In the drizzle, the long corridor on the south bank of Sanlin Old Street in Shanghai is hung with red lanterns, and the drums and silk bamboo melodious bring a happy and festive atmosphere. On February 11, a warm and fiery Lantern Festival was held here. Dragon and lion dance, Hanfu catwalk, guessing lantern riddles, wrapping tangyuan, intangible cultural heritage handicraft display... Sanlin has a profound historical and cultural heritage, and the local colorful intangible cultural heritage activities have also been moved to the scene, bringing a strong New Year flavor to the citizens.
The old street is hung with red lanterns
Amid the sound of gongs and drums, the two lions of the Sanlin Dragon and Lion Team tumbled and opened the scene, winning a round of applause and applause. Sanlin is a famous town of dragon and lion sports in China, and the Pudong Dragon Lantern was included in the third batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects.
"The Sanlin Dragon Lion belongs to the 'Southern Lion', and pays more attention to the lion type and demeanor." Xu Zhekai, a member of the Sanlin Dragon and Lions team and born in 1996, was introduced. He has been practicing lion dance for 5 years, not long ago, they participated in the movie "Lion Boy" post-screening interactive activities, for the audience to popularize the lion dance culture, "Now the Shanghai dragon and lion project is developing better and better every year, more and more schools participate in the dragon and lion competition, and the number of people who come into contact with dragon and lion is also increasing." ”
The Sanlin Dragon and Lion Team brings a lion dance performance
"The people of Sanlin pray for the safety of the people of Guotai and the smooth wind and rain with the dragon and lion dance, and embrace the new year with the spirit of the dragon and lion." Tang Zhenghua, director of the Sanlin Town Community Cultural Activity Center, introduced that the Pudong Dragon Lantern integrates the body language of dance art, the footwork of opera, and the spirit of martial arts into the skills of dragon dance, and the dragon and lion leap to celebrate the Lantern Festival.
Sanlin has a profound historical and cultural heritage. In addition to the dragon and lion dance, the day's activities also incorporated many local intangible cultural heritage items into the Theme of the Chinese New Year. The Sanlin standard clothing catwalk and the interactive experience of Sanlin porcelain carving have brought profound cultural experiences to the citizens.
Braving the drizzle, ten aunts over half a hundred years old dressed in half-sleeved cheongsams and holding tuan fans came to a "costume show". The fabric of the cheongsam on their bodies is the famous local "Sanlin Standard Cloth". Located in Pudong, Sanlintang is one of the earliest ancient towns under Songjiang Province to plant cotton. Since the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, under the influence of the Zodiac, the cotton textile industry in sanlin area has become increasingly developed, and it is famous for its superb cotton weaving skills throughout the country. Sanlintang standard cloth craftsmanship is exquisite, the cloth body is smooth and white, one foot and two inches wide, it is welcomed by all over the world, marketing in Beijing, Qin, Jin, Gansu and other places, the transaction is quite large, and hundreds of thousands of yuan of silver are often used. Nowadays, people advocate returning to nature and returning to nature, and Sanlin Town hopes to work hard to revitalize the reputation of Sanlin Tab.
Sanlin standard cloth cheongsam show
The Lantern Festival is naturally indispensable to tangyuan. At the scene, residents set up a platform, and young and old came together to wrap tangyuan and make collapsed cakes. "The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival of our Chinese nation, and for us Sanlin natives, the most traditional folk custom of the Lantern Festival is that every household wraps tangyuan and makes collapsed cakes. Sanlin Benbang cuisine is famous, wrapping tangyuan and making collapsed cakes with absolutely superior technology. The bean paste we use is all ground ourselves and tastes great. Tang Zhenghua introduced. Tangyuan symbolizes reunion, which is a common custom of the Lantern Festival of all ethnic groups in China; collapsed cake is a traditional snack in Shanghai, which is popular in the suburbs of Shanghai, which can wrap a variety of fillings, it also means reunion, expressing people's yearning for a better life.
Wrap the rice balls and make the cakes on the spot
In the folklore experience area, out-of-print woodcuts, paper cuts, face sculptures, straw weaving, sugar paintings, dragon and phoenix characters, jujube core micro-carved boat models, egg hollow micro-carvings and other intangible cultural heritage booths were arranged in turn, attracting many people. Some stop to watch, some ask the craftsmen for experience, DIY up on the spot, and make a hand to take home.
Folklore demonstration on site
Sanlin Town is one of the bases for the protection and inheritance of Jiangnan silk bamboo in Shanghai, and the office of the Yangtze River Delta Jiangnan Silk Bamboo Protection and Inheritance Alliance is also located here. On the same day, the Sanlin Town Jiangnan Silk Bamboo Orchestra played the pleasant Jiangnan Silk Bamboo Famous Song on the spot, adding a festive atmosphere to the event.
It is reported that the Lantern Festival Yangtze River Delta Jiangnan Silk Bamboo Protection and Inheritance Alliance will also hold an online display and performance activities, and the public can watch the exhibition through the Shanghai Digital Culture Center and the public account of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai-Anhui Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center or the website multi-platform. The exhibition brings together 13 outstanding Jiangnan silk and bamboo orchestras from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Anhui, and will perform traditional songs such as "Four Streets", "Spring River Flower Moon Night", "Six Plates of Flowers", "Happy Song" and "Neon Song" to create a festive atmosphere. Citizens can watch the exhibition through the Shanghai Digital Culture Center and the jiangsu-Zhejiang-Shanghai-Anhui Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center public number or website multi-platform.
"Folk culture is our heirloom, and we hope that through the Lantern Festival, we will bring more blessings to everyone in the Year of the Tiger." Xu Lintao, a member of the Party Committee of Sanlin Town, introduced that in April this year, Sanlin Town will continue to hold the Shanghai Folk Culture Festival and the Sanlintang Sacred Church Temple Fair. In addition, after the Lantern Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, Tanabata, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang and other traditional festivals, Sanlin Ancient Town will also plan and hold folk activities with related themes.
The event was co-sponsored by the People's Government of Sanlin Town and the Shanghai Citizens' Cultural Association.