Quxian Sanhui Caiting Fair is a traditional folk cultural activity of Han nationality, with pavilions and pavilions as its main modeling and performances. It is performed in the streets and docks of Sanhui Town from March 16 to March 18 every year. The main content of the Caiting Fair is to lift the Caiting, worship the "Three Saints" and see the Caiting. For three consecutive days, it was large-scale and extremely lively, just like the New Year.
The formation of Sanhui Caiting Market has a history of about 200 years, which began in the early Qing Dynasty and flourished from the middle and late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China.
In 3 14 BC, Quxian Sanhui had a superior geographical position, prosperous commerce and trade, developed transportation and rich products. Because of its special geographical location, Sanhui Town has a unique cultural atmosphere. The bustling docks of Sanhui commercial port, and various gang forces compete for fame and profit, all of which are accompanied by culture. In addition to official sacrifices and festivals, there are more than 65,438+00 kinds of temple fairs every year, such as Wang, Yao, Sansheng and Tuhui, and other traditional folk festivals, such as horse racing. In the early Qing Dynasty, pavilions were created in the Third Congress. At the beginning, residents organized themselves, brought their own clothes and raised funds themselves. March 15, lift the pavilion. Subsequently, the guild chamber of commerce gathered the essence of craftsmen and specialized in the art of colored pavilions, and it was scheduled to hold the "colored pavilion meeting" from March 16 to March 18 every year, and then gradually formed a fixed traditional folk activity of the Han nationality.
Liao Rui, director of Sanhui Town Art Center, told reporters that people carried Sansheng and Tuzuye to the streets to show the public, presented cassocks and colorful pavilions, and prayed to send their children into the arms of boys so that mothers and mothers could avoid disasters. Then, instead, I carried my children to travel and March.
In the 1960s and 1970s, Sanhui Caiting Market was closed for some time. 1982, Caiting rally resumed, sponsored by industrial and commercial enterprises or non-governmental organizations, with extensive participation of the masses, and became the most prestigious and influential Han folk culture and art program in northeast Sichuan. Judging from the reflected contents, Cai Ting's performances are varied, including characters and plots extracted from the excellent cultures of China in past dynasties, such as One-Knife Meeting, Gu Chenghui, Mother-in-law's Tattoo and so on. There are also characters and plots extracted from modern life, such as Liu Hulan, white-haired girl, new civilization, deepening reform and so on. And there are more than 40 ancient and modern works.
Sanhui Caiting also went out of Sanhui to perform in provinces, cities and counties for many times, which was widely publicized by the national media. Sanhui Town is also famous for its Caiting Fair. The grand events that Sanhui Caiting has participated in are: 65438-0989 Sichuan-Shaanxi-Hubei cultural information exchange meeting in Dachuan area; 1992 Sichuan provincial party Committee spring festival group meeting; 1998, 200 1, 2005 "Bashan Art Festival" Square in Dazhou; In August 2005, Ya 'an "Tourism" performance conference ... Wherever Sanhui Caiting went, it attracted tens of thousands of spectators to stop and watch along the street, and they were all amazed.
Sanhui Caiting is a comprehensive process that integrates skills and art from conception, graphic design, clever design, platform building, costume making, actor selection and strength, rehearsal rhythm to the end of performance. Zhang Anqing, the deputy mayor of Sanhui Town, who has been accompanying reporters, is in charge of the culture of the town and has great feelings for Sanhui Caiting. She said that these inheritors came to Zhacaiting voluntarily, and they did this work with their love for Caiting. The reporter asked Chen Qing 'an curiously, don't you have other hobbies? Chen Qing' an smiled and said simply, "We don't have any other hobbies, but we like to tie color pavilions."
Multicultural integration
Wang Anda is the seventh generation inheritor, 73 years old this year. When he mentioned the colorful exhibition hall, old Wang Man Andaman was full of energy. He told reporters with great enthusiasm that he liked to make colorful pavilions since he was a child. He watched carefully when he saw the elders tying the colored pavilions. Over time, he became an old artist with the most comprehensive skills. The key technology of the pavilion is secret, and the older generation of artists give oral guidance to the inheritors to ensure the inheritance and development of the art of colored pavilions.
It is understood that organizers, designers, craftsmen and other personnel need to be busy 1 month from planning and design to official lifting of the pavilion. In the center of the platform of about 4 square meters, a specially forged iron bar stands, and the bracket on the iron bar extends horizontally, with twists and turns. The characters and plots in the story are stacked on 3-5 floors, with a height of 8- 10 meter. "Four people and one line, swimming along the street, at the amusement pier", six porters walk slowly, the children's dance sleeves on the pavilion roll over, and loose clothes cover the bracket, highlighting the artistic characteristics of "high, surprised, dangerous, strange and clever". The pavilion is sparkling, like falling, and the audience is fascinated and amazed. In the cheerful sound of gongs and drums, colorful lanterns and colorful flags opened the way, people pulled dry boats, and then humorously lifted the general manager, followed by several colorful pavilions, surrounded by several folk cultural performances in eastern Sichuan, and the stars arched the moon. The huge performance team and the crowd following Caiting make Caiting Market look grand and warm.
Seeing the rickety pavilion and the children tossing and turning on it, the audience couldn't help worrying about the safety of the children on the colorful pavilion. Liao Rui said that when tying the colorful pavilion, the artist took all aspects of safety factors into account and there was no danger. According to reports, every time I go to the color pavilion, people are scrambling to send their children to the pavilion to sit. If you want to be a little actor, sometimes you have to go through the back door to be a good actor!
Where is Sanhui Caiting Road?
As one of the intangible cultural heritage projects in Sichuan Province, Sanhui Caiting is on the verge of extinction. Because it is difficult to train talents and lacks a stable inheritance mechanism, Sanhui Caiting lacks successors. It is understood that the artists of Caiting are generally over 50 years old, and there are fewer young and middle-aged people. In addition, the equipment, props, costumes, tracks and processing tools of Caiting are not kept and maintained by special exhibition halls and personnel, and the equipment, props and costumes of previous Caiting are kept in disorder or lost continuously, which is not conducive to the research and inheritance of Caiting art, and the lack of funds is also an important reason why Caiting art is on the verge of despair.
In the interview, the reporter found that despite these special problems, Sanhui Caiting is still one of the well-preserved national intangible cultural heritage projects, which is inseparable from the attention of the local Sanhui Town Government and Quxian County Government. Sanhui Town Government established the Sanhui Caiting Research Association as a specialized agency for the protection, development and utilization of Sanhui Caiting. According to the actual needs, the county finance allocated funds to support Sanhui Caiting for many times, and also gave appropriate support to the holding and protection of Sanhui Caiting Expo.