Picture introduction of Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival tourist attractions Attractions near Gangneung County

Thousands of miles to Jiangling in one day. Where does Jiangling refer to now?

In ancient times, many people would write Jiangling in their poems. In fact, Jiangling refers to the current Jingzhou City. It is a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, also known as Jiangling. It is also a tourist city in China because the scenery there is very beautiful.

1. There are many tourist attractions

The reason why Jingzhou City appears in the poems of many poets is Jiangling, especially in the poem "Thousands of miles away, Jiangling is returned in one day". The poet has great feelings for this city. This is because Jingzhou City has many attractions and is known as a tourist and cultural city with many attractions there. There are the Jingzhou Ancient City Wall, Shengda Square, and some museums, etc. These are all worth visiting, and the scenery is very good. The ancient city wall of Jingzhou is a building from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it has a very long history and is well worth visiting. It is a building from the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties.

2. Special geographical location

Jingzhou’s geographical location is also very special. It is located in the plain area of ??Jianghan in the central and southern part of Hubei Province, and it is also a city that runs through the Yangtze River region. ***There are two urban areas. In ancient times, it was called Jiangling. The economic development is also very good, and there are some relatively good resources there. Their geographical location is quite special, so mineral resources and water resources are relatively abundant. And there are some relatively famous historical figures there, all of them are very representative and are everyone's first choice for travel.

3. Summary

If you choose to travel, you can come to Jingzhou because the scenery here is very beautiful. However, when choosing to travel, you should also prepare some strategies. You can avoid times when the flow of people is relatively large, and you can also miss some holidays, so that the flow of people will be smaller and it will also be easier for everyone to enjoy the scenery here. And be sure to choose a good means of transportation when traveling to avoid traffic jams. You should also make a plan in advance before traveling. For example, if you want to go to a scenic spot, you can book a hotel nearby.

A detailed introduction to the Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea

The Korean Dragon Boat Festival

In South Korea, the time of the Dragon Boat Festival is the same as the Dragon Boat Festival in our country, which is the beginning of the fifth lunar month. five. The Dragon Boat Festival is quite common in South Korea. According to research by Korean scholars, the content of the Dragon Boat Festival was described in Nam Hyo-on's "Chugangji" in the "Joseon Dynasty". Therefore, the origin of the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival can be traced back a thousand years ago. After being recognized as an "intangible cultural heritage" in 1967, the grand event of the Gangneung Dano Festival was restored and developed. The current Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival includes several festivals and masked dance dramas, as well as more than 1,000 entertainment programs such as peasant music and dance competitions, pot throwing, wrestling, swings, long kneeling competitions, taekwondo competitions, college football games, and chess king competitions. From the first to the tenth day of May, a grand nationwide "temple fair" (temple fair) is also held, where special products from all over the country are displayed and sold on a large scale.

The origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is related to the origin of rice farming and water. May of each lunar calendar is the season of rising water. In order to pray that the flood will not drown the rice, people will pray at this time every year. Sacrifice to gods. In this way, this festival gradually formed.

The origin of rice agriculture dates back to the Neolithic Age. In the third century BC, rice from my country was introduced to Japan. The Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea was influenced by Chinese culture.

Why is my country's traditional festival "Dragon Boat Festival" applied by South Korea as their intangible cultural heritage?

It is an indisputable fact that the Dragon Boat Festival originated in my country. It should be said that it was generally believed that it was absolutely impossible for Asian countries to successfully apply (of course, this is a story later). Because representative works of human oral heritage and intangible heritage need to have the three characteristics of uniqueness, integrity and authenticity. The Dragon Boat Festival in other countries does not meet the first two conditions. Nowadays, it is somewhat unexpected that South Korea’s Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival has been approved as a “Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity”. However, South Korea's successful application relies on its own protection and attention. From this point of view, we cannot compare.

