Details of Taihaoling Temple Fair

Taihaoling Temple Fair is an ancient traditional folk custom and folk religious cultural activity. It is called the ancestral temple locally. According to textual research, Fuxi Mausoleum of Taihao was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there was a shrine in front of the mausoleum of Han Dynasty. The Fuxi Mausoleum of Taihao covers an area of more than 36 hectares, and its scale and architecture are magnificent, which makes the world gasp in admiration.

The temple fair in Taihaoling is huge and lasts for a long time, which is unique among the temple fairs in the Central Plains. Every year, the lunar calendar lasts for one month from February 2 to March 3. It has pinned the good wishes of the working people in China to exorcise evil spirits, avoid disasters and pray for blessings.

Basic Introduction Chinese Name: mbth of Taihaoling Temple Fair: Classification of Taihaoling Temple Fair: Folk Area: Huaiyang County, Zhoukou City, Henan Province Start Time: the second day of the second lunar month every year Duration: the historical evolution of the temple fair lasting for one month, its origin, Fuxi source, Fuxi legend, Fuxi scale, construction purpose, practical information, opening hours, fare information, traffic information, temple fair characteristics, related events and historical evolution as an ancient one. The Book of Rites Moon Order says: "The Mid-spring Moon ... is enshrined in high media and prisons". The ancients regarded Fu He and Nu Wa, the first couple from group marriage to pairing marriage in myths and legends, as gods. Fuxi married Nuwa's brother and sister, and they created human beings and unearthed them to reproduce human beings. When the storm came, the clay figurine did not collect it with his hands, but swept away his arms and legs with a broom, causing the disabled. This may be the disadvantage of consanguineous marriage. Fuxi, the leader of the intelligent clan alliance, began to organize men and women from all tribes to meet and get married in the form of meetings. The symbol of the conference is a stone (similar to the descendants kiln in the northeast corner of Ren Xian Hall). By touching the offspring kiln, the consent of both men and women is obtained, and then the face is covered with grass for mating. Others see that both sides have lovers and no longer ask each other. This is basically the same as "Mid-Spring Moon" by Zhou Li media. When men and women meet, people who run for no reason can't help but be punished. There is no distinction between a man and a woman with a husband and a will. All the dirty lawsuits of men and women are tried in the society that wins the country. There is a kind of "straw hat tiger" among the mud dogs sold at the temple fair now, which is a symbol of covering your face with grass at that time. On this basis, Fuxi formulated the wedding ceremony. It is stipulated that the matchmaker must negotiate before marriage, and the man can only get married if he gives the woman two skins as a dowry, which changes the state of group marriage and begins to have a family. After the implementation of this system, there is a great wind of primitive mismatch. Confucius went from Wei to Chen, and Chen Hou got up to meet Confucius on the balcony of the mausoleum. Confucius' lobbying in Chen further changed the original custom of group marriage, making February a kind of ancestor worship, and touching the kiln for descendants became people's wish to pray for their descendants. The February Mausoleum Festival in Huaiyang has not only continued, but also the wind of praying for ancestors has become stronger and stronger, incense has become more and more prosperous, and the number of people has increased. On the contrary, the Sanglin of Song State, Yunmeng of Chu State and the February meeting of Qi State are all gone. The spread of the idea of humanized gods in Taihaoling Temple Fair, autocratic emperors often rely on the gods, and self-promotion is the "true dragon emperor" who should follow the unification. Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty, claimed to be protected by his ancestor Fuxi and gained the throne. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, also said that he won the world with the help of Fuxi, made a message and sacrificed himself. So this February "ancestor worship" will be grand and spectacular. According to the book An Overview of the Temple Fair in Taihu Lake in Chenzhou, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties alone, the court sent 52 ministers to pay homage to Taihao Mausoleum, offering more than 30 kinds of sacrifices, which were quite rich. At the meeting, the dragon flag fluttered, the flagpole was like a forest, firecrackers and cigarettes went up into the sky, and the whole mausoleum was crowded with people. There is hardly room to stand. During the Republic of China, the great presidents Li and Xu Shichang personally made plaques to show their respect, and the February Mausoleum still attacked 65438+ October. According to the 23 rd year of the Republic of China (A.D. 1934), Qixian Education Experimental Zone in Henan Province and Huaiyang Provincial Normal School conducted a joint investigation. According to records, this year, the number of people who rushed to make the February Tomb Festival reached more than 2 million, with 52 commercial paving projects and 476 companies/kloc-0. 