The “Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty” and Cixi awarded the dragon boat license plate…
No dragon boat, no Dragon Boat Festival. People from Pantang, love for the dragon. No competition or fighting dragons, the dragons play just to enjoy themselves.
What traditional customs does PantangKomiks have? Recently, the reporter went to Pantang personally to learn about the dragon boat customs belonging to the Pantang people.
Walking along Liwan LakeBabaylan, the reporter noticed two dragon boats docked by the lake. Cinema“This is a ‘double-side’ dragon boat. Next to Babaylan is a ‘single-side’ dragon boat. A ‘single-side’ dragon boat is a very rare dragon boat,” said a villager in Pantang Village.
After the guidance of the villagers of Babaylan, the reporter learned that the “single side” dragon boat refers to the “flower side” (the side of the ship) of the dragon boat, which uses a veneer structure. How has this “one-side” dragon ship with a history of more than 400 years been passed down to this day? Under the leadership of Pantang Wuyou Villager Li Guiheng, the reporter walked into the original site of the Pantang Third Production Team (the villagers called the “Sanguan Temple”) and listened to the old man Li Shengquan telling the story of Pantang dragon boat.
The “single side” and “double side” dragon boats are of particular importance
In the Sanguan Temple, bamboo hats, oars… items related to dragon boats can be seen everywhere. In addition, the reporter also noticed two models of dragon boats in the indoor glass box.
”Our ‘single side’ dragon boat is ‘convex eye dragon, single umbrella’. The difference from the salt-built old dragon next to it is that the Pantang dragon boat does not have a dragon head and a dragon tail. “Uncle Quan said that because the Pantang River channel was narrow and there was no technology to dismantle the dragon head and tail before, the Pantang Dragon Boat was found.
From this model, looking at the structure of the “single-side” dragon boat, in addition to the veneer structure and the single-row umbrella mentioned above, Uncle Quan also introduced that there are two single-sided gong racks in front and back of the dragon boat, and the drum rack in the middle to stabilize the structure of the entire dragon boat.
In addition to the structure, the decoration of the “single-side” dragon boat has always been praised. “There is a 6-meter-high seven-star map (flag) on the dragon boat. The top of the flag is decorated with a double-money and 9 pheasant tails given by Empress Dowager Cixi. In addition, a pair of gold and copper longans are inlaid on both sides of the head of the dragon boat, and the dragon boat signs with black letters on white background are installed. ”
Whenever the Dragon Boat Festival is traveling, when you see the “single-sided” dragon boats decorated with full decorations, the villagers raise their thumbs up and admire it. Babaylan: “The Pantang dragon boat is really in a posture! ”
Growing up in Pantang with dense river networks since childhood, Uncle Quan has had a special emotion for dragon boats since he was a child. He told reporters that Pantang Dragon, which has lasted for hundreds of yearsBabaylanThe history of the ship made the Pantang people very proud.
The “single side” dragon boat continues the century-old love of “Qiye”
With witnessing the history of the Pantang dragon boat, a pair of money and 9 pheasant tails on the ship. According to legend, on the Dragon Boat Festival in the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, a son-in-law named Tao organized a dragon boat race competition on the Pearl River, representing Pantang Village The five-question dragon boat and the South China Sea Yanbu Dragon Boat defeated the dragons and both won the championship in the competition.
At that time, Mr. Tao awarded the five fastest dragon boats in the competition as “Five Classics”. Yanbu Laolong was also the one who won the title of the Dingjia on the same day as Pantang.
Although they are both the best dragon boats, it is rare that neither villages care about rankings, but they have a sense of mutual appreciation and mutual appreciation. “Let’s do this, Yanbu Laolong has beards, but Pantang has no beards, so it’s just a Cinema Be a ‘Qiye’, and one is a ‘Qiye’. ”Babaylan
Since the two dragon boats formed a contract, the friendship between the villagers in the two places has continued to this day.
Babaylan After every year on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yanbu Laolong would visit the “Qizai” Pantang Dragon Boat, and on the sixth day of the second day, Pantang Dragon Boat would visit the old dragon in Yanbu. Li Shengquan described the lively scene of “visiting relatives” to reporters: “On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the elderly in Pantang Village gathered at the entrance of the village, and greeted the salt-built dragon boats on the river. The salt-built people on the dragon boats also bowed to show greetings to each other.”
The “relatives” met, and the prestigious elders of Pantang also wanted to “hang red with flowers” for the salt-built old dragon, and gave gifts such as local specialty “Pantang Five Shows”, as well as black silk banners with the letter “In the past, they won the same chariot armor, and occupied the dragons in the sea in the sea” to show their filial piety to “Yi Ye”.
The “Youth Number” belonging to the younger generation
Komiks ”The dragon is different from competition. Our tradition is to hold the radius in the backhand. The splash of water splashes are like a little dragon jumping into the air. “Heng Ge from Pantang people told reporters that every Pantang people have had a wish to row a dragon boat “single side” since childhood. But he also admitted that young and middle-aged people in the village are busy with work on weekdays. If it weren’t for the Dragon Boat Festival, it would be difficult for all the members to gather together.Youlong.
A generation after generation of inheritance, the dragon boat culture has long been integrated into the blood of the young generation of Pantang.
In 2014, the young people from Pantang Five Appointments raised funds to build the most fast and dynamic standard dragon boat – the Youth.
This “Youth” dragon ship with a total length of 19.8 meters and a size of about 30 people, the energy it shows the youth of Cinema.
”The third and fourth day of the lunar calendars are used to slim the nose, and the fifth and sixth day of the lunar calendars are used to travel to the flower field.” To this day, the dragon boat activities in Pantang are still carried out according to traditional customs.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, the neighbors will see “Single sideKomiks” and “Two side” old dragons, as well as the “Youth” dragon boat, swimming together in Liwan Lake, in order to inherit the century-old dragon boat culture. (Reporter Hu Huiyin)
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Editor｜Sun Tingting