Hundreds of years of precipitation to create Foshan culture
CinemaOn April 7, the gongs and drums and music in front of the Foshan Ancestral Temple were roaring, and the annual Beidi Festival kicked off. Spring Festival ceremony, Northern Emperor tour, reciprocating gods and singing operas… This ancient building ancestral temple, which has been passed down for thousands of years, is filled with citizens who come to pray for blessings.
“Understanding the history of the ancestral temple is equivalent to understanding most of the history of Foshan.” In the view of Ling Jian, director of the Ancestral Temple Museum, as a national key cultural relic protection unit, the ancestral temple is known as the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”. It not only displays many precious works of art, but also the spiritual belief of Foshan people and the soul of Foshan.
Produced by the Foshan Press Station Planner Xie Hong and Li Cheng
Text/Jinyang.com Reporter Ouyang Zhiqiang Photo/Ancestral Temple Museum, Foshan Archives
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The Northern Emperor first came before the KomiksThe KomiksThe Ancestral TempleKomiks
During the Yuanfeng period of the Northern Song Dynasty (1078-1085Cinema). In the past thousand years, this building has undergone many renovations and expansions and finally becomes the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”. “When it comes to the ancestral temple, we have to mention the Northern Emperor. There is the Northern Emperor first and then the ancestral temple.” Liang Guocheng, an expert committee member of the Foshan Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center, said that the Northern Emperor in the ancestral temple is called the Water God in Taoism. Because Foshan is located in the water network area, it was often affected by typhoons and floods in the past. Komiks‘s farming has a great impact and people’s lives are miserable. So Komiks, the Foshan people specially invited the protector Beidi to pray that the water god would give water (Cinema means to regulate water volume), and the weather will be good for the year.
After the demise of the Southern Song Dynasty, a large number of Central Plains gentry moved to Foshan, Lingnan, bringing advanced technologies such as culture and smelting in the Central Plains. At that time, Foshan Town relied on the transportation of rivers such as Dongping River and became an important town for light industry, becoming one of the most economically developed regions at that time, equivalent to Shanghai today.
“Relying on water transportation, Foshan people have a good life,ef=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema The folk belief of the Northern Emperor made the people at that time taste the sweetness. “Liang Guocheng said that at that time, considering that the Northern Emperor was a faith passed down from Foshan folk ancestors, a large-scale temple was built on the original basis. The Ancestral Temple in the early Ming Dynasty became the largest Taoist temple in southern China at that time.
Komiks Liang Guocheng believed that the faith of the Northern Emperor represented the spirit of Foshan people. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Cinema state, as the saying goes, “There are gods three feet above your head.” Foshan people are very simple, especially abiding by the rules, and pay special attention to commercial credit. The faith of the Northern Emperor is the root left by Foshan people from generation to generation. This mental state produces Foshan culture and is passed down from generation to generation.
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Wanfutai creates acoustic miracle
Wanfutai in the ancestral temple is the oldest and best preserved ancient stage in South China. There is a wide stone paving site in front of the stage, and two-story long corridors on the east and west sides are for viewing dramas. Liang Guocheng said that the predecessor of Wanfutai was Huafengtai, which was built in the 15th year of Shunzhi in the early Qing Dynasty. It was updated on the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan is named Wanfutai (the following is “Wanfutai”).
In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the first Cantonese opera guild was established at the Qionghua Hall on the bank of the Fenjiang River in Foshan. Since the mid-Qing Dynasty, all Cantonese opera troupes have gone to Wanfutai to perform first every time they go out to perform. Please read the Northern Emperor. Babaylan to see if the level is qualified, it is equivalent to a smooth and smooth performance.
“After the years of precipitation, Wanfutai has become an authoritative and sacred stage for Cantonese opera. Only after withstanding the censorship of the Northern Emperor can the troupe make a living, otherwise it will not be qualified. “Liang Guocheng found that the stage of Wanfu Platform was facing the bronze statue of Beidi, which was 2.07 meters high, and the distance between the eyes and feet in the bronze statue of Beidi was also 2.07 meters, and the bronze statue was pedestal of 1.6 meters. Generally speaking, the performers on the stage were just facing Beidi’s eyes, which indicated that Beidi was reviewing his performance, so the performers would perform more attentively.
