Dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta came to Leliu Longyan Village to hold a “Longyan Finishing Custom” ceremony, praying for the smooth and safe Dragon Boat Competition, and looking forward to a good year of good weather and good harvests.
Komiks Text/Photo Yangcheng School reporter Ouyang Zhiqiang Zhang Taoyuan
Pray for the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Competition to be smooth and safe, and hope for a good year to have a good weather and good harvest
Dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta come to Leliu Longyan Village to “finish the eyes of the longan”
Guo Wenhai, member of the Standing Committee of Foshan Municipal Party Committee, Minister of Propaganda Department, and Secretary of the Party Committee of Shunde District, praised the dragon boat team that came to “finish the eyes”
Children bathe in the dragon boat pool to pray for healthy growth
Villagers all like to touch the dragon head and pray for blessing
After arriving at Longyan Village, dragon boat teams from all over the country went to Taiwei Temple to perform the “Longyan finishing touch”. To welcome the Dragon Boat Festival, on June 16 (the third day of the fifth lunar month), the Propaganda Department of Shunde District Party Committee, District Culture and Sports Bureau, District Tourism Bureau, and Leliu Street Office jointly held the “Civilized Shunde 2018 Grassroots Cultural and Sports Carnival – ‘Rural Revitalization’ Longteng Leliu’ Leliu Street Dragon Boat Culture Month promotes the provincial intangible cultural heritage “longyan finishing eyes” customs activities. Dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta came to Leliu Longyan Village to hold the “longyan finishing eyes” ceremony, praying for the smooth and safe Dragon Boat Competition of Cinema, and looking forward to a good year of good weather and good harvests.
At the event, the Shunde (Longyan) Community Development Doctoral Research Base, Longyan Community University, and Longyan Ecological Museum Preparation Office were unveiled at the same time. The doctoral research base also signed a cooperation framework agreement with the Institute of Society and Culture of Macau University of Science and Technology. After the entry of postdoctoral talents such as Tsinghua University, a house of more than 400 square meters was revitalized by the river surfing in Longyan Village for many years. According to reports, this year’s Longyan finishing touch event, in addition to highlighting the Longyan finishing touch and the welcome banquet, as well as the popular water floating color performances in previous years, In addition to the performances and other activities of “Dragon Locust” on the water (note: local traditional name, smaller dragon boat) performances, the ancient village Longyan Village showed new cultural connotations; the villages and communities implemented “rural revitalization” and the upgrading and transformation of village-level industrial parks; echoing the “dragon boat” that day, it concentrated various dragon boat objects and photography award-winning works to show the Shunde dragon boat culture and dragon boat spirit; at the same time, in order to show the construction of beautiful and civilized villages and the results of ancient villages, the online and offline “Longyan Treasure Hunt” activity for three days has been lingered, which has prompted the Shunde water villages to be recognized by tourists in the Pearl River Delta and even the whole country.
The reporter learned that on that day, Longyan Village also held a signing ceremony for the “Rural Revitalization” village-enterprise pairing project. Longyan Village paired with Zhongdao Reform Institute, Shunde District Dragon Boat Culture Inheritance Association, Leliu Youth Entrepreneurs Association and five companies, and held calligraphy and painting exhibitions, online and offline interactive attractions “Treasure Hunt”, the second Dragon Culture and Leliu Beautiful Civilized Village Photography Exhibition and other articlesTravel activities Komiks.
At the scene, citizens and tourists watched the water floating colors, dragon lice and colorful dragon parade on the shore, tasted the dragon boat banquet at the Longyan Cityba Station Stadium, and welcomed the dragon together in Longyan Village Square, Taiwei Temple, and the final touch platform. The grand custom of “longyan finishing touch” was unanimously praised by the people on the scene. In addition, in Dekang Garden, the district and town leaders and guests also carried out the “Zong of Zongyi” and “Little Hands Hold Big Hands” to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with students and parents of Longyan Primary School. The event received charitable funds from the company to bless the elderly and condolences to families with low-income subsistence allowances and sanitation workers.
It is understood that Longyan Village also held a folk art and cultural and sports program performance for two consecutive nights on June 14 and 15 to mobilize all villagers to actively participate in the dragon and welcome guests, and show the enthusiasm of “hospitable Longyan”.
The origin of “Longyan Finishing”
Shunde is a famous hometown of dragon boats. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the wind of picking dragon boats has been growing day by day. The entire set of ceremonies of picking dragon boats include the opening of dragons, the finishing touch, the picking of green, the racing of dragonsBabaylan, the hidden dragon and the dispersed dragon.
