The "lifting pavilion" in Tunbu, also known as "lifting Wang Gong", is a traditional folk activity held by Tunbu Village in Anshun to commemorate Wang Gong's birthday. It began in Huizhou in the Ming Dynasty. With the "garrison troops guarding the border" in the Ming Dynasty, it has been passed down in Tunbu for more than 600 years. According to records, Wang Gong was a famous local official in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, named Wang Hua, from Xiuning, Anhui. He was born on the 18th day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Zhide of Chen Houzhu (586 AD). When Wang Hua was young, he loved reading and learning fencing. He was a retainer. He was both civil and military, and he was an outstanding talent. He started a business in Jinling. In 621 AD, because Emperor Yang of Sui was licentious and immoral, righteous soldiers rose up all over the world. It was difficult for Li Shimin to win the confrontation with the Sui cronies. Wang Gong led dozens of elite cavalrymen to raise the white flag and surrender in the battle, fighting with the Sui army. Li Shimin made a prompt decision and led his army to attack the city. The city was broken and returned to the Tang Dynasty. Wang Gong was then named Duke of Yue. At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Shezhou was hit by famine. Wang Hua borrowed grain from a general and saved everyone and his life, which won the support of local villagers. He died of illness in Chang'an in March of the 23rd year of Zhenguan (649 AD) at the age of 64. The court posthumously named him the loyal and brave Wang Wang, the Duke of Yue in Huizhou Prefecture. At the request of the elders and subjects of his hometown, he was buried in She County, Anhui Province, and a temple was built in Dengyuan for worship, which lasted until the Ming Dynasty. The Wang family in Tunbu has always believed that they are the direct descendants of Wang Ke, the Kaiweilang, and Wang Gong, who conquered the south in the 14th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty. Many Tunbu people have named Wang Hua as an ancestor god, built temples, and worshipped him as a model for Tunbu people who garrisoned the border. Every year in the first month of the new year, many Tunbu villages hold activities to worship Wang Gong, and "lifting Wang Gong" is a major event for Tunbu people. People worship their ancestors and pray for good weather in the coming year. When the Tunbu people carry Wang Gong, they first need to take the statue of Wang Gong out of the Wang Gong Temple and welcome Wang Gong Bodhisattva into a large sedan chair with eight people carrying him. The eight most prestigious people in ancient costumes are selected to carry the sedan chair, and the rest of the people dress up as a guard of honor, ring the gong to clear the way, and go out to the village for a tour. In the team following Wang Gong's parade, there is a guard of honor in front of the sedan chair, ringing the gong to clear the way, holding up a quiet sign, and behind the sedan chair there are waist drum teams, yangko teams, flower teams, local opera teams and other performers following in a mighty manner, surging among the fields and mountains. Moreover, every time Wang Gong arrives at the door of a household, the Tunbu people put offerings on the table, burn paper and incense, and light firecrackers to welcome this ancestor revered by the Tunbu people. After the statue of Wang Gong is carried to the field at the head of the village, people go to worship and pray for blessings, interpreting the mysterious festival life of the Tunbu people from ancient times to the present for 600 years. After the ceremony, the pavilion carrying Wang Gong, escorted by the honor guard, passed through the streets and alleys of the village until four o'clock in the afternoon when it returned to Wang Gong Temple to allow the statue of Wang Gong to return to the deity. Current situation Today, "carrying the pavilion" is one of the most lively annual customs of the Tunbu people, mainly held in Tunbu villages such as Jichangtun, Gouchangtun, and Baojiatun in Anshun. Among them, according to the customary way, Gouchangtun is on the 16th day of the first lunar month, Baojiatun is on the 17th day of the first lunar month, and Jichangtun is on the 18th day of the first lunar month. "Carrying Wang Gong" expresses the good wishes of the Tunbu people to respect benevolence, be kind, pray for blessings and eliminate disasters. On this day, vendors gather, worshippers and tourists crowd the streets and alleys, and it is very lively. (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)