Long Guangpeng: Shuishu folk coins and aquarium festivals

Author:Music club Time:2022.07.30

Shuishu folk coins and aquarium festivals


Long Guangpeng, Director of Guizhou Qiannan Radio and Television Station


Aquatic cottage author photography


"Water Book" is an ancient symbol similar to oracle and golden essays. It is an ancient pictograph that is still living in the world so far. It is a rare cultural heritage in the treasure trove of the world and even the world. Oracle and Jinwen have the relationship between the same age and the same origin.

In June 2006, the "Water Book" was listed as "the first batch of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative List". "Water Book" mainly records cultural information such as the ancient calendar, religion, and folk customs. The main idea of ​​water books comes from the Yin and Yang gossip of Yi Xue, which is equivalent to the Han Dynasty's "Book of Changes". The content is extensive and profound. It is an encyclopedia of the aquarium and an important part of the treasure house of the Chinese nation. For thousands of years, the "water book" has been used in all areas of the aquarium social life. It is full of magical colors and has always had an extremely profound impact on the social life and cultural mentality of the aquarium.

Shuishu 28 -bedroom pattern


Due to the age of the "water book" folk coins, each of the existing varieties of the existing varieties are very scarce. Most of them are the only sees, and the largest variety of varieties are only dozens of. In March 2006, the "China Money Money Map Dian Sequel" published by Shanghai Culture Publishing House was entered into Guizhou's "Water Book". Spend money from Guizhou's "water book".

Three are the only aquarium autonomous county in the country, and more than 57%of the country's aquarium population lives here. The aquarium is a historic rice nation in the southwest. So far, the aquarium has retained the ancient rice field customs. For thousands of years, the aquarium's rice culture has always run through the festivals of the nation.

Aquatic cottage author photography


In the festival, the water language is called "borrowing", which means to eat 卯. The date of the festival is calculated based on the aquarium. Although the specific date is not fixed, there is the principle of choice. The September -October of the water calendar, the corresponding May to June of the summer calendar is The month or October's a few days will be divided into four batches of festivals.

In September or October of the water calendar, the aquarium is considered to be "the most vigorous season of green life". The September or October of the water calendar is considered to be "the most smooth day". Jiyi. The aquarium believes that when the holidays are in Xinyu, the wind is smooth and the life of life is abundant. At this time, the village villages of the aquariums will be held in the ancient rice fields.

The Propaganda Department of the Sandu Water Jie Sandu Harbor Autonomous County Party Committee provided


The aquarium's festivals are based on rice crops. In the first three or four days of the festival, the aquarium began to clean the courtyard, and the sun and dust outside the house were put in the paddy field to remove pests. The village villages also took out the treasured copper drums and wooden drums to pray to pray for the wind and rain and the rice harvest.

"Said the Words" interpreted: "The 者 《, Mao also." Mr. Shuishu, who was in charge of the sacrifice in the aquarium in ancient times, believes that the September---- October of the water calendar is the most vigorous season of green life. The festival is the mysterious ancient festival of praying for rain. In order to enable rice work to achieve the largest high yield, the aquariums in the villages during the festival must hold a mysterious and quaint rain god activity. The water language is called "Xia".

Ceremony of rice field Bao Xiaomin

Ceremony of rice field Bao Xiaomin


Respect "Xia" on the edge of the well. The aquarium believes that the god in charge of rain is a strange stone. Therefore, during the sacrifice process, Mr. Shui Shu should use rice wine to pour monsters- "Xia" God, and look forward to it to be drunk without waking up.

When honoring the "Xia" god, people use the puppets or pine needles to pierce the pussy of the sow from time to time, and drive the pigs to the mud field. Young people play with pigs. Such a play is actually a sign of the sow The aquarium believes that it will only get a bumper harvest in the coming year.

The sow prays for rain, and wishes the harvest, which is very similar to the ancient Central Plains and the "sacrifice" of the rain. The sow is the most vigorous domestic animal. It performs "thorny" witchcraft and drama on the sows. Aquarians believe that these characteristics of sows will be passed on to rice, and rice will breed strong and achieve high yield.

