The scene of the performance. Photo by Yang Hongxia.
As the Spring Festival approaches, social fires in various places are also stepping up rehearsals to make final preparations for the wonderful performances during the Spring Festival.
On January 26, the reporter came to Wangjiazhuang Village, Changning Town, Datong Hui Tu Autonomous County, Xining City, and felt the lively atmosphere brought by the social fire in advance in the sound of gongs and drums.
At 10 o'clock, the village committee square was full of vehicles, the vendors selling popcorn got up early, and the steaming popcorn was snapped up by the children in the village as soon as it came out of the pot.
One by one, actors wearing social fire costumes and makeup came to the square one after another. Some of them are holding handmade flower baskets, some are wearing national costumes, and some are eager to try with gongs and drums hanging around their waists. The extraordinarily bright costumes, colorful decorations, and the lively chatting of the villagers reveal the unique lively and festive nature of the countryside everywhere.
Dear fathers and fellow villagers, today our social fire has a rehearsal, the performance is good, everyone encourage it, if the performance is not good, please tell me, and we will continue to practice. Before the performance, Li Shenglin, the person in charge of the Wangjiazhuang Social Fire Association, sincerely shouted to the villagers. With the sound of gongs and drums, the actors changed their dance steps according to the priority of the drums, and the orderly rehearsal of the social fire in the chaos began.
As a traditional way for Qinghai folk to celebrate the Spring Festival, Qinghai Shehuo is deeply loved by the people. On this basis, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards and the exchange and integration of multi-ethnic cultures, Tibetan dance, Salar dance, Taiping drum and other programs have gradually been integrated into the traditional Shehuo performances, enriching the performance form of Shehuo.
This year, there are about 100 people in the social fire performance team, the oldest is 70 years old, and the youngest is 12 years old. We prepared nearly 20 shows, and it only took about a month from the beginning of the preparation to the rehearsal. Recently, they have been practicing day and night, hoping to bring you wonderful performances during the Spring Festival. Li Shenglin told reporters that in recent years, the social fire performance in the village has been getting better and better, and he will also be invited to perform in other villages and communities. "We have now received 24 performances, and since the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we have been performing an average of two performances a day, knowing that there are so many performances, everyone is happier than me, and the rehearsals are also active, and if you want people outside to mention our social fire, they will give a thumbs up. ”
Wang Wenting, 23, is studying at a university in Shandong, and she rushed home to participate in the rehearsal of the social fire as soon as she had winter vacation. "We have four shows, and I have been practicing for more than half a month, and I am quite nervous, hoping not to forget the action. This year is the second time Wang Wenting has participated in the social fire performance, and in her opinion, social fire is a traditional culture that cannot be broken here.
According to Zhao Quanlu, director of the village committee, Wangjiazhuang's social fire performance has been suspended for three years, and this year is the beginning of three years, and the villagers' expectations for the community fire are very high. On the one hand, the village organizes social fire performances, which on the one hand enriches the cultural life of the villagers, and on the other hand, it also allows the villagers who are idle at home to have something to do and something to look forward to.
During the Spring Festival, if there is no social fire, it always feels not lively, and when I hear the gongs and drums during the New Year, the flavor of the New Year seems to float out along the sound of gongs and drums. According to Zhao Quanlu, in the past, the social fire team in the village used to go out to perform on a walk-behind tractor, and it was a lot to give 180 yuan for a performance, but now everyone drives their own cars to perform outside, and a performance can cost 4,000 yuan. "In the past, if there was no social fire in the village, you had to take a companion to go outside to have a look, but now every village will invite an outside social fire team to perform. The standard of living has improved, and more attention has been paid to cultural life. Zhao Quanlu said.
Male pretence**, female pretence** are very common in social fire, 49-year-old Lu Shengbi is wearing a white shirt, black coat, and a men's felt hat to string the image of a son. At the end of the show, she carefully put away the flower basket she made by herself, and stood aside with her teammates for other programs. After the performance, Lu Shengbi looked very happy: "We have been practicing for a month, and we are very confident in our program, so we are waiting for the holiday after today's rehearsal, and we will start steaming steamed buns, boiling meat, and cleaning glass, so as to prepare for the New Year, and wait until the official performance on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and the atmosphere of the New Year will be even stronger." ”
The red and green costumes, not the exquisite makeup, the villagers who love life, continue the tradition of "no social fire is not the New Year", and pass the strong New Year's flavor to thousands of households through a drum beat, a dance step, and a dress......
*:Qinghai** Author: Yang Hongxia.
Editor: Feng Lijuan Editor: Lu Dong Producer: Ma Zhenlong.