In 2021, the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province launched the recommendation and application of the eighth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects. After the recommendation of various local units, the review of the expert review team of the Provincial Expert Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the deliberation of the Chairman Committee of the Expert Committee, and the study of the Party Group of the Department, 115 items recommended for the eighth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects were proposed, of which 42 were newly selected projects and 73 were expanded.
Among them, Qingyuan was selected for a total of 5 projects, namely "Folk Literature" "Flooded Heaven" - Genesis Narrative Long Poem, "Traditional Technique" White Cut Chicken Cooking Technique, Longtang Clay Pot Firing Technique, "Traditional Dance" Mu Ya Lion Dance and "Folk" White Temple Dragon Tour. If the five projects are publicized, the number of qingyuan provincial intangible cultural heritage will reach 39.
According to statistics, Qingyuan has 6 national intangible cultural heritages, such as the traditional craftsmanship of Yingshi artificial mountain bonsai, the Lianzhou Budai Wooden Lion Dance, and the Yao Folk Song Hall, 34 provincial intangible cultural heritage items, 99 city level items, and 164 county level items.
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I. "Flooded Heaven" - a long poem of Genesis narrative
"Flooded Heaven" is a long narrative poem of Pai Yao Genesis. Pai Yao is a unique branch of the Yao people, around the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the ancestors of Pai Yao migrated to Liannan Baili Yao Mountain to settle down.
Flooded Sky – a long poem mural of Genesis narratives.
Pai Yao Genesis narrative poem "Flooded Heaven" attempts to explain the formation of heaven and earth, the origin of human beings and nations, through the magical and unrestrained fantasy, beautiful and vivid artistic image, showing the indomitable spirit of the Yao people in the struggle against nature and the desire to pursue a better life, reproducing the life style of the Yao people in ancient times, is an important part of the history and culture of Pai Yao, has a high historical research value. Since the Yao people have no writing, this Long Poem of Genesis Narrative can only be circulated through singing and storytelling, and through the form of murals, it is inscribed on the walls of the Pangu King Temple or the eaves of the Yao family. In recent years, the regional cultural department has taken a series of measures to protect and inherit, and has invested more than 100,000 yuan to restore and update various murals, and hired old artists to carry out inheritance activities in the form of singing and storytelling in schools.
Due to the rich content and long length of the long poem, there are very few people who can comprehensively write it down, in recent years, due to the impact of modern culture, the growing age of old artists and the successive deaths, there are very few people who can clearly remember at present, "Flooded Sky" is facing the endangered situation of being lost, and the project protection and inheritance are urgent.
Second, white cut chicken cooking skills
White cut chicken is a traditional specialty with a long history and a famous name at home and abroad in Qingyuan City. According to the "Chronicle of Qingyuan County", Qingyuan has a tradition of not having a chicken without a feast. Every red and white celebration, large and small banquets, entertaining guests, all use a fully cooked fan chicken to worship the ancestors, reward the gods, after completing the ceremony, bring it home and cut it out, hence the name white cut chicken. The white cut chicken skin cooked in the traditional way is smooth and smooth, the meat is tender, sweet and fragrant, and the original flavor of Qingyuan chicken is preserved to the greatest extent.
3. Wooden lion dance
The Muya Lion Dance is a unique traditional dance in Qingyuan Yingde City, when the performance is performed, 1 person dances the lion head, 4 people dance the clown, 4 people play the instrument, and dance different movements under the accompaniment of the "Ten Point Plum Blossom" gong and drum music. Express people's pursuit of peace, health and a better life.
Wooden lion dance.
The wooden lion dance is mostly performed in ancestral halls, squares and other places during the Spring Festival and major festivals, and the performance is preceded by the etiquette of the wooden lion. When the wooden lion dances, the lion head walks, runs, worships, jumps, licks, pounces, bites and other movements accompanied by high drums, large cymbals, gongs, small bells and other instruments, and sometimes makes a "sizzling" sound. Through teasing and playing with each other, it is funny and witty, making the audience happy and happy, and is very popular with the local people.
The Muya Lion Dance is the most common folk lion dance activity in Yingde, which has certain historical value, artistic value and social value, precipitating the cultural life and customs of the British and German Hakka families, and also witnessing the traditional cultural essence of the British and German Hakka families. Most of the performances of the musi lion dance are gathered during the holidays, which is conducive to uniting the masses and harmonizing the society, and at the same time enriches the spiritual and cultural life of the people.
Fourth, Longtang pottery pot firing technology
Longtang Ling's pottery pot firing technique is in the last year of the Qianlong Dynasty (1792), from the twenty-first ancestor of the Ling clan Ling Chaosheng from Meixian ShiZhen to the present-day Qingyuan Longtang Yue-shaped Gang Village, the ancestral phase of the terrain here, open kiln firing pottery, inheritance of nine generations of heirs, before and after 225 years. The main pottery fired are pottery pots, wine passes, pots and other household utensils.
In recent decades, people's demand for traditional pottery has decreased, and at present, only a few clans under the leadership of the ninth generation of the Ling family, Ling Jianguang, are still adhering to this ancestral business.
5. White Temple Dragon Tour
Qingyuan is the "hometown of Chinese dragon boats", and the customs of dragon boat racing in the Dragon Boat Festival have a long history. Qingcheng District White Temple Dragon, also known as Wanglong, according to the Ming Dynasty Tianshun period "Qingyuan County Chronicle" record, the white temple dragon custom has been passed down for more than 500 years. It is not a competitive event, but a lively and interesting custom in the Dragon Boat Festival. The White Temple Dragon Tour begins on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar and ends around the tenth day of the first month of May, lasting more than a month, divided into six parts: the dragon boat, the dragon boat launch to take the green kaiguang, the dragon boat to visit relatives, the Dragon Boat Festival to commemorate Qu Yuan, the dragon boat festival, and the dragon harvest. This traditional folk activity has always been loved by people, from the dragon boat, water immersion, river sacrifice, dragon boat relatives, Xie River ceremony, there are solemn ceremonies. He has been invited to Dongguan and other places to participate in the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival.
[Reporter] Chen Likai
【Author】 Chen Likai
【Source】 Southern Press Media Group South + client