What are the customs in Xinmi?

Blowing songs is a very ancient form of playing music in China, with wind instruments as the main instrument, supplemented by sheng, flute, flute, rhyme drum, cymbal, bell and other instruments, which can be called an ancient symphony in China. It originated in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and has a history of nearly 4000 years. Xinmi's flowering song passed through the temple and spread among the people. Because Chaohua Temple is dedicated to the relics of Sakyamuni, it became famous for a while and became a big temple with strong incense, attracting royal families and dignitaries to worship here. An Hanlin went to Chaohua Ancient Temple to pay homage to incense, and passed on the blowing songs circulated in the palace, which were only used for the imperial palace or national sacrificial ceremonies, to monks, and mixed them with local music, forming a musical form with regional characteristics.

"Because Xinmi's" Blowing Songs in the Spirit "is the court music in the Tang and Song Dynasties. It not only has a unique pipe, but also uses the scale notation of' ruler, fan, six, five and top', and sixteen people must play at the same time every time. " The relevant person in charge of xinmi city Cultural Tourism Bureau told the reporter.

There are many songs and qupai in "Blowing Songs at Flowers", which can be roughly divided into three types, namely, ancient songs (court music), folk songs (folk tunes), temple fair sacrificial music (solemn music), and some for practice? Modal music (etude) and exhibition (music short film) constitute a complete super-blowing song program. It retains the basic elements of China ancient music, has a unique personality and style, and belongs to ancient music? Living fossil is a wonderful flower in the history of music, an excellent folk music culture in the Central Plains, and a relic of ancient court music "Blowing Music", which has high historical, academic and practical value.

Guandi Temple Association:

The date of Guandi Temple Meeting is May 13 every year. According to legend, this day is Guan Gong's sharpening day. It needs water, so it will rain. One-day visit to Guandi Temple originated in Shunzhi period. Every year on May 12, pilgrims from all over the country come to offer incense, pay homage in turn, and invite big plays. Pilgrims not only come from this county, but also involve counties (cities) such as Yuzhou, Dengfeng and Xingyang.

City God Temple Association:

May 18 is Lord Huang Cheng's birthday, so this meeting will last for eight days. Chenghuang Temple was built in the forty years of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (173 1). At the same time, the meeting will start on May 27th (people in Third Street change it every year), and it will be carried at night until late at night. On the 28th, all good men and women from all directions flocked to the temple to burn incense, and it was often packed. Folk cultural activities, such as land boat, bamboo horse and scooter, also came to join in the fun, worshiping the city god in succession, and inviting the opera 1 3 to sing together? Eight days, until June 6th.

Nanguan Fire Temple Association:

The Temple of Fire will be the largest temple fair in the ancient city. The seventh day of the first month is the birthday of Vulcan (Zhu Rong dedicated it to Vulcan in Xinmi). Since the beginning of this year, the issuance scale has been very large. The offerings are handicrafts, including eight immortals, dragons and phoenixes, lions, tigers, peonies, chrysanthemums and peaches. People who open temple fairs must look at the offerings, which is a major feature of this temple fair. On the sixth night, people chanted and recited scriptures. On the morning of the seventh day, all the villagers' artists and Sanjie lions gathered at the west end of Xiguan Bridge, lined up at Nanguan to worship Vulcan and performed at the meeting. A sea of people, very lively, and then perform in the city. The east and west streets are crowded, saying that Vulcan is having a meeting, but in fact the whole county is having a meeting. Please stage 1 to 3 for three days. The Temple of Fire was built in obscurity and destroyed in the late Ming Dynasty. Rebuilt in the seventh year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, Vulcan will reappear when the temple is built.

During the temple fair, shoulder dancing, carrying a woman's back, dancing on the snipe and blowing songs are all popular folk programs, which are deeply loved by the masses.