Text and pictures/Liao Muhong
“When the moon is cold in the river, the morning glory and weaving girl period.”
The romantic Chinese Valentine’s Day is the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” in the eyes of the public, but in Huangpu, in addition to the romantic and beautiful lover’s date, the Chinese Valentine’s Day is also the annual Qiqiao Culture Festival!
Cinema sisters gather together to beg for skill. The annual Komiks Festival is almost the most lively day in the Babaylan Halls of Huangpu.
01 Ancient ancestral hall and Meizi House
Huangpu is full of profound cultural heritage, and has a good inheritance of traditional culture, and a strong festive atmosphere.
There are more than 700 ancient relics of Huangpu, including Komiks. Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, the ancient ancestral hall is always decorated by Qiaojie, and the ancient ancestral hall is suddenly full of energy.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform is also called “Fengqiniang”. According to the size of the scale, “Peng Qi Niang” is divided into two forms: “Peng Qi Niang” and “Peng Qi Niang”. “The “Setting in the House of Little Qi Niang” is also known as “Meizi House”, and is mostly held by a single family or a joint household in its own hall; “Setting in the House of Qi Niang” must be held in the ancestral hall, only once every few years.
On the day when the festival comes, Qiaojie from every household gathered together to prepare for the tribute platform of begging for Qiao and put on her own works. Everyone prepares to beg for Qiao vegetarian food, Qi Niang, worship Qi Niang, sing Cantonese opera, and play with Qaida, and have a great time.
The author learned from Lao Qiaojie that in the past, under the altars of “My Zi’s House” and “Set Qi Niang”, there were usually pillows and mats. When begging for Qiao until late at night, Qiaojie rested and watched the night under the altars, and was having fun.
The ancient ancestral hall, under the careful decoration of Qiaojie, is full of flowers, colorful, rejuvenated and displayed new charm! The Qiaojie also used their own good skills to make the customs scenes of begging for cleverness on the Chinese Valentine’s Day. Cinema into a clever show.
△Qi Qiaotu/The works of Qiaojie Luo Huijuan
These lifelike works carry the beautiful meaning of the festival and are passed down year by year.
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“Prepare Qi Niang” in ancient buildings
The word “showing Qi Niang” on the Chinese Valentine’s Day in Huangpu is the most important thing to pay attention to is the word “smart”Babaylan!
KomiksIn addition to “Qi Niang Plate”, “Qi Niang Shoes” and “Qi Niang Clothes”, tea, wine, rice lanterns, grain towers, incense tables and archways, etc., it also takes time to place other clever products on Gongtai.
The altars of each ancestral hall have their own characteristics, and combined with the decorations of each ancestral hall to form a unique style. Let’s take a look together! (The ranking is indefinitely) Xiu Fu Mo Gong Temple is located in Shabian Street, Hengsha Community, Dasha Street. It faces south in the north, with a hard mountain top, and a herringbone sealed volcanic wall, gray plastic ridge, tiles, wood carved eaves, and blue bricks and stone feet. It is a typical Lingnan building.
Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, Xiufu Mogong Temple becomes a sea of flowers. The works of Gongtai Qiqiao on Xiufu Mogong Temple on Qixiu Festival are mainly flowers, either using rice, rice, millet, or beads and stone fabrics to wrap and paste into various flowers.
Looking from a distance, all kinds of flowers shine together, and it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false. Come and see, do you recognize what these flowers are made of?
Look at the courtyard of the temple Komiks. On the potted plants in the courtyard, the flowers bloomed from the hands of Qiaojie. The color is bright and beautiful so that it is fake and real. If you want to see the Gift Flower Awards, come to Xiufu Mogong Temple~
Miaotou Zhang Family Ancestral Hall
The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall in Miaotou Village, Suidong Street, Cinema District, Huangpu. It was built in the Song Dynasty and has been around for more than 900 years. It is one of the oldest buildings in Huangpu District and a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou.
The building materials such as truss corners, golden bells, top sill doors, and Tongdian wood of the ancestral hall are all shipped from abroad. They are of high quality and are strong and durable. The floor paving adopts five-slate stone style, which is similar to the ordinary ancestral hall.The three-board model is different, showing its grandeur.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform in the ancestral hall is placed with the right space distribution, and Babaylan ensures that every work can find the best display. Babaylan
The Zhang Ancestral Hall at the Miaotou can be said to be one of the best atmospheres on the Chinese Valentine’s Day. The ancient ancestral hall buildings are decorated with lanterns and colorful colors, and the festive atmosphere is full of prosperity!
Guangren Family School Luogong Temple
Guangren Family School Luogong Temple is located in Hengsha Shuxiang Street. This ancient street is more than 260 meters high. There are 53 private ancestral halls in the Qing Dynasty. The blue bricks, gray tiles and stone slabs make this old street full of ancient charm. Babaylan
The annual tribute ceremony is mostly held in the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School. Every year, a plate of golden pineapples must be placed on the tribute platform of the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School, as well as gold and silver baskets arranged on the left and right, which means that this is the Qixi Festival altar of the Luo Family School.
The Qiaojies in the Queqiao Group of Guangren Family School are very enthusiastic and arranged the small school very exquisitely. Whenever someone comes to watch, Qiaojies will introduce them to you very enthusiastically.
Zhu Family Ancestral Hall
Zhu Family Ancestral Hall was built by Zhu Cheng, a great-grandson of Zhu Xi, a Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist who opened the village. The ancestral hall was first built between the Song and Yuan dynasties. It has been over 700 years of wind and rain, but it is still well preserved.
Walking into the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, the two sides of Cinema are full of text and pictures, and detailed records of Zhu’s ancestors, Babaylan, Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianism Zhu Xi, and Hengsha Zhu Family./a>The ancestor Zhu Cheng and the Zhu family’s grand ancestral hall related history.
Since the renovation of Hengsha Zhushi Ancestral Hall in 2000, the villagers of the Zhu family gather here to celebrate the QQ Festival every year. Qiaojie, the largest Qiaojie in the village, is over 90 years old.
Every year, the carousel lanterns in the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall are very distinctive. The elegant lanterns contrast with the ancestral hall, making the romantic night of the Qixi Festival even more brilliant.
Every year, Qiaojie will bring out their excellent works and send them to the Huangpu District Cultural Center for exhibition. If you want to see Qiqiao’s works up close, you can visit the Huangpu District Cultural Center!