Fuluo Town, Zhaoping County, has a warm and humid subtropical climate with four distinct seasons, giving birth to unique natural conditions for the development of green industries. The town is rich in resources such as ecology, mountains and forests, hydropower, tourism, minerals and local products. It is rich in tea, yellow bean drum, silkworm cocoon, rosin, pomelo, sun-cured tobacco, star anise, cinnamon, fungus, ganoderma, green plum, etc. Among them, tea, Huang Yao Bean Drum, Silkworm Cocoon, Shatian Pomelo, Rosin, Star Anise, etc. are exported to Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asian countries. Folk music: Erhu, flute, suona, gongs, drums, cymbals, etc. have been popular folk instruments in the county since ancient times. Most natural villages have their own gong and drum troupes and drummers. During festivals and leisure time, they gather together to play and entertain themselves. For birthday celebrations, weddings and funerals, there are fixed gongs and drums ideas and winding tunes, which are still in use today. The folk wind and percussion music is especially famous for the eight-tone instruments of Beituo and Muge, which are played jointly by one large and small gong, one pair of large and small cymbals, two suonas, one drum, and one wooden fish.
Folk dance: In addition to lion dance and dragon dance, there are also the master dances of the Han and Yao people, the lanterns of traditional festivals in various places and the costumes of temple fairs, etc. In particular, the Yao people's turtle-catching dance, Frisbee King Dance, Long Drum Dance, and Butterfly Dance are the most distinctive.
Turtle Catching Dance: One of the important religious sacrificial dances of the Yao people. According to legend, in ancient times, people were angry with the turtles because the turtle spirits persuaded the Fuxi brothers and sisters to get married, and they caught them for cooking. The dance then came into being. . The turtle catching dance has a lively atmosphere. The performers hold copper cymbals and are accompanied by suona for every beat. There are three types of performances: double dance, four-person dance, and eight-person dance. The dance procedures include finding turtles, poking turtles, chasing turtles, catching turtles, stringing turtles, carrying turtles, hanging turtles, dissecting turtles, dividing turtles, eating turtles, etc. The whole dance is simple, vivid and full of life interest.
Panwang Dance: a sacrificial dance of the Yao people, widely spread among the Yao people in the Maoping area of ??Xianhui hometown. According to legend, it was danced in memory of the mythical "Great God Panwang". At first, the dance movements were relatively simple. As time went by, the number of dance movements gradually increased, and then it was fixed to 24 sections, mainly in three forms: duo, trio and group dance. This dance emphasizes the inner feeling of relaxation and elegance, and the rhythm is relatively slow. The movement of the knees is used as the pivot, and the body moves with the knees, and the head and shoulders swing.
Chang Drum Dance: It is an entertainment dance of Panyao, popular among the Yao people in Fuluoyao Mountain. According to legend, in order to commemorate their ancestor "Pan Wang Holy Emperor", it is performed in the "Pan Wang Jiao" held every year in the twelfth lunar month. It originated in the late Ming Dynasty and first appeared in the form of "group dance", with percussion accompaniment and performers Holding wooden sticks in hand and watching the band dance, the action is relatively simple. As the dance developed, it was gradually fixed as a "couple dance", and the props evolved from wooden sticks to long drums. The dance has 128 measures, and the dance scene is passionate and unrestrained, with rough and powerful movements. Zhao folk songs have a long history. As early as 400 years ago, people in Huangyao Town put folk songs on the stage; Xianhui Luwu Village has a "singing field" dedicated to collecting antiphonal songs for the ring, which is said to have a history of more than 300 years. Folk song genres are also rich and varied, including folk songs originating from the mountains and fields, chants originating from rivers and valleys, ritual songs for weddings and funerals, Tangbu songs expressing place names, as well as country short songs, street tunes and humorous songs. limericks, fresh and lively children's songs, etc. The content may eulogize life or love, praise nature, or criticize current ills. Some folk songs introduced from other places have been circulated for a long time or processed by folk artists, and have been integrated with local languages ????and customs, and have a strong local flavor. The lyrics structure is generally seven words and four sentences, with one, two, four or two or four sentences rhyming. They are popular and smooth, generally short and concise. There are also narrative songs that are hundreds to a thousand words long, and the tunes are mainly Gong and Shang tunes.
Couplets, also known as couplets, are generally loved by the masses. There are Spring Festival couplets, wedding couplets, new house couplets, birthday couplets and elegiac couplets. Festive couplets are written on red paper, and elegiac couplets are written on white paper (those with long lives use red paper). Spring couplets are the most popular. Every year during the Spring Festival, bright red couplets are affixed to the doors of every household. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the most famous temple fairs in the county were the Chenghuang Temple, Guandi Temple, and Tianhou Temple. The temple fair of Chenghuang Temple is held on the 11th day of the fifth lunar month, that of Guandi Temple is held on May 13th, that of Zhenwu Temple is held on the third day of March, and that of Thean Hou Temple is held on March 23rd. In addition, the Ma Sheng Temple in Mingyuan Cave falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the Lion Temple in Baishan Village, Huangyao Town falls on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, and the Wujiang Temple in Xiping falls on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. Every year when the temple fair comes, devotees flock to the temple to worship, and there is constant incense from morning to night. On the same day, a cannon-grabbing activity was also held, so it was also called the "cannon period." The Guandi Temple in the county seat is the busiest during the May 13th session in the county.
