It is said that the typhoon struck for the second time. Last night, there was heavy rain along the coast and Mao Mao rain in the mountainous area, which caused such a foggy scene. As the situation changed, the anchor and I couldn't go to Tianzishan Waterfall, so we got off at Qingyuan and left our teammates. We took Teacher Shen's car to Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County to participate in the Yinhe Luo Zhuang Plus 20 17 Guangdong (Lianshan) "July Fragrance" Zhuangjia Water Festival.
We drove along the green mountains and green waters, forgetting the fatigue of horses and chariots, and arrived at Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, a resort at dusk. We have no time to rest. After dinner, we went to the "July Fragrance" Zhuang Family Water-splashing Festival in Lianshan, Guangdong on October 7th, 20/KLOC. In the vast darkness, the sky was drizzling and the scene was brightly lit. The audience surrounded the entrance, and we were squeezed into the entrance, crossed a small bridge and came to the sparkling swimming pool. The stage screen scrolls with the beautiful scenery and delicious food of Lianshan. When the anchor saw an old woman standing next to the audience with two children, he began to interview her and her two children. But the old man can only speak dialects, and she later sang folk songs with everyone's encouragement.
At the beginning of the party, melodious music sounded, and the host took to the stage to introduce leaders at all levels and related media. Oxygen bar mountain city, fire tree and silver flowers, colorful. The rich rhythm of national music and the melodious songs of the actors brought my thoughts to the European terraces in Wushan. Last spring, amid the colorful songs of flowers and birds, we were fortunate to attend the opening ceremony of Oujia Terrace. From then on, I learned about Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, where there are ethnic minorities such as Zhuang and Yao. Lianshan is located in Mengzhu Mountain, one of the five mountains in Nanling. There has been a common name of "nine mountains, half water and half fields" since ancient times. Lianshan has a unique geographical location. Here, in people's words, it is "Three Rivers Source, Three Provinces", that is, the Three Rivers Source, the junction of Guangdong, Hunan and Guangxi provinces. The mountains are green and the mountains are beautiful. Standing on the misty mountain, you can see the picturesque scenery of blue mountains and streams. Under the blue sky and white clouds, it is refreshing to enjoy fresh air and accept the gift of nature in the natural oxygen bar. Life is like this, what can you expect? Lianshan has more than 70% ethnic minorities, including Zhuang, Yao and Lianshan dialects. People here are good at singing and dancing, hardworking and kind, and simple in folk customs.
On the screen of the party, green mountains and green waters, white clouds are flying, and Zhuang and Yao actors are singing and performing. They put the scene of building a new house and celebrating the harvest on the stage, reappearing the happy scene of people living and working in peace and contentment and harvesting. Cheerful dancing and melodious singing explain the artistic crystallization created by people in their labor. These national arts are as simple as flowing water and as pure as the blue sky. In the past, some Yao people lived a nomadic life, such as the nomadic life of the northern minorities. They build simple huts in the deep mountains, eat a mountain, or move their families from one mountain to another at the first sign of trouble. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. After the founding of New China, these Yao people ended their wandering life and built small adobe houses scattered in the mountains. The Yao people, once known as "Shanyao", finally live and work in peace and contentment. Now, under the care of governments at all levels, Yao people are slowly going down the mountain to build houses, and some people have already moved into new houses built by the government to help the poor. Therefore, in the annual Chinese Valentine's Day, people wear holiday costumes and go out one after another, partying, singing and dancing together.
The party was in full swing, and the rain didn't douse people's happy mood and enthusiasm. Everyone agreed to attend the grand festival of the Zhuang nationality-the Water Play Festival on Tanabata tomorrow. Chinese Valentine's Day is a traditional festival in China, which originated from the legendary story of the meeting of cowherd and weaver girl on Qixi Bridge. Cowherd and Weaver Girl fell in love on earth and were beaten by the Jade Emperor and the Empress Dowager Tiangong. Since then, they have been isolated from the world. They get together once a year on the bridge built by magpies on July 7th. People sigh, the Milky Way is far away, when can we get together forever?
