Dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta came to Leliu Longyan Village to hold a “Longyan Finishing Custom” ceremony, praying for the smooth and safe Dragon Boat Competition, and looking forward to a good year of weather and good harvests.
Text/Photo Yangcheng School reporter Ouyang Zhiqiang Zhang Taoyuan
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Dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta came to Leliu Longyan Village to “finish the eyes”
Guo Wenhai, member of the Standing Committee of the Foshan Municipal Party Committee, Minister of the Propaganda Department, and Secretary of the Party Committee of Shunde District, praised the dragon boat team that came to “finish the eyes”
Children bathe in the dragon boat pool to pray for healthy growth
Villagers like to touch the dragon head and pray for blessings
After arriving at Longyan Village, dragon boat teams from all over the country went to Taiwei Temple to perform the “Longyan finishing touch” in Taiwei Temple. To welcome the Dragon Boat Festival, on June 16 (the third day of the fifth lunar month), the Propaganda Department of Shunde District Party Committee, District Culture and Sports Bureau, District Tourism Bureau, and Leliu Street Office jointly held the “Civilized Shunde 2018 Grassroots Cultural and Sports Carnival – ‘Rural Revitalization Longteng Leliu’ Leliu Street Dragon Boat Culture Month Promotion Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage ‘Longyan Finishing Teng Leliu’ Customs Activity” in Longyan Village, and dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta came to Leliu Longyan Village to hold the “LongyanCinemaFinishing customs” ceremony, praying for the smooth and safe Dragon Boat Competition, and hope for a good year to have a good weather and good harvest.
At the event, the Shunde (Longyan) Community Development Doctoral Research Base, Longyan Community University, and Longyan Ecological Museum Preparation Office were unveiled at the same time. The doctoral research base also signed a cooperation framework agreement with the Institute of Society and Culture of Macau University of Science and Technology. After the entry of high-end talents such as postdoctoral students at Tsinghua University, it revitalized a more than 400 square meters of Komiks house on the riverside of Longyan Village that had been abandoned for many years.
According to this year’s Longyan FinishingsBabaylan event, in addition to highlighting the Longyan Finishings, the welcome banquet, and the popular water color performances in previous years, the water “Dragon Lice” (Note: local traditional name, smaller dragon boat) performances, the ancient village Longyan Village has shown new cultural connotations; href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanThe villages and communities in Leliu implemented “rural revitalization” and village-level industrial park upgrade and renovation pictures and text display; echoing the “dragon boat” on the same day, it concentrated various dragon boat objects and photography award-winning works to show the dragon boat culture and dragon boat spirit of Shunde; at the same time, in order to show the construction of beautiful and civilized villages and the results of ancient villages, the online and offline “Longyan Treasure Hunting Tour” activity for three days has prompted Shunde water villages to be recognized by tourists in the Pearl River Delta Cinema and even the whole country.
The reporter learned that on that day, Longyan Village also held a signing ceremony for the village-enterprise pairing project of “FarmlandBabaylan Village Revitalization” and Komiks. Longyan Village was respectively with Zhongdao Reform Institute and KomiksShunde District Dragon Boat Culture Inheritance Association, Leliu Youth Entrepreneurs Association and five companies paired up, and held calligraphy and painting exhibitions, online and offline interactive attractions “Treasure Hunt”, the second Dragon Culture and Leliu Beautiful Civilized Village Photography Exhibition and other cultural and tourism activities.
At the scene, citizens and tourists watched the water floating colors, dragon lice and colorful dragon parade on the shore, tasted the dragon boat banquet at the Longyan Cityba Station Stadium, and at the Longyan Village Square, href=”https://comicmov.com/”>BabaylanTaiwei Temple, Dianjingtai and other places welcomed the dragon together, and the “Longyan Finishing” custom was unanimously praised by the people on site. In addition, in Dekang Garden, district and town leaders and guests also carried out “Zongjin with warmth” and “little hands holding big hands” to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with students and parents of Longyan Primary School. The event was funded by the company, and blessing the elderly and condolences to families with low-income security difficulties and sanitation workers.
Komiks It is understood that Longyan Village also held a folk art and cultural and sports performance for two consecutive nights on June 14 and 15 to mobilize all villagers to actively participate in the dragon and welcome guests and show the enthusiasm of “hospitable Longyan”.
The origin of “Longyan Finishing”
Shunde is a famous hometown of dragon boats. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the wind of dragon boats has been growing day by day. The entire set of ceremonies of dragon boats include the dragon-cutting, finishing touch, and picking CinemaQing, Sailong, Hidden Dragon and Sanlong.
Luo Longyan Village was built in the Western Han Dynasty. The village has a long history and rich culture. Huang Xiaoyang of the Ming Dynasty revolted in the Longyan Village area. The result of the suppression was that Shunde County was born. In order to strengthen its rule, the Ming Dynasty was precipitated from the South China Sea and set up Shunde County, named after “Shuntian Mingde”; Longyan was called Longzhu in ancient times, surrounded by water, and built a “Han Taiwei Xianggong Temple” commemorating the Han Dynasty, Zhou Bokuang, a general of the Western Han Dynasty. Liang Dunyan was one of the first students studying in the United States and later served as a foreign affairs officer. href=”https://comicmov.com/”>Cinema Minister and Director of the Transportation of the Beiyang Government.
