Basic introduction of flower basket lantern dance

For such a strategic place, no far-sighted politician can ignore it. Although it has been named Zhending, can it really be stable? When Liu Bang returned to Chang 'an with such doubts, he would never have thought that it was his counterinsurgency war that started the tug-of-war between ethnic groups for more than two thousand years. /kloc-On a winter evening 0/600 years ago, a strong northwest wind mat swept the Hutuo River. Tuoba GUI, the leader of Xianbei nationality, led 400,000 troops and defeated the defenders of the calming army. At that time, the river had just thawed, and the soldiers who fled into the water were drowned and frozen to death, and the bodies were piled all over the river bed! Tuoba GUI, who is full of military vision, takes a fancy to the true strategic position, because it is the forward base for Xianbei Army to cross Taihang Mountain and go straight to the hinterland of the Central Plains. But he also found that the Hutuo River, which overflowed every year, posed a great threat here, so he ordered the reconstruction of the calm city. Since then, the location of Calm City has moved from the south bank of Hutuo River to the north bank, and it has been until today. This is a mysterious riding technique with complicated skills. It is said that it was born out of an ancient local hunting tribe. This kind of riding appeared in large numbers in this land, so that a brave cavalry unit was developed.

In 755 AD, "An Shi Rebellion" broke out. This war became the turning point of the Tang Dynasty from prosperity to decline, and the situation of separatist regime in the buffer region was also formed. At this time, Li, the calm envoy, was brave and strong, good at riding and shooting, and had the ability to penetrate Yang with a hundred paces. Zhengding is located in the vast plain area, which is beneficial to the development of cavalry. Li believes that we should build an iron rider who is brave and good at fighting. If we can gain the advantage of cavalry, let alone other provinces, we must also face the army of the Tang Dynasty. Horses are needed to form cavalry. Li continuously transported the silk produced by Zhending to the northern minority areas in exchange for a large number of excellent war horses, and recruited 50 thousand soldiers from nomadic tribes. These people who live on horseback have been accompanied by horses since childhood. They are skilled in riding, and they can easily turn around and prance at high speed, as fast as an arrow. It only took Li two years to train a soldier who can attack 200 times a day. This is a master of tigers and wolves who can make any strong enemy feel scared! This cavalry unit has a resounding name-Cheng Dejun, which means "Wen Cheng Wu De".

Li kept a low profile and secretly trained the army. When his cavalry training was mature, Li not only did not pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, but also got the support of the town. Li set up a huge stone tablet for himself to record his great achievements, which the locals called "the wind-driven tablet". It is more than 7 meters high, which obviously exceeds the regulations of the Tang emperor. The inscription says: "Rich Shandong crown yuan, Ma Zhuang livestock rich", which is about Li's merits. At this time, Li took fifty thousand fighters and completely ignored the Tang Dynasty. Enraged, Tang Dezong vowed to surrender to the Germans, which also served as a shock to other buffer areas. In 780 AD, a Tang Jun appeared on the great plain outside the Calm River, and Ma Pingchuan and Tang Jun were vast and unstoppable. Suddenly, a strange horn sounded from all directions in the Woods, and the sound was harsh. Tang Jun hesitated a little, rambling cavalry roared in all directions like a flood, drowning Tang Jun in the rolling iron flow like chopping melons and chopping vegetables. The battle went on neatly, charging five times in a row, and Tang Jun was completely annihilated.

