China Business Daily Hunan report (Zhong Xinghua, reporter Xie Zuoqin) Tiger leaps and dragons to celebrate the prosperous world, singing and dancing to welcome the New Year. On February 3, a reporter from China Business Daily came to Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province, on the bank of the Chilei River, to feel the excitement of the "Village Evening" in Lake Township, to experience the fireworks in the Lake District, to see the new pursuit and new fun of the peasant masses in the new era, and the changes in the spiritual and cultural life of the rural masses.
"Village evening" reflects the smell of fireworks in Lake Township.
The surging Dongting water, the happy Sihu Mountain; Leisurely Huaxia love, happy Sihu Mountain. On the occasion of the Spring Festival, the first "Village Evening" drama full of strong local flavor was staged in the "Yu Shun" Cultural Square of Huahong Village, Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province. The event was guided by the Propaganda Department of the Yuanjiang Municipal Party Committee and the Yuanjiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and hosted by the Party Committee of Sihushan Town and the people of Sihushan Town.
On the occasion of the 2024 New Year, the scene of the first "Village Evening" in Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City, Hunan. (Zhong Xinghua).
The first "Village Evening" kicked off the performance with a song and dance "Happy Sihu Mountain", singing the love of the people of Sihu Mountain for their hometown, showing the unique customs and cultural connotation of the Chinese nation, and the audience felt the unique charm of Chinese culture with a long history, and appreciated the people's yearning for a better life and good wishes for the future in the cheerful **.
Immediately afterwards, the wonderful collective dance "Auspicious Chinese New Year" brought by the Sihushan community, the majestic gongs and drums performed by Huahong Village, the "Eight Hundred Miles of Dongting" sung by Heping Village, the flower drum opera "Mending the Pot" by Liangxian Village, the solo "Hometown" brought by Jingxiazhou Village, and the collective dance "Happy Smile" from Guangfuyuan Village and other programs with local characteristics showed the charm of traditional culture to the fullest; The band sang "Love Song 1990" and the children's dance "Yujun Shu" and other programs, reflecting the rich spiritual and cultural life of the local people; Poetry recitation "Go, Go to Sihu Mountain", collective dance "Hello Motherland", "Always Follow the Party" and other performances expressed the people's love for the motherland and hometown, as well as the people's yearning for a better life.
The first "Village Evening" in Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province attracted thousands of people. (Zhong Xinghua).
Fan Chunxia, member of the Standing Committee of the Yuanjiang Municipal Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, told reporters that the "Village Evening" with the theme of "Yuanlai has music, villages and villages have operas", with the purpose of "Rural Village Evening Village Office, and Running Village Evening for the Village" as the purpose, concentrated on the rural cultural style of Sihushan Town, carried forward the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, and also provided a cultural feast for the people of Sihushan Town that the masses like to see, appreciate the elegance and vulgarity, be happy and peaceful, and welcome the Spring Festival.
Yushun culture dances the magnificent picture of the countryside.
The first "Village Evening" program arrangement of Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City is unique, with a variety of collective dances and unique local operas, sketches full of local flavor, and songs and dances that represent the trend of the times.
The youth of Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province performed songs and dances full of youthful atmosphere. (Zhong Xinghua).
The beautiful songs, enchanting dances, and wonderful performances fully demonstrated the new style of rural civilization in Sihu Mountain Town, and also let the audience enjoy a unique "village evening" directed and performed by the people, and couldn't help but take out their mobile phones to record the wonderful moments.
In addition to dance and opera, theatrical performances are also a highlight of the "Village Evening", poetry, calligraphy and other performances will infiltrate the cultural atmosphere in the hearts of every audience, shorten the emotional distance between the villagers, let the atmosphere of harmony and integration flow at the event site, enhance the happiness and sense of gain of the masses, and show the new atmosphere of the beautiful countryside.
Legend has it that more than 4,200 years ago, Emperor Shun set up Chonghua County in the Sihu Mountain area during his southern tour, and in this water town, Zeguo Xing farming, education, and commerce, and built this place into an important economic and cultural town.
With the advent of the Spring Festival in 2024, a farmer calligrapher from Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City, Hunan Province wrote Spring Festival couplets for the villagers at the "Village Evening" site. (Chen Zhizhong).
In recent years, the Party Committee and the town of Sihushan Town, Yuanjiang City, have continued to promote the strategy of "promoting rural revitalization with cultural revitalization", clarified the development path of "cultural resource empowerment", and injected new momentum into the rural economic and social development by shaping the shape with culture, casting the soul with culture, and gathering strength with culture. In the next stage, the town will take the first "Village Evening" as a starting point, run out of the "acceleration" of cultural revitalization, and take the people, benefiting the people, and serving the people as the "torch" to ignite the "new engine" of rural cultural revitalization.