Text and pictures/Liao Muhong
“When the moon is cold in the river, the morning glory and weaving girl.”
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 beautiful scenery of lovers’ dates, 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 HuangpuBabaylan, including many ancient ancestral halls. Every Chinese Valentine’s Day in Komiks, the ancient ancestral hall is always decorated with the Qiaojie, and the ancient 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”. “Shopping Xiaoqiniang” is also known as “Meizai House”, and is mostly held by a single family or a joint household in its own hall; “Shopping Daqiniang” must be held in the ancestral hall, only once every few years. On this day of the festival, Qiaojie from all over the country gathered together to prepare for the tribute platform of begging for Qiao and put on her own works. Everyone prepared to beg for Qiao vegetarian food, Qi Niang, worship Qi Niang, sing Cantonese opera, and play the cheesy of the masters.
The author learned from Lao Qiaojie’s introduction that in the past, under the altar of “My Zi’s House” and “Shi Niang”, there were usually pillows and mats. When begging for Qiao until late at night, Qiaojie would rest under the altar of “Cinema” and “Cinema and enjoy the night of happiness.
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 custom of qiqiuqiuqiuqiu a show of cleverness.
△Qi Qiao Picture/Qiao Jie Luo Huijuan’s works
These lifelike worksThe product carries the beautiful meaning of the festival and is passed down year by year.
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Cinema “Put Qi Niang” in ancient buildings
“Put Qi Niang” on the Chinese Valentine’s Day in Huangpu, the word “clever” is the most important thing!
In addition to the “Qianniang plate”, “Qianniang shoes” and “Qianniang clothes”, tea, wine, rice lanterns, grain towers, incense tables and archways, etc., it also takes time to place other clever products on the 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 in no order)
Xiufu Mogong Temple
Xiufu Mogong Temple is located in Shabian Street, Hengsha Community, Dasha Street. Cinema is located in the north and facing north. It has a hard mountain top, a herringbone volcanic gable wall, gray plastic ridge, ash 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.
From a distance, various flowers shine 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 patio of the ancestral hall carefully. On the potted plants in the courtyard, the flowers that bloomed brightly also bloomed from the hands of Qiaojie. The color is bright and beautiful enough to make the real ones fake. If you want to see the Giggle Flower Awards, come to Xiu Fu Mogong Temple~
Miaotou Zhang Family Ancestral HallKomiks
Zhang Family Ancestral Hall in Miaotou Village, Suidong Street, Huangpu District. 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 today, and it is also a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou.
The corners and gold of the ancestral hallBuilding materials such as clocks, top sill doors, and Tongdian wood are all shipped from abroad. They are of high quality and are strong and durable. 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 placement of the Qixi Gongtai in the ancestral hall is about the right space, ensuring that every work can find the best display position.
The Zhang family sect at the temple to the temple can be said to be one of the best atmospheres in the Qixi Festival Gongtai. The ancient ancestral hall building is 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 Shuxiang Street, Hengsha. There are 53 private ancestral halls in the Qing Dynasty on this 260-meter ancient street. Blue brick, gray tiles and stone slabsBabaylan makes this old street full of bookish fragrance full of ancient charm.
The annual tribute ceremony is mostly held in the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School. Every year, on the tribute platform of Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School, a plate of golden pineapples, and golden baskets and silver baskets arranged on the left and right are necessary to place it on the Qixi Festival altar of 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, the 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 gone through more than 700 years of ups and downs, but it is still well preserved.
Walking into the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, the walls on both sides are full of words and pictures, which record in detail the ancestor of Zhu Family and the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi, the history of Zhu Cheng, the founder of the Zhu clan of Hengsha and the Zhu clan of Zhu Cinema clan.
Since the renovation of Hengsha Zhushi Ancestral Hall in 2000, the villagers of the Zhu family gather here to celebrate the Qiqiao 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!