Hundreds of years of precipitation have created Foshan culture
On April 7, the gongs and drums and music in front of the Foshan Ancestral Temple were roaring, and the annual Beidi Festival kicked off. Spring Festival ceremony, Northern Emperor tour, reciprocating gods and performing operas… This ancient building ancestral temple, which has been passed down for nearly a thousand years, is filled with citizens who come to pray for blessings.
“Understanding the history of the ancestral temple is equivalent to understanding the history of most of the Buddha’s Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw Mountain.” In the view of Ling Jian, director of the Ancestral Temple Museum, as a national key cultural relic protection unit, the ancestral temple is known as the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”. It not only displays many precious works of art, but also the spiritual belief of Foshan people and the soul of Foshan.
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Text/Jinyang Network Reporter Ouyang Zhiqiang
Photo/Ancestral Temple Museum, Foshan Archives
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First there was the Northern Emperor before there was the ancestral temple
During the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078-1085), a craftsman layed the first wooden stake of the “ancestral temple”. In the past thousand years, this building has undergone many renovations and expansions, and finally became the “Galaxy of Oriental Babaylan 1990 cloth drawFolk Art Palace”. “When it comes to the ancestral temple, we have to mention the Northern Emperor. There is the Northern Emperor first and then the ancestral temple.” Liang Guocheng, the Expert Committee of the Foshan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, said that the Northern Emperor in the ancestral temple is called the Water God in Taoism. Because Foshan is located in the water network area, it was often affected by typhoons and floods in the past, and farming was greatly affected, making people’s lives miserable. Therefore, the people in Foshan specially invited the protector Beidi to pray that the water god would give water (meaning to regulate the water volume) and would have a good year of weather.
After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of gentry in the Central Plains moved to Foshan, Lingnan, and broughtThe Central Plains’ advanced technologies such as culture and smelting were relied on the transportation of rivers such as Dongping River and became a major city for light industry and became one of the most economically developed regions at that time, equivalent to the current Shanghai Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw.
“Relying on water transportation, Foshan people lived a good life. The folk belief of Beidi made the people taste the sweetness at that time.” Liang Guocheng said that at that time, considering that Beidi was a faith passed down from Foshan folk, a large-scale temple was built on the original basis. The Ancestral Temple in the early Ming Dynasty became the largest Taoist temple in southern China at that time. Liang Guocheng believes that the faith of the Northern Emperor represents the spiritual state of Foshan people. As the saying goes, “There are gods on the head three feet high.” Foshan people are very simple, especially abiding by the rules, and paying special attention to commercial credit. The faith of the Northern Emperor is the root of the ancestors of Foshan people who have been left behind for generations. This mental state has produced Foshan culture and has been passed down from generation to generation.
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Wanfutai creates acoustic miracle
Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawWanfutai in the ancestral temple is the oldest and best preserved ancient stage in South China. There is a wide stone paving site in front of the stage, with two-story long corridors on both sides of the east and west for viewing dramas. Liang Guocheng said that the predecessor of Wanfutai was named Huafengtai. It was built in the 15th year of Shunzhi in the early Qing Dynasty. It was renamed Wanfutai on the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty (all below use “Wanfutai”).
In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the first Cantonese opera guild was established at the Qionghua Hall on the bank of the Fenjiang River in Foshan. Since the mid-Qing Dynasty, all Cantonese opera troupes have gone to Wanfutai to perform first every time they go out to perform. Please read the Northern Emperor to see if the level is qualified, which is equivalent to Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawBlessings performance is smooth and smooth.
“After the years of precipitation, Wanfutai has become an authoritative and sacred stage for Cantonese opera. Only after withstanding the censorship of the Northern Emperor can the troupe make a living, otherwise there would be no qualification for Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw. “Liang Guocheng found that the stage of Wanfu Platform was facing the bronze statue of Beidi, which was 2.07 meters high, and the distance between the eyes and feet in the bronze statue of Beidi was also 2.07 meters. In addition, the bronze statue Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw pedestal was 1.6 meters. Generally speaking, the performers on the stage were just facing Beidi’s eyes, which indicated that Beidi was reviewing his performance, so the performers would perform more attentively.
