Poyang Zhangwang Temple Fair

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Poyang Zhangwang Temple Fair (the fourth provincial level) Poyang Zhangwang Temple Fair, also known as the God Competition, began in the first year of the Qianyuan Period of the Tang Dynasty (758 AD) and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. It has been passed down orally and passed down from generation to generation. On the eighth day of the first lunar month every year, the "tour" and "visit" (worship mother-in-law) ceremonies of Zhang Wang (Zhang Xun: 709-757 AD) and Liu Mu are held, and the temple fair is held on the fifth day of the eleventh lunar month, which has a strong folk cultural information. After the "Anshi Rebellion" in the Tang Dynasty, the court issued an edict to build "Double Loyalty Temples" across the country to worship Zhang Xun, the King of Jingzhong in the Tang Dynasty, and 36 loyal and righteous soldiers such as Xu Yuan, Nan Jiyun, Lei Wanchun, and Yao Ting. In that year, Yan Zhenqing was appointed as the governor of Raozhou Prefecture. According to the imperial edict, Zhangwang Temple was built on Qinjiashan, the main street of Yongpingguan, Poyang County, the seat of Raozhou. During the Poyang Zhangwang Temple Fair, there are performances on the stage, storytelling, Daijiahe string puppets, folk juggling, and vendors. The opera is Gan opera Raohe tune; storytelling is performed in the form of Poyang fishing drums, and the puppets are performed in the traditional string puppet show mode. There is constant applause from the stage, the storytelling is well-organized, the specialty snacks and department store stalls are doing a booming business, and tourists are bustling and noisy. Zhang Wang and Liu Mu's "outing" and "visiting relatives" consist of two activities: outing and "visiting relatives". The "parade" of Zhang Wang and Liu Mu: as usual, the parade begins with the beating of three gongs, with musical instruments played along the way, waist drums accompanying, and ceremonial guards and sedan chairs arranged in an orderly manner; the parade goes through the streets and alleys, parading for ten miles, which takes up to four hours; residents along the street, neighbors from near and far, onlookers, men, women, old and young worship devoutly and linger; wherever the parade passes, shops and residents set up incense tables in front of their doors, light candles and set off firecrackers to welcome and see off Zhang Wang's "parade". Zhang Xun, Liu's mother and the two princes came to Liu's house to "visit their parents": the activity was centered around paying respects to the mother-in-law. Starting from Zhangwang Temple, they passed through "Banbian Street", East Gate, and Yuebo Gate, turning back into Chaijia Lane, and arrived at Liu's mother's house to perform the "visiting their parents" ceremony according to the etiquette of a Poyang son-in-law to "pay respects to the mother-in-law's family". The Liu family prepared drums and music, incense tables for the "welcoming" and "bride-welcoming" ceremonies. At the same time, a representative of the Liu family made a speech, introducing the historical stories of Zhang Xun and Liu's mother, Zhang Xun's "loyalty and bravery", and Liu's mother's "filial piety", which pushed the "visiting their parents" activity to a climax. The "touring" and "visiting relatives" activities of King Zhang and Liu Mu in the Zhangwang Temple fair in Poyang are a typical form of activity that uses local traditional customs to "proclaim the teachings" and "proclaim loyalty and bravery". It is an ancient and most vivid cultural and historical tradition, an organic component and important representation of national spirit, emotion, history, personality, temperament, cohesion and centripetal force, and a beautiful landscape in the temple fair culture event in the Poyang Lake area.

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