What is the custom for children to dress up as ancient figures and stand on wooden fences?

First, "crossing the past" luofang town, Liancheng County

The "Walking the Past", popular in luofang town, Liancheng County, Longyan, Fujian Province, is a large-scale folk sports activity held by Hakkas on the 15th day of the first month every year, and is known as the "Mountain Carnival". It is said that in the Ming Dynasty, luofang town often suffered from droughts and floods, and the local people transplanted the "ancient stories" circulated in the north to Luofang, praying for good weather, peace and prosperity.

Luofang Township, Liancheng County, Fujian Province holds a famous folk activity "going through the motions" every Lantern Festival. On this day, Luofang Township was deserted and as crazy as a Spanish bullfight.

The annual Lantern Festival "going through the motions" is a national and folk sports activity that combines entertainment and fitness in competitions, and it is popular in Hakka places such as Luofang in Liancheng, Fujian.

1 the origin of "walking over"

It is said that Luofang, which used to be a joint city, often suffered from droughts and floods. The local juren transplanted "Zougu", which was circulated in Hunan, to the hippo chef, in order to pray for good weather, national prosperity and people's security, and promote the folk entertainment activities of Yuanxiao, which has been passed down to this day.

2 Seven-shed Ancient Events

Seven sheds In ancient times, every family in the village had a shed. They must run in the square first, three times to the left and three times to the right. The scene was crowded with people.

"Cross the past" and go out to the seventh shed (shed, a sedan chair hits it). Choose two courageous ten-year-old boys to dress up, make up and wear costumes according to the opera. One plays the leading role of Tianguan and the other plays the role of a military commander. Celestial officials stand upright on an iron bar, and their waists are fixed with iron rings. Military commanders sit in sedan chairs in two stages. The platform of the sedan chair is inlaid with wooden pillars into a square frame, surrounded by exquisite painted screens and two sedan chairs. Each shed is about 400 kilograms and needs 20 people to carry it.

The villagers put the sedan chairs, flower sheds and colorful flags of the three ancestors in the center of the square. Devoted women burn incense and pray here, praying for peace in the four seasons and good weather.

Three steps to "get out of the past"

On the third and fourth day of the first month of the Spring Festival every year, young men carrying "ancient things" go up the mountain to exercise their feet. They fast for three days on the twelfth day of the first month. On the thirteenth night, they took a clean bath and changed their sandals. They carried the "ancient things", followed the six sheds of the "ancient things", followed by the Bodhisattva sedan chair, the national umbrella, colorful flags and the Fan Shi band, singing all the way. In the crowd of tens of thousands of villagers and tourists, one by one was excited and shouted the start of the game.

At noon, the "ancient things" lined up from the riverbed of Yunlong Bridge. The drum band splashed water first, then sounded three spears. The old shed swarmed into the water, upstream and fiercely competitive.

At 2 o'clock noon on the fifteenth day of the first month, "ancient things" lined up from the riverbed under Yunlong Bridge. The drum band splashed water first, then sounded three spears. The "ancient things" shed swarmed and sailed against the current, and the competition was fierce. At this time, the river banks and bridges are crowded with people, and the scene is very spectacular. Except the Tianguan shed, which is the first shed that can't be surpassed, it is lucky that the bitterness of the back shed can surpass that of the front shed, so I tried to lift my husband up, regardless of the depth of the Japanese race, and the river stone was slippery, and I fell down and got up again, and my mood was extremely high. I stopped at the end of the ancient story and finally reached the river.

Second, the town of pumice in Yongding County "walked from the past"

The pumice in the ancient Hakka town of Yongding County is a grand carnival for the Hakka people to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which has been passed down from the Qianlong Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty to the present. Through this activity, people pray for good weather, peace and prosperity. Compared with Luo Fang's carnival of traveling through the past, traveling through the past is a peaceful life.

