Pupils' Composition My Beautiful Hometown Jimo

My hometown, Jimo, has a simple folk customs, secular friendship and many festivals since ancient times. Influenced by history, folk customs are integrated with the open new style, which makes the national traditional culture show more distinctive characteristics of the times and become a unique way for people to entertain and cultivate their sentiments.

Lantern Festival stepping on the street

Jimo has a tradition of celebrating the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. On that day, every household decorated lanterns and set off fireworks. People wearing holiday costumes flocked to the streets in droves to watch folk performances such as dragon lanterns, lion dances, stilts and yangko. In recent years, this traditional "stepping on the street" activity has developed from a small-scale folk performance to an organized large-scale grand festival.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the whole of jimo city is filled with festive atmosphere. More than 654.38 million tourists from the city and its surrounding areas gathered in several main streets and the central venue in front of the municipal government to watch the grand "stepping on the street" activity. With the earth-shattering sound of gongs and drums and melodious suona during the Spring Festival, beautifully decorated and colorful floats are slowly coming to people, bearing the cultural image of modern enterprises and the interest of traditional folk art, the beautiful shape of "Shuanglong soaring" and "Phoenix spreading its wings" on the floats, the majestic posture of "the plane is flying" and "the rocket is ready to go", as well as "attracting investment and developing the economy" The yangko team, stilt team and dry fleet, which show folk songs and dances, are dancing and dancing. People dance in peace and prosperity and sing the joy of harvest. "Pig carrying his wife", "Lao Jiang carrying his wife" and "old matchmaker" all make people very happy. The "Tang Priest's Master and Apprentice" and the smiling "Jigong Living Buddha" looked graceful and polite, and kept bowing to the audience all the way to celebrate the New Year. The "big-headed doll dance" and "boy drum" performed by children are even more lively and lovely, full of childishness. Lantern Festival float parade and folk song and dance performances not only retain the charm of traditional culture, but also have the flavor of modern life.

Tian Heng Sea Festival Folk Culture Festival

Tianheng Folk Festival of Sacrificing to the Sea is held on March 18 every year for 3 days.

The folk custom of offering sacrifices to the sea in Tian Heng has a history of more than 500 years. On the day of worshipping the sea (surfing the Internet), almost every family in ewald Zhuang Village was crowded with guests, and the whole village was bustling and full of festive atmosphere. The temporary huge pine wooden door is painted and hung red, which looks magnificent; On the beach, there are many red flags (standing tassels) fluttering in the spring breeze; Couplets are posted on newly renovated fishing boats to celebrate good luck. A huge east beach is crowded with people. Dozens of sacrificial tables arranged in the word "one" are filled with three sacrifices (whole pig, whole chicken and whole fish) and elaborately made peach cakes, especially those dozens of whole pigs with Sean shavings and safflower, as well as handicrafts such as "complacent", "lotus fairy" and "carp yue longmen" made on peaches, which have attracted people's admiration for a long time. With the order of the host of the sacrificial ceremony, hundreds of firecrackers sounded on the beach and fishing boats in turn, and the thunderous firecrackers resounded through the whole harbor with the sonorous sound of gongs and drums, pushing the festival of worshipping the sea (surfing the Internet) to a climax. In recent years, under the leadership of the town government and the cultural department, the sea sacrifice activity has developed from a folk sacrifice activity spontaneously formed in a fishing village, ewald Zhuang Village, to the largest sea sacrifice activity in northern China. Formally, it has evolved from a traditional sacrifice to a grand festival with rich folk cultural connotations and a series of folk cultural activities-"Tian Heng Folk Culture Festival of Sacrificing to the Sea".

In order to further promote the excellent national culture, promote the development of marine folk tourism and economic and trade investment activities, and strive to meet the spiritual and cultural needs of the people, the Tian Heng Town People's Government, Qingdao Folk Museum, jimo city Cultural Bureau and jimo city Tourism Bureau jointly plan and host the "Tian Heng Folk Culture Festival of Sacrificing to the Sea". More than ten large-scale cultural activities have been organized successively, including: grand memorial ceremony, folk culture collection, street exhibition of calligraphy and painting photography works, on-site calligraphy and painting performances, folk dance parade, martial arts magic performance, lantern riddle quiz, singing opera in Taiping Shi Sheng, sea view fireworks display, cockfighting performance, Xiang Bo dough sculpture contest and exhibition, folk photography invitational competition, dazzling commodity trading, etc.

Mashan culture tourism shanhui

Mashan temple fair has a long history, and the number of temple fairs is the first in Jimo. Among them are Dawang Temple Fair on the 16th day of the first lunar month, Tianqi Temple Fair on March 28th, Huang Yu Temple Fair on September 9th, and Baiyun Temple Fair on June 28th.

June 28th of the lunar calendar is the day when Ming Guangzong was named "Master Hui Jue". "Master Hui Jue" was a native of Shandong village at the eastern foot of Mashan in Ming Dynasty. His surname is Liu, and his first name is Hengqing. At the end of Wanli, he was ordered by Ming Shenzong to preach in Beijing. Chongzhen returned to Baiyun Temple to give lectures and preach. Later, in order to commemorate her, people spontaneously took June 28 as a temple fair, which has a history of more than 300 years.

