"Everyone is more prosperous in the new year! On the evening of February 21, Dongfang Village, Tangnan Town, Fengshun County, held a folk activity - "jumping over the fire". The sound of drums and firecrackers roared like thunder, and the cheers were combined, and the scene was spectacular, attracting many photography enthusiasts and the surrounding masses to come.
At 8 p.m., the drum band played a touching folk tune, heralding the start of the "Jumping Fire". The formal ceremony of "jumping over the fire" is preceded by the "Old Man You", surrounded by a drum band and dozens of young people holding lanterns, through the streets and alleys of the village, receiving the sincere blessings of the villagers.
After the completion of the "You Master", the fire jumping activity officially began, and the gongs and drums and firecrackers rang out at the end of the village road. Hearing only a shout, the young man bravely rushed to the fire, and jumped into the air over the raging fire, moving quickly and neatly, attracting loud cheers and applause from the crowd. Followed by the relay of the lantern of the youth team, the young people in the hands of the bamboo pole after a quick trot to the high fire lightly, the whole person quickly leaped over, the movement is beautiful, in one go, people are amazed.
Luo Weiping, secretary of the Party branch of Dongfang Village, told reporters that jumping on the fire on the twelfth day of the first lunar month is a traditional folk activity with a long history in the village, and it has also successfully applied for the intangible cultural heritage project of Meizhou City, and thousands of people come to ** every year. After jumping the fire, the villagers will use bamboo baskets and other utensils to put the ashes of the burning fire home, and the people from other villages will use bags and paper bags to bring a little home and put them in their own stoves. ”
Southern + reporter Huang Peiqiang.
Yuan Qunhua.
Correspondent: Zheng Kun.
Authors] Huang Peiqiang; Yuan Qunhua.
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