Tang Dezong finally saw the power of German cavalry. In desperation, he had to act like "offending himself" to appease Cheng Dejun. From then on, Cheng Dejun occupied the vast area centered on Zhending with cavalry advantage 150 years, which made the Tang Dynasty ready! With the natural barrier in Taihang Mountain and the operational advantage of galloping the plain, in the following 1000 years, the stars moved, leaving this restless land with ambition and pride, glory and dreams. On June 22, 2000, on a construction site in Zhengding County, migrant workers laid the foundation, and the steel bars hit hard objects and could not be dug to the end. Finally, a huge stone turtle like a hill was dug up, which was more than eight meters long, 2.5 meters high and weighed 107 tons! When the stone turtle was pulled to Kaiyuan Temple, four big cranes were used, and a two-inch thick steel plate was laid on the pavement. People in Zhengding county took to the streets to watch it live on TV. Zhengding people are as lively as festivals. The scientific name of this turtle is Bixi. A huge turtle usually carries a stone tablet on its back. The stone tablet has been broken, but according to the weight of the stone turtle, experts estimate that the height of the stone tablet on the turtle's back is at least 15 meters. Tourmaline is usually a tombstone erected by emperors and generals or a monument to the Jigong Palace, but this tourmaline statue is the largest tourmaline ever found in the world. However, judging from the hundreds of words on the tablet, the name and identity of the tablet owner are not recorded. Judging from the fracture trace of the tablet, it is obviously man-made damage, and the handwriting on the tablet is as fresh as new, with no sign of weathering. It should have been buried underground just after it was built. Then, who is the owner of this huge monument, why is it so huge, and what happened in history? Just after it was built, it was smashed and buried deep underground. Archaeologists have made painstaking investigations and studies. According to historical records, after the Tang Dynasty, there was only one real owner, named An Chongrong. So who is An Zhongrong? According to "History of the Five Dynasties", An Chongrong was a subordinate of Shi Jingtang, the emperor of the late Jin Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, and served as the captain of the guard in Shi Jingtang. After the establishment of Shi Jingtang, He made great contributions to the late Jin Dynasty. Shi Jingtang saw that he was honest and reliable, so he was appointed our time. In the history of China, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms was a turbulent period. After An Chongrong's control was really established, he witnessed that the emperors all started with the help of force, and had already strengthened Mazhuang's army. The full-fledged An Chongrong's mentality quietly changed. This statue of Bixi was probably built by An Zhongrong to sing praises for himself at this time. Such an unprecedented size shows that he has made no secret of his ambition to be an emperor! In the winter of 94 1 A.D., An Chongrong thought that the time had come and transferred troops to fight against Jin. However, due to his foolhardiness, he was eventually trapped and killed by Shi Jingtang. Today, the county cultural center began to rehearse On the Wall, which was adapted from Bai Pu's zaju prints. Different from the past, the tunes used in this concert were excavated according to the music score of Yuan Dynasty, and the original flavor of ancient music was preserved as much as possible. The quaint tunes reflect a period of history, which was once the hometown of Yuanqu.

By the Song Dynasty, Calm had already become a place where ethnic minorities such as Khitan, Jurchen and Mongolia lived together with the Han nationality. Multi-ethnic integration has promoted the convergence of Central Plains culture and minority culture, and calmly ushered in a rare period of cultural prosperity and development. In the Yuan Dynasty's War to Destroy the Song and Jin Dynasties, the Mongolian army went all the way south. The general who conquers the truth is called stone. With his prestige, he saved Zhending from a massacre. Among the literati who defected to history, there was a young man whose name was praised by later generations. His name is Bai Pu. However, Bai Pu spent most of her time in depression and resentment. Mongolian soldiers burned and looted everywhere, and their mother who lived alone was also killed in the war. This tragic scene of the country's destruction left a deep scar in Bai Pu's heart. Coupled with the long-term dependence, I had to endure hardships and humiliation, especially the history of being grateful to myself, which turned out to be the founding minister of the Yuan Empire. Bai Pu is very depressed. Especially one day, at a family dinner in Shi, Bai Pu saw a scene that made him more stimulated! This is a kind of court dance in the Song Dynasty, called Flower Basket Lantern Dance, which is specially performed for the royal family on major festivals. Now the musicians and maiko in the court are really scattered, and even reduced to performing for Mongolian nobles. Those Mongolian nobles enjoyed the "beauty of peace" in front of them with the attitude of conquerors, while the maiko on the dance floor forced a smile, and Bai Pu felt great shame!

Shi appreciated Bai Pu's talent and recommended him to be an official many times. Bai Pu solemnly wrote a letter to Shi, saying that if he recommended himself as an official again, the next letter would be a dear John letter! Some people say that anger makes a poet, and the country is unfortunate and the poet is lucky. Bai Pu began to devote himself to the creation of Yuanqu, in which he devoted himself to the infinite yearning for the Central Plains and the incomparable longing for freedom. Bai Pu has successively created masterpieces such as Wu Tongyu and Climbing on the Wall at once, and is also called "the Four Masters of Yuan Opera" with Guan Hanqing, Ma Zhiyuan and Zheng Guangzu. Many plots in Bai Pu's works reproduce the social reality of the Yuan Dynasty. Because his ideals and wishes have no way out in social reality, the color of romanticism is more intense, forming a characteristic based on romanticism. In particular, his artistic technique of blending sadness and joy is unique and opens a new generation of Yuanqu creation. A group of Central Plains literati who had the same experience as Bai Pu also gathered around Bai Pu, which strengthened the influence and momentum of Yuan Qu creation, made Calm the birthplace of Yuan Qu after Metropolis and before Metropolis, and wrote a dazzling chapter in the history of China literature! The development of culture has also brought all-round prosperity to Zhending business. According to Zhengding County Records, there was an official workshop for printing and distributing paper money in the Yuan Dynasty, and paper money was widely used. The prosperity of market trade has even attracted business travelers from Arabia, catering countries and the western regions. /kloc-in the 3rd century, Kyle Poirot came to Zhending, lamented the prosperous scenery here, and described Zhending as an "expensive city" in his travel notes.