Liang Guocheng said that some people would think this is superstition, but in modern times, not only Guangdong, but also the most popular Cantonese opera masters in the world started by stepping onto the stage of Wanfu Platform, as long as CinemaI am engaged in Cantonese opera. Everyone wants to perform at Wanfu Station. When it comes to Wanfu Station, no one dares to blaspheme.
Wanfutai, which has more than 300 years of history and is decorated with brilliant wood carvings, stands majestic. In Liang Guocheng’s view, its architectural art is also very sophisticated. Liang Guocheng said that in 2020, a musician from Guangzhou came to Wanfu Station to perform and said that the sound effect of Komiks is better without electronic amplifiers. Later, the professional team found that the architectural design of the entire Wanfu Station is a sound field structure, with the sound from Wanfu Station to the two corridors on both sides, and then to the Lingying Archway, forming a natural overall three-dimensional surround sound echo wall. Even the people in the last row can clearly listen to the sound, ensuring excellent performance sound effects. Liang Cinema Guocheng pointed out that the ancients created an acoustic miracle without modern technological means. Unfortunately, people nowadays like to use loudspeakers to bury the advanced nature of WanfuKomiks station.
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Repair and protection of cultural relics is still the focus
“Understanding the history of the ancestral temple is equivalent to understanding most of the history of Foshan.” Ling Jian, director of the Ancestral Temple Museum, said that the precious culture accumulated by hundreds of years of history must be protected and promoted. Over the years, his work has focused on the repair and protection of cultural relics, the improvement of cultural connotations, the development of cultural and creative products, and the streamlining of management systems. As a key base for carrying Foshan martial arts lion awakening, the Huang Feihong Memorial Hall and the Ye Komiks Hall were both built in 2001. In 2018, the Ancestral Temple Museum successfully combined modern technology with historical culture and completed the upgrading and renovation projects of the two venues. likeToday, visitors can learn the routines of Hongquan martial arts in the Huang Feihong Kung Fu action sound and photoelectric playroom, play with Lingnan lions in human-computer interactive games, and learn Wing Chun moves in the Mu Renchun interactive experience area.
Now the thousand-year-old ancestral temple has a new look – the Northern Emperor’s birthday is empty alleys, the children gather together with their pen gifts, the Cantonese rhyme on Wanfu Platform is melodious, the Lingnan lion show is wonderful, the “Foshan Youyou” cultural and creative products make the cultural relics “live”… Ling Jian said that the ancient building complex of the Ancestral Temple Museum, known as the “Palace of Oriental Folk Art”, has the typical characteristics of the Pearl River Delta and is a landmark building that shows Foshan’s rich historical and cultural heritage.
For such a representative building complex, CinemaBabaylanThe Ancestral Temple Museum spares no effort to protect ancient buildings. In 2010, after completing three years of comprehensive repairs and external environment transformation that cost more than 30 million yuan, the entire ancestral temple ancient building complex was safer and more stable, beautiful, and blooming with the brilliant brilliance of the past. During the renovation process, the ancestral temple insists on repairing the old as it is, respecting traditional techniques, such as replacing the commonly used chemical pigments in modern times with traditional mineral pigments and re-coloring the gray plastic, and restoring large amounts of wood components and ceramic plastic restoration are the same.
In addition, the “Chongzheng Shexue” site display protection project is underway. These repairs and protections are all about replacing the old appearance of the ancestral temple buildings on the premise of respecting history, and also allowing Lingnan architectural culture to be protected, preserved and continued to develop. Ling Jian said that the museum’s primary task is not only to repair and protect the ancient building complex of the ancestral temple, but also to deeply explore, organize, research and publicize the profound historical culture of the ancestral temple, and at the same time better pass on the intangible cultural heritage of the Foshan ancestral temple. “This is also one of our important missions.”