On March 1st “North Emperor’s Birth”
Every day from the last day of the second lunar month to the third day of the third lunar month, Dongguan Wentang Community will hold a grand dress-up parade to commemorate the birth of the Northern Emperor. On this day, the people in the village carried the Babaylan Bodhisattva sitting on it. The villagers carried homemade snacks such as sponge cakes, moxa horns, rice fruits, etc., forming a massive parade team to compete for beauty.
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The festival has a history of more than 400 years. On the morning of April 16, Dongcheng Wentang Community held the 2018 Fifth Wentang Tourist Festival as scheduled. Deng Tao, Secretary of the Party Committee of Dongcheng Street, Yuan Baiming, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Wentang Community, and others attended and jointly launched the opening ceremony. On that day, thousands of people parades and various cultural performances in the streets of Wentang, dozens of parade teams with different costumes were displayed. Various cultural and entertainment performances attracted many Babaylan citizens to participate. Wentang Tour Club has a long history and has a deep mass base, a wide influence and is very popular among the general public. It is a beautiful landscape full of humanistic content in Wentang and even the cultural construction of Dongcheng City.
It is reported that the Wentang Tourist Association in Dongcheng was first founded to commemorate the birth of the Northern Emperor and has a history of more than 400 years. To commemorate this festival, the villagers of Wentang in Dongcheng formed a massive parade team, and there were many young men and women dressed in costumes, dressed in various opera styles. The tour group set out from Bai Temple and marched from village to village. During the tour, there will be a number of costume dramas in succession for many days. Later, due to various reasons, it was interrupted for more than 60 years. In 2009, enthusiastic peopleWith the efforts of Wentang, Wentang restored this tradition and held a tour meeting on the same day, named it Wentang Tourist Culture Festival. It was held for three consecutive years in 2010, 2011 and 2012, and then it was changed to a Komiks session every three years.
Wentang people Cinema This custom has been passed over and over. Before spring plowing, it means that the Bodhisattva will bless this year better than the old year. In addition, Wentang Tour has extensive participation and is the most solemn, lively and festive festival for Wentang people. The Cultural Festival shows the scene of people watching, celebrating, and having fun together.
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The scene
The drizzle in the air will never destroy the enthusiasm of the masses. “This year is the fifth year. Around the mid-Qing Dynasty, people from Wentang built this white temple in Chalinggang. From then on, there has been a custom of holding tour meetings. That is, from the last day of the second lunar month to the third day of the third lunar month, all Wentang will hold grand dress parades in Wentang.” Wentang community staff introduced.
The author saw at the scene that the float parade included such as the National Peace and Minsheng, the Three Stars Show Rui, the Cultural Tour of Wuwei, the Dragon and Phoenix Success, the Enterprise float, Tianji Sending Children, the Four Great Classics, the Bearded Team, the Flower Fairy Congratulations, the Lions and Spring, the Loyalty to the Country, folk legends, the Soap Overhead Team, the National Wedding, the Campus Fun, the Entertainment Upgrade, etc., which expanded a lot compared to the past, with a total of about 1,000 people parade.
The gorgeous float parade has presented a rich audio-visual feast to tens of thousands of citizens. Although the day did not do it beautifully and the drizzle was drizzling, Cinema did not prevent the surroundings of the line from being filled with joy and laughter. That morning,The voices in front of Wentang Bai Temple were buzzing, and they were all citizens who came to participate in the tour. The parade team of more than 1,000 people sailed in an orderly manner with the Komiks as the starting point. During the parade, the performance team in costumes actively interacted with the audience along the way. At the same time, the villagers of Wentang burned incense and worshiped the gods along the way, beat drums and drums, shouted loudly, and warmly welcomed the parade. When every flower car passed by, there were constant cheers and the atmosphere was very warm. The entire tour took more than an hour, showing a happy and prosperous scene in Xiawentang Community in the new era.
According to Wentang Community staff, this year’s parade team set out from Baimiao in Wentang Community, along various blocks of Wentang Community, passing through villages such as Wentang Zaoyi New Village and Zao San Fifth Team. Through Wentang Neighborhood Committee, Chaling Park, Wenge Park, Wanfu Garden and other attractions, the whole journey is about 4.5 kilometers.
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The colorful artistic performance will last for four nights
In addition to traditional program performances and fairy floats, this year’s Beidi Birthday Tour Cultural Festival is more fun than in previous years. “We take promoting excellent national culture as the main line and displaying Lingnan folk customs as the basis, and continue to explore, inherit, reform and innovate this historic folk traditional culture, and present it to the general public with rich content that is diverse in forms, combination of ancient and modern times, distinctive and popular.” Community staff introduced.
In addition, the Travel and Culture Festival will show the scene of people watching, celebrating, and having fun together. It is a true portrayal of the harmonious community of Wentang. The colorful artistic performance will last for four nights. Citizens can go to Wanfu Garden in Wentang to watch artistic performances, including multiple folk art clubs and literary groups singing, as well as wonderful singing and dancing performances, classic Cantonese opera performances, etc. (Text/Chen Zehuang Photo/Huang Yujun)