What is the core social fire?

Core social fire is a folk culture popular in northwest China.

As the oldest custom, Shehuo has a history of thousands of years in China. It comes from the worship of ancient land and fire, is the product of ancient witchcraft and totem worship, and is a religious activity used by ancient people to worship God. "Society" is the god of the land; "Fire", the ancestor of fire, is the legendary Vulcan. It can ward off evil spirits. Sacrifice to social gods, singing and dancing, is intended to pray for good weather, good harvests, peace and prosperity for the country and the people, and all the best. In China, which is famous for its farming culture, land is the foundation of people's survival, which lays a material foundation for human survival and development. Fire is the source of people's cooking and heating, and it is also an indispensable condition for human survival and development. The ancients thought that fire also had a "spirit" with primitive thinking, and worshipped it as a sacred object with special significance, thus forming the concept of advocating fire. From the worship of ancient land and fire, the custom of sacrificing society and fire came into being. With the development of society and the improvement of people's cognitive ability, the ritual of social fire sacrifice has gradually added entertainment elements and become a grand and complicated folk entertainment activity. The word "social fire" first appeared in the Song Dynasty. Folk social fire is a popular entertainment activity during the Spring Festival, which is widely spread in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, Liaoning and other provinces.

The core is also called buttress and flat buttress. It is a static and soul-stirring plastic art with a history of more than 200 years. At first, it was mostly used for welcoming gods and competitions, and later it became an entertainment program for the Lantern Festival. The core is to dress up 4- 15-year-old children as various figures and fix them on the iron core, showing a thrilling and beautiful shape. Generally speaking, the core table shows a story or meaning. Cores are divided into lifting cores and rear cores. Lifting the core is an iron frame with children dressed as characters in the play on it, which is placed on a square table and carried by several people. The back core is a strong man carrying an iron shelf on his shoulder, which is also the dress of the characters in the play. The iron shelf weighs hundreds of pounds at most. In recent years, iron frames have been fixed on tractors and cars to perform large-scale cores, with more than a dozen people at most, and the performance content is more abundant.

Core social fire is the most attractive art form in traditional performance, which is popular in Gansu, Shaanxi. Children aged five to seven are mainly selected to dress up as characters in traditional operas, put them on wooden frames or iron frames with related movements, carry them on their backs with a fulcrum, and tour with the performance team. Because this kind of core is placed on people's shoulders, it is called "back core" by ordinary people.

In Shaanxi, social fire is the floorboard of the core, stilts, bamboo horses, dry boats, lions and dragon lanterns. It is an art that wins by acting, modeling and skill. Through all kinds of difficult movements and rigorous ideas, it allows actors to play historical figures and modern figures, forming a story combination, giving people a strategic and thrilling artistic appeal. In particular, this kind of art is closely combined with Shaanxi Opera, which comes from the ancient yellow land and has a long history and unique charm.

Every year from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, Yangxian County, Shaanxi Province is full of happy oceans and festive worlds. There are nearly 100 floats every day, and the parade around the city begins at noon, which makes Yangxian people and tourists from all over the world feast their eyes.

Folk culture is the crystallization of human wisdom and the cultural essence summarized by hardworking people through labor, which is worth inheriting and carrying forward. Exhibition is the most direct and effective activity to promote folk culture. People can understand and love traditional folk culture through exhibitions and performances. Thousands of folk artists and hundreds of folk performances will be held in Xi 'an Qujiang International Convention and Exhibition Center from the first day to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year.