Red Net Moment Zhangjiajie, January 8 (Yongding District Rong ** Center Reporter Xie Liqiong ** Whole School Ying) In the warm winter sun, the gongs and drums of Lishan Village, Yuanguping Town, Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City, are noisy and lively. Traditional New Year pig sacrifices, a dazzling array of Tujia New Year goods, delicious and delicious pig killing rice ......On January 6th, the Sumu Pig Cultural Festival opened, and more than 6,000 tourists, photography enthusiasts, and villagers came to taste the mellow folk culture and feel the unique traditional folk customs. Wu Wenhai, member of the Standing Committee of the Zhangjiajie Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, announced the opening, and Zhu Rui, member of the Standing Committee of the Yongding District Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department of the District Party Committee, delivered a speech.
Gongs!The drum is playing, please New Year's pig!At 9:40 a.m., with the sonorous and powerful order of the master of ceremonies of the New Year Pig Sacrifice, the villagers dressed in festive costumes raised their heads and wore saffron New Year Pig Parade, incense, sacrifice, worship, recitation, a serious and solemn New Year Pig Sacrifice Parade Blessing Celebration was staged, and the audience took out their mobile phones to record this sacred moment.
At the event site, the art teams of various villages in Yuanguping Town also brought wonderful folk programs, national and provincial intangible cultural heritage yang operas and high lanterns were staged in turn, and the original Tujia folk performances were fascinating. The Zhangjiajie Philharmonic Orchestra brought the audience an auditory feast that blended Chinese and Western. Local celebrities such as Zazado Group and Gomera Group brought wonderful performances, adding a different charm to the New Year Pig Festival.
Eat New Year's pig rice!A shout, the Tujia Dragon Banquet filled the square, all kinds of Tujia delicacies were steaming, citizens, tourists, and villagers went to the table, drank wine, ate meat, and feasted, and the New Year Pig Festival ushered in a climax.
In the unique New Year's goods market, traditional rural New Year's goods such as sausages, cured tofu, Tujia glutinous ba, chopped peppers, and black mountain pork awakened the childhood flavor of the villagers and tourists on the scene and experienced a strong nostalgia. The 17 international students from Hunan Normal University who participated in the winter research activity of "Sensing China, Reading China with Joy - Rural Revitalization and Splendid Hunan" also experienced the strong Tujia New Year customs, tasted the pig killing banquet, visited the village market, experienced the Tujia rice cake, etc., and felt the spiritual sentiment of the Chinese nation to be good and beautiful, pursue happiness, and celebrate the harvest, share happiness, and the joy of good neighborly reunion.
The Sumuqi Lishan New Year Pig Cultural Festival has been successfully held for many sessions, and has been included in the cultural industry of Hunan Province, becoming a more well-known and influential brand of annual culture, which not only drives the demand for rural tourism consumption, but also meets the needs of the spiritual and cultural life of the masses.
In recent years, Yongding District has adhered to the working idea of "tourism quality improvement, integration of three industries, urban and rural co-ordination, and green rise", vigorously developed all-for-one tourism, and actively explored the road of tourism quality improvement, industrial development and rural revitalization of "tourism + culture", "tourism + folk customs" and "tourism + agriculture". Rural tourism routes such as agricultural research, ecological pastoral, and mountain treasures. In 2023, special festivals such as the June 6 Folk Culture and Tourism Festival, the "Cultural and Creative Park Cup" Tujia Folk Culture Festival, the Yongding District Rural Cultural Tourism Festival, and the Qixing Mountain Fantasy ** Festival have been successfully held.