worshiping the moon, tasting tea, and admiring lanterns, it’s such a great place to spend the mid-autumn festival in yutang!
2024-09-19
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the annual mid-autumn festival, on this day that is entangled with all the romantic feelings of the chinese people, the "jade is shining, the pond reflects the moon" yutang mid-autumn festival fair in guangming district, shenzhen was held in a lively manner.
hongyuan square, red star cultural square, tianliao cultural square, yulü cultural square and changzhen minsheng night market in yutang subdistrict are all connected, and four wonderful "mid-autumn moon banquets" including "red star folk customs tour", "tianliao national feelings", "yulü lion dance" and "changzhen food collection" are staged. citizens go out of their homes to worship the moon, taste tea and enjoy lanterns, spending a mid-autumn festival full of ritual and looking for the "little beauty" in their hearts.
enjoy the folk customs at hongyuan temple under the bright moon
the folk custom tour of hongxing community is a major attraction of the temple fair. folk custom markets, folk custom experiences, folk custom parades, folk custom performances... a folk custom party blooming in the beautiful scenery of lakes and mountains is coming, which has contracted the unexpected surprises of the majority of citizens throughout the holiday.
when tradition meets creativity, and intangible cultural heritage meets cultural creation, this folk market is full of fun! folk arts such as fumi, pyrography, and tea ceremony are displayed one by one in the form of stalls. visitors can make paper-cuts, taste tea and discuss taoism here, accompanied by the swaying shadows of trees, the fragrance of flowers and the chirping of birds. there are also folk experiences such as vegetarian tasting, moon cake making, tea tasting and moon worship, and guqin performances open regularly, allowing people to contact and experience the unique charm of traditional culture in an immersive way, and seek a moment of inner peace in a busy life.
it is worth mentioning that the shiyan lake hot spring resort square has also specially set up a jin guang (shantou jinping guangming) food fair stall, which not only has local traditional delicacies such as cow ears and squab, but also must-visit shantou jinping delicacies such as xinghua wuji, chaoshan caifa, and achi, allowing residents to enjoy delicious food at their doorstep! this is also a vivid manifestation of guangming district's series of activities to support the "hundred million project" benefit enterprise action.
intangible cultural heritage puppets, ethnic costumes, lion dance, hanfu, a parade team with folk cultural characteristics took to the streets. immersed in the festive atmosphere, many viewers put on their treasured costumes and joined in, adding a touch of "liveliness" to this reunion night.
both hongyuan square and red star cultural square have performance stages. when residents get tired of shopping, they can sit down and watch folk music performances, national unity songs and dances, and enjoy the mass cultural gala.
under the bright lights, hongyuan square opened a carnival of folk music and dance. folk music "a beautiful full moon", "colorful clouds chasing the moon", "market", folk dance "beautiful china"... one piece of folk music after another, one beautiful piece of folk reunion song and dance after another, the graceful dance posture is pleasing to the eye, and the moving melody goes straight to the heart, bringing the audience a hearty and refreshing ethnic cultural audio-visual feast.
moonlight: talking about the love of seeds on the ethnic street
hand in hand, watching flowers and leaning on each other to look forward to the moon. since ancient times, the special feelings for the mid-autumn festival and the moon are not unique to the han people. all ethnic groups in china have an indissoluble bond with the "moon". under the influence of such a cultural background, a colorful ethnic show kicked off in the tianliao community, which is rich in ethnic elements.
in the "national unity, seeds of seeds together" ethnic costume hand-making activity in tianliao, children from five kindergartens in the community, including jintianwan, chengming, and xinyue, made their own ethnic costumes with environmentally friendly materials. the dignified and elegant hanfu, the embroidered double-breasted clothes of the zhuang ethnic group, the silver-decorated costumes of the miao ethnic group... the children saw the cultural silhouettes and wisdom of various ethnic groups in 56 ethnic costumes, and felt the inclusiveness, richness and diversity of the chinese nation.
on the evening of september 14, tianliao national feelings' "golden autumn celebrates double ninth festival, warm mid-autumn festival welcomes national day gala" slowly opened. the dance "fireworks in march", the song "don't forget your original intention", sichuan opera face-changing, magic shows and other programs were presented one after another. there were also various traditional programs such as ethnic dances and guzheng performances that showed the ethnic customs, which attracted applause from the audience.
the moon is deep and the lion dance is performed in the ancient village
in yulü community, an ancient village with a rich traditional cultural heritage, 200 community residents sat together to diy mid-autumn festival lanterns, using their ingenuity to make pleasing paper lanterns. "in ancient times, lanterns were hung high on festive occasions." the teacher's explanation gave everyone a deeper understanding of the "story behind" the lanterns.
the lights are on and the night is still long. on the afternoon of september 15, the yulu mid-autumn festival garden party arrived as scheduled. the lanterns made by the residents in the morning were put to good use. everyone carried their homemade lanterns and strolled around the fun garden party. how wonderful! the lantern riddle area, round fan making area, interactive game area and other stalls were crowded with people. there were also many handmade activities such as embossed table lamps, everlasting flower diy, mooncake making, etc., which were full of "popularity". this special date with the mid-autumn festival made the residents on the scene indulge in the sweet love of "before the flowers and under the moon" and lingered.
"dong dong qiang, dong dong qiang..." the sound of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and the majestic lion made a brilliant appearance, and its strong and soft posture aroused applause. on the evening of september 17, the drumbeats awakened the cultural memory flowing in the yulu people. residents, old and young, came to the cultural square to watch the lion dance performance. the lion turned flexibly with the sound of gongs and drums, and moved between high and low places, like going up and down the mountain, sometimes flying away from the mountain peak, sometimes wandering in the valley, and even performed difficult movements such as sitting on the head, shoulder, and leg, which won the audience's applause and cheers.
full moon, night market alleys, ccp bathes in the smoke and fire
along with the long singing feast in tianliao community, smoke rose from the minsheng night market in changzhen community. on the evening of september 14, the traditional festival garden party of changzhen food collection, "inheriting classics and promoting civilization", was bustling with people. the food night market and garden performances were integrated to build a mid-autumn festival stage where the city fireworks and folk charm complemented each other, and performed a unique "changzhen love".
on the day of the event, the 100-meter-long food street was filled with the smell of food. more than 100 food stalls were lined up, and the stall owners competed to "attract customers and shout", attracting many citizens to buy and taste. in addition to "guangming local delicacies" such as yulu niu erduo, guangming pigeon, xinguang mooncakes, and gongming sausages, there are also "internet celebrity delicacies" such as spicy hot pot, hand-grabbed pancakes, bowl cakes, octopus balls, candied haws, and hand-made lemon tea. the aroma is fragrant, igniting the "fireworks" that soothes the most ordinary people's hearts. "i like this!" the community's grandfather said that as a native of guangming, he can't forget the taste of his hometown wherever he goes.
holding food in hand and turning sideways, you can switch "channels" in one second and arrive at the traditional festival garden party in changzhen community. at the scene, residents shuttled between various theme stalls, immersed in the ancient style of pitching pot challenges, lantern riddles among flowers, ring games, lantern diy, sugar painting making, etc., as if they were in an ancient market thousands of years ago.
the "festival flavor" of changzhen people is far more than this. on september 16, the "blooming changzhen" art festival opened the "love of changzhen". the passionate modern dance, passionate square dance, wonderful magic show, melodious violin performance and other colorful programs brought together community residents to enjoy the white dew on the jade steps and share the customs of changzhen.
text丨yu muzi, wang yunyan, chen zhuoyuanphoto: gan yongkang, zeng qianzhi, and man jiahan
