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Lancheng Sacrifice Festival is a traditional ancient temple fair on February 19 of the lunar calendar in Lancheng North Street. Its main form is sacrifice, and dough sculpture is used to reflect the folk prayer activities of pursuing truth, goodness and beauty. Lancheng is 15km away from the north of Shanxi County. It is the old county seat of Lan County, and now it is called Neicun in Lan Town. * * * 800 households with 3,600 people, with a large population and a small population. Potato production per capita is 300-400 yuan. North Street is more than 400 meters long and there are about 200 households. Fortress wind forum: B% w% S* w%]

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a kind and virtuous young daughter-in-law named Huilian. Her husband died soon after she went through the door, and her mother-in-law lost sleep. In order to cure her mother-in-law's blindness, she went everywhere to seek medical treatment and buy medicine until she sold everything at home. Mother-in-law's illness was not cured, so she had no choice but to help her mother-in-law beg everywhere and continue to treat her. On a snowy winter night, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stayed in a ruined temple, hungry and cold, and fainted to the ground. In the dim light, Huilian saw a white-haired old lady coming with Buddha dust in her hand. The white-haired old man said that it is rare to have a kind and filial woman like you in the world. Your virtue touched God, and today I was ordered to fulfill your kindness. As he spoke, he gently touched the Buddha dust in his hand on the eyes of the blind woman's mother-in-law, and the eyes of the blind woman's mother-in-law immediately shone. Huilian knelt down and thanked her again and again. The white-haired mother-in-law lifted her up, taught her some secret recipes, asked her to treat people, and then left. Huilian opened her eyes, as if dreaming, and her heart was full of surprise. She woke up her mother-in-law quickly, only to find that her eyes really regained sight. So she thought over the secret recipe that the white-haired old man told her at first, and it was still fresh in her memory. Later, she practiced medicine in the countryside according to the secret recipe of her white-haired mother-in-law and treated the people. Who knows, she became a wonderful doctor, and all the patients treated can recover. Therefore, people respect her very much and call her the fairy godmother. Another version of the legend is that there is a kind and virtuous young daughter-in-law named Huilian. Her husband died soon after she went through the door, and her mother-in-law lost sleep. She served her mother-in-law with a kind heart, but she never got her mother-in-law's favor. My mother-in-law always feels terrible about what she eats. One day Huilian was sitting in the yard thinking about what to eat to make her mother-in-law happy. Suddenly a cat ran out of the house. As soon as the door creaked, Huilian was inspired by the rotation of the door shaft. She went back to pick up a piece of noodles, cut it into small pieces, and twisted it into "Godot" with chopsticks, which is the cat ear that people eat now. She was very happy after giving it to her mother-in-law, and the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was very good from then on. Huilian's filial piety touched God. The Jade Emperor sent someone to teach Huilian the secret recipe, so that she could benefit the village and save lives. Later, she became an imperial doctor in the village where she practiced medicine, and the people called her an imperial doctor nun. Huilian lived to be 90. In order to commemorate her, the villagers built a temple where she sat, and took the day when she sat as the annual anniversary-February 19 of the lunar calendar. Until the Tang Dynasty, when Buddhism prevailed, the villagers changed Xiangu Temple into Kannonji and worshipped Xiangu as Guanyin. In their minds, nun 1 is a bodhisattva and bodhisattva is nun 1, so the prayer meeting on February 19 has continued to this day.

The products of Blue City Club are single and varied. Being single means that the club's offerings are all noodles, and nothing else. On the one hand, Xiangu belongs to Buddhism, which has taboos on meat, so it is the best way to use noodles. On the other hand, dough figurines are easier to integrate into people's emotional pursuit. People make all kinds of offerings by hand with white flour, in which a lot of hard work and creative labor are invested, and this kind of hard work and labor itself naturally dissolves. You can express all kinds of wishes and pursuits through the modeling language of dough modeling. However, the modeling themes of the offerings are very extensive, including the Zodiac symbolizing the prosperity of people, the poultry and livestock symbolizing the prosperity of six animals, the Songhe Longevity Peach symbolizing longevity, and the wishful combination symbolizing happiness and auspiciousness. There are also historical stories and folklore, such as Tang Priest, the Monkey King, fairy couple, Queqiao Club and so on. Although they have a wide range of themes and rich contents, they all have a * * * nature, that is, the content they reflect is positive and upward, and they all show people's desire and pursuit of advocating beauty.

