What are the customs of Yao Village? No less than 100 words

Appreciating lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, dragon and lion dances and playing land boats... In the New Year of the Horse, Yaocun Township, Langxi County held a variety of folk cultural activities, and with the help of folk cultural activities, they promoted them with great fanfare Environmental improvement, rural cleaning projects and beautiful rural construction.

Yaocun Township has a cultural tradition of dragon and lion dances and land boating during the Spring Festival. The "Centennial Lion" in Hongqi Village, the "Centennial Dragon" in Chenmei Village, and the provincial intangible cultural heritage "Cloud Dance" are all wonderful folk activities performed during the New Year. In view of this prosperous "publicity market", the Yao Cun Township Party Committee felt that it could not "let it go". To this end, Yaocun Township specially invited the person in charge of the cultural and radio station and folk artists from the mountain township to discuss the matter of "promoting the creation of civilization through folk activities", update the lyrics, and promote the creation of civilization through folk customs.

"The lions are having fun, and environmental sanitation depends on everyone. (Yo!) The lions are having so much fun, so remember to sort the garbage. (Yo!) The lions are having fun, and the appearance of Huangjiawan Village has changed. New makeup. (Yo!)..." This is the lion cheering tune shouted by the Yaocun Township Hongqi Village Lion Dance Team when they perform in Huangjiawan, a beautiful rural central village. Jiang Dashun, captain of the lion dance team, is the author of the new version of "Cheer Tune". In the cheers of the lion dance, folk artists from the mountainous countryside wrote new content about promoting beautiful countryside and cleaning projects, and advocated everyone's participation.

The newly compiled lyrics are not only "applause tunes", but also many folk songs. Yao Liangcheng, a 90-year-old flower drum opera artist and cloud dance artist who lives in Yaocun Old Street, incorporated the content of promoting the new trend of civilization into the "Data Book of Langxi County Intangible Cultural Heritage "Land Boat Song"" he drafted, and selected wonderful The content is provided to the folk culture performance team. For example, in "Drinking Abstinence Song", "When guests come and go, they should drink first. Drinking will cause many troubles... I would rather lose the wine than be embarrassed, rather than make others laugh." For example, "Dry Boat Song": "Beat the gongs and drums to bid farewell to the old year, and put up lanterns and ribbons. Welcome the New Year. The courtyard is clean and refreshing, and the family is full of harmony. Husband and wife are like birds in the forest. They talk about everything together and everything goes smoothly. Money cannot buy filial piety. , father and son become soldiers through hard work. Sisters and sisters help each other, and the whole family is harmonious..."

It is not only folk artists who use folk customs to promote civilization, but also college students from the township. At the Huangjiawan folklore event, college students Fang Xiaoxia, Guo Jing, Chen Xiaolong, Zha Quanyou and others willingly served as volunteers, distributing "Garbage Classification and Reduction" brochures to villagers watching dragon lanterns in the village square, and "Yao Cun Township carried out" "Three Lines and Four Sides" environmental improvement notified the villagers in a letter... While enjoying the folk performances in their hometown, they participated in the "civilization creation" of their hometown.

From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, Yao Cun Township’s “Century-old Dragon” dances, “Centennial Lion” carnival, and a variety of folk cultural programs are staged in Yao Cun Township, which is wonderful and exciting, adding to the New Year of the Horse. A strong festive atmosphere. While folk activities are being carried out, new trends in civilization such as beautiful countryside and cleaning projects have also sneaked in.