The origin of pineapple birthday

According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, a group of envoys from the Baltic Kingdom of Tianzhu (India) visited, and one of them, Daxi, planted a paramita tree on the left and right sides of the temple after worshipping the South China Sea God. Because it comes from Baltic countries, the Baltic tree was planted in Nanhai Temple, so later generations called Nanhai Temple "Polo Temple".

Birthday of Poirot has a long history; The birthday of Zhu Rong, the god of the South China Sea, is also called "Birthday of Polo", which falls on February 13 of the lunar calendar every year. From the Song Dynasty to the present, the custom of "Birthday of Polo" has continued for more than 1000 years. In May 2065, 438+0,654,38+0 was announced as the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects. "Polo Birthday" is a folk activity to welcome the birth of Nanhai God, which is mainly popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao, especially in the Pearl River Delta region. Nanhai God is the most expensive and famous of the four gods, and ancient officials and people attached great importance to sacrificial activities. On God's birthday, Nanhai Temple is packed with people and incense.

In the ancient "Birthday of Polo", people went to the South China Sea Temple to worship in order to celebrate the birth of the South China Sea God and pray for the God of the Sea to bless the country and people and the good weather. Today's "Birthday of Polo" temple fair, people who come to visit and pray, together with various special handicrafts sold around the temple, has formed a unique temple fair. Since 2005, the local government has integrated Boluo Birthday and Guangzhou Folk Culture Festival into a three-day Boluo Birthday Folk Culture Festival (February 1 1 day to February 13).

As an ancient traditional folk culture, "Polo Birthday" has a long history, but it is difficult to know the exact origin time. There is a poem in Liu Kezhuang's This Is the Way It Is in the Song Dynasty: "Incense is everywhere, and fireworks are in February. Live in an empty lane and go to Saihai Temple. " This shows that "Polo's Birthday" appeared at least in the Song Dynasty. "Boluo's Birthday" is a representative project of national intangible cultural heritage and one of the most influential folk temple fairs in the Pearl River Delta region.