"Shuangfeng Dance" dancing weaving industry

Qingyuan, also known as “Fengcheng”, has “fungic traces” to be found all over the country. It has accumulated a rich “Feng” culture and formed its own unique customs. In Dunkeng Village, Dubu Town, Yangshan, a folk dance named “Shuangfeng Dance” is circulated. When the festival is festive, the local people dance the “Phoenix” woven from bamboo poles to flute, gongs and drums. The tribute and other soundtracks add fun to singing, dancing and dancing in the village. They pray for good luck and welcome Xiangfu Nafu.

Speaking of the origin of "Shuangfeng Dance", local villagers told a beautiful legend.

According to legend, in the ancient village, there was a crystal clear river in the village. The river was rich with vegetation and there was a lush plane tree on the hillside. One day, a pair of colorful phoenix suddenly descended from heaven and settled in the sycamore forest. They sometimes resonate with each other in the tree, and sometimes both are more like each other, sometimes playing with each other and playing with each other, and sometimes they dance under the tree. The audience is all amazing.

Since ancient times, the Chinese believed that the phoenix was the bird of the day, the god of perfection, beauty, supremeness, and sacredness. Phoenix naturally became the object of worship. The news quickly spread from the village to the ear of the county official. After hearing this vision, the county official was exclaimed first and then remembered: Why not look for the opportunity to catch this bird and return it to the emperor and give it to the emperor?

The county official then took the sedan and saw the phoenix perched on a plane tree. He took care of his mind and recruited skilled players to set up all sorts of decoys around the phoenix. However, this dual-colored phoenix is ​​of an extraordinary nature. No matter how hunters lure them for more than one month, they are indifferent, ignorant, and finally fly away from the trees. Seeing that the phoenix had left, this official lamented his lament and the rounding plan could only be stopped.

On the next day, a cowboy in the village put cattle near the river, blew a flute on the back of the cow, and heard the melodious flute. This double-colored phoenix actually flew back, accompanied by a whistle and a whistle. The shepherd boy then took the bouquet and moved forward to tease it. A pair of colorful phoenixes danced with the shepherd boy and the scene was amazing.

Happily, in a year of favorable weather and abundant harvests, the villagers said that the Phoenix is ​​an auspicious bird that brought them a harvest. So someone made a dogger: "The phoenix flew to my nest, and the shepherd boy played the flute and fell downhill, ushered in a good harvest, and the happiness of both the country and the people was good."

Since then, people regard the Phoenix as a symbol of good fortune and hope that the phoenix is ​​always there and the harvest is always on the way. In order to hold this wish, the villagers took bamboo cuttings and woven a pair of phoenixes with green tea. They used colorful colorful cloths to dress them up in various colors. They were complemented by instruments such as flute, gongs, drums, and trifles. The block depicts the mahogany brand “Wind Weather, Good Country, Safe Life” and “Five Grains and Strong Lives”. One person took the box to lead the way and danced the Shuangfeng to go to the village to cross the village and go door to door to pray for good luck and exorcism. Yingxiang Nafu .

Now Qingyuan has been dancing “Shuangfeng Dance” through festive celebrations. Every household has begun to weave a variety of phoenixes and weaving more arts and crafts through this. Now Qingyuan has been driven by the “Shuangfeng Dance”. The development of the weaving handicraft industry has promoted the Chinese weaving culture.