Text/Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Li Chunwei Correspondent Zhan Pingping
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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 parade on that day also included Wuyang Fairy Dance, Suxin Beauty, and Zhaoqing Fengfeng Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw to open the five horses 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 the highlight of Babaylan 1990 cloth draw Highlights
Singers from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao sing the voice of Cantonese. The twelve parade teams Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw brought the special display of Nanyue Xiong style, intangible cultural heritage, golden armor and heroic spirit, and Cantonese wedding customs, conveying a strong Cantonese New Year atmosphere. Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawThis year’s Cantonese Temple Fair focuses on the successor of the dragonThe Bay Area is united in improving the Cantonese New Year culture and creating the “Twelve Cantonese New Year 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, which meant to send New Year’s greetings.
The dance “Flower·Suming” shows the elegance, nobility, kindness and flexibility of “Suming Beauty”. Two thousand years ago, the frangipani flowers floated across the ocean and landed in Guangzhou. Qu Dajun’s “Babaylan 1990 cloth draw” said in “The New Language of Guangdong” that “the flower market is located in the seven gates of Guangzhou, and the only flowers sold are only simplicity, and there is no other flower.”
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.
Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawThe “Kapok” sung by Guangdong musician Huang Zhiyi tells the beautiful Guangzhou story. The provincial Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, a representative intangible cultural heritage project of Fengkai County, Zhaoqing City, was specially invited to show the ancient Lingnan 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 custom parade is spectacular Beijing Road transforms into a folk culture exhibition hall
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 heroic wind of Nanyue was unstoppable
The head of the Nanyue Xiongfeng team held a long sword in his hand, waving in the middle of the team, and the soldiers held swords and cloud-patterned shields in their hands, showing them in exchange for positions, reappearing more than two thousand The mighty image and heroic spirit of the Nanyue Guards were made from the Nanyue King’s Restoration Breastplate of the Nanyue King Museum and the Yangjiawan Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the Xianyang Museum. It was made through archaeological research and artistic processing. Team 2: Dragon and lions make auspiciousness in spring.
The dragon and lions make a happy spring.
The young lions dance in the southern country, dancing two dragons and four lions, forming the dragon and lions. The lions are auspicious spirits, symbolizing auspiciousness. The lion dances embodies people’s good intentions to eliminate disasters and harm and seek good fortune. The two dragons are eachCinema 1950 witch cloth draw is 18 meters long and danced by more than 10 team members. The performances include “turning the rivers and seas” and “flying dragonsCinema 1950 witch cloth drawIn the sky”, “Dragons travel around the sea”, “Dragons fly and phoenix dance”, “Dragons dance nine skyscrapers”, etc., show the positive and united and cooperative appearance of young people and the beautiful vision of inheriting Chinese culture.
Team 3: Intangible cultural heritage color inheritance endlessly
Zhaoqing intangible cultural heritage dance “Five Horses Tour of the City” is a provincial intangible cultural heritage project. It originated in the late Song Dynasty, prevailed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and spread in the border areas of Guangdong-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 Qing Dynasty. It originated from the Qing Dynasty. During the reign of Kangxi, it was introduced from Suzhou and has inherited the miracle of “paper-wrapped fire” from generation to generation for three hundred years. The lanterns are not only for praying for blessings, but also for gathering the spiritual bonds of neighbors to enhance the emotions between relatives and friends. The Cantonese Temple Fair uses intangible cultural heritage as a medium to carry out cultural, commercial and tourism linkages, showing the characteristics and exchanges between Cantonese culture and Hakka culture.
Team 4: Yaotai flag reappears the “jianghu”
Yaotai Village, which has a history of nearly a hundred years, made a stunning appearance. Villagers from Yaotai Village, Shayongnan Village, and Wangshengtang Village, from Mineral Street, beat the eight-toneThe gong Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw drums, carrying flags, and playing umbrellas advance in the marching procession of Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw. 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: Cantonese masters have unique skills
In the Cantonese masters team, folk skills such as walking stilts, roosters, flower sticks, and wheelbarrows take turns to show the style of Cantonese masters. 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 first Cantonese Got Talent Championship in 2012. The military flower stick master – Zhu Xianfeng, and the 2015 Cantonese Got Talent Championship acrobatics champion Pan Xiaorui. Team 6: Five Immortals offer their ears to pray for blessings to Yangcheng
The Southern Red Bean Team is a lineup of 30 people from each industry of Shengdan and Jingchou in Guangdong Opera Theater, performing long silk dances, drill circles, stick flowers and other Cantonese operas for the masses. The five immortals hold rice ears in their hands, falling from the Qiong Pavilion in Xianshan, descending to Yangcheng to present the people with ears, and bringing the five gods of wealth to send blessings to the general public, which means peace and prosperity in the country, prosperity of grains, and prosperity. 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.