40 kinds of voluntary entertainment, such as dragon lanterns, stilts, lions and songs; Business entertainment category 23: such as bangzi opera, circus, movies, etc. , men, women and children, shoulder to shoulder, very lively. Taihaoling Temple Fair Today's Taihaoling Temple Fair is even larger, and pilgrims have spread all over the country. The area with a large population extends to Han Jing Road in the west, west Anhui in the east, southwest Shandong in the north and Huguang in the south. During the temple fair, the daily traffic reached more than 200,000, and it reached more than 400,000 when it was * *. Due to the large number of people, the meeting lasted for another month. People exchanged materials and culture in various forms while worshipping their ancestors. During this period, many international scholars and friends also came to Taihao Mausoleum to explore ancient times and study the oriental civilization in ancient China. Compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as Chinese descendants living abroad, send delegations to Taihao Mausoleum every year to find their roots and ask their ancestors, and proudly pay homage to their ancestors in front of Fuxi Mausoleum to show that they do not forget their ancestors and are descendants of the dragon. The content of the temple fair is the basic content of the temple fair. According to legend, February 15th of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the ancestor Fuxi. Fuxi and Nu Wa created gossip together, made their marriage, and laid the foundation of China's early civilization. The ancestor worship meeting, composed of good men and faithful women, held high the yellow silk Qinglong flag, held incense towers in hand and carried flower baskets on their shoulders. In the sound of instrumental music, they solemnly burned incense and bowed down to their ancestors to express their respect for them. Anyone who worships ancestors and burns incense should bring a handful of soil from his hometown and sprinkle it on Fuxi Mausoleum after burning incense, which means that future generations will prosper. The Origin of Temple Fair The origin of Taihaoling Temple Fair can be traced back to more than 6000 years ago. According to historical records, Fuxi, the ancestor of China, used Wanqiu (Huaiyang) as its capital. He's "A painting opens the sky to divide Yin and Yang, and everything will be achieved" has opened the curtain of Chinese civilization on the Huanghuai Plain with Chen as the center. He invented the net, taught people to fish and hunt animal husbandry, and created primitive animal husbandry; He recognized Feng's surname and taught people to follow the rules. He created a wedding ceremony, which freed primitive people from the ignorant state of group marriage; He invented the most primitive musical instrument, the harp, to teach people to maximize the ritual and music; He took the title of Dragon Lord, nicknamed Dragon Lord, and divided the sea. In particular, he viewed astronomy from above, geography from below, and everything from the middle, and founded the Eight Diagrams, which ended the knotting of knots, opened the wisdom of human beings and initiated the precedent of human civilization. His series of inventions, like ever-burning lamps, have illuminated the history of China for thousands of years. Fuxi has thus become an epoch-making figure, praised by later generations as "the head of Huang San" and "the ancestor of mankind", and became the ancestor revered by the Chinese nation, the ancestor of the Dragon and the ancestor of China. In order to commemorate Fuxi's merits, the temple fair crowd built a mausoleum temple in Huaiyang, the burial place of the Fuxi family in Taihao. According to historical records, there was Fuxi Mausoleum in Huaiyang during the Spring and Autumn Period, and a shrine was built in front of it before the Han Dynasty. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, banned people from grazing, and Zhao Kuangyin, Song Taizu, announced the establishment of a mausoleum temple. Since then, there has been a fixed sacrifice day. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was repaired and expanded again and again. Taihao Mausoleum is grand in scale, gorgeous in color and beautiful, and the Temple Fair is more prosperous and lively. Fuxi Origin Fuxi Legend Taihao Fuxi is the ancestor of human beings in ancient Chinese myths and legends. It is said that he and his mother snail gave birth to human beings together. He taught people to engage in fishing, hunting and animal husbandry, invented writing, created gossip and so on. He is a great male ancestor god created by the ancient ancestors of China after they entered the patriarchal society. Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum is located in the north of Li Sanhuai Yang County. According to textual research, Fuxi Mausoleum of Taihao was built in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there was a shrine in front of the mausoleum of Han Dynasty. The emperors of Tang and Song Dynasties issued imperial edicts to expand cemeteries and offer sacrifices to Taihao Fuxi. The existing Fuxi Mausoleum of Taihao was built in the 13th year of Ming Dynasty, and it was rebuilt and repaired many times in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The scale of Fuxi Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum covers an area of more than 875 mu, and it is rare in cemetery architecture. The cemetery consists of two courtyards, a cemetery and a temple, both of which are surrounded by high walls, commonly known as the Forbidden City. Outside the Forbidden City are the inner city and the outer city. The whole cemetery building takes the mausoleum as the central axis, extending from south to north, followed by Zhaobi (now gone) in Kowloon: Wumaomen, Jade Belt River Stone Bridge and Daoyimen. The instrument door is a congenital door, a pavilion-style building and a brick arch. Further north is Taiji Gate, with the blue plaque of "Fuxi Mausoleum of Taihao" on the door. In front of Taiji Gate is Jade Belt Road, which connects Donghuamen and Xihuamen. The bell tower and drum tower are on both sides of the east side of Taiji Gate, and Tiantong Hall faces north. Tian Tong Temple, located in the center of the cemetery, is the largest building in the cemetery, with eaves and arches, red walls and yellow tiles, and auspicious dragons and phoenixes. The statue of Taihao Fuxi is enshrined in Tian Tong Hall. Fuxi is like a poncho, with two horns on its head, covered with leaves, hides skins around its waist and holds innate gossip in its hand. There are statues of Emperor Yan, Huangdi, Shao Hao and Zhuan Xu around Fuxi. Behind the Temple of Heaven is the Ren Xian Hall, followed by the bedroom, and behind the bedroom is the tomb of the ancestor Taihao Fuxi. Fuxi tomb is more than 20 meters high and its circumference is 150 meters. It has the meaning of a round place under the upper circle. There is a huge bluestone tombstone in front of the tomb, which has been weathered and denuded because of its age, but the characters "Taihao Fuxi" are still discernible. According to legend, the inscription on the tombstone was written by Su Xiaomei, a talented woman in the Song Dynasty, who dipped a sweat towel in perfume powder. White sandalwood and cypress are planted on the mausoleum, full of green. Behind the grave builder is Fuxi's yarrow garden. It is said that Fuxi used yarrow for divination to eliminate disasters and diseases for the people. Therefore, people later called yarrow "sacred grass". The purpose of the construction is the grandeur of Fuxi Mausoleum, which makes the world sigh. According to folklore, Fuxi Mausoleum was built by Zhu Yuanzhang, the Ming emperor, in order to repay Fu for saving his life, imitating the pattern of lighting palace. The opening hours of practical information are: 8: 00- 18: 00 in winter, 7: 30- 18: 30 in summer, and half an hour in advance during the temple fair. The fare information is generally in 60 yuan. 20 yuan during the first day, fifteenth day, February 2nd to March 3rd of the lunar calendar. On March 9, 20 16, the reporter learned from the Propaganda Department of Huaiyang County Committee that the annual traditional ancient temple fair in Huaiyang County opened today, lasting for one month until the third day of the third lunar month. During the temple fair, an intangible cultural heritage exhibition will be held in Huang Xi Cultural Square, with half-price tickets. According to the person in charge of Huaiyang Taihao Mausoleum Management Office, the ticket price of this scenic spot is usually 40 yuan, but it is reduced to 20 yuan during the one-month temple fair and the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar every month. Old people over 70 years old, active servicemen and disabled people are free with valid certificates. Traffic Information The traffic scenic spot is adjacent to the national highway 106. Nanluo, Daguang Expressway Zhoukou territory to Shang Zhou Expressway Huaiyang exit. Temple Fair Features Various traditional folk entertainment activities during the temple fair are more fascinating. Among them, juggling. There are many performances, such as lions, dragon lanterns, bamboo horses and dry boats. The ancestral temple fair in Tai Wuling. At the same time, it is also a display of traditional folk entertainment. "Compared with other temple fairs, there are two very unique temple fair customs in