The Guandi Temple enshrines two larger-than-life wooden seated statues of Guan Gong and Yue Fei. On the day of the temple fair, three or four people recommended by the local people will carry the statues down to the hall to change and bathe them. At twelve o'clock at noon, the statues of the gods begin to be paraded through the streets. Walking in the front were two men in red robes, each carrying a big red flag and blowing gongs to clear the way. Then came the parade commander who was wearing a black gown and riding a tall horse. Behind him came two square tables, each carried by four people. On the table were sandalwood burners, large dragon and phoenix candles, pagoda incense and other offerings. In addition, eight " There were eight more people walking in two groups, wearing colorful uniforms and carrying the knives, forks, swords and halberds of Li Tieguai and other eight immortals. They followed closely behind the incense candlesticks, followed by the gun team, firing muskets and releasing soil as they walked. The statues of Pao, Guan Gong and Yue Fei appeared in this smoke-filled procession. Guan Gong was in front, Yue Fei was behind, and they were all carried away by several people. Behind the statue are two Eight Immortals tables with cakes, tart cakes, longevity peaches and other offerings. The surface of the sesame cake is orange-yellow and is as big as a sea bowl. The surface of the tart cake and longevity peaches are inlaid with delicate flowers and plants.
The offerings are dipped in cooked brown syrup on the table to prevent them from rolling back and forth. The color-dressed music and lion awakening teams walked behind the offerings. There are two types of costumes: ground color and peach color. The costumers in ground color are all walking, while in peach color, the costumers are tied to high iron branches and perform various fixed postures. The Taoist priests walked behind. They wore red robes and held iron swords. They chanted in a drawl as they walked. The procession paraded through the streets, stopping not far from each other to allow the people on the streets to pay their respects. Pilgrims presented pieces of red paper with auspicious words such as "Exorcise demons and suppress demons" and "Safety to all animals", and let a sealer holding a large bronze seal of "Conquering Demons" stamp it and take it home. Posted on the lintel or in the livestock stall, it is said that it can "dispel disasters and solve problems, and make people and animals prosper." During the parade, people "exchange incense" from time to time, that is, they take lit incense from home and insert it into the large incense burner on the stage, and then take back a small amount of incense that someone else lit and inserted it into the incense burner. In front of the ancestral shrine. It is said that it can "ward off evil spirits and suppress demons", bringing good luck in all seasons.
After the parade ceremony of the statues, a "firecracker" activity was held at Fangpaoping (today's County No. 4 Middle School). There are more than 20 cannons in Guandi Temple. The first cannon fired is the first cannon, and one after another is fired until more than 20 cannons are fired. The head cannon is the largest. Before loading the cannon, place the mine (a circular hollow iron tube made of pig iron, about 30 cm high and 4 cm wide, with gunpowder stored in the middle and a small hole at the lower end for ignition). The gun gallbladder (an iron ring with a diameter of 3-5 centimeters, also called a gun ring, wrapped tightly with red-tipped rope, also called a gun ring) is placed on the top of the mine. After completing the ceremony, the mage ordered the gunner to fire the cannon. With the "bang" sound of the cannon, the cannon's guts flew into the sky dozens of feet high with a puff of blue smoke. When the cannon fell, thousands of onlookers swarmed up and tried their best to grab the gall bladder. The one who grabs it is the winner, and is called the owner of the cannon of that year, and he can take the mirror screen home to worship. If you get rich or have a baby this year, the family must have "three animals", and the rich will have to carry roasted pigs to the temple to "fulfill their wishes". Some people who are eager to get fireworks do not have the strength to ask for help in advance. Pick a few tough men and bribe them to help rob the cannon. The cannons are fired once a year. Before the cannon season arrives the following year, the cannon owners will hold a grand ceremony to return the cannons. They will carry three animal gifts, perform lion dances, play gongs and drums, and line up to return the cannons to the temple.
Grass bark house
April 27, 2012 was a good day for the villagers of Niujiao Village, Fuluo Town, Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County: they saw the rumbling sound of the machine in Taozhitun , trucks kept coming and going, and it was a lively scene... It turned out that the renovation project of thatched bark houses in the village was under construction.
In 2012, the task of renovating thatched bark houses in Fulo Town was for 81 households, distributed in two administrative villages of Niujiao and Yaoshan with inconvenient transportation. It is the town with the largest amount of renovation in the county. After Zhaoping County issued the task of renovating rural thatched and bark houses in 2012, the town organized professionals and cadres to go to villages to investigate, assess the grade of dilapidated houses, register them, and establish ledgers to find out the bottom line. Through multi-party coordination, the town selected three sites with relatively convenient transportation: Shangchong, Jingxian, and Taozhi in Niujiao Village, covering more than 20 acres of mountainous land, and adopted "centralized relocation, unified planning, unified drawings, and unified construction" model, and combine it with new rural construction and other projects for project construction.
It is reported that the three thatched bark house renovation sites in this town are Shangchong, Jingxian, and Taozhi in Yaoshan Village, with a total investment of more than 8 million yuan, involving 81 farmers and 400 people. . These three points have entered the comprehensive construction stage and strive to be fully completed by the end of June and receive acceptance by the autonomous region.