In this rich land of East China, every time the New Year comes, the flavor of the New Year here becomes more and more intense. Red lanterns are hung high, festive Spring Festival couplets are pasted all over the lintel, and every household is immersed in laughter. In this land full of peace, people use traditional customs and unique customs to pray for blessings and auspiciousness for the new year, and entrust their infinite yearning for a better life.
The New Year's flavor of East China is like a cheerful ballad, telling the prosperity and warmth here. Whether it is in the bustling city or in the quiet countryside, people welcome the arrival of the New Year with the most sincere emotions.
1. Nanjing. Nanjing's New Year's flavor is not only a bustling modern city, but also a traditional and ancient historical feeling.
Confucius Temple-Qinhuai Scenic Area is one of the most interesting places during the Spring Festival in Nanjing, and the scenic spot will hold an annual Qinhuai Lantern Festival during the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival. The Qinhuai Lantern Festival is concentrated in the central square of Confucius Temple, Dacheng Hall, Nanjing China Imperial Examination Museum, Jiangnan Gongyuan and other core scenic spots of Confucius Temple, Mendong and ten miles of Qinhuai water tour line. During the lantern festival, the lanterns on both sides of the Qinhuai River are colorful, and the colorful lights are reflected in the water of the Qinhuai River, which is brilliant and beautiful.
During the Spring Festival, each gate of the Nanjing city wall is hung with red lanterns and huge red spring couplets, creating a festive atmosphere. In addition, every time it is time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, Jiming Temple will hold celebrations, many good men and women come here to burn incense and pray for blessings, looking forward to the safety of their families and successful careers in the coming year.
Gaochun Old Street, located in Gaochun District, Nanjing, is the most well-preserved Ming and Qing Dynasty ancient street in East China, and is known as "the first ancient street in Jinling". Walking through Gaochun Old Street, you can see the unique Ming and Qing Dynasty buildings. During the Spring Festival, folk customs such as Gaochun horse lanterns, dancing five rampant, playing lotus xiang, dragon dance, and cannon dragon lanterns will be performed in Gaochun Old Street, where you can taste local specialties and wonderful opera performances, and the festive taste of the New Year is full.
2. Taierzhuang.
Taierzhuang, an ancient city with a history of more than 2,000 years, is located on the side of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and was once given the title of "the first village in the world" by Emperor Qianlong. The clear water pontoon bridge is scattered, the historical charm is strong, on the occasion of the Spring Festival, the ancient city is brightly lit, the New Year of a hundred lions, the fire dragon steel flower, the fire parade. Come to Taierzhuang to visit the big temple fair and experience the most traditional year.
From New Year's Day to Lantern Festival, the lively temple fair is staged in the ancient city of Taierzhuang every day, and the wonderful performances make people gather together and celebrate the New Year. The fire parade is a traditional celebration of the Spring Festival in China, the wonderful back pavilion and stilt performances accompanied by the lively bamboo horse club and the dragon dance team shuttle through the streets and alleys of the ancient city, blowing and blowing all the way, and you have an unexpected encounter anytime and anywhere, so that the flavor of the Spring Festival spreads to every corner.
During the Chinese New Year, the north and south lion groups gather in the ancient city of Taierzhuang, in the noisy sky of gongs and drums, the lion dance is vivid, jubilant and jumping, sometimes mighty and brave, majestic and majestic, sometimes frolicking and joyful, humorous and witty.
People dance in the dragon, the dragon flies in the fire" of the fire dragon steel flower is a national intangible cultural heritage, up to 1500 degrees Celsius molten iron mixed with the characteristics of dried flowers are slapped to the sky, instantly blooming into meteors, dazzling in the night sky. The shirtless and backless dragon dancers dance the long dragon in their hands, flashing and moving in the sky of steel flowers, speeding and galloping, the scene is extremely spectacular.
3. Quanzhou. If you are looking for the flavor of the New Year, you should look for the flavor of the New Year in southern Fujian. In Quanzhou, the flavor of southern Fujian is still strong. In this half-city fireworks and half-city immortal city, there is still the most traditional Chinese flavor in three steps and one temple in seven steps.
Quanzhou Tianhou Temple is the soul of Quanzhou, and it is even more lively during the Spring Festival. Folk cultural activities are in full swing between the temples, and people gather here to worship Mazu and pray for a safe and smooth new year. And if you want good luck, you must go to the thousand-year-old temple Kaiyuan Temple. During the Spring Festival, Kaiyuan Temple is full of visitors, endlessly, the incense in the temple is vigorous, and the smoke is swirling. I only heard the sound of praying to the Buddha, which was very lively, making people feel the taste and warmth of the long-lost New Year.
Xiangong Mountain, one of the eighteen scenic spots in Quanzhou, is not only a place where Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism coexist in harmony, but also is named after the worship of "He's Nine Immortals". Every Spring Festival, it becomes a pilgrimage place for pilgrims. An endless stream of tourists, either praying sincerely for blessings or bowing to pray for peace and good luck in the new year. This belief, like a bright lamp, illuminates the long river of time, inherits the ancient incense, and retains the unique flavor of Quanzhou.
Whether it is to go to Kaiyuan Temple, Tianhou Temple to burn incense and pray for blessings, or to eat turtle cake and other New Year's snacks, whether it is to see the most beautiful lanterns, or to enjoy a Gaojia opera. Quanzhou is always the city that makes people feel excited about it.
Fourth, Shandong Zhou Village.
In Zhoucun in Zibo, Shandong, it still retains the most "original" New Year's flavor.
After hundreds of years of wind and rain, Zhoucun Ancient ** is still intact, the blocks are vertical and horizontal, the shops are numerous, the architectural styles are very different, and it is praised as "China's living ancient commercial building museum group" by the experts of the Chinese Ancient Buildings Protection Committee.
Go to Zhou Village for the New Year, and folk amusement activities such as playing tops, rolling hoops, and stepping on stilts allow you to experience childlike fun and never miss it; Folk weddings such as wearing cheongsam, sitting in a sedan chair, and entering a cave room allow you to experience a wedding through time and space; Traditional commercial customs such as candy blowers, dough kneading people, porcelain carving performances, shadow puppet plays, and the reproduction of the century-old market make people dizzy, as if they are in a different world; Shandong Lv Opera, Wuyin Opera and other local opera performances, as well as daily gong opening, centennial scene painting performances, folk juggling and other projects, are rich and colorful.
5. Wuzhen. The scenery of Wuzhen in four seasons is different, and the scenery of Wuzhen in winter has a unique flavor. Many old people guarding the water and soil beside the small alleys of Wuzhen, smoking dry tobacco, singing small plays, rocking broken boats, and walking their days.
Today's Wuzhen still retains the custom of holding a long street banquet, from the first day of the new year to the seventh day of the new year, on the old street of Xizha that stretches for dozens of miles, every household sets up a table and cooks a pot along the street, and the air is filled with the fragrance of mutton.
And on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the "Lantern Festival", Wuzhen people have the custom of walking the bridge, and go out together at night, at least ten bridges should be walked on the way, and the bridge should not be turned back. This custom originated from a popular disaster avoidance and relief activity with women as the main body in the old days, called "walking the ten bridges" or "going to a hundred diseases". On the night of the Lantern Festival, people gather in groups, help the old and the young, carry lanterns, walk along the river and bridge, look at it from a distance, it is spectacular.