On April 28, www.taiwan.com.cn, "Huatai floats compete with each other, and Taoists from Liangxu Township are surging. They hate the separation of great saints, and they will come back with sour legs." On April 26 (the 18th lunar month), Xuecheng Village, Chunxi Street, Gaochun District, Nanjing held a grand "Huatai Festival" in Xuecheng, where the troupe sang for five days in a row, and the "Dragon Singing Car" in Changle Village also continued to travel for three days simultaneously. Taiwan compatriots and villagers in Nanjing were invited to visit, and the scene was beaming.
Xuecheng "Huatai Fair" is an intangible cultural heritage in Jiangsu Province. It was first held during the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, and was last held in 2008. The flower terrace is made according to the model of the Golden Palace. There are railings more than half a meter high around the mouth of the terrace, and various color pictures of drama characters are hung. In the middle, there are three stars of clay statues of happiness, wealth and longevity; The four columns erected in Taichung are embossed with gold flowers; On the top of the platform are colorful paintings hanging in rows; At the top of the desk, the paper is used to tie the hollowed out color screen with couplets, which are painted with "Double Dragons Playing with Pearl", "December Flower God" and other patterns, called "Five Color Frame".
With a history of 1300 years, the "Dragon Singing Car" is also a provincial intangible cultural heritage. It is reported that its origin can be traced back to the Tang Dynasty. It imitates the tour car taken by Li Longji and Yang Guifei, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, when they went on a spring outing, and has formed the tradition of singing a play together with Changlu to carry the dragon and Xuecheng Huatai.
On the "Dragon Singing Car" trip, people opened the way in front, and people guarded the car behind. Along the way, a series of traditional cultural projects such as centipede flag, pavilion lifting, flower basket picking, clam fairy dance, and Buddha walking were performed repeatedly, which made the Taiwanese on the scene call it "eye opening". "What we see is the lively atmosphere and what we taste is the cultural feelings." Huang Lijia, a Taiwan compatriot who was invited to visit Chun, said that he has been doing business in Nanjing for more than 30 years and has participated in many cultural exchanges to promote the integration and development of the two sides of the Taiwan Straits. This activity not only saw the beautiful side of Gaochun's economic development and urban construction, but also experienced the traditional intangible cultural heritage folk culture. The compatriots on both sides of the Straits are the same language, and they are a family with constant abandon. I hope that in the future, we can strengthen exchanges and contacts, jointly promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture, build a common spiritual home, and achieve the spiritual harmony of compatriots on both sides of the Straits. (Jointly reported by www.taiwan.cn and the Taiwan Affairs Office of Nanjing)
