Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Li Chunwei Correspondent Zhan Pingping
Photo/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Liu Chang
From the Nanyue Guards to patrol the ancestral halls in various villages, from the southern country to the Cantonese food, on the morning of February 24, the 2024 Cantonese Temple Fair officially opened, covering various Cantonese folk cultural activities. The exhibition and folk culture tour on that day also included the Wuyang Fairy Dance, the Sweet Beauty, and the Wuma in Fengkai, Zhaoqing Fengkai, and other exciting Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw tour, and citizens and tourists participated in a grand cultural carnival. In the next 7 days, Yuexiu District will also hold a series of temple fairs throughout the region to fully display the essence of Cantonese culture. A reporter from Yangcheng Evening News learned from Yuexiu District that about 30,000 visitors watched the opening ceremony and parade.
The elements of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are fully displayed, and the cultural integration of the Greater Bay Area has become a highlight
Singers from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao sing the voice of Cantonese. The twelve parades brought the distinctive display of Nanyue’s glory, intangible cultural heritage, golden armor and heroic spirit, and Cantonese wedding customs, conveying the strong Cantonese New Year atmosphere. This year’s Cantonese Temple Fair focuses on the successors of the Dragon and the Bay Area, jointly enhance the Cantonese New Year culture and create the “Babaylan 1990 cloth draw flavor”.
The opening performance kicked off with the sound of “Guangdong Romance and Beauty·Wuyang Fairy Dance”. The Five Sheep holds the valley and gathers in Chuting. Because of the beautiful Five Sheep Legend, Guangzhou has become known as “Yangcheng” and “Suicheng”. The Five Immortals and Hanfu volunteers walked into the audience with rice ears and gave the rice ears that represent auspiciousness to citizens and tourists., meaning sending New Year’s greetings.
The dance “Flower·Suming” shows the elegance, nobility, kindness and flexibility of “Suming Beauty”. Two thousand years ago, the frankincense flowers floated across the ocean and landed in Guangzhou. Qu Dajun’s “Guangdong New Language” says, “The flower market is located in the seven gates of Guangzhou. The only thing sold is the frankincense, and there is no difference in flowers.”
The martial arts performance of the children of Jianshe Liumalu Primary School “Chinese Boys” is like flowing clouds and flowing step by step, showing the high spirits and progress of Yuexiu teenagers. “The strange flowers bloom for half a day, and the clouds in the sky are red.” The kapok flowers, which are as brilliant as the morning glow, show the prosperity and vitality of Guangzhou City, carrying the homesickness and dreams of the people of Cantonese.
The “Kapok Ballad” sung by Guangdong musician Huang Zhiyi tells the beautiful Guangzhou story. The Zhaoqing City Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawFengkai County’s provincial intangible cultural heritage representative project “Five Horses Tour” was specially invited to showcase the ancient Lingnan characteristic folk dance.
Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao have similar geographical areas and cultural contexts. The singers Li Bai, Zhao Juncheng and Huang Weiyi from the three places have finale and sang “The Successor of the Dragon” together. The magnificent song conveys the national pride and pride of both Chinese people.
Folk customs parade is spectacular. Beijing Road transforms into a large exhibition hall for folk culture
After the opening ceremony, the Cantonese Temple Fair folk parade was grandly opened on Beijing Road. The thousand-year-old ancient road folk parade had a total of more than 300 people. The team stretched from the middle section of Beijing Road to the copper pot drip and turned to West Lake Road, with a huge and lively momentum.
Team 1: The mighty and unstoppable trend of Nanyue
NanyueKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe head of the Xiongfeng team held a long sword in his hand, waving in the middle of the team, while the soldiers held a sword and a curly cloud shield in his hand, using multiple formations to display the majestic image and heroic spirit of the South Vietnam Guard more than 2,000 years ago. The costumes and weapons of the Nanyue King’s Restoration Breastplate at the Nanyue King Museum and the Yangjiawan Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Xianyang Museum are made through archaeological research and artistic processing.
Team 2: Dragon and lions make a happy spring fun
The dragon and lions dance team are composed of two dragons and four lions dance teams. Lions are auspicious spiritual objects, symbolizing auspiciousness, and lion dances embrace people’s beautiful intention to eliminate disasters and harms and seek good fortune. The two dragons are 18 meters long and are danced by more than 10 team members. The performances include “turning the rivers and seas”, “flying dragons in the sky”, “Cinema 1950 witch clothes draw”, etc., showing the positive, united and cooperative appearance of young people and the beautiful vision of inheriting Chinese culture. Team 3: Intangible cultural heritage inheritance endlessly
Zhaoqing intangible cultural heritage dance “Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw” is a provincial intangible cultural heritage project. It originated in the late Song Dynasty, was popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and was spread in the border area of Guangdong and Guangxi in the Hejiang River Basin. It is a folk dance with Lingnan characteristics. The national intangible cultural heritage project “Zixi Lantern” from Liancheng County, Longyan City, Fujian Province originated from the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and was introduced from Suzhou. Babaylan 1990 cloth draw has inherited the miracle of “paper-wrapped fire” from generation to generation for three hundred years. Touring the lanterns is not only for praying for blessings, but also for gathering the spiritual bonds of neighbors and enhancing the emotions between relatives and friends. The Cantonese Temple Fair uses intangible cultural heritage as a medium to jointly carry out cultural, commercial and tourism linkages, showing the characteristics and exchanges between Cantonese culture and Hakka culture.
