The Local Culture of Jingyuan County

After the founding of New China, in the mid-1970s, Li Yuejin's novel Uncle Niu Hu and Hu's prose On the Field were published in Ningxia Literature and Art and Ningxia Daily. Since 1980s, many people have been engaged in literary creation in their spare time, and many works have been published in district and municipal newspapers. Since the 1990s, a large number of novels, essays and poems have been published in various literary journals inside and outside the region, and some authors have also published personal monographs. Bai and Lan Yu were rated as "Double Ten Stars" writers and poets by Guyuan Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Wang Wenqing's short play "Breathing Alive" won the "China Cao Yu Drama Literature Award, Short Play Award and Small Play Award" in 2000, 200 1 and 2003, the "Five One Projects" award in Ningxia, and the first prize in the 4th literary works award in Guyuan. The large-scale drama "Out of the Mountain" won the "Excellent Drama Award" in the 3rd China Shaanxi Opera Art Festival, and the drama "Late Night" won the second prize in the 4th China Drama Literature Award in 2005.

List Name Jingyuan County Personal Works Album Author Genre Publishing Time Press Six Clouds of Fog, Walking on the Shore, Learning English Prose 1996 China Overseas Chinese Publishing House, Whispering of Leaves, Yu Hongxia Prose 1999 Ningxia People's Publishing House, Action at the End of the Century, Learning English Reportage 2000 Ningxia People's Publishing House, Green Mountains and Green Water, Jingyuan Learning English 200 1 Ningxia. In 2002, China Literature Publishing House published Selected Plays of Wang Wenqing and Wang Wenqing. In 2003, Gansu People's Publishing House published Selected Works of Jingyuan Literature and Horse and Wang Wenxuan. In 2003, Ningxia People's Publishing House published the novel, prose and poetry of Yu Guangsheng. In 2004, Times Literature Publishing House published six episodes of Yang Youtong, Ma Ling and Ma Ping. Bai Xiaoling Reportage In 2005, Ningxia People's Publishing House published Lan Yu's Poems, A Green Flag. In 2005, Guizhou People's Publishing House published Wang's poetry collection Green Island. In 2005, China Culture Publishing House published Yu Guangsheng's Calligraphy Collection. In 2005, China Radio and Television Press published Song and Dance.

The main form of Jingyuan Hui folk music is the folk song "Huaer". Musical instruments include Kouxian, Niwa and Milla Zi, as well as various wind instruments made of almonds, bark, Malanhua, oat stalks and arrow bamboo. Hanmin village also has banhu, sanxian, suona, flute and other musical instruments. The performance team with full-time actors in cultural centers as the main body created and performed a number of excellent music and dance programs. The songs performed by a group of singers such as Ma Jingxi, Li Hong, Wen, Wu Yong, Yu Shujun, Ma Zhanchang, etc., people say that Jingyuan is a good place, and the plowman at the foot of Liupan Mountain has a rough voice that you don't love, and horses, horses and arrangers dance in a roundabout way.

Walking on stilts is popular in Zi Yuan Village, Jingyuan County, and it is a traditional Hui sports. 1988 was adapted into Tap Dance by local literary and art workers. 1989 was selected as the feature film "Dance of the West" produced by CCTV. 1In July, 989, he participated in the first traditional minority sports meeting in Ningxia and won the performance gold medal. After that, he participated in the traditional sports meeting of Ningxia ethnic minorities and won the performance gold medal. 199 1 Up to 2007, he represented Ningxia in the traditional sports meeting of ethnic minorities in China for five consecutive times, and all won the gold medal and silver medal in performance; 1996 participated in the National Farmers' Games and won the silver medal in performance. In 2005,

Set foot in Jingyuan was identified by the Ministry of Culture as the second batch of pilot projects of China national folk culture protection project. In order to protect this unique Islamic dance culture and art, Jingyuan County set up an expert guidance group with local cultural backbones as the main members and experts and professors inside and outside the region as members, and formulated and promulgated the Implementation Plan for the Protection Project of Hui Foot Dance and the Measures for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage to protect and excavate Hui Foot Dance. At the end of 2007, No.1 Middle School, Vocational Middle School and Zi Yuan Primary School in Jingyuan County were identified as tap dancing pilot schools, and tap dancing courses will be offered in all primary and secondary schools in the county.