LiangKomiks 1960 witch cloth Draw Guocheng said that some people would think this is superstition, but in modern times, not only Guangdong, but also the most popular Cantonese opera masters all over the world have started by stepping onto the stage of Wanfutai. As long as they are engaged in Cantonese opera, anyone wants to perform at Wanfutai. When it comes to Wanfutai, no one dares to blaspheme.
Wanfutai, which has more than 300 years of history and is decorated with brilliant wood carvings, stands majestic. In Liang Guocheng’s view, its architectural art is also very sophisticated. Liang Guocheng said that in 2002, a musician from Guangzhou came to Wanfutai to perform and found that the sound effect without an electronic amplifier was even better. Later, a professional team found that The architectural design of the entire Wanfu Platform is an acoustic field structure. The sound from Wanfu Platform to the two corridors on both sides, and then to the Lingying Archway, forming a natural overall three-dimensional surround sound echo wall. Even the people in the last row can clearly listen to the sound, ensuring excellent performance sound effects. Liang Guocheng pointed out that without modern technological means, the Wanfu Platform created an acoustic miracle. Unfortunately, people nowadays like to use loudspeakers to turn Wanfu Platform first.Progressiveness is buried.
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Repair and protection of cultural relics is still the focus
” Understanding the history of the ancestral temple is equivalent to Babaylan 1990 cloth draw understands most of the history of Foshan.” Ling Jian, director of the Ancestral Temple Museum, said that the precious culture accumulated by hundreds of years of history must be protected and promoted. Over the years, his work has focused on the repair and protection of cultural relics, the improvement of cultural connotations, and the development of cultural and creative products and the streamlining of management systems.
As an important base for the martial arts lion waking of Foshan, the Huang Feihong Memorial Hall and the Ip Man Hall were both built in 2001. In 2018, the Ancestral Temple Museum successfully combined modern science and history and culture, and completed the upgrade and renovation projects of the two venues. Nowadays, tourists can learn the routines of Hongquan martial arts in the Huang Feihong Kung Fu action sound and photoelectric playroom, play with Lingnan lions in the human-computer interactive game, and learn Wing Chun moves in the Mu Renchun interactive experience area.
Now the thousand-year-old ancestral temple has a new look – the Northern Emperor’s birthday is empty alleys, the children gather together, the Cantonese rhyme on Wanfu Platform is melodious, the Lingnan lion show is wonderful, the “Foshan Youyou” cultural and creative products make the cultural relics “live”… Ling Jian said that the ancient building complex of the Ancestral Temple Museum, known as the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”, has typical characteristics of the Pearl River DeltaBabaylan 1990 cloth draw, is a landmark building that shows Foshan’s profound historical and cultural heritage.
For this representative building complex, Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, the Ancestral Temple Museum spared no effort to protect ancient buildings. In 2010, after completing three years of comprehensive repairs and external environment transformation that cost more than 30 million yuan, the entire ancestral temple ancient building complex was safer and more stable, beautiful, and blooming with the brilliant brilliance of the past. During the renovation process, the ancestral temple insists on repairing the old as it is, respecting traditional techniques, such as replacing the commonly used chemical pigments in modern times with traditional mineral pigments, re-coloring the gray plastic, and restoring a large number of wooden components and ceramic plastics.
In addition, the “Chongzheng Shexue” site display protection project is underway. These repairs and protections are all about the old appearance of the ancestral temple building on the premise of respecting history.href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan 1990 cloth drawThe new look also allows Lingnan architectural culture to be protected, preserved and continued to develop. Ling Jian said that the museum’s primary task is not only to repair and protect the ancient building complex of the ancestral temple, but also to deeply explore, organize, research and publicize the profound historical culture of the ancestral temple, and at the same time better pass on the intangible cultural heritage of the Foshan ancestral temple. “This is also one of our important missions.