Text and pictures/Liao Muhong
“When the moon is cold in the river, BabaylanThe Romantic Chinese Valentine’s Day is the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” in the eyes of the public, but in Huangpu, in addition to the romantic and beautiful date of lovers, the Chinese Valentine’s Day is also the annual Qiqiao Culture Festival!
Sisters’ gatheringsBabaylan, beg for skill and skill. The annual Queue Festival is almost the most lively day for the various ancestral halls of Huangpu.
01 Ancient ancestral hall and Meizi House
Huangpu is full of profound cultural heritage, and has a good inheritance of traditional culture, and a strong festive atmosphere.
There are more than 700 ancient relics of Huangpu, including many ancient ancestral halls. Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, the ancient ancestral hall is always decorated by the clever sisters. The ancient ancestral hall is refreshed, and the quaint ancestral hall is suddenly full of energy.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform is also called “Fengqiniang”. According to the size of the scale, “Peng Qi Niang” is divided into two forms: “Peng Qi Niang” and “Peng Qi Niang”. “Shang Xiaoqiniang”, also known as “Meizai House”, is mostly held by a single family or a joint household in his own hall; “Shang Xiaoqiniang” must be held in the ancestral hall, and it will only be held once every few years. On this day of the festival, Qiaojie from every household gathered together to prepare for the tribute platform of begging for Qiao and put on her own works. Everyone prepared to beg for Qiao vegetarian food together. Babaylan played Qi Niang, worshiped Qi Niang, sang Cantonese opera, and played with skilled food, and had a great time.
The author learned from the introduction of Lao Qiaojie that in the past, under the altar of “My Zi’s House” and “Set Qi Niang”, there were usually pillows and mats. When Qiaojie was begging for fun until late at night, she rested and watched the night under the altar, and was having fun.
The ancient ancestral hall, with the careful decoration of Qiaojie, is full of flowersClusters are colorful, rejuvenated and show new charm! The Qiaojie also used their good skills to make the customs of begging for the Chinese Valentine’s Day into a display of clever products.
△Qi Qiaotu/The works of Qiaojie Luo Huijuan
These lifelike works carry the beautiful meaning of the festival and are passed down year by year.
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In ancient buildings, “Play Qi Niang”
When “Play Qi Niang” on the Chinese Valentine’s Day in Huangpu, the word “clever” is the most important thing!
In addition to the “QinniangCinema plate”, “Qinniang shoes” and “Qinniang clothes”, tea, wine, rice lanterns, grain towers, incense tables and archways, etc., it also takes time to place other clever products on Gongtai. The altars of each ancestral hall have their own characteristics, and are designed in combination with the arrangement of each ancestral hall to form a unique style. Let’s take a look together Cinema! (The ranking is indefinitely)
Xiufu Mogong Temple
Xiufu Mogong Temple is located in Shabian Street, Hengsha Community, Dasha Street. It faces north and south, with a hard mountain top, a herringbone volcanic gable wall, a gray plastic ridge, a lurking tiles, wood carved eaves, and blue bricks and stone feet. It is a typical Lingnan building.
Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, Xiufu Mogong Temple becomes a sea of flowers. The works of Gongtai Qiqiao on Xiufu Mogong Temple on Qixiu Festival are mainly flowers, either using rice, rice, millet, or beads and stone fabrics to wrap and paste into various flowers.
From a distance, various flowers shine together, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Come and see, do you recognize what these flowers are made of?
Look at the courtyard of the ancestral hall carefully. On the potted plants in the courtyard, the flowers bloomed brightly also bloomed from the hands of Qiaojie. The color is bright and beautiful so that it is fake and real. If you want to see the Gift Flower Awards, come to Xiufu Mogong Temple~
Miaotou Zhang Family Ancestral Hall
The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall located in Miaotou Village, Suidong Street, Huangpu District. It was built in the Song Dynasty and has 9More than 00 years, it is one of the oldest buildings in Huangpu District today and is also a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou.
The building materials such as truss corners, golden bells, top sill doors, and Tongdian wood of the ancestral hall are all shipped from abroad, with high quality and durability. The paving floor adopts five-slab stone style, which is different from the three-slab style model of ordinary ancestral halls, showing its grandeur.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform in the ancestral hall is placed with the right spatial distribution to ensure that the best display position can be found in every work.
The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall at the Miaotou can be said to be one of the best atmospheres in the Qixi Festival Gongtai. The ancient ancestral hall buildings are decorated with lanterns and colorful colors, and the festive atmosphere is full!
Guang Renjia School Luogong Temple is located in Hengsha Shuxiang Street. This ancient street is more than 260 meters high. There are 53 private ancestral halls in the Qing Dynasty. The blue bricks, gray tiles and stone slabs make this old street full of bookish fragrance full of ancient charm.
The annual tribute tribute is mostly held in the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School. Every year, a plate of golden pineapples must be placed on the tribute platform of the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School, as well as gold and silver baskets arranged on the left and right, which means that this is the Qixi Festival altar of the Luo Family Ancestral Hall.
The Qiaojies in the Quqiao Group of Guangren Family School are very enthusiastic and arranged the small private school very exquisitely. Whenever someone comes to watch, Qiaojies will introduce them to you very enthusiastically. The Zhu Family Ancestral Hall was built by Zhu Cheng to commemorate Zhu Cheng, the great-grandson of Zhu Xi, a Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist who opened the village. The ancestral hall was first built between the Song Dynasty. Babaylan was built between the Yuan Dynasty of the Song Dynasty. After more than 700 years of ups and downs, but Cinema is still well preserved.
Walking into the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, the walls on both sides are full of text and pictures, which records in detail the history of Zhu Family ancestor Zhu Xi, the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist Zhu Cheng, the founder of the Zhu Family in Hengsha, and the related history of Zhu Family Ancestral Hall.
Since 2000, Hengsha Zhushi Ancestral Hall<a hrAfter the rehabilitation of Komiks, every year the villagers of Zhu family gathered to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival. The largest Qiaojie in the village is already over 9Babaylan.
Every year, the carousel lanterns of the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall are very distinctive. The elegant lanterns of Babaylan are contrasted with the ancestral hall, making the romantic night of the Qixi Festival even more brilliant.
Every year, Qiaojie will bring out their excellent works and send them to the Huangpu District Cultural Center for exhibition. If you want to see Qiqiao’s works up close, you can visit the Huangpu District Cultural Center!