Gushi patrol street

After the Spring Festival, the Hakka people in Pumice began to plan ancient things. From the eighth night of the seventh day of the first month, ancient things such as drum umbrellas, flower baskets, dragon dances, and Gao Fei will go door to door every night, sending a whole year's holiday blessing to every household, and every household is ready for firecrackers. 15 and 16, all teams will gather together and March around the town with decorated floats to worship their ancestors.

1 "Crossing the Past"

An ancient thing during the day is to gather in the Tianhou Palace to worship Hakka ancestors and Mazu. After the concentration of ancient events, there were three large-scale events. At noon on the fifteenth day of the first month, it is Lai's family in Sheqian village, Su's family in Zhongzai village on the fifteenth night and Huang's family on the sixteenth night. The difference between surnames is not very important now. Many other surnames and relatives and friends from other villages have joined the team to attend this grand event, that is, it is enough to visit the ancestral temple for the last time. In recent years, there is no distinction between men, women and children. The preference for sons over daughters has been endowed with essence and customs have been changed. These Hakka villages are the best examples of new countryside in a harmonious society.

Starting from ancient times during the day

In ancient times, there were "Shen Zheng Patrol", "Avoidance" signs and big gongs. And sunglasses, cowboy hats, vests and hunters with shotguns. Ancient events are accompanied by complex ten pieces of music and five-color gongs and drums, and the larger ancient event shed will be accompanied by a group, which has an extraordinary folk flavor. There are also modern western bands, such as French horn and tuba. In the shed of ancient events, not only colored lights are used, but also laptops can appear, where you can play mobile phones, watch TV and drink drinks, which is quite modern and young. These not only retain the folk tradition, but also make foreign things serve China, which reflects the global vision of Hakka descendants and keeps pace with the times, so that folk customs can be well passed down.

2 "Through the past" content

Ancient events were mostly dressed up with legends and stories, operas and characters or plots in real life, and were carried in cars or for fun. Common stories include Kuixing lighting a lamp, Taoyuan Sanjieyi, five tigers leading an army, six countries worshiping each other, seven fairies descending to earth, and eight immortals crossing the sea. Antiquities are performed in various forms, such as hiking, scooter pushing, horse riding, sedan chair carrying, riding tricycles, and dressing up as colorful cars, both traditional and modern, which can be described as a complete interpretation of the history of human vehicles on the ground. The most interesting thing in ancient times was to pretend to be high, that is, the water margin. The story comes from the fact that the heroes of the Water Margin dress up as various people and rob people at the charity ceremony, including those who pretend to steal chickens, fortune tellers, teachers, jugglers, blind people, camels, pockmarked monks, loafers, monks, kannika nimtragol and so on. There are casual performances in the street or open places, such as stealing chickens. Ancient clothes

3. The story in "Walk Over"

The ancient shed of the god of wealth has always been very popular. Along the way, gold ingots/coins/bars (Xu Fuji's candy or chocolate) will be distributed to the audience, and the God of Wealth will be called to him. People who usually grab it will be very happy. People who call the God of Wealth are happy, and people who pretend to be the God of Wealth are also happy. At the beginning of the new year, everyone is happy.

Of course, in ancient times, there was also a story about Hakka children going to Nanyang: "Boat Lights", a handsome man full of foreign flavor drove the hardworking, brave and kind Hakka children out of Nanyang; "Dragon Prince", going to Nanyang naturally depends on the Dragon Prince to ensure a smooth journey. Ancient events at night

After the ancient events, there will be a puppet show in the ancestral hall, that is, a Hakka puppet show or a movie.

Ancient events attracted people from far and near. People who have participated in ancient events and people who have not participated in ancient events are very busy. They want to dress up as ancient events, organize teams and entertain relatives and friends who come to watch the excitement. The whole town is full of joy.

At present, it has been included in the intangible cultural heritage of Fujian Province, and the Fan Shi music performance used in ancient events is also the intangible cultural heritage of Fujian and Guangdong. Every year, the Lantern Festival attracts more and more folk lovers to watch and shoot.