Xiamaya is the easternmost township of Yiwu County, Xinjiang, 48 kilometers away from Yiwu County, and borders Mongolia in the east. Xiama Yameng means "place where there is a snake below". There is also a kind of legend in the local area, when the Tang monk passed by here in the west to learn scriptures, he had dismounted here to rest, so it was named "the horse cliff".
The "Qingquan Festival" in June every year is a century-old tradition in Xiamaya Township, which is the only local folk traditional festival in Xinjiang that integrates water conservation, water love, water enhancement and Muqam and Maixilaifu singing and dancing, and is also the only township-level local folk traditional festival in the country that integrates water resources protection and utilization, cultural tourism and "double support" construction. In 2007, the "Qingquan Festival" in Xiamaya was included in the list of intangible cultural heritage of the autonomous region.
Yiwu Xiamaya "Qingquan Festival" is a festival with local characteristics formed by the people of Yiwu people in their long-term life and labor, which is very meaningful, and has now become a well-known local cultural brand in Xiamaya, forming a cultural industry platform of "cultural platform, people benefit".
Highlights of the Spring Festival:
1. RideDonkey'sTourists can take the "donkey's" from the township ** to the "Qingquan Festival" activity site. This is the local people's own creation and invention, "donkey's" can not only get close to the scenery of nature, contact with the enthusiastic villagers, but also low-carbon environmental protection, environmentally friendly.
2. Hold the ceremony of digging springs and dredging channelsLocal farmers and herdsmen, officers and soldiers stationed in the area, township cadres and so on will hold shovels, gather around the spring, together to clean up the mud and debris around the spring, in order to ensure the smooth flow of the spring, tourists from all over the world can also participate in this process, when the clear spring water gathers in one place, gushing out, the girls in costumes hold gourd kettles to offer sweet spring water to workers and tourists.
3. Eat unity rice:Local residents, officers and soldiers stationed in the station, and foreign tourists will gather together to sing, dance, and eat mutton, naan cakes and other foods donated by various households.
4. Theatrical performancesFirecrackers rang out at the scene, the opening ceremony was a theatrical performance, the old Muqam artists played the ancient **, and the beautiful Uygur girls danced the cheerful Messilaifu, pop ** performances, acrobatic performances, ......The scene was full of jubilation, and local residents and tourists from all over the world enjoyed the joy of the "Qingquan Festival".
The "Qingquan Festival" is a carrier for people to gather, communicate and joy, a spiritual feast, and also highlight the inheritance of culture. Every year, the "Qingquan Festival" attracts a large number of tourists, and it has become a tourism and cultural festival of Yiwu County's brand. Each "Spring Festival" will also set up more exciting activities on the basis of continuing the advantages of the previous "Spring Festival".
In June, you and I met in Yiwu, at the invitation of the Qingquan of Xiama Cliff.
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