"The culture along the river is full of vitality, and the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage is vivid." On March 8, the tourist stamp that spent half a month along the river sea They reluctantly set off on the return journey with their families. For half a month, they have experienced different Tujia culture along the river.

During the Spring Festival this year, in order to create a happy and peaceful atmosphere for the Spring Festival, excavate and inherit the excellent intangible cultural heritage along the river, and display the optimistic and enterprising spirit of the Tujia people in the new era, the Riverside Autonomous County held the activity of "Exploring the Ancient Sizhou, Celebrating the New Year with Joy -- Cultural Welcome of the 'Seven Day Exhibition of Intangible Cultural Heritage' along the river", which attracted many intangible cultural heritage projects, such as Foreign tourists like Zhang Hai come to celebrate the festival.

As a centralized exhibition of the intangible cultural heritage project of Tujia nationality along the river, this exhibition was selected by the towns (streets) of the county according to their local characteristics. From the 9th day of the first month of 2024 to the 15th day of the first month of 2024, there will be one to two performances of intangible cultural heritage projects with different contents every day for seven consecutive days. Each performance activity will be independently planned, hosted and performed by the relevant towns, It fully mobilized the enthusiasm of literary and art workers in villages and towns to participate, and effectively improved the protection awareness and love of folk intangible cultural heritage inheritors for the excellent traditional culture of their own nation.

Dragon lantern, lion lantern, flower lantern, horse lantern, fried dragon, river lantern, Tujia folk song, Tujia hand waving dance, Tujia slip, Tujia Maogusi dance, Tujia Nuotang opera, Tujia magic show and other wonderful intangible cultural heritage projects are staged in turn, with rich and colorful contents, which makes people dizzy. A Chongqing photographer who came here specially sighed after watching the Tujia Chuzi performance, but he did not expect that such an ancient and beautiful traditional culture could be preserved along the river, which is really amazing.

The Lantern Festival is the traditional festival that Tujia people attach most importance to, commonly known as the "Super New Year". There is a local tradition of "30 night fire, 15 night lights". On February 24, the whole county was almost deserted, and residents also joined the huge parade of Lantern Festival, starting from the county government square along Binjiang Avenue to Sizhou Square located in Youxi Street. In the procession, trombone team, suona team, dragon lantern team, lion lantern team, flower lantern team, waist drum team, waving dance team, etc. performed while walking. The masses and tourists raised their thumbs and said: "I have not seen such a lively Lantern Festival for many years.".

In Sizhou Square, in addition to the Dragon Dance and Lion Dance and Nuo Opera, there was also a fire show and a magnificent fireworks show performed by many people at the same time, which ignited the warm atmosphere of the Lantern Festival and made the whole audience boiling.

In addition to a series of cultural performances of intangible cultural heritage, the "Lantern Festival celebration along the river, riddle guessing, and appreciation of intangible cultural heritage cultural garden activities" jointly sponsored by the County Federation of Trade Unions, the Communist Youth League Committee, the County Women's Federation, and the Tujia Studies Research Association of the County Federation of Literary and Art Circles are also wonderful, with nearly 3000 riddles covering astronomy, geography, humanities, national culture and other related contents, so that people can increase their knowledge in laughter and laughter; Nearly 3000 prizes set off a Spring Festival Carnival. Rows of colored lights made of Wujiang poems and songs are hung on trees, and the blessing bag lights are refreshing; The special recitation performance of the county speech recitation association makes people stop and listen; The water screen movie and music fountain on the square are amazing. In addition, there are other art works exhibitions, such as "Famous Calligraphy Works Exhibition", "Nuotang Opera Works Exhibition", "Tujia Bark Painting Works Exhibition", "Tujia Paper Cutting (New Year pictures) Works Exhibition", "Tujia Pen Painting Works Exhibition", "Tujia Landscape Painting Works Exhibition", etc.

An old teacher who visited the garden praised: "This year's Lantern Festival is not only a happy year for the common people, but also a colorful cultural year."

Article/Zhao Xiangkang, reporter of Guizhou Daily Tianyan News

Editor/Liu Lichao

Second instance/Yao Man

Third instance/Huang Wei