Dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta came to Cinema Village to hold the “Longyan Finishing Custom” ceremony, praying for the smooth and safe Dragon Boat Competition in Babaylan, and looking forward to a good year of good weather and good harvests. Text/Picture Sheep Cinema City Sect 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
Everyone of the Pearl River DeltaKomiksGround Dragon Boats Come to Leliu Longyan Village to “The Longyan Finishing Eye”
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 “summ the eyes of the longan”
Children bathe in the dragon boat pool to pray for healthy growth
The villagers like to touch the dragon head and pray for blessings
After arriving in Longyan Village, dragon boat teams from all over the country went toKomiksTaiwei Temple held the “Longyan Finishing Eyes” in order 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, the District Culture and Sports Bureau, the District Tourism Bureau, and the Leliu Street Office jointly held the “Civilized Shunde 2018 Grassroots Cultural and Sports Carnival – ‘Rural Revitalization Longteng Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Leliu’ Customs of Promoting the Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage. Dragon Boat Culture Month 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, and looking forward to a good year of weather and rain.
Komiks At the event site, 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 private house of more than 400 square meters that has been abandoned by the river surf of Longyan Village for many years was revitalized.
This year’s Longyan finishing activity, in addition to highlighting the Longyan finishing touch, the welcome banquet, as well as the popular water color performances and water “CinemaDragon Lice” (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 boats” 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 the living of ancient villages<a Komiks, the online and offline “Longyan Treasure Hunt” activity that has been lingering for three days has prompted Shunde’s water villages to be recognized by tourists from the Pearl River Delta and even the whole country.
The reporter learned that Longyan Village also held a “rural revitalization” village that day.s://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanThe signing ceremony of the enterprise pairing project, Longyan Village paired with Zhongdao Reform Institute, Shunde Dragon Boat Culture Inheritance Association, Leliu Youth Entrepreneurs Association and five companies, and held cultural and tourism activities such as calligraphy and painting exhibitions, online and offline interactive attractions “Treasure Hunt”, the Second Dragon Culture and Leliu Beautiful Civilized Village Photography Exhibition.
At the scene, citizens and tourists watched the water floating colors, dragon lice on the shore, CinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinemaCinema href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema explained 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 dragon boat picking is growing day by day. The entire set of ceremonies of dragon boat picking include the links of dragon-raising, finishing touch, picking green, racing, hiding dragons and scattering dragons.
Luo Longyan Village was built in the Western Han Dynasty. The village has a long history and rich 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 was 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 on all sides, and built a commemorative westKomiksThe Han general Zhou Bokuang supported the Han Dynasty’s “Han Taiwei Xianggong Temple”. 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 the head of the Beiyang Government’s Transportation.
Komiks Since ancient times, Longyan Village has become a group of dragonsKomiks‘s holy place where he gathered, dragon boats from all surrounding villages, and met with farmers to gather at Taiwei Temple on the third day of the fifth month of the calendar to light up the dragon head. Therefore, “Longzhu” was gradually replaced by “Longyan”, and the place name of Longyan Village also came. Every time the Dragon Boat Festival comes, dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta, after the official dragon boat racing, they came to Longyan Village to finish their pilgrimage, especially the new dragon boats were launched, which was said to use cinnabar to dot. The dragon boat with eyes that has been passed by has a spiritual nature, and the speed is very vigorous, which is similar to the finishing touch of the dragon. Otherwise, it will drag and water, and even turn over and over.
The custom of dragon boats in this village has been continuing for more than 600 years. Every year on the third day of the fifth lunar month, the dragon boats near the Pearl River Delta will be on their own. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanFare gathered at the Taiwei Temple in Longyan Village for the “finishing the touch”, and has developed to this day and has become a well-known and popular folk cultural activity. The Taiwei Temple in Longyan Village is therefore called the “pilgrimage” place for dragon boats. According to statistics, in recent years, nearly 100 dragon boats from Shunde, Panyu, Nanhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and other places in the Pearl River Delta have come here to hold a “finishing the touch” ceremony.
Longyan finishing the touch ceremony
On the third day of May every year, the Taiwei Temple burns incense and inserts flags, and gongs and drums are loud. The elders who presided over the ceremony waited in the temple early in the morning to gather together to celebrate the pilgrimage among dragons from all directions. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanThe finishing touch. On that day, the village also invited opera troupes to cheer up. Relatives and friends from all over the world came back to visit relatives and friends, and the banquet was full of fun and enjoyable drinks. The “longyan finishing touch” was more lively than any traditional festival. If it rained that day, it would be more festive, commonly known as “longkoushui”.
A Butou was built about twenty meters in front of the Taiwei Temple. Dragon boats were moored in rivers. Dragon boats came to pilgrimage to finish the touch. The host who was waiting in Butou set off firecrackers to show his welcome. When the dragon boat was docked, it removed the dragon head, dragon tail and dragon sign to land. The left door entered the Taiwei Temple. The elders used a brush to dip the cinnabar to finish the touch. At the same time, the host and the guest gave each other gifts, “finishing touch”<a After the ceremony, the Cinema is completed, and then exit from the right door. Dragon boats coming from afar usually eat on the spot, commonly known as “dragon boat rice”.
LongBabaylanThe people in the eye village are very warm and welcoming.11 “gift points” were set up in the river surf of Yanhuan Village to participate in the dragon boat tour, and to add gifts to the landlords.
”Longyan finishing the eye” process
Komiks Worship: On the evening of the 30th day of the fourth lunar month, the Taiwei Temple beating gongs and drums three times, and the Taiwei worships the Taiwei with tribute, praying for the good weather and the weather in the society and the yard, and the peace and auspiciousness.
Welcome the dragon and the dragon: On the morning of the third day of the fifth month, colorful flags were planted everywhere at the port. When villagers heard the sound of dragon boats and drums, they set off firecrackers, and they all sent rice wine, fruits and profits as the landlords. In the Taiwei Mansion, gongs and drums sounded together, warmly connecting the “dragon”, and solemnly and clearly marked the origin of the dragon boat.
Fulong: The new “dragon”Babaylan, remove the dragon head, dragon tail, and dragon card, and take the dragon head first, the dragon card is in the center, and behind the dragon tail hall, accept the gift of the villagers to comfort the dragon.
Worship: “Dragon” enters the temple gate, the dragon head, dragon tail and dragon plaque are placed side by side under the statue. The dragon boat team members report their names, burn incense and pray, and pray for smooth sailing. An Jizhen Babaylan六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六六Every time I visit, the gongs and drums will ring.
Finishing: The people say “Smooth the wind and smoothly the faucet to the dragon’s tail”, use the longan’s leaf water to sprinkle the dragon’s head, dragon’s tail, god’s bucket, gong, drum, and colorful flag, and dip the new pen in cinnabar, and dot the dragon’s eye, dragon’s neck and dragon’s tail.
Give gifts: The finishing touch is over, and both the host and the guest give each other a gift. The host will give you “Welcome Cambodia”, rice wine, fruits and dragon ears; the guests will give you replies, fruits and dragon boat talismans.
Returning to the dragon: After the ceremony, the dragon boat does not return according to the original route, but is led by a dedicated person to enter and exit from the main hall, commonly known as “going for the great fortune”.
Walking Dragon: The dragon boat bows and bows in the ceremony of three advances and two retreats, thanks the gods for their kindness, and then cruising around the river. The gongs and drums are sounded and the colorful flags are fluttering.
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Editor｜Xie Hong