Team 4: The Yaotai flag reappears on the “jianghu”
YaotaiBabaylan 1990 cloth drawThe village has a history of nearly a hundred years and made a stunning appearance. Villagers from Yaotai Village, Shayongnan Village, and Wangshengtang Village beat the eight-tone gongs and drums, carry the flags and draw the Luo umbrellas in the parade. This is a folk activity that villagers spontaneously retains this folk activity that wishes good weather and peace, and expresses their yearning and pursuit of a happy life.
Team 5: CantoneseBabaylan 1990 cloth drawThe expert has unique skills
In the Cantonese expert team, folk skills such as walking stilts, roosters, flower sticks, and wheelbarrows take turns to show the style of Cantonese expert. The Cantonese Talent Show is one of the highlights of the Cantonese Temple Fair, and it has been built into the most grassroots talent show platform in Cantonese and is a stage for Cantonese experts to realize their dreams, show their charm and gain happiness. Those who participated in this parade included Zhu Xianfeng, the champion of the first Cantonese Got Talent Show in 2012, and Pan Xiaorui, the champion of the 2015 Cantonese Got Talent Show.
Team 6: Five Immortals offer their ears to pray for blessings in Yangcheng
The Southern Red Bean Team is a lineup of 30 people from each industry of Shengdan and Jingchou in Guangdong Opera Theater, performing Cantonese opera figures such as long silk dance, drill circle, and stick flowers for the masses. The five immortals hold rice ears in their hands, Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawFloating from Xianshan Qiong Pavilion, the world descends on the Yangcheng to present the people of the ears, and bringing the five gods of wealth to send blessings to the general public, which means peace and prosperity, good harvests and wealth. It is not only a inheritance of Chinese traditional culture, but also a traceability and dissemination of the intangible cultural heritage project “The Legend of Five Sheep”.
Team 7: The Bay Area Childhood Intention is vigorous
The Bay Area Childhood Intention Team is composed of the Hong Kong Scout Infantry Team, Yuexiu District Middle School Pipa Folk Band, Primary School Martial Arts Team and Sweetheart Candy. The band of the 21st Brigade of the Hong Kong Scouts played traditional scout music for everyone. The team consisted of bagpipes and drum teams. With the deepening of cultural exchanges, more Bay Area teams gathered together on the Cantonese Temple Fair stage. The middle school Pipa folk band is composed of students from Guangzhou No. 3 Middle School and No. 17 Middle School. They wear traditional clothes and hold pipas in their hands, playing “Happy Festival”. The martial arts routine performance brought by the Jianshe Liumalu Primary School Wushu Team shows multiple martial arts routines; Sweetheart Candy is a team of children’s artists, whose works include “The Dance of Stars” and so on. The “children” heart of the Bay Area, together drawing the “concentric circle” of the Bay Area’s cultural and tourism.
Team 8: Shawan Biao Color is a provincial intangible cultural heritage project. It has been passed down for hundreds of years and is known as “solidified drama and sculpture of activity”. Children aged 2-6 years old are dressed up in a fixed posture on the wooden cabinet stage, bringing the unique traditional folk art performance of Babaylan 1990 cloth draw.
Team Nine: Nishang JinKomiks 1960 witch cloth drawShowing beauty
Nichang Jinxiu Team is composed of Guanghan Hui comrades wearing traditional Han nationality. China is known as “the country of clothing”, “the country of etiquette” and “Bright China”. Hanfu carries China’s outstanding craftsmanship and aesthetics such as dyeing, weaving and embroidery, and has inherited many intangible cultural heritages in China. Team 10: Golden Armor Xiaguang is heroic
Golden Armor Xiaguang Team is composed of 22 traditional cultural enthusiasts from all over the country. The “heroes” from Guangzhou wear Tang silk armor, mainly made of silk and cloth, which is gorgeous and light, ancient Cinema 1950 witch cloth When drawing, it was mostly used by senior officers and imperial guards; “Mulan” from Shenzhen wore split armor imitated with Song and Ming style dragon scales, with armor strips as a surface, decorated with Song brocade edges, and each component was cleverly connected; there were even rare restorative armors in the team, and the Song Dynasty black painted iron sacred armor called “Tiefutu”, which feasted the eyes of Hanfu and armor lovers.
Team 11: Yangji Dragon Boat Race Departure
Yangji villagers wore uniform uniforms, imitating the movements of dragon boat rowing, shouting rhythmic mouths while walking. The dragon boat race has been held for thousands of years. The land dragon boat tour is an activity that transforms traditional water dragon boat competition into a land form, showing the spirit of unity and cooperation.
