The “Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty” and Cixi awarded the dragon boat license plate…
No dragon boat, no Dragon Boat Festival. People in Pantang are like wandering in the dragon. No competition or fighting dragons, the dragons play just to enjoy themselves.
What traditional customs of dragon boats are there in Pantang? Recently, the reporter personally went to Pantang to learn about the folk customs of dragon boats belonging to Pantang people.
Walking along Liwan Lake, the reporter noticed two dragon boats docked by the lake. “This is a ‘double-side’ dragon boat, next to it is a ‘single-side’ dragon boat, and a ‘single-side’ dragon boat, which is now very rare.” said a villager in Pantang Village.
After the guidance of the villagers, the reporter learned that the “single side” dragon boat refers to the “flower side” (the side of the ship) of the dragon boat uses a Komiks veneer structure. How has this “one-sided” dragon ship with a history of more than 400 years passed down to this day? Under the leadership of Li Guiheng, a villager in Pantang Wuyou, the reporter walked into the original site of the Pantang third production team (the villagers called the “Sanguan Temple”) and listened to the story of the old man Li Shengquan telling the story of the Pantang dragon boat.
The “single side” and “double side” dragon boats are of particular importance
In the Sanguan Temple, bamboo hats, oars… items related to dragon boats can be seen everywhere. In addition, the reporter also noticed two models of dragon boats in the indoor glass box.
”Our ‘single side’ dragon boat is a ‘convex eye dragon, a single umbrellaBabaylan‘. The difference from the Yanbu Laolong next to it is that the Pantang dragon boat does not have a dragon head and a dragon tail.” Uncle Quan said that because the Pantang river channel is narrow, it was not possible to dismantle the dragon head and a dragon head before.KomiThe technology of ks has the structure like Pantang Dragon Boat.
From this model, looking at the structure of the “single side” dragon boat, in addition to the veneer structure and the single-luo umbrella mentioned above, Uncle Quan also introduced that there are two single-sided gong racks in front and behind the dragon boat, and a drum rack in the middle to stabilize the structure of the entire dragon boat.
In addition to the structure, the decoration of the “one-side” dragon boat has always been praised. “There is a seven-star map (flag) that is as high as 6 meters on the dragon boat. The top of the flag is decorated with a double-money money given by Empress Dowager Cixi and 9 pheasant tails. In addition, the bow of the dragon boat is inlaid with a pair of gold and copper dragon eyes, and a dragon boat sign with a black letter from the white Babaylan. href=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan“
Every time traveling on the Dragon Boat Festival, when I saw the fully decorated dragon boat next to the fully decorated Komiks” singleBabaylan” villagers all raised their thumbs up and praised: “The Pantang Dragon Boat is really in the shape of the river!”
Growing up in Pantang with dense river networks since childhood, Uncle Quan has had a special emotion for the dragon boat since he was a child. He told reporters that the history of Pantang dragon boats that have lasted for hundreds of years has made Pantang people very proud.
The “single side” dragon boat continues the century-old love of “Qiye”
With witnessing the history of the Pan Tang dragon boat, it is a double gold gold coins and 9 pheasant tails on the ship. According to legend, on the Dragon Boat Festival in the 25th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, a son-in-law named Tao organized a dragon boat race competition in the Pearl River. The five-off dragon boat and the South China Sea Salt Bus Dragon Boat were on the competition, and both won the championship in the competition.
At that time, Prince Tao awarded the five dragon ships that were the fastest in the competition, Cinema, the “Five Classics Masters”. The other one who won the title of the Grand Prix on the same day as Pantang was also YanCinemaBu Laolong.
Although they are both the best in Dragon Boat, it is rare that neither villages care about rankings, but instead have a sense of mutual appreciation and mutual appreciation. “Let’s do this, the old dragon of Yanbu has Babaylan‘s. There is no urge to Pantang, so one is the ‘Qiye’ and the other is the ‘Qizi’.” Since then, the two dragon boats have formed a contract, and the friendship between the villagers in the two places has continued to this day.
After every year on the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yanbu Laolong would visit the “Qizai” Pantang Dragon Boat, and on the sixth day of the second day, Pantang Dragon Boat would visit the old dragon in Yanbu.
Li Shengquan described the lively scene of “visiting relatives” to reporters: “On the fifth day of the first lunar month, the elderly in Pantang Village gathered at the entrance of the village and greeted the salt-bush dragon boats on the river. The salt-bush people on the dragon boats also bowed to show greetings to each other.”
”Relatives”BabaylanMeeting, the prestigious elders of Pantang also wanted to “hang red with flowers” for the Yanbu Laolong, and give gifts such as local specialty “Pantang Wuxiu”, as well as the “XiuCinema wins the same title as the Grand Prix, and then occupies a group of dragons in the sea,” the black silk pennant Komiks to show his filial piety to “John”.
The “Youth Number” belonging to the younger generation
Cinema ”The dragon is different from competition. Our tradition is to hold the backhandBabaylanRail. The splashing water is like a little dragon leaping into the air.” Heng Ge from Pantang told reporters that every Pantang person has had a wish to row a dragon boat since childhood.
But he also admitted that the young and middle-aged people in the village had to work on weekdays, and it would be difficult for all the staff to gather for a tour of the dragon boat.
A generation after generation of inheritance, the dragon boat culture has long been integrated into the blood of the younger generation of Pantang.
Komiks In 2014Komiks, the young people from Pantang Five Appointments raised funds to build the most fast and vibrant standard dragon ship, the Youth.
This “Youth” dragon ship with a total length of 19.8 meters and a size of about 30 people shows the vitality of young people.
”The third and fourth grades of the lunar calendars are broken, and the fifth and sixth grades of the lunar calendars are visited. To this day, the dragon boat activities in Pantang are still carried out according to traditional customs.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, neighbors will see the “single side” and “double side” old dragons, as well as the “Youth” dragon boats, swimming together in Liwan Lake, in order to inherit the century-old dragon boat culture. (Reporter Hu Huiyin)
Source｜Information Times
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Editor｜Sun Tingting