It’s not a bad thing that South Korea’s application was successful. The reason is as experts said: “The Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival is actually not the same thing as our Dragon Boat Festival.” South Korea’s Dragon Boat Festival is composed of dance, shaman sacrifices, folk The composition of art exhibitions and other content is completely different from the Chinese eating rice dumplings, rowing dragon boats, and commemorating Qu Yuan. “The only similarity is the time frame, both are held during the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival.” This is not necessarily the case, according to the Folklore Department of Fudan University Academic researcher Associate Professor Hu Zhixiang has a different view: "There is no essential difference between 'Dragon Boat Festival' and 'Dragon Boat Festival'. Culture includes the core part and the influential part, and there will always be certain changes in the process of dissemination. During this period, it is often The core part has been preserved. The Dragon Boat Festival was originally a sacrificial activity in China, and the core part of the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea was passed down from China. Although the meanings of 'sacrifice' and 'festival' are different in Korean, When applying for World Heritage status, both the Dragon Boat Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival should be expressed in English as FESTIVAL. ”

No matter what the theory is, it is an indisputable fact that the Dragon Boat Festival originated in our country! The legacy left by our ancestors has failed. How can we laugh and say "this is not a bad thing"? It really makes me feel guilty when I say it. Last year, South Korea began to apply for the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival to be a World Heritage. Not long ago, when a Korean company registered the Chinese domain name "Dragon Boat Festival.cn" first, we all felt that it was "not a taste." Now South Korea has applied for the World Heritage. Success, perhaps for most people too - "is not a taste". If we say the good thing is that it has brought us great enlightenment, it has injected modern elements into traditional cultural activities and gained international recognition, which has reference significance for the protection of Chinese cultural heritage. So, there is still a long and arduous road ahead for our Dragon Boat Festival (rather than a certain country’s Dragon Boat Festival) to reach international recognition. We can't help but think that our defeat is actually "unreasonable and expected." When we reflect on our country's situation, we will find that the cultural characteristics of our country's festival system are insufficient. The invasion of foreign festivals is serious, and people mostly pursue foreign festival culture. But there is a lack of understanding of their own nation, let alone love and protection. This time, South Korea's successful application for World Heritage was slapped right in our face, just like Korean movies and TV dramas selling our patents to China - it was a good slap, but it was also a bad slap.

The Dragon Boat Festival will not be ignored because of foreign festival culture, nor will it be ignored because of the depth of feelings, nor will the cultural nationality be ignored because of the excuse of cultural openness, no matter how deep the feelings for the Dragon Boat Festival are. Regardless of whether the intangible cultural heritage in globalization is the wealth shared by all mankind, we must resolutely defend our traditional festivals! Before applying, we don’t need to be “filled with indignation” over South Korea’s application, because the results have not yet come out, and there is still hope, and because South Korea’s experience of protecting the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival tells us how valuable a country’s change in attitude towards local culture is. Therefore, South Korea's application is also an incentive, motivating people to protect the "heritage" of their ancestors and realize their preciousness. And what happens after the Korean application is successful? All we can say is that South Korea's success is still an inspiration. We can only place our hopes on other traditional cultures and on the actual care and protection of various traditional cultures, including the Dragon Boat Festival. If South Korea's successful application as a World Heritage Site can cause the relevant departments to reflect and enhance Chinese people's awareness of the protection of traditional culture, then it will have positive significance.

Introduction to the Gangneung Dano Festival

The Gangneung Dano Festival is a celebration held to inherit and carry forward the traditional cultural customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. In 1967, it was designated as the 13th important intangible event in Korea. Cultural heritage and important intangible cultural relics, it was designated as the oral and intangible heritage of mankind by UNESCO on November 25, 2005. The Gangneung Dano Festival begins with the Daegwallyeong God Sacrifice. During the event, various witchcraft and sacrificial ceremonies will be held, as well as traditional games and experience activities such as rope skipping and mask making, as well as wonderful witchcraft performances and mask making. Dance, agricultural music performances, etc. The Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival is a unique sacrificial activity during the Dragon Boat Festival in Gangneung, South Korea. It does not refer to a specific festival.

