On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the society was in full swing.
Men and women, young and old, are happy.
Every year around the Spring Festival and around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
For the people of the birthplace of culture such as Shaanxi and Henan.
The happiest and most festive thing.
It's just a lively and prosperous social fire.
Such a New Year's flavor.
can be as strong and hot as the head of wine.
Such a New Year's flavor.
can be deeply imprinted in the depths of people's memory.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 1982, traditional folk fire entertainment activities were held in the Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province.
Shehuo is a form of folk literature and art with a long history, rich connotation, large scale and warm atmosphere in Chinese history. Originating from the worship of land and fire, the ancient working people developed the custom of sacrificing shrines (land) and fire. Later, it gradually developed into a large-scale mass literary and artistic activity that integrates literary and artistic forms such as **, dance, opera, and acrobatics. It is intended to pray for smooth wind and rain, abundant harvest, auspiciousness, and peace of the country and the people.
In the early nineties of the last century, in the towns and villages of Henan Province, you can see lively social fire scenes everywhere before and after the Spring Festival.
In the memory of older people.
Shehuo is a beautiful memory of childhood.
It's a big drama that can't be listened to.
Can't get enough of juggling.
Can't get enough of the deliciousness.
It's the green fields of bean wheat.
It is the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
It's a child's playfulness.
It is the simple true love of the villagers.
It's the gongs and drums that shake.
It's firecrackers.
It is a jumping stilt horse.
It is a dancing Yangge dry boat.
It's an impassioned high-pitched old tune.
It is a tactful Tsing Yi Hua Dan.
It is the multicolored ink on the face.
It's the red silk and green shirt on the body.
It is the crowding of the tiptoe terrier neck.
It is a crowd of onlookers.
It is a memory that people cannot forget.
Like a cup of strong and hot "old wine".
It's like a bowl of mellow "old soup".
With a strong New Year's flavor.
What can't be erased is the nostalgia of homesickness.
At the end of the eighties of the last century, farmers in the suburbs of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province performed during the Spring Festival.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 1997, the fire team of Shizilu Town, Guyuan County, Ningxia, performed excerpts of the Qin dialect at the market.
Before the Spring Festival in 2003, the fire team of Changning Town, Datong County, Xining City, Qinghai Province stepped up rehearsals to prepare for the Spring Festival fire performance.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 2004, farmers in Xigu District, Lanzhou City, danced a long dragon to perform a traditional Spring Festival fire performance in the urban area of Lanzhou City.
Before the Lantern Festival in 2006, a "blacksmith" performed a fire show in front of the ancient city gate of Wei County, Hebei Province.
Before the Lantern Festival in 2007, the masses performed in Dongyuan Village, Jingcheng County, Hebei Province.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 2012, the fire team of Sanhe Town, Haiyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, was performing a fire performance during the Spring Festival.
After the Lantern Festival in 2014, the Shehuo performance team performed the Shehuo "core" in front of Xiyue Temple in Huayin City, Shaanxi.
Before the Spring Festival in 2014, villagers in Yanpanxia Town, Yongjing County, Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, were rehearsing a traditional social fire program to welcome the Spring Festival.
Before the Spring Festival in 2020, the social fire performance team of Jing'an Town, Ganzhou District, Zhangye, Gansu Province rehearsed in the Cultural Square.
Just after the Lantern Festival in 2023, at the New Year Ancient Temple Fair held in Jun County, Henan Province, dozens of Shehuo teams took turns to perform, stepping on stilts, twisting Yangge, playing lions, and playing gongs and drums.
During the Spring Festival holiday in 2024, the community fire team of Zijin Village, Xiaheqing Town, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, went to the village to dance the dragon and play the fire.
Planner: Wang Jianhua, Li Ga.
Co-ordinator: Fei Maohua, Zhou Daqing.
Host of this issue: Zhou Daqing.
Poster, **Zhou Daqing, Yin Dongxun, Kang Yifei (internship).
Visual Design: Kang Yifei (Intern).
*: Yang Limen, Wang Song, An Keren, Liu Quanlong, Han Yuqing
Liang Qiang, Yang Shiyao, Peng Zhaozhi, Tao Ming, Chen Qibao
Song Yanhua, Li An, Gao Hongshan, Wang Jiang.
Editors: Huang Xiaoyong, Zhou Daqing, Shao Zedong, Hao Jianwei.
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