Take the ancient things, take the ancient things. Fushi Town, Yongding County

The "going to the ancient times" of pumice in the Hakka ancient town of Yongding County is a grand carnival for the Han people in Hakka villages to celebrate the Lantern Festival, which has been circulated since the Qianlong Jiaqing period of the Qing Dynasty. 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. 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. 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, men and women, old and young, have been abandoned, and customs have been changed. These Hakka villages are models of a harmonious society and a new countryside.

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 ten complicated pieces of music and five-color gongs and drums, and a larger pavilion of ancient events will be accompanied by accompaniment. Chinese culture has extraordinary charm. 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. 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 lifting, 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 transportation on the ground.

The most interesting thing in ancient times was Gao Fei, also known as the Water Margin. The story comes from the fact that heroes of the Water Margin pretended to be all kinds of people to rob people during the charity ceremony, including chicken thieves, 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. 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. 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.

Fu's and Drum Room have 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 and ancient events attract many folk lovers to watch and shoot.