Photo courtesy of Sujiatuo Town.
The singing and dancing "Haidian Fluttering Butterfly", the original Sujiatuo Taiping Drum, and the fierce style of the former Shajian Shaolin Disciples will ......On February 2, the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the "Four Seas Dragon Teng Celebrates the Prosperity of the Prosperous World and Sings and Laughs to Celebrate the New Year" Haidian District Jiachen New Year's Customs Activity Activity was staged in the comprehensive cultural activity center of Liangjiayuan Village, Sujiatuo Town, and the performers of 19 programs at the event site were all from the residents of Sujiatuo area, and the lively and vivid performances brought a rich and colorful New Year "cultural feast" to the people in the area.
Making dumplings, eating dumplings, and watching performances are one of the highlights of Sujiatuo's small New Year's customs activities. In the center of the event, the dance "Auspicious Flying Dance" danced out of the red and fiery New Year's flavor, the guzheng dance "Strong New Year's Flavor, the Most Beautiful is Reunion" let the audience feel the artistic conception of the combination of folk music and dance, and the civic activity center sang "Reunion Chinese New Year" to bring a strong New Year's flavor to the audience. The three-and-a-half-sentence "Advancing with the Times, Sunset Red" expressed the people's yearning for a better life, and the Peking Opera excerpt "Mu Guiying in Charge" brought by the children in the region was beautifully dressed and round, which won warm applause from the scene.
The performance was also interspersed with questions and answers about the customs of the New Year and the traditional culture of the region, which deepened the understanding of the local people on the traditional festival culture. "The activities of the little year are very good, the neighbors watch the show together, chat, it is lively, and it is really a New Year's atmosphere. Ms. Cao of Liangjiayuan Village said.
Knock Qiang, Knock Qiang ......Outside the activity center, Sujiatuo Taiping Drum, Haidian Fluttering Butterfly and other regional intangible cultural heritage projects and dragon dance, majestic gongs and drums and other folk customs projects took turns on the stage, cheerful gongs and drums, beautiful dance steps, one after another applause. These intangible cultural heritage skills with historical inheritance, after re-creation and careful arrangement, are once again displayed in front of everyone with their unique art forms, and also show the unique traditional cultural charm of Sujiatuo Town.
The calligraphers and painters from the Beijing Sixiang Painting and Calligraphy Institute splashed ink and brushed dragons and snakes, wrote Spring Festival couplets and sent blessings to the villagers, which also made the local residents feel a strong "New Year's flavor".
The small year in the north is inseparable from dumplings. Sujiatuo's small New Year's custom activities are called "dumpling feasts for thousands of people" by local residents. At the event, residents sat together, rolling skins or stuffing, and making dumplings while watching the performance. "We are making cabbage and meat stuffing today, and we are very happy to make dumplings with everyone, which is the taste of the New Year. Ms. Wang of Liangjiayuan Village said.
Pots after pots of steaming dumplings are served on the table, and the air is filled with the aroma of dumplings, which are thin and tender, delicious and a symbol of reunion. In Liangjiayuan Village, more than 1,000 people gathered together to taste fragrant dumplings, listen to folk experts explain the customs of the New Year, and enjoy the wonderful cultural programs, and spent a happy New Year together.
Since 2011, the small annual customs activities in Sujiatuo Town have integrated regional intangible cultural heritage and folk customs projects in accordance with regional folk customs, and used traditional festivals to build a cultural stage for the masses and form a festival cultural atmosphere with the participation of the whole people. It has also become a cultural brand of Sujiatuo Town and a necessary celebration activity for the New Year of the people in the area. Guo Yun, deputy mayor of Sujiatuo Town, introduced. (Reporter Li Hongya).