Duan Festival sacrifice MaOpan: Photo Photo of Tangzhou Township, Sandu


The festival means prosperous crops and give birth to love. About 4 days before and after the festival, the day of the day is the climax of the holiday activity. At noon, people wore festive costumes and came from all directions to the hillside of the opposite side. In Po Po, whether it is a man or a woman, as long as you see your favorite object, you can step forward to invite him to sing. The aquarium has an unwritten rule: the people who sing to the song on the upper side are limited to unmarried young men and women. Here, they can be free to socialize and choose spouse independently.

If the love is in harmony, the stone god and the tree god will swear the mountain alliance for life. Therefore, "love loyalty, all things are spiritual" will also become the eternal singing of young men and women in the aquarium on the slopes. It promotes a pair of lover who finally becomes a family member. Known as a "matchmaker" called aquarium men and women, the "Valentine's Day", which is known as the aquarium.

Water Book 钱 Folk Coin's front map authors collections

Water Book 钱 Folk coin back map authors collections


The magical slope, the mysterious "Jingxia" activity, the ancient red bean tree, the warm and unrestrained holy song for love, the original stone god bodhisattva, the densely sacrifice god pole, etc., which reflect the unique to the festival The rich cultural meaning.

The front of this coin is a picture of the men and women's respect and the double dragon back. The back is the zodiac signs on the back, and there is a text corresponding to the twelve zodiac signs of the aquarium. The celebration held by Gu Yue was called the New Year in ancient times. "Nian" was called "carrier" in Yao Shun, the Xia Dynasty was called "years", the Shang Dynasty was called "sacrifice", and the Zhou Dynasty began to be called "year". In "Speaking of the Words", the original meaning of the Chinese character "year" is "valley familiar", that is, "the rice is mature". From the "year" of Oracle and Aquarium, we can also find the original meaning of "year" and "rice mature".

Zhama is a main activity of the Duan Festival. The picture shows the water family and the younger the horse raised whip, and the spirit is photographed by Huang Xiao.

The "year" of ancient aquariums, turning up and down the horizontal paintings on the upper and lower bends indicating the harvested knife, referring to the knife and sickle; the middle vertical, indicating the interval between the two harvesting periods, refers to a cycle of rice growth, that is, one year; medium horizontal, indicating that Both are divided into two seasons. Dividing one year into two seasons of winter and summer, this is the significant feature of the ancient water calendar. The Chinese ancient calendar is only two seasons in spring and autumn, and the two seem to have commonity.


Water Book "Year"

In December of the end of the water calendar, the corresponding lunar calendar of the Han nationality was the first month. The aquarium believes that all things in September end with the sun, and Hai is the twelfth place of the earthly branch, so it is the end of one year and the beginning of the New Year. The two ends of the old age of the aquarium and the New Year are exactly the golden season of the autumn of the autumn and the grains of the grains. At the time of Duan Festival.


Before the horse running, it is necessary to be provided by the Sandu Non -Heritage Center of Zhaodong and the opening ceremony.

"Duan Festival" also known as "borrowing", "borrowing" is the meaning of water "eating". Eating and over -end is the most grand and grand traditional festival in the aquarium, which is equivalent to the "Spring Festival" of the Chinese Lunar New Year. The four sons of the ancestors of the aquariums live in four regions. From the middle of the lunar calendar in the middle of the lunar calendar every year, the aquarium has a region for a holiday every twelve days. This is the end section.


The front map of the folk coin of the Shuishu Duan Festival is provided by Hangzhou Baifu Tang

Water Book Festival Folk Coin Back Picture. Hangzhou Baifu Tang provided

The ancestor worship ceremony, as a ancestor, has become the most important activity of the end of the festival. The front of this coin is a dance picture and a double dragon picture with four people, and there are twelve -back pattern on the back. Each is different. Essence That is to represent the four sons of the ancestors of the ancestors of the ancestors, and it also represents the reproduction of the descendants of the aquarium festival. There is a special custom in the aquarium. The villages that pass the end of the festival are not just festivals.


The ancestral ancestor worship ceremony provided by the three capitals of the three capitals

The "Duan Festival" of the aquarium continues from August in the lunar calendar to October, and it has passed seven batches, from beginning to end to 49 days. The "end festival" of the aquarium can be said to be the longest delay in the world. The aquarium text "year", water calendar, and grand "year" end, so accurately interpreting the "year", seemed very mysterious.


June 5, 2017

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