According to reports, the high poles used in Angel activities are as high as 14 or 15 meters. The top of the vertical pole is set up with iron bars and wooden boards, and there are boys and girls performing various artistic shapes on the stage. Its contents include Tianhe Pei, Lv Dongbin Beating Peony, Success Studies and Xu Fudong Crossing.
In Tianhe Pei, Cowherd carries two baskets on his shoulders. In the story, a child and Weaver Girl meet on a bridge built by magpies. In "Xu Fudong Crossing", some people take a boat and some people stand on a high mast and look into the distance; In the performance of the 1950s, the boy was holding a teapot and the girl was standing on the spout! In each play, the characters appear, either sitting or kneeling, or tiptoeing out or dancing sleeves, with beautiful shapes and performing "high, strange, dangerous and strange".
The lower end of the wooden pole supporting the performance stage of boys and girls is fixed on a shelf made of iron wood. There are many stone mills and stones on the shelf, which are carried by 36 stout men, marching and playing drums. There was a sea of people and a lot of noise during the performance, and tens of thousands of people poured into the streets.
Why is it called "Nobuko"? "Faith is respect; Son, that is, virgins who went to sea with Xu Fu ... "Angel first appeared in the Han Dynasty. He said that on March 28th of the lunar calendar in 209 BC, Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to the sea to look for medicine, and recruited 3,000 boys and girls and 100 skilled craftsmen from Gantong Town. In the Biography of Jingwu Jiangfu written by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is recorded that "the people are sorrowful and want to be violent ..." The initial letter is an extremely sacred and solemn sacrifice activity. Under the leadership of the principal, all the participants in the commemoration of Angel first held the opening ceremony at the Gantong Monument and Gantong Hall of Kaihua Temple. After the monks in the temple rang the bell to chant Buddhist scripture, boys and girls dressed as fairies and girls carried incense and spirits to the top of the high pole, and then the strong men carried sacrifices. On the way, some boys and girls at the top of the tall pole knocked on the sacrifices with incense, and some waved and shouted: Come back, go home ... The procession of tourists and sacrifices grew bigger and bigger, and they walked through the fourth street of Guzhen before leaving the East Gate and heading out of the city. In ancient times, Wudigou was just outside the East Gate, where thousands of people led by Xu Fu went to sea. At this time, drums and music were everywhere, and people followed the boys and girls to worship heaven and earth, calling for the East over and over again. ...
With the progress of the times, the connotation and extension of letter have also changed. In terms of content, while highlighting the memory of deceased relatives, it adds cultural color; In time, it is no longer limited to the year of Jiazi. "From 1993, on March 28th of the lunar calendar, Yanshan County held the" Thousand Children's Cultural Festival "in Qiantong Town, once every five years. The "Thousand Children's Day" is called a "living fossil" of friendly exchanges between China and Japan by experts and scholars.
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Coincidentally. In the Jinlishan area of Saga, Japan, the 50-year-old Lion Festival has been passed down since ancient times. Zi Jie and Angel have striking similarities.
According to Mr Cui Dongsheng, a member of China Xufu Gantong Research Association, on the top of Gionee Mountain in Saga, there is a Gionee shrine with a history of more than 2,000 years, and the god in the club is Xufu. Accordingly, in another temple not far away, there is a goddess named Chen. It is said that she was the daughter of a local aboriginal leader, who died of falling in love with Xu Fu and was honored as Achen Guanyin.
On April 27th in the Gregorian calendar, the "sons" carried the statue of Xu Fu from the Mountain Palace in Jinli to the Xiagong. The so-called "stone" refers to people in the same area whose descendants believe in the same stone god. On the morning of 28th, the sons held a ceremony in front of Chen guanyin temple to show that Xu Fu met Chen. Then the boys carried Xu Fu's shrine in front, and Chen Guanyin, played by the girl, sat behind the shrine carried by the girl and marched to the landing place of Xu Fu that year. At the seaside where they landed, the sons looked out at the sea and held a memorial ceremony.
Almost at the same time, on both sides of the rough sea, "Angel" and "Lion" cultivated the darkness of the sea with their true feelings. ...