The IP image of the ancient city of Zhangzhou "Hou Xi" patrols the streets. Photo by Fujian ** reporter Zhao Wenjuan.
Southeast Network February 10th (Fujian ** reporter Zhao Wenjuan) "Knock knock, knock knock......At about 8 o'clock in the evening of the 5th, the ancient city of Zhangzhou was brightly lit, the gongs and drums were noisy, and the voices of the people were boiling, and a folk parade with southern Fujian characteristics was being staged.
The "first battle" is a golden "swimming dragon". I saw the dragon's head raised high, and the dragon's body meandered and swam, shuttling all the way from the north square of the ancient city of Zhangzhou to Panchi. They were followed by two majestic and brave "lions", sometimes shaking their heads and tails, sometimes tumbling and jumping, attracting the audience to applaud incessantly.
Accompanied by the dynamic electronic **, the traditional folk art array of Fujian and Taiwan "The Three Princes of Electronic Music" and the "Great God Child" based on Guan Ping and Zhou Cang appeared one after another, pushing the atmosphere of the scene to a climax. The "Three Princes" and the "Land Prince" danced a popular electronic music dance, and the onlookers were enthusiastic, and many young people and children enthusiastically took photos and interacted with the "statues".
The IP image of the ancient city of Zhangzhou "Hou Xi" - the two puppets with the image of "Sesame Official" appeared in the finale and warmly high-fived the audience. In addition, Zhangzhou intangible cultural heritage performances such as big drums and umbrellas and Nezha drum music were also staged on the side of Pan Pond, and the night of the ancient city was set off by the folk parade.
This is the first day of my trip to Zhangzhou, and I happened to encounter such a lively folk parade. For the first time, I saw the legendary 'Three Princes of Electronic Music' and felt the strong New Year's flavor of southern Fujian. Li Huixin, a tourist from Henan, said excitedly.
This folk parade full of southern Fujian characteristics also kicked off the prelude to the 2024 Zhangzhou New Year-themed series of cultural and tourism activities. It is understood that by the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the ancient city of Zhangzhou will hold nearly 100 Southern Fujian New Year activities, and good performances will be staged every day. In addition, vivid and interesting mass cultural and tourism activities such as the Spring Festival market, literary and artistic battles, stamp check-ins, and lantern riddle conferences will also be held one after another, allowing the majority of citizens and tourists to wander around the ancient city and enjoy the flavor of the New Year in southern Fujian.
The reporter learned from the Zhangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism that during the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, Zhangzhou will deeply excavate local cultural heritage resources and traditional folk customs, and launch the three major tricks of "Pattern 'Ancient City', Southern Fujian New Year Customs", "Pattern 'Tulou', a Family on Both Sides of the Strait to Welcome the New Year" and "Flower 'Food', Ancient Flavor Celebration of the New Year", do a good job in New Year's flavor articles, and talk about southern Fujian culture.