After the reform and opening up, in order to carry forward the national traditional culture, conform to the public opinion and restore the temple fair, Mashan Temple Fair was officially named "Qingdao Mashan Cultural Tourism Mountain Expo", which lasts for three days from June 26th to 28th in the lunar calendar every year.

Today's mountain products Fair has changed from a superstitious folk temple fair to a cultural tourism mountain products Fair where culture plays a role in tourism. The mountain meeting is mainly for sightseeing, which highlights the geological, scientific and technological culture and ethnic and religious cultural characteristics of Mashan. Religious (Taoist) activities take Juxian Palace and Baiyun Temple as official venues, and there are full-time clergy abbots.

During each mountain meeting, professional and folk art groups performed wonderful theatrical, folk art, song and dance, acrobatics and other cultural programs in the square in front of the statue of Dr. Jimo.

Tianjingshan temple fair

Tianjingshan Temple Fair attracts many tourists with its rich traditional folk culture connotation and many beautiful folklore. Every year on June 13 of the lunar calendar (it is said that this day is the birthday of the "Black Dragon King"), guests from far and near come in an endless stream.

Tianjingshan Temple Fair used to be superstitious. People hold a grand temple fair every year in order to appreciate the merits of the "Black Dragon King" in accumulating rain and benefiting the countryside and all directions. In front of the line, the band leads the way. People hold flags and umbrellas, and carry the statue of the "Black Dragon King" in eight-person sedan chairs, followed by messengers of wind, thunder, clouds and rain and various ceremonial ceremonies. The mountains and rivers are bustling, and the cigarette in front of Dragon Shrines fills the air. Good men and women jostled shoulder to shoulder, followed by a grand sacrifice ceremony.

Nowadays, in addition to traditional folk activities, temple fairs have gradually enriched the cultural trend of the new era. Literary and art groups from this city and other places rushed to perform here, and vendors rushed to hear the news. Thousands of tourists have turned this mountain into a big stage combining traditional folk activities with modern culture and entertainment.

Tokyo Mountain Temple Fair

Tokyo Mountain, located in the east corner of Wei Town, Aoshan Mountain, is also called "Eagle Mouth Mountain" because there is a boulder shaped like an eagle mouth on the mountain. This mountain faces Aoshan Bay and is adjacent to Heshan, the show of Donglao in the west, with beautiful scenery and unique scenery. The annual temple fair adds a beautiful scenery to this hill.

The "Fox Fairy Temple" on Mount Tokyo was built more than 100 years ago. Legend has it that the "fox spirit" here is extremely effective and sensitive. Every year, the first day of the first month, the twentieth day of the first month, the third day of March, the sixth day of June and the ninth day of September are the days when temple fairs are held. The temple fair on the twentieth day of the first month is the most prosperous. Since the early hours of the morning, tourists have been going up the mountain one after another. Together with vendors and foreign tourists, there are as many as 50,000 people a day, which is a sea of people.

Jimo Liu Qiang

Jimo Liuqiang is an ancient local opera, which began in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, evolved from the "elbow drum" widely circulated in Shandong Province, originated in the ancient river basin in the west of Jimo, and has been popular in Jiaodong area for more than 200 years.

Liu Qiang's early singing form was very simple, and the instruments used were only a gong, a tambourine and a bamboo board. Later, influenced by the "four-string minor", it began to be accompanied by "four-string huqiner". When the stringed instrument was first used, artists used it to play when playing and singing were not in harmony, so it was called "Liu Qiang". Later, artists found it indecent, so they borrowed homophones and named it "Liu Qiang". Since then, Liu Qiang, as a drama, has stepped onto the mass stage in Jimo. Most of Liu Qiang's plays are traditional folk stories loved by ordinary people. The dialogue is in Jimo dialect, and the tunes are tone change, sad tune, overlapping board, adagio, counting board, Nangong and doll cavity. The singing is euphemistic and delicate, beautiful and smooth, the language is humorous and vivid, the performance is unpretentious, with strong local color and strong local life breath, which is deeply loved by the masses. Especially with the melodious melody of "Four-stringed Huqiner" and Liu Qiang's unique ending "Gougouqiang", it sounds lingering and fascinated several generations of hometown elders.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Liu Qiang was highly valued by the Party and the government. 1956, Jimo County established a professional "Jimo Liuqiang Troupe". Through the exploration, arrangement and innovation of new and old artists, Liu Qiang has achieved unprecedented perfection in performing repertoire, turntables, music accompaniment and qupai, and has also ushered in the heyday of Liu Qiang's artistic career development. 1959, Qingdao Liuqiang Troupe was invited to Beijing, went to Huairentang in Zhongnanhai for three times, reported its performances to the central leaders, famous people in the theater industry and the people of the capital, and performed such plays as "Cut the robe" and "Zhao Meirong Watching the Lights", which was a great success. The actors were cordially received and warmly encouraged by the Party and the country, Zhu De and Chen Yi, and received by Guo Moruo and Tian. Beijing Daily, Guangming Daily, Wen Wei Po, China Youth Daily, Drama Daily and other newspapers all published commentary articles, which spoke highly of Liu Qiang and praised him as "the flower of Jiaodong". Since then, Liu Qiang, a local play in Jimo, has been famous all over the country for its unique artistic charm. Former Minister of Culture and Zhu also visited Jimo successively. After watching the performance of Liu Qiang Troupe, they spoke highly of Liu Qiang's artistry and appreciation in Jimo. After reading Jimo Liu Qiang, the famous poet He Jingzhi also improvised a wonderful poem, "The cup is sprinkled with the old Tian Dan, and the intoxicating local accent listens to Liu Qiang".

