Taishun Sankui Town Baijia Banquet Huajia Year

Since ancient times, the content of the Hundred Family Banquets has become more and more abundant, but it has never been divorced from the most fundamental and important activities, and a grand ceremony has been held to worship the land god Chen Niangniang and the puppet king Beggars.

Before the Hundred Family Banquet, the local people had to offer sacrifices to Queen Chen of Linshui Palace near the ancestral hall of Zhangzhai, so there were special requirements for glutinous rice wine and pigs for sacrifice. According to Zhang Ji, deputy director of Zhangzhai Village Committee, the rice used for brewing glutinous rice wine should not be planted in paddy fields on the roadside, but in relatively remote Shan Ye. In addition, in the whole growth period of rice, fertilization, spraying and pest control are not allowed, but let nature take its course. Expressed in modern popular words, it is authentic green food. The wine brewed with this glutinous rice is not allowed to be tasted by the brewer himself in advance; There are also quite strict rules for raising pigs. First, you must choose castrated boars. Second, pigs should eat some vegetables or rice bran instead of feed. These two kinds of sacrifices are used for the next year's sacrifice, and they are kept or brewed once a year by special personnel. In the eyes of local people, only this is sacred and can be used for sacrifice. It is a great disrespect among the people to worship the gods with unclean things!

This year is the year of the head of Sankui Waterfront Palace. The year of Hua Jia is the name of the local people, and its origin or provenance has not been verified. However, such a year is highly valued in the minds of local prayer leaders, because this year, they will not only hold a grand "flower tree" to make a wish to Queen Chen, but also rotate the prayer leaders drawn by lottery 10 years ago. Such a lucky draw comes only once every ten years.

Due to the overall arrangement of the live TV broadcast of this banquet, Fushou's once-in-a-decade "title change" ceremony was advanced. The reporter didn't know until afterwards, so he missed it. According to Zhang Ji's introduction yesterday, the schedule of the "handover" of the "Year of the Flower" used to be on the 16th night of the first month after the Lantern Festival. In this round, the prefix of the banquet for 100 people invited everyone to dinner, and then the new prefix of the next "decade" was drawn by lot. This time, * * * has created 400 new prefixes, and every 40 people are responsible for the annual banquet and other matters. Zhang Ji said yesterday that everyone would be happy to catch the lottery as a new blessing, but those who didn't catch the lottery would be very disappointed. Disappointed, even if you can't be the first blessing, you will still actively participate in the affairs of the next year. Moreover, next year, every first blessing will bring eight helpers and hold a hundred banquets.

The deputy director of Zhangzhai Village Committee learned yesterday that the leaders of Fushou are the organizers of the banquet, while the 14th Queen Chen is the porter. Of course, they must clean themselves and put on clean clothes before lifting the Buddha statue. They are the main participants in the sacrifice, and their names will be read many times by Taoist priests from beginning to end. This is also the right of the blessed leader. In their view, this will be protected by the gods and the family will be safe and auspicious in the coming year. This is their good wish.