The theme of Jingyuan folk songs is "Hua 'er", which expresses the Hui people's yearning for a better life, their pursuit of a happy marriage and their condemnation of ugly phenomena. Collect 300 "Hua 'er" songs, 300 folk songs and 0/70 ditties. There are mainly rammed songs, stretched workers, cut leeks, mumu music, Majia soldiers, cherries, let's whisper, Imani ode, Twelve Resurrection, wedding songs and so on. Jingyuan folk proverbs are rich in content, unpretentious, full of life philosophy, with strong local flavor and national characteristics, and are valuable materials for studying Jingyuan history and folk culture. There are more than 2000 collected articles.

paper cutting

Hui paper-cutting is a highlight of local folk culture in Jingyuan. 1956 10, the county cultural center held the first exhibition of women's embroidery and paper-cutting arts and crafts in the county. In 2000, the Cultural Center held the first exhibition of calligraphy, painting and folk handicrafts, and exhibited a number of paper-cut works created by rural women.

oral literature

In the long-term life and production activities, Jingyuan Hui people have produced and circulated many folk myths and legends with national and local characteristics. There are more than 1500 folk stories collected by literary and art workers, such as Wei Zhengmeng's Killing the Old Dragon in Jinghe River, Liu Yichuan, The Story of White Horse Spring, Mansour, The Legend of Baozi Mountain, The Legend of Swinging Sword and The Legend of Migang Mountain, and there are already 1000 stories. mosque

Mosque is the political, economic and cultural center of Hui nationality. All major religious festivals and other activities of the Hui people are held in mosques. The earliest mosque is the Beiwujia Mosque in Zi Yuan Village of Xiangshui Town, which was built in the 13th year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1874) and has a history of 120 years. Zuo specially wrote a couplet entitled "Respect for the elderly and love for relatives, seek more happiness, be kind to others, and be harmonious". There are more than 200 mosques in this county.

religious sect

There are four main sects of Hui Islam in Jingyuan County, namely Gedimu, Hezhe Renye, Ihewani and Hufuye. These four schools have different practices and customs in religious ceremonies. Gedimu Sect, commonly known as "old religion", is the Sect with the largest number of Muslims in Jingyuan, which is distributed in all towns and villages in the county. The Sect of "He Zhe Ren Ye", also known as the "Gao Nian Sect", is a Sufei Sect with the existing official system of China Hui Islam, mainly distributed in Miaowan, Huaxing, Dianbao, Pingliangzhuang, laterite, Xiangyang, Shang Yan, Xia Yan, Hebei, Baimian, Nanzhuang and Xigou villages in Jingheyuan Town. "Ikhwanism, also known as Protestantism, is mainly distributed in large gardens, small gardens, Chenchang, Shuigou, Dazhuang, Taiyanggou and Shatang in Huanghua Township. The sect of "Hufuye", also known as "low-minded sect", is mainly distributed in Longtan and Landazhuang villages of Jingheyuan Town.

Festival custom

The traditional Islamic festivals of the Hui people in Jingyuan mainly include Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Holy Day, as well as Asura and Fatimah.

Living custom

The highest courtesy of the Hui people is the "nine bowls" dishes with steamed chicken as the main food, fried dumplings, fried oil and tea. Smart Hui women are good at coarse grains, and can also use coarse grains and wild vegetables such as potatoes, corn, buckwheat and naked oats. Flavor snacks include potato flour, potato cakes, potato seeds, potato balls, buckwheat flour oil rings and so on. Hui people don't believe in Feng Shui, Yin and Yang, and so on. Before the ground is broken, after the building is completed, please ask the imam, relatives and neighbors to have a peaceful "Nie Tie". After the birth of Jingyuan Hui children, in addition to "official name" and "posthumous title", the imam should also be invited to "call the roll". Classic names are often sages in Islamic classics. The classic names of boys are generally Ersa, Nuha, Yusuf, Mansour, Dawuzi, Moussa, Erli, Ismail and Isa. Generally speaking, girls' names are Asher, Hai Xuan, Sophia, Fatima, Selimai and so on. Or the birthdays of Islamic calendars, such as "Ramadan", "Gad" and "Ma Zhu".

taboo

The taboo customs of the Hui people in Jingyuan are the same as those of the whole Hui people, mainly manifested in ① diet, fasting the blood of pigs, dogs, donkeys, mules, horses and all fierce animals, fasting their dead livestock and animals, and fasting all animals and poultry. ② Smoking and drinking are prohibited. (3) Eating cattle, sheep, camels, deer, chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons, rabbits, fish, etc. It should be slaughtered by imams or Muslims who know the rules and regulations for slaughtering animals. (4) It is forbidden to burn the skin and hair with boiling water. (5) In terms of faith, idolatry is prohibited. 6. In terms of social behavior, usury and gambling are prohibited.