The origin of Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival?

“The Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival is actually not the same thing as our Dragon Boat Festival.

"Gao Bingzhong, secretary-general of the Chinese Folklore Society and professor at Peking University, said in an interview with reporters that South Korea's Dragon Boat Festival actually consists of dance, shaman sacrifices, folk art displays and other content, which is similar to the Chinese eating rice dumplings, rowing dragon boats and commemorating Qu Yuan. They are two different things, “The only similarity is the time frame, they are both held during the Dragon Boat Festival in China. "Professor Gao said that South Korea's success in applying for World Heritage has actually given us a very good inspiration: they have injected traditional cultural activities into modern elements, successfully achieved modern transformation, and gained international recognition. For Chinese cultural heritage The protection of the Dragon Boat Festival has reference significance.

The debate surrounding the Dragon Boat Festival’s application for World Heritage has generated great repercussions in the Chinese academic community and the public since last year.

It is a traditional festival custom in Gangneung, South Korea. The Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival declared by South Korea was officially designated as a "human legend and intangible heritage work" by UNESCO on the 24th Paris time.

It is different from the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival. Custom

The Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival is indeed an interesting cultural phenomenon in the "Chinese Character Cultural Circle" of East Asia. In terms of festival customs, although the Dragon Boat Festival originated in China, it has been spread over a long period of time and international exchanges. Countries and ethnic groups around China have absorbed it, accepted it, and placed it in their own cultural soil, forming unique festival customs for each country and ethnic group.

If we trace the prototype of the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea, it was influenced by China. The influence of culture is unquestionable. The interpretation of "Dragon Boat Festival" is recorded in many Korean classics. This interpretation is the same as the Chinese concept. For example, South Korea also calls the fifth day of May "Chongwu". "Chongwu", "Duanyang", "May Festival", the unique Korean word "Dragon Boat Festival" is called "Sunday", which means the day of God. According to traditional customs, "Aizi Cake" is eaten on the Dragon Boat Festival. ", drink Yiren juice, women wash their hair with calamus soup or drink calamus water, or use calamus dew to make up, which is called "calamus makeup". Cinnabar charms are posted on the doorposts of the scholar's house to ward off evil spirits, and monarchs and ministers should communicate with each other. Giving a Dragon Boat Festival fan to express congratulations

Many customs of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival include planting mugwort and calamus, eating rice dumplings, drinking realgar wine, wearing purses, carrying five poison bags, tying colorful threads, rowing dragon boats, and commemorating Qu Yuan. , does not exist in Korean Dragon Boat Festival customs. However, the Dragon Boat Festival festival in Gangneung, South Korea, also contains rich content. Sacrifice, performances, and entertainment are its main contents. It can be said that the complete form and content of the sacrificial ceremony are preserved. It is the core of the Gangneung Dano Festival in South Korea. This is also the main reason why the Gangneung Dano Festival in South Korea was designated as Korea’s No. 13 Intangible Cultural Property in 1967.

The sacrificial rituals during the Gangneung Dano Festival mainly come from myths and legends. The gods worshiped are the "Daegwallyeong Mountain God" and the Dong (Village) Seonghuang. There are as many as twelve deified figures, such as Kim Yushin, the Seonghuang of the Kingdom, "Brahma Sun", and the Seonggod of Daegwallyeong. Daughters of the family, etc.

A well-preserved tradition

The Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival is one of the relatively well-preserved traditional festival customs in Korea. Originally, there were Dragon Boat Festival customs in many areas of Korea. With the development of society, it has gradually disappeared, and only the Gangneung area has been preserved intact.

In the Gangneung area, the Dragon Boat Festival has a complicated sacrificial ceremony, starting from the "eve festival" to welcome the gods. Five days and nights; if you count from the "Mountain God Sacrifice" to the end of the farewell to the gods, it takes more than 20 days; if you count from the "Jinjiang Divine Wine", it takes up to a month.

