What are the intangible cultural heritages of Yunfu?

1. Birthday of the Sixth Patriarch

Every year on the eighth day of February and the third day of August, they are the birth and death days of Huineng, a Zen Buddhist, and are known as the "Two Birthdays of Spring and Autumn". During the festival, Buddhists, tourists and believers from all over the country and abroad come to celebrate the birthday, visit and pay their respects. At the peak, the number of people reaches 100,000. The "Sixth Patriarch's Birthday" event is mainly held at Guoen Temple, Longshan, Xinxing County.

According to records, the "Sixth Patriarch's Birthday" began in the year 714 of the Middle Tang Dynasty. It was a sacrificial activity initiated by the disciples of the Sixth Patriarch and participated voluntarily by civilian believers. During the birthday period, Buddhist activities are held in temples such as Longshan Guoen Temple, Former Residence of the Sixth Patriarch, and Longtan Temple in Xinxing County. For thousands of years, the Sixth Patriarch's Birthday has been held continuously, and has formed a fixed event time and traditional form of expression. It is a large-scale religious belief activity with local characteristics in Xinxing County and even the Lingnan region, and is characterized by folk religious beliefs. traditional folk culture.

2. Zhanggong Temple Temple Fair

Zhanggong Temple is located in Liantan Town, Yunan County. It was built to commemorate Zhang Yuanxun, the anti-Japanese general in the Wanli Year of the Ming Dynasty and the commander-in-chief of Guangdong. , more than 400 years ago. Every year on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, there is the Zhanggong Temple Temple Fair. People from Yunfu, Zhaoqing, Wuzhou, Guangxi and other neighboring areas spontaneously come to worship and pray, and hold various cultural activities. The main contents of the temple fair include: paying homage, burning incense, burning firecrackers, making dipping, singing folk songs, acting, parades in traditional costumes, generals' patrols, eight-tone congratulations, etc. During the peak period of the temple fair, as many as 100,000 believers came to participate. Dayuanshou is the organizer and conductor of the temple fair. During the Cultural Revolution, the temple was damaged and the temple fair was suspended. In the 1980s, the temple was repaired and the temple fair was resumed. In 1991, the local government organized a folk art festival based on the temple fair. It has been held for 12 times and has developed into a large-scale cultural event in Yunfu City.

The Zhanggong Temple Temple Fair retains the traditional folk auspicious culture characterized by folk belief in western Guangdong. It is an important basis for studying the worldview and living conditions of the people in the Nanjiang River Basin area, and plays an important role in the study of Yunfu city folklore.

3. Liantan Folk Song

According to the "Xining County Chronicle", Liantan Folk Song began during the Longqing period of the Ming Dynasty and was named after its origin in Liantan Town, Yunan County. It is mainly spread in the neighboring rural areas of Guangdong and Guangxi. The singing content is mainly about love and working life, and is often sung during harvest years, gatherings, festivals, and weddings. There are three main forms of performance: solo singing, duet singing, and ring fighting. It is deeply loved by the people. It is a folk song for the people to entertain themselves and express their emotions. It is a folk song with unique local characteristics in Yunfu City. The inheritance method of Liantan folk songs is mainly taught by master and apprentice. At present, there are not many people singing Liantan folk songs.

4. Longzhou Song

Longzhou Song is named after its origin in Luoding (known as Longzhou in ancient times). It is a kind of folk song that is different from folk songs, is close to Zhuzhi Ci and has unique local characteristics. It plays a certain role in studying the politics, economy and culture of Nanjiang area, studying the combination of classical Chinese and dialects, and the integration of metrical poetry and folk song style. At present, Longzhou song is in an endangered state.

5. Zizidiao

Zizidiao, also known as bridal songs and crying wedding songs, mostly contains complaints about arranged marriages and heartfelt outpourings of farewell to relatives and friends. There is an old folk custom in the Nanjiang area. A few nights before a woman gets married, she invites unmarried women from the same village to be "bridesmaids" and gathers them at her home. The married woman sings a song to bid farewell to her relatives and friends. The content of the lyrics is usually expressed immediately by the bride depending on the object of the song, either praising and praying, or giving farewell instructions, or complaining and condemning, or exposing a curse.

The word tone is mainly popular in rural areas of Yunfu City, Xinyi County and Cenxi area of ??Guangxi. It is an important basis for studying the social folk customs of Yunfu City. Currently, the word tune is in an endangered state.

6. Yunfu Stone Art

Stone carving art is a traditional folk craft in Yunfu City, and its origin is unknown. During the Ming Dynasty, stone carving was divided into practical architectural decoration, household items, slate paintings, stone tablets and other craft industries. It has a unique artistic style and plays an important role in the study of Yunfu City's folk culture. Currently, due to the impact of modern technology, traditional handicrafts are on the verge of being lost.

7. Lantern production technology

The production of lanterns in Xinxing County is quite unique. In the past, during the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, weddings, births, new houses and other festive days, people would hang lanterns. This custom is a unique form of folk celebration and folk auspicious culture. The emerging lantern making technology mainly flows from the Central Plains. The main lantern types include red lanterns, palace lanterns, revolving lanterns, colored lanterns, dragon and phoenix lanterns, etc. With various forms, bright colors and unique aesthetic value, they are the basis for studying folk customs and cultural life. At present, Xinxing County's lantern making technology is in an endangered state.

8. Helou Dance

Helou Dance is said to have originated from Liantan Town, Yunan County. It is a sacrificial dance of the ancient Baiyue people.

The dance movements of Helou dance are primitive and rough. The dancers dress up as women, wearing black shirts and skirts, black hats, scarves around their waists, and hemp shoes. The lead dancers hold the ears of grain in their hands respectively, and while singing the Helou song, they swing their body, wave their hands, and step on their feet, and dance towards the southeast, northwest, and northwest. The melody of Helou song is fixed and melodious.

He Lou Dance plays a certain role in the study of Lingnan folk culture. The dance is currently endangered.

9. Leicha porridge

Leicha porridge mainly originates from Chadong Town, Yun'an County. It is a popular health food among the people and is said to have a history of 400 years.

It is a unique folk knowledge in Yunfu City.