February 22, 1994 (the thirteenth day of the first lunar month) is destined to be another grand and lively day for Liantang Village, a beautiful and joyful day, a day of spring breeze, and an unforgettable day;

On this day, the hard-bottomed avenue leading from Liantang Village to the village cannon site (that is, the site where the cannon is burned on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month every year) was completed and opened to traffic;

On this day, the venue of the Liantang Artillery Festival was completed;

On this day, the annual cannon burning ceremony in Liantang Village was held here;

On this day, the general's hometown became more and more lively and dazzling!

On this day, the Liantang Cannon Festival was recorded in history as a thousand-autumn event of Chinese folk customs!

Red color table, red fireworks, red color balls, red flags, red flowers, red clothes, red like fire, red like the sea, more gorgeous, more elegant, more embraced, more beautiful!

It's a time of great excitement! Gongs and drums are noisy, drums are played in unison, lions are dancing, firecrackers are sounding, colorful flags are fluttering, everyone's face is full of happy smiles, a joyful scene. In the midst of the singing, the melody was passionate, when Mr. Liang Shirong, chairman of the Township Sage Council of Liantang Village and head of Liantang Village, Tiantian Town, wore the "Tang costume" costume of the Chinese nation, and stepped into the main venue of the fort with great energy, the audience resounded with long-lasting applause and cheers.

This applause and cheers are the affirmation, gratitude and support for the work done by Mr. Liang Shirong since he returned to his hometown to become the chairman of the Township Sage Council and the village head!

In the warm applause, Mr. Liang Shirong solemnly announced that the local Liantang Cannon Meeting, which is bigger than the New Year and more lively than the New Year, has officially begun!

At this moment, the sonorous voice suddenly spread all over the scene of the Liantang Cannon Festival and spread all over the land of Liantang!

At this moment, the cannons roared, applause rang out, cheers rang out, resounded through the clouds, resounded through the inner cave, resounded through the heavens, and resounded through the emerging great rivers and mountains.

At this moment, the Liantang Flower Cannon will "grab the Flower Cannon" to declare to the world!

At this moment, the Liantang Cannon Festival "grabbing the flower cannon" has become a wonder in the history of Chinese folk customs.

The flower cannon, known as the "burning cannon" by the locals, has been in Paradise Town of XX County since ancient times. According to the oldest man in the village, over 90 years old, Uncle Leung, he has been involved in this activity every year since he was a child. He said that the custom of burning cannons probably originated in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, at least a few hundred years ago.

The day of cannon burning in the countryside of heaven is also the time to worship the gods. The villagers sacrificed chickens, pork, and fruits, and used them to worship their ancestors and the land. Land, also known as the earth god, the land god, the shrine god, the shrine lord. "The Legend of the Ram" says, "The society is also the lord of the land." Hence the name of the land. The god of the land is the god who guards the place and is responsible for protecting the safety of the party. The land loads and grows all things, and people worship it, on the one hand, it is a feeling of admiration, worship and gratitude, and on the other hand, it is also a prayer for the future to eliminate disasters and diseases, good fortune, good weather, and a rich life.

After worshipping the ancestors and the land gods, the next "sacred mission" is to burn the cannon.

In some places in the countryside of Paradise in XX County, there are two types of cannons: one is fixed on the ninth day of the first lunar month. This custom is also related to the worship of the gods and the making of Jiao. Folklore has it that the ninth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, and on this day, people use fast fruit and tea to pay homage to the Jade Emperor. For large-scale sacrifices, altars are also set up, firecrackers are set off, gongs and drums are beaten, music is played, and trumpets are blown during worship, and the scene is very enthusiastic.

After the worship is over, activities such as "going to the knife mountain", "going down to the sea of fire", and "grabbing flowers and cannons" will be held. The so-called "Knife Mountain" is to climb a wooden knife ladder, and a number of special knives are installed on the ladder. "To go down to the sea of fire" is to burn charcoal on the ground and walk barefoot over the coals. Those who can "go up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire" symbolize bravery, tenacity, and fearlessness of hardships and dangers, and also place people's wishes to eliminate disasters. "Grab the flower cannon" is to put the cannon ring into the cannon in advance, and the cannon ring that bounces up after ignition falls from a high altitude, and people scramble, meaning to grab good luck. The village where the winner is located regards the cannon ring as a holy relic and carefully worships it, saying that it can protect the clansmen and ensure the safety of the villagers, and life will get better and better.

There are generally relatively fixed dates for the grabbing of fireworks in various places, which are carried out on a certain day in the second month of the first lunar month. Different villages and communities have different times when guns are fired. Some are held on the 12th and 13th of the first month before the Lantern Festival, some on the 16th, 18th or 20th of the first month, and at the latest on the second and fourth days of the second lunar month. Heaven's flower snatchers are generally arranged on the twentieth day of the first lunar month. Liantang Village is held on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, "burning cannons" has actually become a customary folk festival for the people of Liantang. Every year on this day, every family has to hold a family banquet to entertain the married daughter and other relatives and friends. Running a family banquet is not complicated, there are generally chicken, duck and fish, and then a few dishes can be fried. Such as shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, broccoli, snow peas, vegetable cores, sauerkraut, mushrooms, etc. The "sour" Cantonese dialect has the same sound as "sun", and the mushrooms with sprouts are metaphors for the full house of children and grandchildren, and Ding is prosperous.

