Wang Pan Festival is a festival for Yao people. Wang Pan Festival is held every three or five years, and even every twelve years in some areas. It can be held in one family or with other families or people in the same family.
What is the custom of festivals in Wang Pan?
There are various forms of Wang Pan Festival all over the country. Generally speaking, the altar is used to worship the gods, with Wang Pan in the middle and Zhenwu, Gongcao, Tiangong and Mother Earth around. At the beginning of the sacrifice, the musket fired three shots, and then firecrackers exploded. In the sound of firecrackers, the old clan village always offers sacrifices such as pig's head, glutinous rice cake, chicken and wine in front of the statue, and people bow their heads and pray silently. Then sing "Song of the King of Dishes" and dance the King of Dishes. Song of Wang Pan is a collection of poems of Yao nationality. Mainly tells the story of Wang Pan's life, seven words, refined poems and quaint and vigorous music. Wang Pan danced with gongs and drums, jumping up and down, turning left and right, which was vigorous and powerful, reappearing the scene of Yao ancestors farming and hunting and going out to kill the enemy. In some places, during the Panwang Festival, there will be activities of stepping on the song hall. On the festival day, the gods enshrined in the temple in Wang Pan Village were invited to attend the worship ceremony. The villagers carried Pan Wang to the village to inspect the fields, and finally invited Pan Wang to Getangping. It is said that the villages and fields visited by Wang Pan will be peaceful and prosperous in the new year. Passing through the state government in Getangping's activities reminds people of the migration route of Yao nationality. Folk cultural activities such as singing Yao songs and dancing long drums are not only activities to entertain the gods, but also activities to entertain the people. This time is also a good opportunity for young men and women to make friends with each other and find partners.
Yao people are widely distributed and have many branches, so in the past, the time for Yao people to celebrate Wang Pan Festival was not uniform, and it was usually held in the slack season from autumn harvest to Spring Festival. 1In August, 984, Yao representatives from all over the country gathered in Nanning, Guangxi, and unanimously recognized the festival as a unified festival of the Yao people, and set the date as October 16 of the lunar calendar every year, which is the legendary birthday. In order to strengthen the ties between Yao people in different places, the Yao Representative Association in Nanling decided that Wang Pan Festival would be held in ten counties and cities in Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces in turn, and the first Wang Pan Festival of Nanling Yao people was held in Hexian County (now Babu District, Hezhou City) from 65438 to 0992. In 2009, Wang Pan Festival was held again in Hezhou, Guangxi. This time, Wang Pan Festival joined hands with Hezhou Agricultural Products Fair. In addition to holding traditional folk activities and cultural performances, the festival has also become a platform for displaying local characteristics and attracting investment, giving new content to traditional festivals. With the passage of time, it is precisely because of the constant addition of new contents to festival culture that traditional festivals are full of vitality and vigor with the changes of the times on the basis of the recognition of Yao primitive ancestors.
In Yao village in Nanling corridor, songs that have been circulating for thousands of years are still being sung, and people are still dancing to the drums for thousands of years. It is still so sacred in the eyes of the Yao people, who believe that Pan will protect them.
The Custom Origin of Wang Pan Festival
The ancient custom of festivals in Yao areas was first seen in Gan Bao's Sou in Jin Dynasty, Man Zi Song by Liu Yuxi in Tang Dynasty, and A Generation Beyond the Ridge by Zhou Qufei in Song Dynasty. "A Generation Outside the Ridge" said: "Every October, the Yao people hold an activity in front of the temple to worship King Du Bei, and they will meet men and women who have no real families, and all groups of men and women will dance together, which is called stepping on Yao." "Stepping on" means "jumping the king" (the wish of the king of counter-offer).
Yao Wang Pan Festival, also known as Wang Pan Wishing Festival, is a grand festival for Yao people to commemorate their ancestor Wang Pan, with a history of 1700 years. In the simple and solemn sacrificial ceremony, Yao men, women and children put on their own national holiday costumes, with bright smiles on their faces, offering sacrifices to their ancestors in the form of singing, toasting, dancing and burning incense, tracing back to history.
The Legend of Wang Pan Festival
According to legend, when King Gao Xin of Di Ku was in power, the queen occasionally suffered from ear diseases, which could not be cured for a long time. After picking out a golden worm from the ear, the ear disease healed itself. Soon, the golden worm caught in the fence with a plate turned into a dragon dog covered in brocade, so it was named "Pan Hu". Tiger Pan is beautiful and clever, and has won the love of King Gao Xin and his officials. Later, a powerful Fan Xingbing made an insurrection. King Gao Xin made a list of recruiting talents and promised that whoever could catch Wang Fan's head would marry his daughter. Guan Bai was captured by the power of Wang Fan, and no one dared to go.
Unexpectedly, Tiger Pan came to the enemy single-handedly, took advantage of Wang Fan's drunkenness, bit off his head and presented it to King Gao Xin. King Gao Xin betrothed the princess to him according to the agreement. He was also in the golden bell jar and became a human body on the 6th. After marriage, he was named the King of Ten Treasures in Nanjing, and later generations called him "King Pan". But he was not greedy for wealth, so the couple moved to Nanshan to have children and farm and hunt. Six children and six girls born to Gao Xin Wang Ci each have a surname, which is the earliest twelve surnames of Yao nationality. Later, King Pan was killed by a goat while hunting, and his descendants became Yao.
King Pan is spiritual when he is born, and can protect future generations after he dies. Legend has it that one year there was a drought, and Yao Zhai's surname 12 fled from his hometown and was caught in a storm when crossing the sea. In times of crisis, people kowtowed and prayed to their ancestors and made a big wish: as long as the ship can land safely, it will be rewarded to Pan Wang every year. This wish really came true, and the fleet landed safely on the lunar calendar 10+06, which happened to be Wang Pan's birthday. People celebrated each other and offered sacrifices to Wang Pan in return for his wishes. And since then, it has become a habit and has been passed down to this day.