What cultural characteristics does Mianyang have?

Culture is a unique phenomenon of human society. It is present all the time and everywhere; culture is also a kind of literacy of people. They can cultivate their own cultural heritage through experiencing, participating in social life. The cultural connotation of Mianyang is integrated with Bashu culture, and has a very profound heritage and local characteristics. This article attempts to explore Mianyang culture through some cultural heritage or cultural communication.

Mianyang City is located in the northwest on the edge of the Chengdu Plain. Its specific geographical situation can be summarized in one sentence: "Three rivers, one river flowing" - Fujiang River, Anchang River, and Furong River. It forms a "Y" shape and surrounds the entire city. This kind of water resources is the best condition for Mianyang’s sustainable development.

With water as the name of the city, Fujian has a history of more than 2,000 years. The water culture generated by water is a major feature in Mianyang. The famous Tieniu Street is world-famous because of the Tieniu on the Zhenshui side. At the end of the street, the name of the "Yangsi General Temple" built in the seventh year of Xianfeng's reign. If you think it is "Yokou", then just call it "Siwang Temple" "Bar. In fact, it enshrines the powerful "Erlang God" Yang Jian; even Jiangyou County named the town "Erlang Temple" after a large local town, which is enough to show that the people of Mianyang before liberation placed all their hopes on Erlang God.

(Landscape Garden City Mianyang)

When people focus on the Sanxingdui ruins in Guanghan, the "Bianduishan ruins" located in Xinzao Town, Fucheng District, Mianyang City, smile and say nothing. This site is a 4,800-year-old slope settlement site. It was discovered during the construction of the Baocheng-Chengdu Railway. On the platform halfway up Biandu Mountain, a train rumbled through here. At the foot of the mountain is the Anchang River.

In 1989, the Institute of Archeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and the Mianyang Museum *** jointly conducted archaeological excavations at the site. The excavation report stated that the site has clear cultural accumulation layers and rich remains. Thousands of specimens including pottery, stone tools, bone tools, and burned earth were unearthed.

Do not underestimate this site. It is the birthplace of Mianyang civilization, comparable to the Xiaguanzi site in Maoxian County and the Baodun Cultural site in Xinjin, and is hundreds or even thousands of years older than the Sanxingdui site. It is of great significance in studying the origin of civilization and the appearance of primitive culture in the Sichuan Basin.

In November 1989, a money tree was unearthed from the Hanya Tomb in Shandong, Hejia, Mianyang. The tall trunk was cast with five human figures, each of which was 6.5 cm long. The right hand was raised, palm facing outward, sitting cross-legged. . This is an early Buddha in the lotus position, and it is undoubtedly a Buddha statue. The so-called money tree is incorrectly called, it should be the comprehensive shape of various sacred trees described in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".

Buddhism was introduced to our country during the Western Han Dynasty. The money tree in the picture above proves this. The mature period should be the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, such as the 42 niches of Buddhist and Taoist statues and six inscriptions on Junque in Pingyang Mansion, Mianyang.

The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the heyday of the development of Buddhism in Mianyang. The Tiantai Sect, Huayan Sect, Pure Land Sect, Faxiang Sect, and Zen Buddhism became the mainstream of local Buddhism. For example, the Bishui Temple built during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (627-649) contains 18 niches of Buddhist rock carvings from the Tang Dynasty and 32 pieces of the Diamond Sutra. In 1991, the Sichuan Provincial People's Government announced it as a provincial cultural relic protection unit.

Qin culture refers to a regional culture during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The scope is roughly the border area of ??Shaanxi and Gansu. It crosses the long river of history in the form of a road, turns into Chinese culture, and has a huge impact on Bashu culture, especially the culture of Mianyang area.

The four pictures above are: the ancient post road in Mianyang City, which is also the main road for Sichuan people to leave Sichuan and go north to the Central Plains. The second picture is the Qiqu Mountain section of Jinniu Road. The third and fourth pictures are the Songlong Plank Road, which is the ancient plank road from Gulongzhou (Pingwu) to Gusongzhou (Songpan).

After Qin moved south from the north of the Minjiang River and annexed Bashu, Qin culture poured in in large numbers. Due to the immigration of 100,000 Qin people into Shu, there were more wealthy people in the Bashu area, including Mianzhou, and their Customs such as clothing, weddings and funerals, and the use of three animals during memorial ceremonies have varying degrees of impact on Mianzhou cultural customs.

The construction of the city wall also began at this time. The stone city wall in Tongchuan Town, Santai County, Mianyang City is now one of the best-protected stone city walls in my country.

In 2013, the State Council announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

By understanding the cliff statues in Mianyang City, we can see that their style is deeply influenced by Central Plains culture, especially Dunhuang art.

