Wuning Opera Fire (the third batch of provincial level) Opera Fire was originally a ritual to drive away the epidemic in ancient times. Wuning originated from the folk "Opera Fire" is also called "Singing Nuo Songs". "Putting Opera Fire" was recorded in the literature as starting from 1830 in the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. Wuning folk opera fire was initially based on the surname and the Bodhisattva worshipped by the character court as the worship center. With the evolution of history, it has been integrated with hero worship, ancestor worship, loyalty, filial piety, chastity, and heroic women. At the beginning of the first month of each year, under the leadership of the clan leader or the principal, the members of the character court wear their respective worshipped Nuo masks, red and green, and gather in the order of the local gun team, the road-opening god, the umbrella, the flag tent, the Nuo emperor, the local god, the high song, the swing, and the stilt team to hold the opera fire. "Opera Fire" brings together various folk art performances such as acting, singing, dancing, and playing. Among them, Gaoqu is in the form of a pavilion, but it is divided into three types: iron tune, paper tune, and miscellaneous tune. Iron tune is about boys and girls dressed up in legendary stories, standing on an iron frame; paper tune is made of bamboo strips and paper paste to tell various opera stories; miscellaneous tune is about bumper harvests, prosperous livestock, and peace and prosperity for the country and the people. "The opera community fire is still passed down in various places in Wuning. Wuning Opera Community Fire originated from primitive witch dance. From the ancient totem worship, to the Nuo god Fangxiang before the Tang Dynasty, and later to the various Nuo gods worshipped in Jiangxi during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the folk Nuo belief consciousness of exorcising evil spirits and praying for peace has gradually developed from the illusory deification concept to a more specific character type. This development and change shows that the belief in the gods of Wuning Opera Community Fire is not permanent. With the development of the times and the changes in social figures, people use the opera community fire as a spiritual sustenance and comfort, and pray for peace and well-being. A psychological reflection. In the Ming Dynasty, Wuning Opera Society Fire included the three sons of Gaoyang, Fang Xiang, the King of Western Chu, Xiang Yu, the golden-armored general Ouyang Huang, Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, as well as Chi You from ancient times, Huang Feihu, the great emperor of Tianqi Rensheng in the East, and Yue Fei, a famous general who fought against the Jin Dynasty in the Southern Song Dynasty. The most local character is the heroic act of Wang Yuzhen (who was granted the title of Baozong Yuanjun Shengmu), the virtuous wife of Xiong Zida (the Minister of War) from Luxi, Wuning County, who sacrificed her life to save her husband in the fifth year of Zhenghe in the Song Dynasty. She was regarded as a loyal and brave god by later generations. The above gods are all heroes of the nation, meritorious officials of society and heroes. The idols that created a peaceful and prosperous era and relied on to exorcise demons. The "Culture Chapter" of the 1982 edition of "Wuning County Annals" records the "Yongbu Bamboo Branch Poems" by Li Weigang, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, which describes "The villages in the first month of the year welcome the Nuo early, and the children decorate to learn to dance. After the golden drums and the inlaid inlays take turns, the Lantern Festival lanterns are passed from door to door." It can be seen that Wuning Opera Fire was very popular in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Before the founding of New China, Wuning Opera Fire was based on surnames, and was held every 20 years. The event was generally held in the second month of the lunar calendar before the spring planting. It was hosted by the Seventh Brother and Thirteenth Surname of Shimen Town (i.e. The ancestors of the various surnames (Zhang, Xiong, Liu, Zhao, Hu, Luo, Zou, Jiang, Zhu, Ao, Xu, Xiao, and Ding) raised funds and made unified plans. The event lasted 2-3 days and toured 9 townships and 13 communities in Xiu and Wu counties, covering an area of tens of kilometers. This kind of large-scale worship activity, which spared no expense and gathered tens of thousands of people, was widely practiced among the people of Wuning. According to the records of the ninth year of Tongzhi in Wuning County (1870), "After the elder Zhang Weichu, a descendant of Yuhu Gong Linsheng Zhang Jinshan, initiated the renovation of the Nuoye Temple in Shimen, with the rise of the Zhang surname Nuo, the Nuo god Jinjia General became the god worshipped by the seven brothers and thirteen surnames in the Shimen area. "Nuo cases are set up in Zhongcun, Aoxia, Jiutiao of Shimen, Huangshagang of Chuantan, and Shuangxi of Luxi. In particular, Aoxia of Shimen built the Sun Temple as early as 1870. The village still has more than a dozen opera and fire art artists and historical witnesses such as original gongs, drums, song books, and props. In 2004, Shimenlou excavated and sorted out the art of opera and fire art and formed an opera and fire art performance team. More than 20 inheritors have been trained. In recent years, the team has organized and participated in large-scale folk art performances in the county many times. Therefore, Wuning opera and fire art has achieved new development. In June 2008, it was included in the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative list.