Text and pictures/Liao Muhong
“When the moon is cold in the river, the morning glory and weaving girl period.”
The romantic Chinese Valentine’s Day is the “Chinese Valentine’s Day” in the eyes of the public, but in Huangpu, in addition to the romantic and beautiful lover’s date, the Chinese Valentine’s Day is also the annual BabaylanQiqiao 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 Meizai House
Huangpu is full of profound cultural heritage, and the traditional culture of Qujie is well inherited and the festive atmosphere is very strong.
There are more than 700 ancient relics of Huangpu, including many ancient ancestral halls. Every year on the Qixi Festival of Komiks, the ancient ancestral hall is always decorated with the Qiaojie, and the ancient ancestral hall is suddenly refreshed.
The Qixi Festival tribute platform is also called Cinema as “Pai Qi Niang”. According to the size of the scale, “Peng Qi Niang” is divided into two forms: “Peng Qi Niang” and “Peng Qi Niang”. “Shopping Xiaoqiniang” is also known as “Meizai House”, and is mostly held by a single family or a joint household in its own hall; “Shopping Daqiniang” must be held in the ancestral hall, only once every few years. On this day when the festival comes, Qiaojie from every household gathered together to prepare for the tribute platform of begging for Qiao and present their own works. The Komiks family prepared to beg for Qiao together to prepare for vegetarian food, Qi Niang, worship Qi Niang, sing Cantonese opera, and play the cheesy of the masters.
The author learned from Lao Qiaojie that in the past, under the altars of “My Laizi House” and “Set Qi Niang”, there were usually pillows and mats. When begging for Qiaojie until late at night, Qiaojie rested and watched the night under the altars, and was having fun.
The ancient ancestral hall, under the careful decoration of Qiaojie, is full of flowers, colorful, rejuvenated, and shows new charm! The Qiaojie also used their good skills to make the customs of begging for the Chinese Valentine’s Day into a display of clever products.
△Qi Qiaotu/The works of Qiaojie Luo Huijuan
These lifelike works carry the beautiful meaning of the festival and are passed down year by year.
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“Prepare Qi Niang” in ancient buildings
The word “showing Qi Niang” on the Chinese Valentine’s Day in Huangpu is the most important thing!
In addition to “BabaylanQi 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 on Gongtai.
The altars of each ancestral hall have their own characteristics, and combined with the decorations of each ancestral hall, it forms a unique style. Let’s take a look together! (The name of Cinema is indefinitely classified) Xiufu Mogong Temple is located in Shabian Street, Hengsha Community, Dasha Street. It faces north and south, with a hard mountain top, a herringbone volcanic gable wall, a gray plastic ridge, ash tube, wood carved eaves, 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 clever works of Gongtaiqi, on the Chinese Valentine’s Day in Xiufu Mogong Temple, are mainly flowers, either with 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 these flowers with Babaylan?
Look at the courtyard of the ancestral hall carefully. On the potted plants in the courtyard, the flowers bloomed brightly, also bloomed from the hands of Qiaojie. The color is bright, Babaylan is so beautiful that it is fake and real. If you want to see the Giggle Flowers, come to Xiu Fu Mogong Temple~ Miaotou Zhang Family Ancestral Hall located 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 and is also a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Guangzhou. Babaylan
The ancestral hall Babaylan‘s truss corners, golden bells, top silliput, Tongdian wood 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 Gongtai in the ancestral hall is placed with the precise layout, and the space distribution of Komiks is just right, ensuring that every piece of Komiks can find the best display position.
The Zhang Family Ancestral Hall at the Miaotou can be said to be one of the best atmospheres in the Qixi Festival Gongtai. The ancient ancestral hall building is decorated with lanterns and colorful colors, and the festive atmosphere is full of prosperity!
Guangren Family School Luogong Temple
Guangren Family School Luogong Temple is located in Hengsha Shuxiang Street. This ancient street of more than 260 meters contains 53 private school halls in the Qing Dynasty. The blue bricks, gray tiles and stone slabs make this old street full of ancient charm.
The annual begging for tribute is mostly held in the Luogong Temple of Guangren’s school. Every year, on the tribute platform of Luogong Temple of Guangren’s family, you must place a plate of golden pineapples, as well as gold baskets and silver baskets arranged on the left and right, representing that this is the Qixi Festival altar of the Luo Family Ancestral Hall.
The Qiaojies in the Queqiao Group of Guangren Family School are very enthusiastic and arranged the small 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, a great-grandson of Zhu Xi, a Song Dynasty Neo-Confucianist who opened the village. The ancestral hall was first built between the Song and Yuan dynasties. It has gone through more than 700 years of storms, but it is still preserved.intact.
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 ancestors, Zhu Xi, a Neo-Confucianist of the Song Dynasty, Zhu Cheng, the ancestor of the Hengsha Zhu Family, and Zhu Family Ancestral Hall.
Since the renovation of Hengsha Zhushi Ancestral Hall in 2000, the villagers of the Zhu family gather here to celebrate the Qiqiao Festival every year. Qiaojie, the largest in the village, is over 90 years old.
Every year, the carousel lanterns of the Zhu Family Temple are very distinctive, and the elegant lanterns contrast with the ancestral hall, making the romantic night of the Qixi Festival even more brilliant.
Every year, Qiaojie will take out their Cinema‘s excellent works and send them to the Huangpu District Cultural Center for exhibition. If you want to see Qiqiao’s works up close, you can visit the Huangpu District Cultural Center!