The place where Liantang Village burns the cannons this year is located in an open area of the venue of the Liantang Fireworks Festival, and the venue is covered with red carpet and planted with colorful flags, which is very magnificent. People came from all over the world, in several layers. In this batch and wave of people, there were both those who came to help and those who watched the battle. Among them, there are many young men and women with cameras, ready to freeze the enthusiastic scene of snatching fireworks. There are also many uncles and grandmothers in their sixties and seventies, young parents with young children in their arms, really men, women and children, all out together. There were 108,000 people who came to watch the fireworks. Mr. Ni, who returned to his hometown from other places to work, said that he had lived to be in his 40s and had visited countless firecracker grabbing activities, but he had never seen such a "big battle" this year.

A 99-year-old Uncle Ni in the village was eager to witness the grand occasion of burning cannons this year, so with the support of his granddaughter, Uncle Ni came to the vicinity of the artillery meeting site despite the inconvenience of walking, and looked at the wide artillery avenue affectionately, the scene of the artillery meeting, the row of fireworks placed on the artillery meeting venue, and the bridge arch across the sky on the artillery stage. Laughing so comfortably, so sweet, so relieved and happy, his cloudy eyes were suddenly filled with blurred tears. For a long time, the old man cocked his thumb and kept muttering: Really...... It's really a good fight...... Frame...... Posture, I've been born for more than 90 years, and I've never seen such a "big battle", it's really powerful...... Whew! Second...... Yajiu (Mr. Liang Shirong's milk name)) is so good! Back again...... Make my village beautiful enough...... At a glance, death is over...... At that moment, the old man's granddaughter cried. Gently, the granddaughter knelt beside the old man and carefully wiped the tears for her grandfather...... At this moment, the sun in the early spring afternoon sprinkled red on the old man's face and body, warm, like a magnificent oil painting, frozen into a vivid picture.

At 3:30 p.m., the firing began. The firecrackers are uniformly made. When firing a cannon, the ring (made of metal or rattan) is first loaded into the cannon. With the commander's order, the gunner lit the cannon with incense, and immediately heard a loud "boom", and the cannon circle rose into the air, and then fell from the sky. The people who grabbed the gun circle first looked intently into the air, and the moment the gun circle fell, people rushed up. The one who grabs the cannon circle, after it is raised high, others are not allowed to snatch it again, and the victory belongs to him. The winner will quickly run to the host and receive a big red envelope. The reward amount is generally more than 100 yuan, and the more can reach thousands of yuan.

Of all the fireworks, the first cannon is the most solemn, and the winner is not only revered by the people, but also proud of it, which indicates good luck for the year.

After the cannon was fired, the fireworks grabbing activity came to an end. After the crowd of onlookers dispersed, the host continued to organize the procession, beat gongs and drums, play joyful music, and carry the cannon ring and mirror screen to the home of the winner of the first cannon. The winner needs to kill the chicken to worship the heaven and earth and the ancestors after 3 days, and then send the mirror screen and cannon ring back to the village council for safekeeping, leaving it for recycling in the next year. At this point, the cannon burning activity is over.

This year, in order to welcome the annual cannon burning "flower cannon" activity, Liantang Village also carefully planned and jointly organized a GD Cantonese opera large-scale performance party on the night before the cannon burning "flower cannon" activity (February 21 evening).

In the evening, the Liantang Village Square was crowded with people and lively. The whole party is full of a strong local atmosphere, with a cheerful and lively tone, with the theme of carrying forward the traditional excellent culture and building the beautiful Liantang in the hometown of the famous general village, and using a variety of art forms to reproduce the moving deeds that can be sung and cried in the construction of the famous village of the general, and the inspirational construction of the famous village of the general - the beautiful Liantang. Let people feel that a new lotus pond is rising.

The whole party was wonderful, the superb skills of the actors amazed the audience, and the wonderful performance of the actors won the applause of the audience.

Mr. Liang Shirong, chairman of the board of directors of Liantang Village, Tiantian Town, introduced: In the past, people regarded the holding of fireworks as a good day to remove bad luck and add blessings. With the continuous development of the economy, the society continues to progress. Now, this event is not only held to pray for blessings, but more importantly, to give the villagers a platform to strengthen communication and enhance the feelings between neighbors, accumulate strength, and do a good job in the new year by holding a grand event.

At present, the Paradise Lotus Pond Flower Cannon Grabbing Activity has been included in the list of local and GD provinces as well as the national intangible cultural heritage.

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