When you go to Gusu to see you, everyone sleeps on the river. There are few idle places in ancient palaces, and there are many small bridges in water ports", Suzhou is an ancient city closely connected with water. The Grand Canal that runs through the city has nurtured the characteristics and lifestyle of the Gusu family, and has also left a rich cultural heritage for the local area. So, what are the unique folk customs of the Gusu people in history? What special folk customs have been preserved to this day and have become precious cultural heritage? This Saturday, let's take a look at the third installment of the Grand Canal Cultural Heritage Lecture Series.
Theme: Night talk about Gusu folk customs.
Speaker: Pei Hong (Suzhou Cultural Celebrity).
Time: 19:00, February 3, 2024
Location: Gusu District Public Cultural Center, No. 38 Daru Lane, Suzhou (Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District).
Live broadcast platform: [Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Nanjing University] WeChat**account, [Popular Archaeology] WeChat**account, [Popular Archaeology] Weibo, [Grand Canal Communication] WeChat**account, [Cultural Heritage Communicator] bilibili (scan the poster below***live broadcast).
The Grand Canal Cultural Heritage Lecture Series is co-sponsored by Jiangsu Grand Canal Cultural Tourism Investment and Management Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangsu Cultural Investment Group, and the Institute of Cultural and Natural Heritage of Nanjing University, and co-organized by Grand Canal Media. The cultural connotation and practical value of the Jiangsu section of the Grand Canal will be excavated and displayed from multiple angles, so that the canal culture can better integrate into the present, serve the present and future generations, and better serve the construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt and the National Cultural Park in the way of cultural narration. In this lecture, Pei Hong, a cultural celebrity in Suzhou, will talk about Gusu folk customs with you at night, and deeply interpret Suzhou culture and canal culture.
In July 2023, when the general secretary of the ** inspected the Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District in Suzhou, he felt that the Pingjiang Historical and Cultural District is a valuable asset for inheriting and carrying forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture and strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization.
As the most culturally rich and oldest urban area in Suzhou, Gusu has a special imprint and unique Soviet-style living customs in the canal time that has flowed for thousands of years and in the prosperous scenery that spans thousands of miles. These customs are not only embodied in the "obsolete and not eating", but also in contrast to the "four seasons of flowers". Gu Lu's "Qing Jialu" recorded the folk customs of Gusu in detail, such as entering the wax moon, he began to "jump the king, jump the dragon kui, the eight porridge, the New Year's bun, sacrifice the mountain pig, send the book, the fire candle, beat the dust, the dragon dumpling, read the four nights to send the pipe..."”。
The Suzhou People's "Suzhou Year" exhibition allows us to listen to the Suzhou-style culture and customs of the Gusu people in the Chinese New Year's Eve in the south, and feel the vitality of the Grand Canal from ancient times to the present.
(Grand Canal News**: 18611735190).
Produced by Cao Yu.
Edited by Yan Chen, Xu Rong.
First trial: Gui Yan Zhang Li.
Second instance Xiao Dong.
Third trial Hui Jun.