China Valentine's Day of Zhuang nationality is as grand as the Spring Festival when we celebrate the New Year. According to legend, on the seventh day of July, the seven fairies of the Heavenly Palace came to bathe in the Milky Way, and the water of the Milky Way fell to the earth, making the banker's river clearer. People bathe, wash their hair, play and splash water on this day, hoping that the auspicious river will wash away bad luck and bring happiness, well-being and longevity. For thousands of years, "Water Playing Festival" has become a folk activity and grand festival of Zhuang nationality.
Dreaming of the colorful programs of the party, on the morning of August 28, we breathed the fresh air of the oxygen bar capital and came to the river where the stage was built. The staff of Qingyuan Mobile Company worked overtime until two o'clock in the morning and are now on standby at the opening ceremony of the "Water Delivery Festival". The anchor is afraid that the good signal will affect the live broadcast. He was so anxious to find the staff of the mobile company that he even missed the tour of folk programs. The anchor met the staff of the mobile company by the river. If he saw the savior, he even asked for help. With their help, the live screen instantly became clear. A staff member handed the mobile phone to the anchor to carry with him to ensure the smooth signal. The fans are very happy, and everyone can enjoy the banker's "Water Festival" at the ends of the earth.
Clouds are rolling in the sky, and the surrounding mountains are shrouded in the sea of clouds. It rains for a while, and the sun shines for a while. It is really "sunrise in the east and rain in the west, but sunny on the road." The opening ceremony was held as scheduled, the magnificent and high Zhuang folk music resounded through the sky, and the actors dressed in national costumes came to the sparkling river. We watched from the other side of the bank and were shocked by the growing sight. In the center of the stage, a grand and mysterious ceremony began. Folk songs are dancing on the river, and small rafts are swimming in the water. The host explained the origin of the "Water Playing Festival". Tourists can't wait to splash water in the river and enjoy the festival of Zhuang children. When the drummers were standing in the water, people who jumped into the river threw water at them. People on the shore jumped into the water with small pots in their hands, and the river splashed. For a time, the rain and waves poured out people's smiling faces like flowers Suddenly, a drop of water splashed on us, and we suddenly felt cool. Lucky water splashed us with joy. In order to broadcast smoothly, the anchor screamed and ran high. People in the water continued to splash water happily, and we came to the street where the fire truck stopped. The water column sprayed from the fire truck pipeline, like a white dragon, went straight into the sky, and the water droplets fell, wetting tourists and playful children. The firemen sprayed people with water guns again, and they began to play with water. The children immediately threw water at the firemen in the car, and the street was full of laughter. In order to protect the mobile phone being broadcast live, we opened the sunshade, and people are very interested in playing with water. We will be attacked by water at any moment.
Water is like a note, laughter, and people are empty. People dance with water in the long river, and revel with clear water and green mountains in paintings. Good as water, good as water. Water, like an elf, creates all beings and nourishes all things. The children and tourists of Zhuang nationality are intoxicated in the festival of playing in the water and melt into the soul of the mountains and rivers. This year's Water Playing Festival is the twelfth, and there are more and more people along the river. It is said that the total number of people exceeds last year's water play festival150 thousand.
We squeezed out of the water and watched along the river. When we met a booth selling oil-paper umbrellas, we competed with tourists to choose all kinds of oil-paper umbrellas. We walked on the bridge with our favorite red and green oiled paper umbrella and headed for the food street. Handfuls of colorful umbrellas, like blooming flowers, filled the streets. The food street along the river is full of delicious food. When we see ganoderma lucidum like an umbrella, fragrant dried cauliflower, ethnic snacks with all colors and flavors, various brands of tea, small bags embroidered with ethnic colors and so on, we can't move away. Some netizens asked where this is and will also come to participate in the Songkran Festival. There are balloons of various shapes, water guns of various colors and children surrounded by vendors in the food street, hoping to pick out their favorite toys.
Afternoon is free time, and we walk to the river with running water. The wind and clouds are surging, the bridges are flowing, the flowers are bright, and the green grass is spreading far away. After a while, the wind was intermittent, and the white clouds seemed to be embedded halfway up the mountain, motionless. Not far from the county seat, there are several scenic spots that attract tourists. Because there are mountains around here, so cut to the chase, tourists cheered to climb the mountain. The highest elevation of Wushan Mountain is 1659.3 meters, which is called "Guangdong Lingnan Roof". The terraced fields there have different scenery in four seasons and are magnificent. Matou Mountain is located in the southeast of Little sanjiang town, like a galloping horse. The ruins of the ancient city there and the cliff stone carvings seized during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty recorded the repeated struggles between villagers and thieves and robbers during the late Ming Dynasty, the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty and the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty.
