation. The branches and leaves spread, forming a unique "national ghost cultural etiquette" in which the dates of the ceremonies were set in four townships and six Li, and then developing into a good atmosphere for charitable activities at the same time.
Stone Drum in Shiqiaotou is usually held on July 12 every year, and the activity place is in the Orphan Square in Shiqiaotou East Village (that is, Tianzhongan North Square, commonly known as An Xia). Activities mainly include several processes such as "worshipping orphans", "chanting" and "robbing orphans".
"Worship the orphans": The villagers put all kinds of food in the iron shed or beside the road in front of the orphan palace, and burned paper ingots and burial clothes, commonly known as "opening the prison". According to folklore, on this day, the underworld released all ghosts and hungry ghosts, symbolizing the beginning of the activity.
"chanting": the "stone drum" activity is hosted by the mountain pond or Taoist temple, and the location is the colorful platform of the stone drum, commonly known as the solitary shed. Solitary sheds are usually built temporarily for Tibetan bodhisattvas. In previous years, this event was generally hosted by the "Chicken Master" in Shiqiaotou Nakamura. During the activity, temple seats are generally arranged on the stage, immortal Buddha statues are hung, and some instruments are arranged. Then, noodles, five naked animals, wine, rice, paper money, fruit and ghost clothes were moved to the shed and piled up like a mountain. Then, incense is burned and candles are lit, and religious figures such as monks or Taoists come to the stage to recite scriptures. Creativity is very helpless. According to the tradition in Chaoshan area, the master will constantly change various handprints during chanting, while chanting, he will scatter a plate of peaches and rice in all directions and throw it at the stone drum several times, which is called the "flame mouth". Legend has it that the hungry ghost's throat is as thin as a pinhole, and the flame is ejected from his mouth, so he can't swallow it. "Burning a flame" means asking the buddhas and bodhisattvas to help them open their throats so that they can eat.
"Release": After the "chanting" ceremony, bells and drums rang, and the birds bought by the staff were released.
"Invitation": There are two kinds of invitations in Shiqiaotou Village: short solitary and high solitary. "Gao Gu" refers to the colorful "Xue Gu Activity" on the stage, which is usually held once every three years, and the location is selected in Guye Square, while the short gu has no high platform, and the location is selected in Bailing Temple. The sacrifices offered here are given to the poor or taken away after the sacrifice, commonly known as "robbing orphans." The activity will be held after the "release", when the staff will scatter the offerings that can be thrown under the solitary shed and let the villagers grab them. Some sacrifices that can't be thrown out are distributed with bamboo sticks, and those who grab bamboo sticks will get corresponding sacrifices. In the process of "robbing orphans", people under the shed are enthusiastic, and some people have specially prepared "solitary support" (tied to the end of bamboo poles with nets) to cover the food left on the solitary shed, while those who come by are in a hurry, unable to see anything, and even "put down flour and peaches to grab cakes".
There is a legend about the origin of Yulan Congregation: Mulian, a Buddhist monk, fell into the Hungry Ghost Road after his mother died, and his eyes gave him food, but when the food entered her mouth, it turned into fire. In order to save his mother, Mulian asked the Buddha for instructions. The Buddha gave him a set of "Yulan Benjing", saying that by reading it, he could attract immortals from all directions and save his mother together. Later, for those lonely and hungry ghosts who were not sacrificed, a memorial ceremony was also held, named Shigu, also known as Yulan Victory Club, which followed this custom. Shi Li, the grandmother of Shiqiaotou Kaiji I, and the three young sons of Yong Daogong worked hard in longjiang town, Huilai County, and were buried in Jiancuokeng Village, longjiang town, Huilai County. Therefore, young people in Shiqiaotou (both the second and third generations of Taoist priests) usually spend a time in Huilai County to pay homage to their grandmother. According to past habits, the time will be chosen in October of the lunar calendar.
Whenever there is an ancestor worship activity at Shiqiaotou, the Guangzhou-Shantou Highway (National Highway 324) will be congested. For example, an ancestor worship activity in the mid-1990s, from Shiqiaotou Village to Liusha, was spectacular with thousands of people and thousands of cars flying with flags. This scene was also published in Nanfang Daily, which shows its great influence.
Reward god: the time is generally at the end of the year, and the specific date is decided by the village Committee. The location will be in the village and Zhaimen Square. A greenhouse will be built and immortals will be invited to worship the villagers. In addition, a number of stages have been set up opposite the greenhouse, and Chaozhou Opera Troupe has been invited to perform for God. At that time, every family will make a red shrine, buy three sacrifices, choose five fruits, gather vegetarian food, bring baskets and even cars to worship at the shrine, and some families will invite relatives to the theatre. The married daughter took her children back to her mother's house for the New Year, which was bustling and lively.
Thank God at the end of the year: besides all kinds of handmade works of art, there are also several nights of Chaozhou opera on stage!
As usual, it is similar to other areas in Chaoshan: on the fifteenth day of the first day, it breaks fast and worships Buddha; Good men and women go to Tianzhong Temple (An Xia), Bailing Temple, Laoye Palace, Niang Temple, Buddhist Temple, Children's Temple, Zhang Tianshi Temple and other places to worship saints and pray.
▲20 1 1 year, after 12 years, Shiqiaotou Village revisited in song and dance. In 20 12, Shiqiaotou village established the first women's English song team in history, although the performance level of Shiqiaotou English song team in 20 13 was far from that of Puning Nanshan English song team and Nigou English song team. Chaoyang Xiqi Ying Ge Team and Yongfeng Ying Ge Team are neck and neck, but their achievements are very worthy of recognition.