Over the years, Jimo Liu Qiang Troupe has won a large number of outstanding plays and actors, among which Liu Qiang's "Wang San Selling Fish" was made into a TV drama film by Qingdao TV Station and won the second prize of 1985 China's first TV drama "Eagle Elephant Award". Because of Liu Qiang's strong artistic appeal and broad mass base, many villages in jimo city have amateur Liu Qiang classes besides professional Liu Qiang classes.

Jimo Jiushi

Nine lion pictures, also known as Nine Lion Dance. Created and arranged by Jimo folk artists on 1924, and premiered in jimo city during the Lantern Festival the following year, which was well received by the masses. Since then, it has been preserved as a traditional folk dance program.

The performance lineup of Nine Lions Map consists of 12 people and nine lion props, among which four people hold two lionesses, seven people each hold 1 lion cub, and another 1 person holds hydrangeas to lure lions to dance. When the lions were dancing, accompanied by the cheerful and exciting sound of gongs and drums, seven "cubs" surrounded the two "lionesses" rhythmically, jumping happily, sometimes tumbling and playing with the ball, sometimes wagging their heads and twisting their waists. Every move shows the fierce habits of the real lion incisively and vividly, which is amazing.

The performance form of Nine Lions is divided into two parts: "Walking through the streets" and "going around the field". "Walking through the streets" is a kind of marching dance, which performs actions such as "wagging the tail of the dragon", "twisting the rope" and "facing the lion". "Around the field" is a live performance, which mainly includes dance movements such as "Four Doors Fight", "Embroidering the ball and playing with the lion" and "The lion throws the ball".

Jimo drum

Jimo Drum is a combination of three folk art forms, namely "Jiemen Drum", "Gaomen Fishing Drum" and "Li Men Mao Mao", which spread among Jimo blind artists in the early Republic of China. It is created through mastery. Its singing is beautiful and full of charm, the accompaniment is pleasant to listen to, the language is humorous and vivid, the bibliography chapters are closely connected, full of suspense and strong artistic appeal. After several generations of artists' innovation and development, this form of Quyi has become increasingly rich and perfect.

Jimo Drum is a branch of "Donglu School". Accompanied by the piano, the lyrics pay attention to rhyme. There are three kinds of vocals: Adagio, Liu Si and Allegro. The form of performance is mainly singing, occasionally commenting on the white, following the characteristics of Donglu drum, with a slight Anhui local accent on the basis of using Jimo dialect.

Jimo yangge

As early as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Jimo Yangko was active in urban and rural areas. During the slack season, Chinese New Year, temple fairs, especially the Lantern Festival in the first month, yangko teams from various villages performed in the streets and lanes, which has continued to this day.

Jimo Yangko can be divided into two kinds in performance style: East and West. The eastern coastal areas belong to the Eastern School, and the dance movements of the Eastern School are combined with the martial arts style, characterized by equal emphasis on singing and dancing, cheerful and enthusiastic scenes, ingenious and changeable dance formation, rough and bold movements and vigorous movements. Wagezhuang, Liujiazhuang and other western regions belong to the western school, which is characterized by charming and colorful, gentle singing and dancing, delicate and smooth movements and humor.

The overall performance form of Jimo Yangko is divided into "big venue" and "small venue". The performance lineup of Dachang usually consists of 9- 12 people, including 4 flower girls, 4 vendors with bamboo boards, 2 matchmakers dressed in funny costumes, and 2 money sticks and wooden sticks wearing Dai Wen towels. The costumes of these characters are different. Running formations are usually traditional patterns such as "scissors", "dragon wagging its tail" and "pod horn". In the process of changing the formation pattern, various dance movements are displayed with the unique pace of yangko, and a lively scene is presented according to the adjustment of rhythm and the amused gag of each role. At the same time, during the interval of running, the soul figure "Plaster" on the field improvised music and sang yangko tunes, most of which were full of sounds and feelings, which were pleasing to the eye. A "small field" is commonly known as a story, usually 3-5 people perform some small jokes with stories and songs.

The accompaniment of Jimo Yangko consists of percussion and orchestra. Percussion instruments are usually used for "big field" accompaniment, while orchestral music is usually used for "small field" accompaniment. The main musical instruments are erhu, suona and sheng. The main music "Catch the Temple", "Yangko Qupai" and "Dry Boat Tune" were included in "Selected Shandong Folk Songs".