As night fell, we followed the tourists to the "Queqiao Club" and saw the booth selling ethnic products next to the stage. The anchor couldn't help but shoot. This is a product designed by a junior student, including ethnic costumes, colored bags, ethnic embroidered shoes, hand-embroidered balls and so on. The flowers, birds and animals in the pattern are lifelike. It is said that he is applying for a product patent and has become an ambassador of Qingyuan's tourism image. When asked why he chose to start a business, he said that he studied design and photography, and fell in love with national product design because he loved his national culture. He hopes to inherit and carry forward the national culture. His childish face is full of confidence and pride.
At the "Queqiao Club", 99 couples and their relatives and friends sat in the guest seats. On the stage, the dealer's program of throwing hydrangeas explains the sweetness of couples falling in love and getting married. Several leaders took the stage to throw hydrangeas, and the audience and lovers reached out to catch them, hoping that the god of luck would come.
The couple left the "Queqiao Club" and walked 13 14 meters. They married each other when they arrived at their destination, indicating that they would love each other for life and grow old together. They are going to take part in romantic games along the way, and we can't wait to keep up with them. Couples are tied together by red ribbons, and they need to be United with one heart and one mind in order to successfully complete various links to reach their destinations and complete the ceremony of meeting the bride and getting married. The host followed the whole process, and the couples carefully completed the puzzle on the roadside. Qin Guan's Ci "Queqiao Fairy?" With the concerted efforts of Qi Xin and Qi Xin, the puzzle was successful. I whispered, "The thin clouds are clever, the flying stars spread resentment, and silver and Han are all dark." On the seventh day of autumn dew and autumn, it is time to meet, mostly those who are together in the world, but the appearance of husband and wife. Common complaint against acacia, tender feelings like water, meet each other as if it were a dream, when it is hard to see the bridge. If two kinds of feelings last for a long time, sooner or later. "Looking back at the classic love stories in the ci, I saw the picture of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meeting at the Magpie Bridge, which was like a dream. This first word wrote the sad scene of the seven fairies and the cowherd, who couldn't bear to leave, and the last two sentences became eternal songs. Some people say that this is a tribute to the love between men and women in reality through the love between Penny and Weaver Girl.
Couples continue to run in the night with flashing lights, stay in the corridor with lush grass and flowers, write down the vows of eternal love, and then continue to temporarily pass the customs and move on. The anchor filmed the whole process, caught up with them again and arrived at a pavilion. They are doing push-ups in groups. It is said that this level tests men's patience. After marriage, it is a man's unshirkable responsibility to bear hardships and stand hard work and protect his wife, children and family. They had to take off their shoes and walk barefoot on the stone road. Some tourists tried it and said that the soles of their feet hurt badly. Lovers step on the stone road sweetly, and they must persist no matter how hard and tired they are, because the husband and wife are United, and their benefits are broken.
The river is rippling, the lights are flickering and blurred. On the curved arch bridge, the dress of the seven fairies fluttered, and the shape of her meeting with the cowherd on the magpie bridge was beautiful in the night sky. We seem to see the distant night sky of the Milky Way and the happy meeting of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. On the bridge, couples began to write down the words and names that convey love devoutly and locked them on the bridge with concentric locks. Romantic action symbolizes their long-term love.
Festive suona pierced the night sky, and couples were going to perform the wedding and enter the bridal chamber. The red happy character and the red sedan chair show a very happy and sweet atmosphere. After the wedding, the couple carried the bride into the bridal chamber. A family of three stood in front of the scarlet letter and saluted according to the customs of ethnic minorities. The man said that he would bring his wife and daughter to Tanabata every year, and everyone wished them a happy and harmonious family!
Wandering along the beautiful Lianshan River, too many scenery makes people want to stay, too many exquisite handicrafts make people fascinated, and too many delicious foods make people drool. At the crowded water-playing festival and the bridge meeting, we enjoyed the beautiful scenery full of wild interest, felt the rich and simple folk customs, met enthusiastic people and witnessed the romantic and warm life of Zhuang and Yao. I hope the national culture here will be carried forward forever!