Yulin | Forum | Zhashangfeng | Shanbei | Desert | Shaanxi Lancheng's dough sculptures are exquisitely made and skilled. Traditional dough sculptures are mostly made of live dough (fermented dough). Because it is easy to deform, it can produce an exaggerated natural beauty. In the past, when the economy was in trouble, people had to eat it after offering sacrifices to God. Therefore, making dough figurines with live noodles is a major feature of dough figurines in Lancheng. Nowadays, with the development of economy and the extensive exchange of dough sculpture techniques, Lancheng dough sculpture has developed from the initial dough production to the combination of dough and dead dough, dough and cooked dough, and multi-method treatment of primary colors and dyeing, making new breakthroughs in modeling, color and sex, and realizing the organic combination of exaggeration and realism in modeling and color. Lancheng dough sculpture is not only exquisite in the processing technology of raw materials, but also exquisite in the production technology. Use kneading, shearing, cutting, kneading, spelling, extruding, clamping, pressing, rolling, overlapping, embedding, combining, embossing and embossing, and make appropriate adjustments and choices according to different themes and contents. With the development of society, the tools for making dough sculptures are also improving. The application of food pigments and embossing tools has made dough sculptures produce many unimaginable artistic effects. On the afternoon of February 18 of the lunar calendar, six of us came to Lancheng. We wanted to take some pictures of people making dough sculptures, but we came late. A few good ones made last year have been finished. We walked around the city before we saw the leaders organize villagers to build a shrine on the original site of Xiangu Temple in North Street. Some merchants use the memorial service to post advertisements, but the form is a bit small. Some women and children are practicing yangko in the open space on the stage, ready to take part in tomorrow's activities. We arrived at North Street at 6 o'clock in the morning on February 19 of the lunar calendar, and several families had already put out dough sculptures. Later, people came one after another slowly, reaching a climax at 8 o'clock. The leaders organized villagers to invite Xiangu. They wanted to walk around the village, let more people know Xiangu and show her elegant demeanor. All kinds of performances reached a climax immediately, including cultural activities such as eight-tone orchestra, modern drama performance, opera performance, yangko performance, and of course there were small sales. On that day, people in North Street made exquisite dough sculptures with exquisite skills to present, and every household should participate. People laugh if they don't go. Around 5 o'clock in the morning, people came out to confess. The sooner they get out, the better. When they make a confession, they should steam it in a pot, and the bodhisattva should enjoy it enthusiastically. Starting from the front of the God Building, a continuous platform is built along the center line of North Street in the order of the ends. The whole North Street has formed a dazzling array of sacrifice streets, and the scene is very spectacular. After setting the offerings, the men went to burn incense in front of the sacred building, and the women watched the offerings and learned from each other. Young girls and daughters-in-law have seen the crafts of many families and judged the pros and cons of each family. Learn some new skills by the way. When you find out whose offerings are the best, you will break the casserole until you understand them, so that you can make better dough sculptures in the coming year. Even people in their seventies and eighties should go to North Street with the help of their children. There are also people who are not from North Street or married to North Street. Folklore researchers, photographers, journalists and TV stations also come to join in the fun. In addition to sacrifices and visits, there are also long guns and short guns for photography in Manmian Street. At this moment, it is not so much a sacrifice activity as a dough sculpture exposition and a dough sculpture seminar. No matter men, women and children, there is only one topic to talk about, and that is the appreciation and evaluation of offerings. Whose offerings attract people's attention, not only the artists who made them will be respected, but also the whole family will feel extremely honored. After the offering was displayed in the street for about three hours, the activity ended, so all households sent the offering home with satisfaction and continued to put it at home to worship the family god. Good friends will also give each other some exquisite offerings for good luck, which is also a sign of friendship. Generally, dough sculptures are reluctant to eat, so they should be kept in the right place as a souvenir. Of course, if you like talking to people, you won't fail. At this year's donation meeting, Wang Wanmei, a 56-year-old man from Qianwa Village, 30 kilometers away from Lancheng, won people's praise for his "cock". The history of making dough sculptures in Wang Wanmei is over 65,438+00 years. This rooster was made by the old man with the help of his daughter Liu Jianhua. For many years, she attended the memorial service in North Street every year to show her talents. On that day, everyone in the village will eat "Godot" breakfast, also called "Cat's Ear". This is also to commemorate the folk activities handed down by fairies. Godot production in Lanzhen is also very beautiful. Dice the "harmonious" noodles, then put them in your hands and twist them into "Godot" with chopsticks. To eat a small bowl of "Godot", you need at least two or three hundred "Godot". As long as you go to his house, the hospitable Lancheng people will always let you eat a bowl of "Godot", which will make you feel like a fairy. Together with them, they sacrificed Huilian, a wonderful doctor admired by everyone. Donation is not only a world of dough sculpture, but also a place where people put their hearts. At the donation meeting, people will give alms at the donation meeting, from 35 yuan to more, all of them are voluntary, and all those who give alms will get an auspicious symbol, such as "Peace in life" and "All the best", which are auspicious wishes for a better future. Everyone who gives alms has to post it, which is very transparent. All the donations should be used for church expenses, stage setting, inviting theatrical troupes, and so on. Now the supply meeting is not only for display, but also for advertising. I believe that in the near future, the temple fair in Lancheng will become a fair for the people of Lancheng to attract investment. By then, Lancheng dough figurines will go out of Lancheng and go to the world. Let more people share the charm of Lancheng dough sculpture.