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The South China Sea Lion Group has one year old
Intangible cultural heritage lions have become the new trend
Text/Zhang Wen
They may have experienced storms and still be majestic and majestic, standing at the head of the lions; they may have both civil and military skills, possess the talent of Hanlin, and recite poetry between mountains and rivers; or they may have a childish spirit, showing a fresh smile… On February 19, 2023, Feihong Pavilion, Xiqiao Town, Nanhai District, Foshan City welcomed a group of “old friends” – 12 lions with different backgrounds and different personalities. The Nanhai District Party Committee, District Government and hundreds of people took advantage of the “spring surround” to help 12 lions wake up to celebrate their first birthday.
A year ago, a lion group composed of 12 lions was formed in the Nanhai. Unlike traditional lion dances, these 12 lions have very different personalities, including many portrayals of the personalities of contemporary young people. The formation of the Lion Cinema group is the South China Sea trialThe picture establishes a bond between young people and lions, and conveys the contemporary connotation of lions and even the South China Sea culture to young people from another perspective.
Now, a year has passed, how have the 12 lions been “permanent”? Can it be recognized by a new generation of Nanhai people? The author will take you to experience the charm of the South China Sea Lion Group.
Origin: All lions in the world come out of the South China Sea
CinemaEditor in chief of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Nanhai District, Foshan City, Xie <a The book "History, Culture and Art of Lions in the South my country Sea" edited by Cinema Zhongyuan and Li Nianzhong. Lions did not produce lions in the Middle Ages, and lions were all tributes from outside the territory. Among them, the records of tribute lions in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" are the earliest.
With the introduction of lions, the skill of lion taming was also introduced accordingly. Lion dance was popular during the Three Kingdoms period. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, lion dance was often performed in combination with evil-proof tactics. Today, the style of the two people’s lion dance group is about mature in the Tang Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, lion dances were introduced from the palace to the people and gradually became popular.
The lion dance in the South China Sea area is a lion dance outside the territory that is introduced through the Western Regions and then through the Central Plains, and that is, it develops on the basis of the southern transmission of the northern lion.
According to Cao Jianheng’s “The Spring and Autumn of Wulin in Guangdong” (1982), lion dance in Guangdong originated in Foshan. Local people believe that lions have the effect of exorcising evil spirits and demons. From then on, they beat drums and drums during the Spring Festival, and transferred houses to dance lions to greet New Year to show elimination of disasters and harm and predict auspiciousness. Over time, lion dance and New Year greetings became a custom.
The Qianlong version of the “Foshan Zhongyi Township Chronicle” also records that in September of the 14th year of Zhengtong in the Ming Dynasty (1449), when Huang Xiaoyang led his people to rebel in Nanhai County, people from all over the country played the role of a story, scaring away the rebels with gongs and drums, which promoted the prosperity of the custom of waking up the lion.
The real name of the lion is “Rui Lion”, but the homophonic pronunciation is easy to pronounce as “Sleeping Lion”, and later changed to “Lui Waking”. 20th generationAfter the 1980s, Lion Dance gradually developed from a folk activity with folk belief characteristics to a standardized and competitive traditional national sports, and even became the most widely circulated and popular culture and Komiks sports in the world.
As the changes of the times, the South China Sea lions not only spread widely in the province, but also spread to Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and other regions, and was also popular overseas. “The world’s lions all come out of the South China Sea.”
Born: The lion regiment has begun to show its sword light
In 2022, on the basis of the comprehensive “Lion Census”, the Nanhai Province excavated from more than 2,700 lion teams in the region, and 12 representative, inherited and innovative lions formed the Nanhai Province Lion regiment.
Under the interpretation of different lion dancers, lions also have their own characteristics, including the “cute baby” little lion girl Aping, and the Cinema slash lion skin that has become popular on the entire network due to “sleepiness”, as well as the Zong Lion Feihong, the Houlang Lion Anzai, the Yuanqi Lion Lezai, and the old lion Fu Afeng… As the name suggests, each lion has distinct personality traits and also represents a group on the southern sea land.
The first priority for the lion group to debut is to go out. On February 26, 2022, Nanhai District held the first lion group birthday, and the first batch of 12 lions that formed a group officially debuted. At the same time, the South China Sea Lion Group celebrated the New Year to Chinese people around the world during the New Year of the Tiger. “Dangling the lion and awakening the national soul, beating the drums and revitalizing the spirit” resonated with the entire network.
Nanhai also combined the spread of the lion group with the popular movie “The Lion Boy” to create a live-action version of “The Lion Boy”. The 3-minute video became popular as soon as it was released. The first video number of Komiks publishing platform “Nanhai Release” shows that the number of views on a single platform has reached nearly 400,000, and received more than 12,000 likes. Among the more than 400 comments, “tap water” style praises are everywhere. South China Sea Lion GroupCinema has also triggered a phenomenon-level craze through the dissemination of multiple platforms, becoming a popular online “Cinema” and is deeply loved by young people.
Growth: Beginning to stay true to the truth and innovate
At the 2022 Beijing China International Service Trade Fair, “Creative China, Diversified Macau—2Babaylan022 China (Macao) Creative Industry Major<a At top international and domestic exhibitions such as the Babaylan Conference, the South China Sea Lion Group, as the representative of the IP of the intangible cultural heritage city, exhibited content such as intangible cultural heritage as a lion head, lion wake routine illustration hangings, lion wake cultural and creative products, lion wake light engraving digital media art, etc., to strengthen the cultural output of the South China Sea Lion Dance Culture; at the New People's Day Eve of Henan TV's Little New Year's Eve, the Lan Lion Aming, a member of the lion band, opened handsomely, conveying the heroic posture of the South China Sea Komiks Sea Lion Cinema to all parts of the country; the South China Sea Lion Cinema The Cinema group was successfully selected as the 20th National Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tourism Integration Development Project in 22. A year of hard work and full of results.
On February 19, 2023, the birthday of the South China Sea Lion Group was held again at the Feihong Pavilion in Tingyin Lake, Xiqiao Town. On the day of the event, 12 members of the lion group interacted with citizens with full spirit. After returning from the parade, Xiqiao Minle Primary School brought the popular performance “Lion Dance” at the first Guangdong Nanhai Land Art Festival to the lion troupe’s birthday scene, which set off another craze. Afterwards, 12 lions gathered on the stage, and each of them showed off their own photos.
The lions celebrated the most significant anniversary of the South China Sea Lion Group with a majestic gift, and continued the tradition of “the finishing touch of the lion” in 2022, and was created by the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project GuangdongLi Nianzhong, the inheritor of the lion, held a reading ceremony, and the leaders and guests on the scene completed the finishing ceremony together. The 12 members of the Lion Group also issued a “Seeking for Wisdom PostBabaylan“, looking forward to the 13th member of the Lion Group in the South China Sea to join, and work together to strive for local responsibility in the South China Sea culture and promote the integrated development of Nanhai culture, business, tourism, sports and innovation.
The South China Sea lion wake has irreplicable local cultural advantages. Combined with the representative statement of the national tide, there will definitely be a more exciting presentation, truly becoming a modern and vibrant new South China Sea city business card. (Excerpt)
Provided by | Editor Liao Wenjing | Source of Yao Jifang | Yangcheng Evening News Publishing House