The process of Gangneung Dano Festival begins with brewing the sacred wine. On April 5th of the lunar calendar, people use the rice and rice malt distributed by the old Gangneung government office to brew sacred wine to worship the gods and drink in preparation for the Dragon Boat Festival; on April 15th, the "Daegwallyeong Mountain God Festival" and "National Wine Festival" are held. "Shichenghuang Sacrifice". After the sacrifice, a piece of sacred wood is cut, and people hang the green and red satin on it. Then, under the guidance of the sacred tree, they form a procession to welcome the gods. In the evening of the third day of the fifth lunar month, they return to the Jiangling Kingdom's Chenghuang Temple. (Daughter of the Zheng family) accepts the "Fengan Sacrifice", which is the "eve sacrifice" of the Dragon Boat Festival. After the sacrifice, the tablets of the Daegwallyeong Mountain God and the King’s Seonghuang were sent to the Namdaecheon Open-Air Sacrifice. From the fourth to the seventh day of the lunar month, a "libation offering" is held every morning. The sacrificial rituals of the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival are divided into two types: "Confucian sacrificial rituals" and "Shamanistic sacrificial rituals."

Confucian rituals are performed in the form of reciting Chinese prayers. The content of the rituals involves removing misfortune and bringing good fortune, health and tranquility, cure of diseases, good harvest of agriculture and fishery, and prosperity of livestock and poultry, etc. After the Confucianism Festival, the "Shamanistic Sacrifice" accompanied by singing, dancing and drama performances began until late at night.

The activities of the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival are rich and colorful. In addition to designated rituals (making sacred wine - a ceremony to send off to the gods), shamanism festivals, official slave mask performances, agricultural music competitions, children's agricultural music competitions, and Heshan Ododai Ballads (these are all intangible cultural properties designated by the region or the country ), there are many folk activities, such as Chinese poetry writing competition, local folk song singing competition, national folk tune singing competition, tug of war, wrestling, swing, archery, pot throwing, etc.; celebration activities, such as fireworks games, Dragon Boat Festival fireworks, etc. Lanterns, etc.; night activities, such as traditional Chinese music performances, singing and singing, etc.; art activities are even more colorful. There is also commodity trading known as "chaos".

Now, foreign folk art groups are invited to perform during the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival to enhance artistic exchanges and friendship between countries. This year, those participating in the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival performances include the Jilin Opera Troupe from Jilin Province in China and the Chinese Kun Opera is listed on the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List.

The Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival in South Korea is a large-scale celebration. It takes the Dragon Boat Festival as an opportunity and closely combines Korean people's beliefs and agricultural activities. What is different from the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is that it creates rich and colorful contents and forms in the Korean nation's own way, combining the needs and aesthetics of the Korean people. Its rituals, whether they are "Confucian rituals" or "witchcraft rituals", have maintained their original form. This original form is where the historical, cultural and aesthetic value of the Dragon Boat Festival lies, and is the basis for being listed as an intangible cultural heritage designated by the Korean state.

However, folk culture is constantly changing. As the times advance, many new contents will naturally be added. This is also very obvious in the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival. The organizers of the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival are very clear that "living for tomorrow, fervent desires and ideals are the source of human life." As a folk event, the annual Dragon Boat Festival tries to add new activities as much as possible while maintaining the tradition.

This year’s seventh academic conference of the International Asia Folklore Society was held during the Gangneung Dragon Boat Festival. As a major part of the Dragon Boat Festival, more than 70 scholars from nine countries and regions, including China, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Russia, and Switzerland, conducted academic discussions and exchanges on the protection of Dragon Boat Festival customs and intangible cultural heritage; Europe, Folk art troupes from many countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America were invited to perform, showing that Gangneung, South Korea, uses the Dragon Boat Festival as a carrier of cultural activities and opens her broad mind to the world.

As the mayor of Jiangling said, "Just as people have hometowns, culture comes from folk customs; just as hometowns have feelings, folk customs, the source of diversity, must be respected." They believe that "the most regional It is the most global." The diversity of world cultures is a need for human life.