CinemaEveryone in the Pearl River Delta, CinemaLand boats come to Leliu Longyan Village to hold the “Longyan Finishing Custom” ceremony, praying for the smooth and safe Dragon Boat Competition, and looking forward to a good year of weather and good harvests.
Cinema Text/Picture 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, liked the dragon boat team that came to “finish the eyes of the long boat team”.
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The villagers like to touch the dragon head and pray for blessings
After arriving in Longyan Village, KomiksDragon boat teams from all over the country went to Taiwei Temple for 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 Committee, the District Culture and Sports Bureau, the District Tourism Bureau, and the Leliu Street Office held the “Civilized Shunde 2018 Grassroots Cultural and Sports Carnival – ‘Rural Revitalization’ in Longyan Village. 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, 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 Preparatory 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 high-end talents such as postdoctoral students at Tsinghua University, a house of more than 400 square meters was revitalized by the river surf of Longyan Village for many years.
According to this year’s Longyan finishing activities, in addition to highlighting the Longyan finishing touch, the dragon banquet, as well as the popular water color performances and water “dragon lice” (note: local traditional name, smaller dragon boat) performances and other activities, the ancient village Longyan Village showed new cultural connotations; the villages and residential villages 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 ancient villages, the online and offline “longyan treasure hunting” activity that has been lingered for three days 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 Longyan Village also held a signing ceremony for the “Rural Revitalization” village-enterprise pairing project that day. Longyan Village was with Zhongdao Reform Research Institute, Shunde Longzhou Culture Inheritance Association, Leliu Youth Entrepreneurs Association and 5 enterprises respectively.We paired up 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 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 leaders and guests of Cinema District and towns 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 for dragon boats include the starting and finishing the dragon boats, including the starting and finishing the dragon, the finishing touch, the picking green, the racing dragon, the hidden dragon and the dispersed dragon.
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 Longyan Village area. The result of the suppression was that Shunde County was born. In order to strengthen the 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, and built a “Han Taiwei Xianggong Temple” commemorating the support of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhou Bo Kuang of the Western 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 a holy place for dragons to gather together. Dragon boats in the surrounding towns have made an appointment to gather at the 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 has also come. When the Dragon Boat Festival comes, the dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta come to Longyan Village to finish the pilgrimage before the official dragon boat race, especially the new dragon boats are launched. It is said that the new dragon boats are used.The dragon boat with sand points has its spirituality, and the speed is very vigorous and fast, which is similar to the finishing touch of the dragon. Otherwise, it will drag the mud and water, and may even be in danger 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, 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” ceremony every year.
Longyan PointKomiksEye 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 early in the morning to gather together to celebrate the finishing touch of the dragons from all directions. On that day, the village Komiks also invited opera troupes to entertain themselves. Relatives and friends from all over the world came back to visit relatives and friends, and the banquet was full of fun and drinking, and the “finishing eyes” was more lively than any traditional festival. If it rains that day, it will be even more festive, commonly known as “Longgu Shui”.
There was a Butou at a distance of twenty meters in front of the Taiwei Temple. Dragon boats were moored by the river. Dragon boats were coming to pilgrimage to finish the highlights. The owner of Komiks, who was waiting in Butou, set off firecrackers to show his welcome. When the dragon boat is docked, he removes the dragon head and the dragon plaque and lands. 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 the eye” process
Worship: On the evening of the 30th day of the fourth lunar month, the Taiwei Temple beating gongs and drums three times, and worshiping the Taiwei with tribute, praying for the good weather and the weather in the society and the yard, and people are peaceful and auspicious.
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. Villagers heard the sound of dragon boats and drums, and set off firecrackers, and all the landlordsWe send you rice wine, fruits and profits. In the Taiwei Mansion, gongs and drums sounded together, warmly connecting the “dragon”, and solemnly and clearly marked the origin of the dragon boat.
Komiks FulongKomiks: The new “dragon”, remove the dragon head, dragon tail, and dragon card, and take the dragon head first. The dragon card is in the Komiks, 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, pray for smooth sailing and good luck. Every time I visit, the gongs and drums will ring.
BabaylanFocus on the finishing touch: The population says “Smooth the wind and smoothly the faucet to the dragon’s tail”, and sprinkle the dragon’s head, dragon’s tail, god’s bucket, gong, drum, and colorful flag with a new pen Babaylan and dip it in cinnabar, and dot the dragon’s eyes, dragon’s neck and dragon’s tail.
Gift: The finishing touch is over, and the guests and the guests give each other gifts. 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 did not return according to the original route, but was led by a special person to enter and exit from the main hall, commonly known as “Cinema’s large fortune”.
Walking Dragon: The dragon boat bows and bows in the ceremony of three advances and two retreats to thank God for its kindness, and then cruising around the river, with gongs and drums and colorful flags waving.
Source｜Yangcheng School
Editor｜Xie Hong