1. Flower market

The flower market is a local traditional folk cultural activity in Guangdong Province. It first appeared in Qu Dajun's "Guangdong News". In the Ming Dynasty, most of the people in Thirty-three Township, Henan Province, Guangzhou were flower farmers who made a living by growing flowers. They came from Henan to Hebei to sell flowers, and they boarded the pier near Wuxianmen. Later generations called this place "Huazhitou". This was the earliest flower market.

2. Lion dance

Lion dance is a kind of traditional lion dance. It is still popular in some places in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces. Lion dance is popular in China. There are many different factions and many different types, which have different meanings in different parts of China. Among them, lion dance is a famous lion dance faction in Guangdong and Guangxi provinces, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the Republic of China. Lion dance requires very high level requirements and conditions. Until now, there are not many people who can dance the lion.

3. Muyu Song

Muyu Song, also called Moyu Song, is one of the traditional rap arts in Guangdong Province and belongs to the Tanci system. Popular in the Pearl River Delta, Xijiang and Nanlu areas of Guangdong Province. It originated in the late Ming Dynasty and flourished after the Qing Dynasty. In the early days, wooden fish songs were composed and sung. Later, the tunes and lyrics were recorded, passed on and copied, or printed and sung. The wooden fish songs became popular in the late Ming Dynasty and became extremely prosperous after the Qing Dynasty.

4. Polo Festival

The temple fair at Nanhai Temple is an ancient traditional folk custom and folk religious and cultural activity. Held every year from the 11th to the 13th day of the second lunar month, the 13th day is the official birthday, also known as the Boluo Festival, which is the birthday of the God of the South China Sea. It is a unique traditional folk festival in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province and even the Pearl River Delta region. It is the largest Folk temple fairs are also the only activities in the country that offer sacrifices to the God of the Sea.

5. Tower burning

Tower burning, also called Tower burning in some places, is a practice carried out in rural areas in southern places such as Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi and other places during the Mid-Autumn Festival. A folk activity.

It is said that the burning of pagodas originated from the Han people's rebellion against the brutal rulers in the late Yuan Dynasty, when they raised fire as a signal during the Mid-Autumn Festival Uprising. It is also said that the custom of burning pagodas originated from the late Yuan Dynasty when Liu Bowen hid a note in a mooncake and raised a fire on August 15th as a sign to carry out an armed uprising. The story of "three families raising one yuan and killing them all in one night" has been circulated among the people to this day. Come here.

Extended information

Lingnan culture has a long history. Historically, Lingnan culture has made indelible contributions to the formation and development of the Han nation, and to maintaining national unity and ethnic unity. It occupies an important position and plays an important role in the development history of Chinese national culture.

Modern Lingnan culture is an advanced culture in modern China and has had a huge impact on modern China. With its unique characteristics of diversity, pragmatism, openness, compatibility, and innovation, Lingnan culture absorbs the essence of the Central Plains and new trends from all over the world. It is unique in the forest of Chinese culture and plays a positive role in the economic and social development of the Lingnan region and even the whole country. promotion effect.

Lingnan culture absorbed the ideas of Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, and Buddhism introduced from the Central Plains and made innovations. It gave birth to Confucian masters such as Chen Xianzhang and Zhan Ruoshui, and pioneered the study of mind in the Ming Dynasty; poets Zhang Jiuling and Qu Dajun Well-known throughout the country; Huineng created Chinese Buddhism - the Southern School of Zen, which influenced the country and even the world.

In the Qing Dynasty, the Guangzhou Thirteenth Party became the only window for trade and cultural exchanges between China and the world, spreading Eastern civilization to all parts of the world; in modern times, Lingnan became the birthplace of China’s democratic revolution, giving birth to the likes of Zheng Guanying, Kang Youwei, A generation of advanced figures in modern China represented by Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen. Lingnan's literature, Lingnan School of Painting, Cantonese opera and other arts have strong local characteristics. Films were first introduced from Lingnan, and Lingnan education took the lead in the educational revolution in modern times.

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