The two pictures above are the Thousand Buddha Rock cliff statues in Wolong Mountain. They were carved in the eighth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty. They are 5.5x3.2 meters in size on four sides and cover an area of ??64.5 square meters. They are one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas. The appearance of the second disciple and the two powerful men.

The cliff statues of Bishui Temple are located on the cliff inside the Guanyin Hall of Bishui Temple in Mianyang City. They were excavated during the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (627-649). There are 25 niches of cliff statues and one side of the Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra. The objects are Amitabha Buddha and fifty-two Bodhisattvas, with elegant temperament and accurate shape. For traditional themes such as the Three Saints of the West,

In 2013, the State Council announced it as a national key cultural relics protection unit.

In the pre-Qin period, people in the Mianzhou area chose water to live. The ancestors believed deeply that the soul was immortal. After death, people could cross the water by boat to go to Wenshan in Tianpengque to receive the soul from the gods. Therefore, The prevalence of boat coffin burials reflects, to a certain extent, the belief of Mianzhou ancestors at that time that boats were their home.

After Qin culture entered Mianzhou, local funeral customs changed accordingly, and burial became the mainstream form of funeral. The culture of funeral rituals followed; Mianzhou Han people have a tradition that after a person dies, they should report the funeral separately. Important relatives and friends should be notified first, and the family members can discuss with them how to deal with the deceased's funeral.

Then ask Taoist priests and Mr. Yin and Yang to be responsible for performing rituals to transcend the souls of the deceased. Mr. Yin Yang is responsible for looking at the feng shui of the cemetery, selecting and placing the tomb.

At the same time, the family members also have to clean the body of the deceased and wear shrouds. The male deceased wears nine shrouds and the female wears seven. Then he lay flat on the wooden board, with a piece of straw paper placed on his face, his feet tied with hemp rope, and a long burning lamp placed under his feet. Light incense candles on both sides of the lamp, and leave the rest to the Taoist priests.

The best-preserved tomb in Mianyang City. Picture 1 is Qing, Shuangban Township, Zitong County. Tomb of Yan Yongcai and his wife.

Picture 2 is Qing, Longshu Town, Santai County. Tomb of Lin Shikun and his wife.

Figure 3 is clear. Tomb of Tang Dezhong, Lianghe Town, Yanting County.

Before liberation, snacks in Mianyang County supported half of the food culture, such as Xi jelly, Zhong jelly, Yaomanzi beef, sheep Shaoxing white meat, Erhuang buns, Wang Tangyuan...

The common people's diet first introduced "rice steamer rice". When the rice is cooked until it is about 70% cooked, the rice soup is drained out and poured into the rice steamer to steam until it is cooked. , that is full of diamond fragrance.

If you want to eat pot rice, then add some red potatoes, tender beans, and pieces of bacon, and simmer it over a slow fire until the rice is crispy and the rice is full of flavor.

During the Spring Festival, people begin to move around the fields, cut sugar cane, and shoot turtle doves in bamboo cages with fire guns. At that time, purple buds of "Plucked Ear Roots" will appear on the edges of the fields in the shade, which are used for cooking. The aroma is refreshing, Mr. Zhang Daqian is particularly fond of this dish.

The custom of the Spring Festival is to kill the New Year pig until now. The whole family must gather together for the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner. In addition to worshiping ancestors, roosters and fresh fish are necessary on the dinner table. Whichever rooster has “leftover” (kidney), whichever fresh fish has "surplus" (fish).

Yuejin Road is a well-known electronic industry road in the country. During the "First Five-Year Plan", "Second Five-Year Plan" and third-line construction periods, Changhong, Jiuzhou, Huafeng, Fujiang and other electronic companies were born here. enterprise.

They have played a decisive role in the history of the development of my country's electronics industry. The red brick buildings with slogans such as "Sichuan is very promising" and "Hello Revolutionary Committee" made of bricks on the outer walls along the street are very clearly a reminder of the era. feel. It is a classic representative of the history and urban memory of Mianyang during the third-line construction period.

Conclusion

The cultural characteristics of Mianyang City are of course far more than these contents. Among the major cultural items, opera, painting, calligraphy, cultural creation, leisure content, etc. cannot be included due to space limitations. Speaking of which, it is a pity that only netizens added it in the message area...

Mianyang is an ancient city and the only national science city in China. Mianyang is a city where tradition and modernity intersect, and it is also a place where Sichuan accent and Mandarin are intertwined. Mianyang has the Pingyang Mansion Junque in the Han Dynasty, which represents the oldest stone carving art in China. It also has the wind tunnel group that leads the world's first-class technology. It has the former residence of Li Bai in ancient times and now has a nationally famous mass production college entrance examination base. What are the cultural characteristics of Mianyang? As a Shandong native born in Mianyang, I have been away from Sichuan for 30 years and really want to know about the cultural characteristics of Mianyang.