Team 12: Romantic witness of the Cantonese Temple Fair, witnessing the power of love! Ten years ago, 10 pairs of newlyweds took a classic car to visit the temple fair. Ten years later, the “Flowers and Moon” traditional wedding customs formation consisting of 5 pairs of newlyweds, sisters and 4 newly-dressed floats. The phoenix crown and red robe set three lives, and the son is heldCinema 1950 witch clothes draw‘s hands are white. The wedding dress used in traditional Cantonese wedding customs is gorgeous, elegant, magnificent, solemn and luxurious. The Cantonese women, who speaks auspiciously, bring a “Cantonese wedding” full of happiness and joy to the newlyweds with their unique wedding rap form, allowing everyone present to feel the characteristics and charm of traditional Cantonese wedding customs.
Intangible Cultural Heritage Chaoxu Food Awards, delicious, fun, shopping and making money
During the temple fair, three intangible cultural heritage areas were set up in Zhongyou Square, intangible cultural heritage block and Beijing Road, and held in the form of “Intangible Cultural Heritage Market + Chaolong Check-in + Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition”.Chaoxu event invited Lingnan traditional Chinese medicine, traditional food (GuangdongKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw dishes), traditional skills and other intangible cultural heritage projects and inheritors to display intangible cultural heritage and cultural and creative exhibitions, so that traditional art can be revitalized.
The food area is set up in the food flower street on Huifudong. It is based on Cantonese flavor and shows the Yuexiu fireworks. February 24th 15:Babaylan 1990 cloth draw00-22:00, open from February 25th to March 3rd 10:00-22:00 every day. The Babaylan 1990 cloth draw is selected and more than 20 food brands are selected and more than 100 exhibitors are exhibited. Introducing oyster food from the “Hundred and Tens of Million Project” industrial base in Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province’s Guangdong cuisine chef Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw project – the construction results, cultural display and special food experience of Maoming Gaoliang Cuisine, bringing Hakka, Chaoshan and famous snacks and food brands that citizens and tourists love. Citizens and tourists will have the opportunity to taste the same “Dry Fried Niuhe” style of “Fanhua”.
In addition, during the temple fair, major business districts in the district carried out a series of themed consumption promotion activities. The Yuechao Building of Beijing Road continues to hold a series of activities on the theme of “2024 Laughing New Year” in the Lantern Festival, carrying out the immersive experience of “Dream Nuclear Garden Party” and the delivery of catering coupons; the new big and new brings “Dragon Teng Flowers Bloom – Show What” outdoor exhibition, and the photo-check-in-check-in-appreciation evaluation and gifts of the floor attractions. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw; Beijing Road Tianhe City organized the theme activities of “Flowers Blooming and Enjoying New Year”, which not only included flashing “Flowers Blooming and Flowers Dance Performance” and “Flowers Blooming National Style Band Performance Cinema 1950 witch cloth Wonderful performances such as draw“, as well as the “Fantasy New Year Handicraft Workshop” to take everyone to “make a Lantern Festival with clever hands”;It jointly launched the IP “Red Lucky Lion” with the Wang Museum of Nanyue, and held the “Babaylan 1990 cloth draw Tangyuan Small Workshop” handmade dumpling production activity. Guangbai Supermarket products are 25% off to 10% off, and it is linked to multiple bank payment platforms to carry out promotional activities. Users can receive exclusive discount coupons on UnionPay Cloud Flash Payment App, and enjoy full discounts on spending with designated bank credit cards.
It is worth mentioning that in order to echo the theme of the Dragon Year Temple Fair, the organizer of the Babaylan 1990 cloth drawThe organizer made a special trip from Siyou Village to invite a dragon boat from Siyou Village, and it started from the Pearl River and flashed on Beijing Road. This is an international 22-person standard dragon, 18.4 meters long and weighs 305 kilograms. “In the past, people in Guangzhou looked at dragon boats, mainly looking at the dragon boat scenery on the right side of the temple. Because the temple is closest to Guangzhou, the front is flat in the south of the village, and the tide is to the south of the village. The dragon boat is very imposing.” According to the board of directors of the Siyou Federation, “Siyou Village has dragon boat activities every year on Dragon Boat Festival. If you row the dragon boat first, go to take advantage of the scenery. After the scenery, go to visit the brothers and Laobiao Village. After rowing the dragon boat every year, each village will organize a dragon boat meal to talk about the hometown feelings.” Dragon boat sports are the main project of water sports in Lingnan. The dragon boats in Siyou Village flash on Beijing Road, showing not only the dragon boats, but also the spirit of hard work and the hometown feelings carried by traditional culture.
Yang Weiguo, director of the Yuexiu District Culture, Radio, Film, Tourism and Sports Bureau, introduced that as the finale of the “Guangfu Taste and Happy Year” Cantonese cultural series activities, the Cantonese Temple Fair inherits the cultural context of Lingnan, highlights the Yuexiu’s thousand-year-old city lineage, integrates culture, tourism, sports, commerce and food elements, and continuously polishes Yuexiu’s “Guangfu Cultural Source and the Core of the Thousand-year-old Business Capital” business card, builds a “small scene” of the integration and symbiosis of humanities and economy, and creates a “big exhibition hall” of Cantonese culture.