Taiwuling. First, there is a relatively primitive dance of offering sacrifices to ancestors and pleasing gods, also called "carrying flower baskets". During the temple fair, you can see the "selected teams" who come to Tai Wuling to pray for their ancestors every day. These "selected teams" sang and danced in front of Tai Wuling, attracting many good men and women who came to pilgrimage to stop and watch. Four people in each class, three carrying baskets, one playing bamboo board, dancing in the form of several songs, three pairs picking six kinds of baskets, dancing and singing. The dancers are all dressed in black, with big black waist trousers, leg wraps and black embroidered shoes. Their heads are wrapped in a black gauze head nearly 1 meter long, and the lower edge of the head has ears 6 cm long. Most dancers are elderly women. Flower basket dance originated from unknown time, and it is said that it is a primitive sacrificial dance handed down from Wangulong Flower Festival. There is no definite solution to the Wan Gu Long Flower Festival. Legend has it that Fuxi is a big dragon and Nu Wa is a little dragon. This flower show may be related to ancestors. The flower basket dance was handed down from women to men, mainly to entertain people's ancestors and care for Nu Wa (there used to be a Loi Wo Temple in Taihaoling). When "Flower Basket" was in full swing, the dancers passed back to back in the middle, and their bodies collided, symbolizing the intersection of Fuxi female snails. His lyrics are also related to Fuxi Nuwa. Some movements of this dance are basically consistent with the image of the dragon-headed Nuwa mating in the lower part of the Han Dynasty stone relief, which is the original custom of reproductive worship. The second unique place is that the temple fair is full of "mud dogs". Clay dog, also known as "Tai Wu Ling Dog" and "Ling Dog", is a clay sculpture toy sold at the temple fair. Every year, the temple fair in Tai Wuling is a dazzling array of mud dog stalls. These clay toys have various shapes, including pigeons, snakes, frogs, unicorns, two-headed dogs, monkeys with faces, peach monkeys, straw hats, tigers, turtles and swallows. Its image is exaggerated, and its expression is different, which is implied in Gu Zhuo. According to textual research, these clay toys are living cultural relics in the late primitive society that have been passed down to this day. Some people think that these clay toys are the custom of "squeezing clay figurines" left by Fuxi Nuwa after her marriage. Temple Fair in Taihaoling, a cultural phenomenon, has many primitive cultural colors, many things worth studying and mysteries to be solved. Related events 2016 March 10 On the second day of the second lunar month, at the Taihaoling Temple Fair in Huaiyang County, Henan Province, pilgrims lined up to shoot statues of five people, including Wang, which became a unique scenery at the temple fair.

On that day, the Temple Fair of Taihaoling in Huaiyang County, Henan Province opened on February 2nd. Tourists from all over the country come to Taihao Mausoleum to burn incense to worship their ancestors. In front of the Yuefei Temple in Taihaoling, there are five iron statues of Wang Jun, Wang Jun, Wang Jun's wife and Zhang Jun kneeling. All pilgrims who burn incense will come here to play "Qin Gui" to vent their hatred for killing the national hero Yue Fei. According to folklore, slapping yourself after slapping Qin Gui will make you better. Over time, playing Qin Gui has become a unique scenery at the Taihaoling Temple Fair in Huaiyang. 201June March 10, Taihaoling, Huaiyang, Henan Province, a large forklift pushed a large number of combustible materials near the incense burner in front of the tomb to one place. On the second day of the second lunar month, a large number of pilgrims poured into the Taihaoling Temple Fair held in Huaiyang County, Henan Province. Although the relevant departments have posted notices, they are required to take care of the environment and prohibit burning high incense. However, there are still many people whose incense burning length and diameter obviously exceed the regulations, and the burning sacrifices pile up into hills. At the scene of blessing, the smoke made people blink. Two large forklifts kept dealing with burning materials, and dozens of workers even used fire extinguishers to deal with residues. It is still necessary to standardize and guide, and create an environment for environmental protection and frugality. It is understood that China (Huaiyang) Intangible Cultural Heritage Exhibition will be held in Huang Xi Cultural Square from March 14 to March 17. This exhibition will add 30 kinds of traditional static (diet) crafts in Henan, and local famous snacks such as Bianliang cake, Kaifeng cockfighting and Guantang hemp chips will appear one after another. While enjoying the magnificent dynamic performances and parades, everyone can also enjoy a "non-legacy meal".