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Zhou Xiaohua. If you don't light lanterns, the moon is not full, and you don't play social fire. Recently, the reporter learned from the Haidong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports, Tourism, Radio, Film and Television that in order to fully display the charm of Haidong Hehuang folk customs and intangible cultural heritage, and further enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the people in the city during the Spring Festival, Haidong City will carry out the "Thousand Dragons and Thousand Lions in the New Year" - 2024 Hehuang Intangible Cultural Heritage Conference and Traditional Community Fire Exhibition and Performance on February 21 (the twelfth day of the first lunar month) on Nianbo Street, Chaoyangshan District, Ledu District.
In the land of Hehuang, the fire performance is a traditional folk custom that has been followed for thousands of years, and it is much loved by the masses. It is reported that the social fire performance will highlight the unique charm of the long history and traditional culture of the Hehuang area, and strive to highlight the extensive, participatory, effective and mass characteristics of the mass culture, at that time, there will be 25 programs from 6 counties and districts of the city, the performance will be based on the traditional social fire performance, highlighting the enduring historical culture, farming culture, totem culture and regional culture of the Hehuang area. In the activity, 100 dragon dances, 1,000 lion dances, 100 majestic gong and drum teams, 100 Taiping gong and drum teams, 100 suona teams, 100 bamboo horses, 100 Anzhao dance teams, and 100 costume performances will be organized (Salar people's Xi Niang, 100 people's Arhats, 100 people's lanterns, Hui banquet songs, traditional fire teams and lantern officials' blessings, planting Huangtian, Taifu, Xia Erqun encouragement and other programs will be intensively performed, with more than 5,000 participants.
The reporter learned that the social fire exhibition will start with the 100-member pipe band of Haidong City, and display the traditional folk fire of Hehuang in the form of majestic gong and drum team, Taiping drum team, dragon dance performance, lion dance performance, etc., reflecting the happy and peaceful happy life of the people of Haidong and the spirit of the prosperous New Year. Programs such as the blessing of the lantern official, the bamboo horse, and the performance of planting the emperor field will also be staged wonderfully, which will present a rich cultural feast for the children of Hehuang.
Since the beginning of the lunar month, Haidong City has carried out five special activities at the municipal level, including the "Top Ten" special cultural performances, the Spring Festival to promote consumption, the first Ice and Snow Games, and the Happy Ice and Snow Festival. At the same time, the six counties and districts also combine their own characteristic folk culture to carry out a variety of activities, such as the traditional lantern exhibition in Ledu District, the fire bud festival in Sanhe Town, Ping'an District, the "February 2nd" traditional ring temple fair in Mutual Aid Tu Autonomous County, and the "Township BA" men's basketball game in Xunhua Salar Autonomous County.
During the Spring Festival this year, Haidong City continued to build a cultural tourism brand with unique Hehuang characteristics, held a series of Spring Festival activities, vigorously enhanced the communication and influence of Hehuang culture, attracted tourists from surrounding areas to Haidong for the New Year, promoted commerce and trade, and attracted consumption, so as to enhance the influence and reputation of Haidong with the event brand, and help build an international eco-tourism destination.
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