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Team Nine: The colorful and beautiful team of the Nishang Jinxiu is composed of Guanghanhui comrades wearing traditional Han nationality. China is known as “the country of clothing”, “the country of etiquette” and “the beautiful China”. Hanfu carries China’s outstanding craftsmanship and aesthetics such as dyeing, weaving and embroidery, and has inherited many Chinese intangible cultural heritages.
Team 10: Golden Armor Xiaguang is heroic
The Golden Armor Xiaguang team consists of 22 traditional culture enthusiasts from all over the country. The “heroes” from Guangzhou wore Tang silk armor, mainly made of Babaylan 1990 cloth draw is made of silk and cloth, which is gorgeous and light. In ancient times, 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 plates as the surface, decorated with Song brocade edges, and the components were cleverly connected; there are even rarer in the team Komiks 1960 witch clothes draw, the Song Dynasty black lacquered iron armor, known as “Tiefutu”, feasted the eyes of Hanfu and armor lovers.
Team 11: Yangji Dragon Boat Racing Departure
The villagers of Yangji put on uniform uniforms, imitated the movements of dragon boats, shouted rhythmic slogans while walking, and brought Babaylan 1990 cloth draw to the land dragon boat exhibition. Dragon boat racing has a history of thousands of years. The land dragon boat tour is an activity that transforms traditional water dragon boat racing into a land form, demonstrating the spirit of unity and cooperation. Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw
Team 12: Flowers and full moons, romantic witness
Guangfu Temple Fair, witness the power of love! Ten years ago, 10 new couples took classic cars to visit the temple fair. Ten years later, the traditional Cantonese wedding customs formation of 5 new couples, grandmaids and 4 newly decorated floats together. Phoenix crownThe 1960 witch clothes draw of Xiapei DingsKomiks 1960 witch clothes draw were born, holding the child’s hands together, and the wedding dress used in traditional Cantonese wedding customs was gorgeous, graceful, magnificent, solemn and luxurious. The Cantonese women, who spoke auspicious words, brought the newlyweds 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, they were in Zhongyou Square and in Komiks 1960 witch clothes drawThe relics block and Beijing Road set up three intangible cultural heritage areas. In the form of “intangible cultural heritage market + Chaolong check-in + intangible cultural heritage exhibition”, Chaoxu activities were held, and inviting intangible cultural heritage projects and inheritors such as Lingnan traditional Chinese medicine, traditional food (Cantonese cuisine), traditional skills, etc. to conduct intangible cultural heritage displays and cultural and creative exhibitions, so that traditional art can be revitalized.
The food area sets up a food booth in Meihua Street, Huifu East Road, which is based on Cantonese flavor and shows the Yuexiu fireworks. The market will open from 15:00 to 22:00 on February 24, and from 10:00 to 22:00 every day from February 25 to March 3. More than 20 food brands will be selected and more than 100 exhibitors will be exhibited. The oyster food from the “Hundred and Tens of Million Project” industrial base in Zhanjiang, the construction results, cultural display and special food experience of the Guangdong Cantonese Cuisine Project – Maoming Gaoliang Cuisine, bringing Hakka, Chaoshan and other 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 Beijing Road Yuechao Building continues to hold a series of activities on the theme of “2024 Laughing New Year” in the Lantern Festival, carrying out surprise activities such as immersive experience of “Dream Nuclear Garden Party” and catering coupon delivery; Xindaxin brings “Dragon Teng Flowers Bloom – Show What” outdoor exhibition and floor attractions taking photos and check-in and receiving gifts; Beijing Road Tianhe City organizes the theme activities of “Flowers Blooming Guangdong See You, Enjoy New Year”, not only has exciting performances such as “Flowering Years Dance Drama Performance” and “Flowering National Style Band Performance”, but also “Flowering New Year Hand Workshop” takes everyone to “play the Lantern Festival with clever hands”; Guangbai and Nanyue Wang Museum jointly launched the IP “Red Yun Lion Tailong” and held the “Tangyuan Small Workshop” handmade glutinous rice ball production event. Guangbai Supermarket products are 15% 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 consumption with designated bank credit cards.
It is worth mentioning that in order to echo the theme of the Dragon Year Temple Fair, the organizer made a special trip to invite a dragon boat from Siyou Village the day before the opening, and flashed from the Pearl River. Babaylan 1990 cloth drawBeijing 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 go to the dragon boat to take advantage of the scenery, go to visit brothers and Laobiao Village after taking advantage of the scenery. After taking the dragon boat every year, each village will also organize dragon boat meals to talk about the hometown feelings.” Dragon boat sports are the main project of water sports in Lingnan area. The dragon boat in Siyou Village flashes on Beijing Road, showing not only the Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw is a dragon boat, 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.