Folk social fire (taolinping Hualian social fire)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Folk Shehuo (taolinping Hualian Shehuo)

Applicant: Jingxing County, Hebei Province

Project No.: 502

Project No.: Ⅹ - 54

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Hebei Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Jingxing County, Hebei Province

Protection unit: Jingxing County Cultural Center

Introduction to folk social fire (taolinping Hualian social fire)

Applicant: Jingxing County, Hebei Province

Folk fire is a popular self entertainment activity during the Spring Festival, which originated from the ancient land worship and fire god worship. "She" is the God of land, "fire" is the ancestor of fire, is the legendary god of fire. In the history of agriculture based China, land was used for farming, fire for cooking food and heating, both of which are the material basis for people's survival and development. In ancient times, people believed that fire also had "spirit" according to primitive thinking, and worshipped it as a deity with special meaning, thus forming the concept of advocating fire. With the development of society and the improvement of people's cognitive ability, this kind of sacrificial ceremony gradually added the element of entertaining people, and finally formed a large-scale and complex folk entertainment activities.

According to the form of performance, Shehuo can be divided into modeling Shehuo and performing Shehuo. Among them, modeling Shehuo includes cloth Shehuo, back Shehuo, horse Shehuo, car Shehuo, core Shehuo, mountain Shehuo, mask Shehuo and other forms of line-up performance, which mainly shows the figure's modeling and craft; performing Shehuo includes platform Shehuo, stilt Shehuo and other forms, which mainly carries out fighting performance in the courtyard.

The theme of Shehuo is folklore and drama, which shows a story with one or a group of characters. A story is a turn of Shehuo. The characters should draw the face of Shehuo, wear the clothes of Shehuo and hold the torch of Shehuo. Generally speaking, Shehuo's performance is to explore horses in front, followed by Shehuo's flag team, fire blunderbuss team (artillery team), flag team, Shehuo team, and finally gongs and drums team. Reform and opening up has brought new vitality to the folk fire art. Under the new situation, the traditional fire art has been carried forward and become a popular folk cultural activity.

Hualian Shehuo is a folk performance held on the 15th day of the first lunar month in taolinping village, Xiaozuo Town, Jingxing County, Hebei Province. It is said that more than 800 years ago, there was a fierce battle in Jingxing County, where many generals fought hard to defeat the enemy. Later, in order to commemorate the battle, the local people carefully organized and practiced hard. They performed in the form of Hualian Shehuo, which has a history of more than 600 years.

Taolinping Hualian Shehuo shows the fighting scenes in the stories of the Three Kingdoms and Liangshan. There are 16 chapters in total. Each chapter tells a story. One to 15 chapters reflect the fighting experience of the famous generals of the past dynasties. The 16th chapter was created by Zhao Weihai, an old artist in taolinping village. Taolinping Hualian society does not sing or speak. Only by carefully observing the actors' faces and moves can we distinguish the identity of the characters and the content of the story. Taolinping Shehuo actor Wu Yichao, Ming Dynasty Jiajing years was the imperial court as Huanggang escort, so the annual Jingxing zhaozhuangling Huanggang are escorted by taolinping Shehuo, known as "escort Shehuo".

Taolinping Hualian Shehuo has a long history, with peculiar faces, ancient costumes and props, a large team of performers and superb skills. All of these make taolinping Hualian Shehuo an important carrier of Hebei Folk culture inheritance, which has the research value of folklore.