Internet China Festival | Unique China "Daughter's Day"

In Xihe County, Longnan City, Gansu Province, the "Qi Qiao" custom of Tanabata is still preserved, and the annual "China (Longnan) Qiao Qiao Daughter Day" has been formed. One of the folk activities of the Tanabata Festival, its inheritance, simple singing, the wonderful song and dance, the sincerity of emotions, the complete ritual, and the large number of people are also unique in China. In 2008, the Western Hedo Qiqiao Festival was selected as a national intangible cultural heritage protection list.

In the edition of the edition of the edition of the elementary school textbooks, there is an exquisite reading text- "Beggar". This is a widely circulated seven -character quatrack that describes the prosperity of Qixi Qiaoqiao in the people of the people of the people of the Tang Dynasty-

Tanabata watched Bixiao tonight,

Morning Glory Crossing the river bridge.

Every family begged Qiaowang Qiuyue,

Tens of thousands of red silk.

On the seventh night of July of the lunar calendar, it is commonly known as "Tanabata", also known as "Daughter's Day". It is a day when the cowherd and weaver girl bridge are legendary.

The folk Qixi Festival is mainly begging. The so -called begging is to begging the weaver to begging a pair of clever hands.

Legend has it that Qi Qiao is related to the myth of the cowherd and the weaver.

On the seventh day of July of the lunar calendar, the silence night, thousands of magpies flew to the Milky Way, setting up the bridge for the cowherd and weaver girls on both sides of the galaxy, so that a pair of lover can meet. It is said that this late night, if you stand under the vine, listen quietly, you can still hear the voice of the cowherd and weaver ...

According to legend, the heavenly weaved girl "annual machine", and the "Yunjin Tianyi" is good. The most common way of begging is to wear a needle on the moon. This custom was the most prosperous in the Tang and Song dynasties. The poet Lin Jie's "Beggar" poem, which expresses the beautiful wishes of the girls begging for ingenuity.

In the west and Li County of the Western Han Dynasty in Longnan, Gansu, Tanabata seemed to have a little connection with the myth of meeting with Qiaoqiao. The July 7th here is a folk sacred seven clever daughter day, and the annual dressing party of local girls.

Who is unwilling to be a clever girl?

One of the core areas of the "China (Longnan) Qiao Qiao Daughter's Day" festival is at Jiang Xizhen, 5 kilometers away from the county seat.

Starting from the 30th of the lunar calendar every year, the young girls look forward to the prayer mood of Qiao Niang, welcoming the weaver to the world, and pray that Qiao Niang gives them clever and dexterous, and the locals call it "Qi Qiao". The sacrifice activity continued until the evening of July, divided into seven sections of seven sections of seven sections of sitting, welcoming, clever, worship, entertaining, 巧 巧, and Qiaoqiao. Essence

A mud tire Qiao Niang was sitting in the middle hall in Xia Yan, and everyone worshiped. What the girls expressed with singing were the wishes of the daughter raised by the Western Han Dynasty, and they also prayed for their own age. The girl in the girlfriend traded Qing Dai, put on colorful clothes, walked around, and the face of peach blossoms was filled with a youthful smile. They tied the bouquets with their own hands, fried oil, and served with the fruit, standing in front of the Niangniang's shrine, and singing "Welcome Songs" piously: "Every year, there is July 7th, and the cowherd is weaving a woman in heaven. Qiao Niang Lian Lianhua, you opened the Nantianmen, sending me Qiao Niang. One day, two days, I took the Qiao Niangniang. The satin shoes worn by Qiao Niang, I hit you in the mountains. With shoes, I will pick you up by the river ... "

The lyrics at the ritual of Qiao Qiao are extremely rich in content -either expressing their thoughts and respect for Qiao Niangniang, either praising the beautiful and sincere love, or chanting the beautiful scenery of the West and beautiful scenery, and ridicule the world. There are three types of tunes, that is, pray God sacrifice lyrics, life labor lyrics, and historical current political lyrics; the dance at the ceremony of begging is also a lot of dances, including Sister Ma, begging Qiao song and dancing, and "Ten" dances.

Hearing the girl’s singing from a long time, the hostess who was waiting for the room as early as the room, took over the girls invited by the girls with both hands, respectfully respecting the empty position left on the table to guide Qiao Qiao girl ordered three fragrances, burned three knives yellow watches, and smashed three heads. The girls knelt down from the door to the yard and worshiped, and the singing sang again: "On the day of July, the door was opened. Please go to Lotus Terrace and teach me embroidered shoes every day ... "

The wonderful singing spread all over the land of Qiuchi, rising in the valley of the midsummer, conveyed the joy of the girls, singing their inner expectations, hoping that they had a good female worker, made a good tea rice, married a good Langjun ...

Qiqiao culture is the Qin people who originated and circulated in the Western Han Water Basin. It is a comprehensive festival folk cultural activity that integrates belief worship, poetry and songs, music dances, arts and crafts, and labor skills. The history of the Western Han Dynasty has always inherited such a grand and grand ritual, and it ends from the night of the night of July to the seventh night of July every year.

In the past, it may be because of the embarrassment and helplessness of life. People, especially those who did not marry, begged their wisdom, begging, begging, and begging their lives through worship of Qiao Niang, so they hope that their lives are happy, but the economy is in the economy. Today, with the rapid development of culture, the seven -day and eight -night beggar activity has become the carnival of people who have worked hard for a year on this land. This special day is even more lively than the New Year.

(Source: China Gansu Net-Lanzhou Morning Post)

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