Folk beliefs and customs (birthday of dragon mother in Yuecheng)

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: folk belief and custom

Applicant: Deqing County, Guangdong Province

Item No.: 992

Project No.: Ⅹ - 85

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Guangdong Province

Type: Extension Project

Applicant: Deqing County, Guangdong Province

Protection unit: Deqing County Cultural Center

Introduction to folk belief and custom (Yuecheng Dragon Mother's birthday)

Applicant: Deqing County, Guangdong Province

Yuecheng Dragon Mother's birthday is a traditional folk custom held regularly in Yuecheng Dragon Mother's ancestral temple in Deqing County, Guangdong Province.

Yuecheng Dragon Mother ancestral temple was built in the Qin and Han Dynasties. During the reign of song Xining, the dragon mother was given as Yongji's wife. Now it is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

Every year when Dragon Mother's birthday is from the first day of May to the eighth day of the lunar calendar and dragon mother's Taoist birthday is from the first day of August to the eighth day of the lunar calendar, local people from all walks of life hold grand temple fairs to pray for good luck and blessings, and believers at home and abroad come in an endless stream.

The main contents of dragon mother's birthday include pilgrimage, bathing, changing clothes, offering sacrifices to the filial son of the dragon, offering alms and releasing life, and paying homage to the holy sites.

The project is of great significance for inheriting the fine traditions of the Chinese nation and enhancing the cohesion of the Chinese nation. It also has the research value of religion, folklore and history.