Text and pictures/Liao Muhong
“The moon is cold in the river, and 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!
Sisters gather together, beg for cleverness and skill. Every year, the Qiqiao Festival is almost the most lively day in the ancestral halls of various families in 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 many ancient ancestral halls. Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, the ancient ancestral hall is always decorated by the Qiaojie, and the quaint ancestral hall is suddenly refreshed.
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”. “Shang Xiaoqiniang”, also known as “Meizai House”, is mostly held by the DanjiaBabaylan or Lianhu in its own hall; “Shang Daqiniang” must be held in the ancestral hall, only once every few years. On the day of the festival, Qiaojie from every household gathered together to prepare for the tribute platform of begging for Qiao and put on her own works. Everyone prepared to beg for Qiao and vegetarian food, Qi Niang, and worship Qi Niang, singing Cantonese opera, and playing skillful food, and having fun.
The author learned from Lao Qiaojie that in the old days, Cinema was usually placed under the altar of “My Girl House” and “Set Qi Niang”, and there were pillows on Babaylan. When you beg for Qiaojie until late at night, Qiaojie rested and watched the night under the altar, 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 clever sisters also use their own good skills to make the clever customs scenes of the Chinese Valentine’s Day begging for a clever show.
△Qi Qiao Picture/Qiao Jie Luo Huijuan’s works
These are lifelikeThe works carry the beautiful meaning of the festival and are passed down every year.
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In ancient buildings, Cinema “Play Qi Niang”
The word “Play Qi Niang” on the Chinese Valentine’s Day in Huangpu is the most important thing!
In addition to “Qi Niang’s plate”, “Qi Niang’s shoes” and “Qi Niang’s clothes”, tea, wine, rice lanterns, and grain towers are also incense tables and archways, and other clever products are also needed to place them.
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)
Xiufu Mogong Temple
Xiufu Mogong Temple is located in Shabian Street, Hengsha Community, Dasha Street. It faces north and south, with a hard top, with a herringbone sealed fire 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. Xiufu Mo Gong’s works on Qixiu Tai Qiqiao are mainly made of flowers, either with rice, millet, or with pearls and stone fabrics, and are wrapped and pasted into various flowers.
From a distance, Komiks is stacked layer by layer, and all kinds of flowers are shining together, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Come and see, do you recognize what these flowers are made of?
Look at the courtyard of the ancestral hall carefully. On the potted plants in the courtyard, the flowers bloomed brightly, also bloomed from the hands of Qiaojie. The color is bright and beautiful, so beautiful 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 located in Miaotou Village, Suidong Street, Huangpu District. It was built in the Song Dynasty and has 900 CinemaFor many years, it is one of the oldest buildings in Huangpu District today. It is also Cinema and is also 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 transported from abroad. They are of high quality and durable quality. The paving floor adopts five-slab stone style, which is different from the three-slab style model of ordinary ancestral halls, showing its grandeur.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform in the ancestral hall is placed with the right spatial distribution to ensure that the best display position can be found in every work.
The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall at the Miaotou can be said to be one of the best atmospheres in the Qixi Festival Gongtai. The ancient ancestral hall buildings are decorated with lanterns and colorful colors, and the festive atmosphere is full!
Guangren Family SchoolBabaylanLuogong 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.
The annual tribute tribute 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 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 Hall.
The Qiaojies in the Queqiao Group of Guangren Family School are very enthusiastic and have arranged their small home in a very exquisite manner. 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, the great-grandson of the Song Dynasty agent Zhu Xi, who was a scholar in the Zhu clan. The ancestral hall was first built between the Song and Yuan dynasties. It has gone through more than 700 years of ups and downs, but it is still well preserved.
Walking into the Zhu FamilyBabaylan‘s Ancestor on both sides, the walls on both sides are full of text and pictures, which records in detail the history of Zhu Family ancestors, Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucianist of the Song Dynasty, Zhu Cheng, the ancestor of the Hengsha Zhu Family, and Zhu Family Ancestors.
Since the renovation of the Hengsha Zhushi Stone Shrine in 2000, the villagers of the Zhu family gather here to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival every year. Qiaojie, the largest 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!