Shidongkou, Quanfeng Village, Chishan Town, Shangli County, Pingxiang City, is known as the treasure house of Nuo culture, the "three treasures" of Nuo culture in China (Nuo temple, Nuo noodles and Nuo dance), and was once named "the hometown of Nuo art in China" by the state. In the local area, there is a Nuo temple. On weekdays, many nearby villagers or tourists from other places will come to worship. According to historical records, the temple was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1369), with a history of more than 600 years. There are many Nuo masks preserved in the temple, and it is also the largest Nuo mask temple with a long history and the richest preservation in the local area. You can always see an old man who is busy every day in this temple.
Zeng Huihe, 76, is from Shangli County, Pingxiang City. In order to inherit the old father's wishes, his former temple owner took the initiative to apply to keep the temple for ten years shortly after his death. Every morning at 5 o'clock, Zeng Huihe always gets up early, "fetch water, wash his face, burn incense, light lamps, add incense, anoint oil, and get rid of fans ..." For ten years, he has been taking care of this temple day after day and year after year, for fear that the cultural relics in the temple will be damaged.
"My father is an old Red Army. After the liberation of land reform, feudal superstitions were attacked on a large scale, and a large number of Nuo masks were burned. " Zenghui and told reporters about the origin of his Nuo mask. In order to preserve the Nuo mask, my father secretly left an "old man" mask, which was cancelled as the title of the old Red Army at that time and later restored.
The Nuo mask was kept by his father in Zeng Huihe's home for 36 years until/kloc-0 died with his father in 1994. He also wore a Nuo mask all the time and went to worship God before he died. "I know he believes in Nuo God. He also paid a lot to protect the Nuo mask. He has always hoped to personally' serve' the gods, and I will keep the temple, which can be regarded as fulfilling my father's last wish. "
In 2006, Nuo Temple was stolen and more than 30 Nuo masks in the temple were lost, which was a great loss to Pingxiang Nuo culture and Nuo Temple. Zeng Huihe deeply felt that if his father were alive, he would be very sad. At that time, the custodian of the original temple passed away, so he took the initiative to apply to stay in the temple for ten years. "Nuo masks and Nuo culture are cultural heritages left by the older generation and cannot disappear in our hands."
"He has his own home. In order to keep the temple, he lives in the temple every day. Some people will come to worship at night. Whenever someone comes to worship and call the door, he will get up and open the door. It was that time that he was hospitalized for half a month and asked his wife to come and stay for half a month. It's hard to find such a person ... "Uncle Chen and Zeng Huihe, who sell incense sticks, are old neighbors. He mentioned zenghui and was full of praise.
"Over the years, every New Year or major festival, our family will come to the temple to worship God. Every time, I can always see Grandpa Zeng busy here. Now that we have grown up, Uncle Zeng is much older and his hair is white. " Kobayashi, who works outside home for the New Year, is equally impressed by the temple keepers who watched him grow up.