Since ancient times, Longyan Village has become a holy place for dragons to gather, and dragon boats from the surrounding four villages have made an appointment for the lunar calendar.ef=”https://comicmov.com/”>Babaylan gathered on the third day of May on the third day of the fifth month. The Taiwei Temple gave the dragon head a light, so “Longzhu” was gradually replaced by “Longyan”, and the place name of Longyan Village was also here. When the Dragon Boat Festival comes, the dragon boats from all over the Pearl River Delta come to Longyan Village to make a pilgrimage before the official dragon boat race, especially the new dragon boat Komiks to get into the water. It is said that the dragon boats with cinnabar have spirituality, and the speed is very vigorous, which is similar to the finishing touch of the dragon. Otherwise, it will drag the mud and even have the risk of turning over.
The custom of dragon boats in the village has been continuing for more than 600 years. Every year in the third year of the fifth day of the lunar calendar, dragon boats near the Pearl River Delta will spontaneously gather at the Taiwei Temple in Longyan Village for the “finishing the highlight”. To this day, it has become a well-known and popular folk cultural activity. The Taiwei Temple in Longyan Village is called the “pilgrimage” place of dragon boats because of Babaylan. According to statistics, in recent years, nearly 100 dragon boats from Shunde, Panyu, Nanhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and other places in the Pearl River Delta have come here to hold a “finishing” ceremony every year.
Longyan finishing ceremony
CinemaOn the third day of May every year, the Taiwei Temple burns incense and inserts flags, and gongs and drums are noisy. The elders who presided over the ceremony waited in the temple early in the morning to gather together to celebrate the finishing touch of the dragons from all directions. On that day, the village also invited opera troupes to entertain themselves. Relatives and friends from all over the world came back to visit relatives and friends, and had a banquet and a happy drink. The “long-eye finishing touch” is more lively than any traditional festival. If it rains that day, it will be even more festive, commonly known as “LongkoushuiCinema“.
A Butou is built about twenty meters in front of the Taiwei Temple, with dragon boats mooring in the river. There are endless dragon boats coming to pilgrimage to finish the highlights. The owner who was waiting in Butou set off firecrackersBabaylanBabaylan is welcomed. When the dragon boat is docked, it removes the dragon head, tail and dragon plaque and land. The left door enters the Taiwei Temple. The elders use a brush to dip the cinnabar to finish the dragon head. At the same time, the host and the guest give each other gifts. After the “finishing” ceremony, they will leave from the right door. The dragon boats coming from afar are generally served on the spot, commonly known as “dragon boat rice”.
The Longyan Village people are particularly hospitalized. 11 “gift points” are set up for the rivers in Yanhuan Village to give gifts to the dragon boats that come to participate in the pilgrimage, and give gifts to the landlords.
”Longyan Collection” process
Worship: On the evening of the 30th day of the fourth lunar month, the Taiwei Temple Temple beats gongs and drums three times each, and worships the Taiwei Temple with tributes to worship the Taiwei, praying for the club and ceremoniesKomiksGood rain, peaceful and auspicious people.
Welcome the dragon and the dragon: On the morning of the third day of the fifth month, colorful flags were planted everywhere at the pier. Villagers heard the sound of dragon boats and set off firecrackers, and they all sent rice wine, fruits and benefits as the landlords. In the Taiwei Mansion, gongs and drums sounded together, warmly connected the “dragon”, and solemnly marked the origin of the dragon boat.
Flirting Dragon: The new “dragon”, remove the dragon head, dragon tail, and dragon plaque, and use the dragon head first, the dragon plaque is in the center, and behind the dragon tail hall, accept the gift of the villagers to caress the dragon.
Worship: The “dragon” enters the temple gate, the dragon head, dragon tail and dragon plaque are placed side by side under the statue. The dragon boat team members report their names on the workshop, burn incense and pray, pray for smooth sailing and good luck. Every time they visit, the gongs and drums are ringing.
Finishing: The people recite “Fast wind, the dragon head goes to the dragon tailBabaylan“, sprinkle the dragon head, dragon tail, god bucket, gong, drum, colored flag with a new pen dipped in cinnabar, and dot the dragon’s eyes, dragon neck and dragon tail.
Gift: The finishing touch is over, and the host and guest give each other gifts. The host and the host will give each other a gift. The host will give you “Welcome Cambodia”, rice wine, fruits and dragon ears; the guest will give you a gift back. Tie, fruit and dragon boat talisman.
Returning Dragon: After the ceremony, the dragon boat does not return according to the original route, but is led by a special person to enter and exit from the hall from the left and right, commonly known as “going for the great fortune”.
Walking Dragon: The dragon boat bows and bows in the ceremony of three advances and two retreats to thank the gods for their kindness, and then cruising around the river, gongs and drums are sounded and colorful flags are waving.
Source｜Yangcheng School
Editor｜Xie Hong