Lantern Festival (Hakka boat singing custom in southern Jiangxi)

Jiangxi
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The custom of boat singing in southern Jiangxi is a sacrificial activity that was popular in ancient my country for the purpose of exorcising ghosts and epidemics, warding off disasters and praying for blessings. It is a comprehensive reflection of the ancestors' natural worship, totem worship and witchcraft consciousness, and a cultural complex that integrates multiple religions, folk customs and folk art. It embodies the behavioral norms, life systems, beliefs and customs of the village community, and a symbolic system that organically integrates the order structure of rural daily life through various rituals. As a "living" culture and an extension of history, it is always in interaction with society, and survives and develops in interaction, thus having an important impact on the cultural life of the village community, enabling local culture to be inherited and recreated. The accumulation of village traditions is also in such a reconstruction that leaves the mark of the times. It has come from ancient times and has lasted for thousands of years. Only because of its long history, it shows the complexity of this "exorcising evil and epidemic" sacrificial ritual. Singing the boat, as a sacrificial activity for the purpose of exorcising disasters and praying for blessings, has come from ancient times and has lasted for thousands of years. Lingtian, as a traditional "living culture" and an extension of history, it is always in the five movements of society, and survives and develops in the interaction. We believe that the traditional folk activities of "Hengjia Hegu" that embody the Hakka people's wishes to drive away disasters and pray for a better life will continue to be popular along with the revival of Chinese national culture! (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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