Lunar calendar 17 is the birthday of Chenghuang every year. On this day, people in Zhengding County will hold a grand ceremony to worship the God of the City God and pray for peace and tranquility in the city. 100 drums are arranged in a spectacular array to reproduce the majestic posture of the battlefield that year. Changshan drum performance has become the protagonist of sacrificial activities, so why use drums to sacrifice to the city god? The urn was built 700 years ago in the early Ming Dynasty. It surrounds Zhengding City and Fiona Fang 24 Li. The uniqueness of this city wall lies in the design of its four gates. When the enemy troops are in Enemy at the Gates, they will be lured into the urn first. When the enemy enters the urn, the surrounding gates will be closed, and the enemy in the urn can't get in or out, just like catching turtles in a jar.

One night in A.D. 1398, there were few stars on the moon. Ming Taizu Judy's 5,000 vanguard troops sneaked into Zhengding City. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had just passed away, and Judy, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, went south to compete with Emperor Jianwen for the world. Historically, it was called "the change of Jingnan", and it was calm and close to Taihang Mountain, which became the most tragic battlefield in this incident. Wengcheng is easy to defend but difficult to attack. The sneak attack was really their long-planned plan. 2000 soldiers entered the urn, and it was strangely quiet around, as if it were an empty city. Pioneer officer can't help bridle his horse and look at the city wall. I heard a gunshot in the air, and rolling stones poured down and blocked the city gate! At the same time, 10,000 crossbowmen poked their heads out from behind the battlements of the city walls, and 10,000 arrows were fired at the same time, and the oil buried in the trenches in advance was blazing. Suddenly there was a thrilling drum sound from Chengtou, which was a pre-rehearsed drum team. The commander in charge of guarding the city personally beat the drums, and the drums resounded through the sky like crackles, which not only inspired the soldiers guarding the city, but also aroused the fear and chaos of the Yan army. Knife and axe men rushed out of the slaughter, Yan army was passively beaten and trampled on each other, and none of the 2000 fighters ran out. The reinforcements outside the city were also divided into several strands by the defenders lying in ambush around, and they fled and were washed away. The main force was forced to retreat 40 kilometers, a month's truce. Since the expedition, Judy, the prince of Yan, has suffered an unprecedented blow. This fierce war is called the "real massacre" in history. Changshan drum made great achievements in the battle of guarding city with overwhelming momentum, and its reputation has been far-reaching since then!

This war has been going on for four years. When the Yan army occupied the city, its residents fled and almost became an empty city. According to the records of Calm Prefecture in Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, the population and households of Calm Prefecture at this time were less than 10% of that of Jin Dynasty, which was the darkest page in the history of Calm Prefecture. Judy, who suffered a lot in the battle of truth, may know the strategic significance here better than anyone else. If we want to consolidate the south gate of this capital, we must restore the population here as soon as possible. The first thing he did after making Beijing his capital was to migrate a large number of immigrants from Shanxi and other places. There is a village called Niujiazhuang in Zhengding. Most of the villagers are descendants of Wang who moved to Shanxi in the early Ming Dynasty. It is said that when leaving, in order to distinguish it from the locals, the old people at home cut off half of everyone's thumb nails. Until now, the thumb nails of the descendants of Shanxi immigrants here are still divided into two halves, almost without exception. The Wangs still retain the custom of old people trimming their toenails for their children and grandchildren, just like an ancient religious ceremony, which is pious and solemn. They show their respect for their ancestors in this way. From this time on, the Han nationality replaced the previous ethnic minorities and became the main population here, and its main component was Shanxi people. In A.D. 1723, Qing Yong Zhengdi acceded to the throne. Yongzheng was named Yin Zhen. In order to avoid anonymity, Zhen Ding changed its name to Zhengding, which has been used ever since. In the seventh year of Yongzheng, Zhili Prefecture was established, and the governing office was moved from Zhengding to Baoding, and the south gate of Beijing moved northward. Zhengding has since lost its position as the political and cultural center of North China Plain. Zhengding County has developed into a small industrial city and is one of the top 100 counties with comprehensive economic strength in China. The sword and shadow of the past are gone forever. With the change of wind and the vicissitudes of time, this ancient city, like a curtain call actor, quietly leans behind the curtain of history, leaving an echo of the distant years.