LeliuBabaylanLongyan Village was built in the Western Han Dynasty. The village has a long history and is rich in culture. Huang Xiaoyang of the Ming Dynasty revolted in the area of Longyan Village. The result of the suppression was that Shunde County was born. In order to strengthen its rule, the Ming Dynasty precipitated from the South China Sea and set up Shunde County, named after “Shuntian Mingde”; Longyan was called Longzhu in ancient times, surrounded by water, and built a “Han Taiwei Xianggong Temple” commemorating the Han Dynasty, Zhou Bokuang, the general of the Western Han Dynasty, supported by the Han Dynasty. Liang Dunyan was one of the first students studying in the United States in the late Qing Dynasty. Later, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director of the Transportation of the Beiyang Government. Since ancient times, Longyan Village has become the place where dragons gather together. Dragon boats in the surrounding towns meet in Taiwei Temple on the third day of the fifth lunar month to light up the dragon head. Therefore, “Longzhu” is gradually replaced by “Longyan”, and the place name of Longyan Village is also here. Every timeAs the Dragon Boat Festival approaches, the dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta come to Longyan Village to give a pilgrimage before the official dragon boat race, especially the new dragon boats are launched. It is said that the dragon boats that use cinnabar are spiritual, and the speed is very vigorous, which is similar to the finishing touch of the dragon. Otherwise, they will drag the mud and even have the risk of turning over.
The custom of dragon boats in the village has been continuing for more than 600 years. Every year on the third day of the fifth lunar month, dragon boats near the Pearl River Delta will spontaneously gather at the Taiwei Temple in Longyan Village for the “finishing the highlight”. It has become a well-known and popular folk cultural activity. The Taiwei Temple in Longyan Village is therefore called the place where dragon boats “pilgrimage”. According to statistics from Cinema, in recent years, nearly 100 dragon boats from Shunde, Panyu, Nanhai, Cinema, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and other places in the Pearl River Delta have been here to hold a “Focus on the Cinema” ceremony.
Longyan finishing ceremony
On the third day of May every year, the Taiwei Temple burns incense and inserts flags, and gongs and drums are noisy. The elders who presided over the ceremony waited in the temple for a long time to gather together to celebrate the pilgrimage. On that day, the village also invited opera troupes to entertain themselves. Relatives and friends from all over the place came back to visit relatives and friends, and had a banquet and a happy drink. The “Cinema’s eyes are more lively than any traditional festival. If it rains that day, it will be even more festive, commonly known as “Longgu Shui”.
A Butou is built about twenty meters in front of the Taiwei Temple, and dragon boats are moored in the river. There are endless dragon boats coming to pilgrimage to finish the highlights. The owner who was waiting for the Komiks head to set off firecrackers to show his welcome. When the dragon boat is docked, he removes the dragon head, tail and dragon sign to land. The left door enters the Taiwei Temple. The elder uses a brush to dip the cinnabar to finish the tip of the dragon head. At the same time, the host and the guest give each other gifts. After the “finishing” ceremony, he will exit from the right door. Dragon boats from afar usually eat on the spot, commonly known as “dragon boat rice”.
The people of Longyan Village are particularly welcoming and hospitable. 11 “gift points” have been set up in the rivers in Yanhuan Village to give gifts to the dragon boats that come to participate in the pilgrimage, and to fulfill the friendship of the landlords.
”Longyan finishing” process
Worship: BabaylanOn the evening of the 30th day of the fourth lunar month, the Taiwei Temple wishes to beat gongs and drums three times, and worship the Taiwei with tribute, praying for the good weather and good weather in the society and the yard. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Komiks Ning Jixiang.
Welcome dragons and dragons: On the morning of the third day of the fifth month, colorful flags were planted everywhere at the port. Villagers heard the sound of dragon boats and set off firecrackers, and they all sent rice wine, fruits and benefits as the landlords. In the Taiwei Mansion, gongs and drums sounded together, warmly connected the “dragon”, and solemnly marked the origin of the dragon boat.
Fulong: The new “dragon”, remove the dragon head, dragon tail, and dragon plaque, take the dragon head first, the dragon plaque is in the center, and the dragon tail hall is behind the dragon tail hall, accept the villagers’ plaque to comfort the dragon.
Worship: The “dragon” enters the temple gate, the dragon head, dragon tail, and dragon plaque are placed side by side under the statue of the gods. The dragon boat team members report their names, burn incense and pray, pray for smooth sailing, and Anji ZhenxiangBabaylan. Every time you visit, the gongs and drums will ring.
Finishing: The populationKomiksRead “Smooth the wind, the faucet will go to the dragon’s tail”, use the longan’s leaf water to sprinkle the dragon’s head, dragon’s tail, god’s gong, drum, and colorful flags, and dip the new pen in cinnabar, and dot the dragon’s eye, dragon’s neck and tail.
KomiksGift: The finishing touch is over, and the host and the guest give each other gifts. The host and the host will give each other a gift. The host will give you a reply, fruit and dragon boat talisman.
Returning to the dragon: The ceremony ends, the dragon boat does not return according to the original route, but is led by a special person from the hall to go left and exit from the right, commonly known as “Good fortune”.
Long: The dragon boat bows and bows in the three-in-two-retreat ceremony, Komiks thanked God for his kindness, and then cruised around the river, with gongs and drums and colorful flags waving.
Source｜Yangcheng School
Editor｜Xie Hong