Text and pictures/Liao Muhong
“When the moon is cold in the river, the morning glory and weaving girl.”
The romantic Chinese Valentine’s Day is the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” in the eyes of the public. However, in Huangpu, in addition to the romantic and beautiful date of lovers, the Chinese Valentine’s Day is also the annual Qiqiao Culture Festival!
Sisters gather together, beg for cleverness and skill. Every year, the Qiqiao Festival is almost the most lively day in the ancestral halls of various families in Huangpu.
01 Ancient ancestral hall and Meizi House
Huangpu is full of profound cultural heritage, and has a good inheritance of traditional culture, and a strong festive atmosphere.
There are more than 700 ancient relics of Huangpu, including many ancient ancestral halls. Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, the ancient ancestral hall is always decorated by Qiaojie, and the ancient ancestral hall is suddenly full of energy.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform is also called “Fengqiniang”. According to the size of the scale, “Peng Qi Niang” is divided into two forms: “Peng Qi Niang” and “Peng Qi Niang”. “The “Bai Xiaoqiniang” is also known as “Meizai House”, and is mostly held by a single family or a joint household in his own home hall; “Bai Daqiniang” must be held in the ancestral hall, only once every few years.
On the day when the festival comes, Qiaojie from every household gathered together to prepare for the tribute platform of begging for Qiao and put on her own works. Everyone prepares to beg for Qiao vegetarian food, Qi Niang, worship Qi Niang, sing Cantonese opera, and play with Qaida, and have a great time.
The author learned from Lao Qiaojie’s introduction that in the past, under the altar of “My Zi’s House” and “Shi Niang”, there were usually pillows and mats on the pavilion, and the begging for fun until late at night. The sisters of Qiaojie rested and vigil under the altar, and were having fun. The ancient ancestral hall, with the careful decoration of Qiaojie, is full of flowers and colorful, rejuvenating and showing new charm! The Qiaojie also relies on their own good skills to make the customs scenes of begging for the Chinese Valentine’s Day into a show of cleverness.
△Qi Qiao Picture/Qiao Jie Luo Huijuan’s works
These lifelike worksThe product carries the beautiful meaning of the festival and is passed down year by year.
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The “Show Qi Niang” in ancient buildings
The “Show Qi Niang” on the Chinese Valentine’s Day in Huangpu, the most important thing is Cinema is still the word “smart”!
In addition to the “Qi Niang Plate”, “Qi Niang Shoes” and “Qi Niang Clothes”, tea, wine, rice lanterns, grain towers, incense tables and archways, etc., it also takes time to place other clever products in Gongtai.
The altars of each ancestral hall have their own characteristics, and combined with the decorations of each ancestral hall to form a unique style. Let’s take a look together! (No order)
Xiufu Mogong Temple
Xiufu Mogong Temple
Xiufu Mogong Temple is located in Shabian Street, Hengsha Community, Dasha Street. It faces north and south, with a hard mountain top, with a herringbone volcanic gable wall, gray plastic bouquet ridge, ash tiles, wood carved eaves boards, and blue bricks and stone feet. It is a typical Lingnan building.
Every year on the Chinese Valentine’s Day, Xiufu Mogong Temple becomes a sea of flowers. The works of Gongtai Qiqiao on Xiufu Mogong Temple on Qixiu Festival are mainly flowers, either with rice, rice, millet, or with pearl stone fabric, and are wrapped and pasted into various flowers.
From a distance, various flowers shine together, and it is difficult to distinguish between true and false. Come and see, do you recognize what these flowers are made of?
Look at the courtyard of the ancestral hall carefully. On the potted plants in the courtyard, the flowers that bloomed brightly also bloomed from the hands of the Cinema sisters. The color is bright and beautiful so that it is fake and real. If you want to see the Giggle Flowers, come to Xiufu Mogong Temple~ Miaotou Zhang Family Ancestral Hall in Miaotou Village, Suidong Street, Huangpu District. It was built in the Song Dynasty and has been around for more than 900 years. It is one of the oldest buildings in Huangpu District today. It is also a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou.
The Komiks of the ancestral hallBuilding materials such as truss corners, admiral bells, Babaylan, top sill doors, Tongdian wood, etc. are all shipped from abroad, with high quality and durability. The paving floor adopts five-slab stone style, which is different from the three-slab style model of ordinary ancestral halls, showing its grandeur.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform of the ancestral hall is placed with the right spatial distribution, ensuring that every work can find the best exhibition display.
The Zhang Ancestral Hall at the Miaotou can be said to be one of the best atmospheres in the Qixi Festival Gongtai. The ancient ancestral hall buildings, with lanterns and decorations, and a prosperous and festive atmosphere is full of!
Guangren Family School Luogong Temple
Guangren Family School Luogong Temple is located in Hengsha Shuxiang Street. This ancient street is more than 260 meters high. There are 53 private ancestral halls in the Qing Dynasty. The blue bricks, gray tiles and stone slabs make this old street full of ancient charm.
The annual tribute tribute is mostly held in the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School. Every year, a plate of golden pineapples must be placed on the tribute platform of the Luogong Temple of Guangren Family School, as well as gold and silver baskets arranged on the left and right, which means that this is the Qixi Festival altar of the Luo Family School.
The Qiaojies in the Queqiao Group of Guangren Family School are very enthusiastic and arranged the small private school very exquisitely. Whenever someone comes to watch, Qiaojies will introduce them to you very enthusiastically.
Zhu Family Ancestral Hall
Zhu Family Ancestral Hall was built by Zhu Cheng to commemorate Zhu Xi, a great-grandson of the Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi who opened the village. KomiksThe ancestral hall was first built between the Song and Yuan dynasties. It has gone through more than 700 years of ups and downs, but it is still well preserved.
Walking into the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall, the walls on both sides are full of words and pictures, which record in detail the history of Zhu Family Xian’s ancestor, Zhu Xi, a Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist, Zhu Cheng, the founder of the Zhu Family of Hengsha, and Zhu Family Ancestral Hall.
Since 2000<a href="htAfter the renovation of Hengsha Zhushi Ancestral Hall, the villagers of the Zhu family gather here to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival every year. The largest Qiaojie in the village is already in their 90s.
Every year, the Joker, the Zhu family’s Ancestral Hall, is very distinctive. The elegant lanterns contrast with the ancestral hall, making the romantic night of the Qixi Festival even more brilliant.
Every year, Qiaojie will bring out their masterpieces and send them to the Huangpu District Cultural Center for exhibition. If you want to see Qiqiao’s works up close, you can go to Huang. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>CinemaPu District Cultural Center Visit!