Longzhou Nongdong Festival
Jinlong Town Nongdong Festival
Jinlong Town is located in the north of Longzhou County. It is a border town in Chongzuo, Guangxi. It is 55 kilometers away from Longzhou County. It is adjacent to Zhubu Township and Wude Township on the east and south respectively, and borders Vietnam on the west, with a border line of 35 kilometers long. The town has a total area of 197.36 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 15 administrative villages, 128 natural villages, and 156 villager groups, with a total population of 28,000.
The climate in Jinlong Town has no severe cold in winter and no severe heat in summer. It belongs to the southern subtropical monsoon climate. The town is a rocky mountain area with high mountains and steep slopes. It is generally 500-600 meters above sea level, and a few are more than 700 meters. It has rich natural resources. The mountain forest area reaches 12,433.4 hectares, which is rich in natural resources. Precious wood such as wood and golden plum, why? In the main production area of wooden chopping boards, precious animals such as monkeys, black apes, and gecko are also inhabited in the deep mountains.
It is said that the ancestors of Jinlong Town moved from a Dai settlement and have interacted with the local Zhuang people for thousands of years. Therefore, folk customs have the characteristics of both Zhuang and Dai. Its folk customs and language are characteristic of Zhuang and Dai. They are good at weaving embroidery and singing. Most of the costumes are black "long shirts" and "short shirts" that expose the navel. People in Jinlong Town, regardless of men, women and old, have always followed the ethnic custom of wearing black cloth clothes. As a traditional festival, the Nongdong Festival accumulates profound national culture and contains unique Zhuang and Dai ethnic customs.
The eighth day of the first month to the 14th day of the first month every year is the "Nongdong Festival" in every village in Jinlong Town, Longzhou County. On that day, the whole village, men, women and children, all gathered their families to dress up in unique black clothes and take out the best food homemade at home, such as chicken, duck, fish, gingerbread, rice dumplings, and rice dumplings. Cake, five-color glutinous rice, etc., blowing boo, playing tianqin, and beating dragon and phoenix gongs in the vast fields. The highly respected elders take the lead in offering sacrifices to heaven, praying for good weather and rain, a bumper harvest of grain, the reproduction of the clan, and the prosperity of the six animals in the coming year.
In 1994, Jinlong Township was renamed Jinlong Town. As a traditional festival in the region, the Nongdong Festival was highly valued by the local town party committee and government. It adopted a government-led and village-sponsored approach to strengthen the in-depth exploration of the cultural connotation of the Nongdong Festival. From traditional sacrificial activities, folk cultural and entertainment activities such as dragon and lion dances, chicken fighting, bird fighting, spinning, folk songs, artistic performances, and sports competitions have been gradually integrated, making the content of the event more colorful.
By 2012, the Nongdong Festival, hosted by the People's Government of Jinlong Town, Longzhou County, has been held for 18 times. Each year, it attracts nearly 10,000 people from all walks of life to visit and visit, including many compatriots of all ethnic groups inside and outside the region and experts and professors from universities, as well as experts and journalists from Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and other countries. They have received rave reviews from all walks of life. Unique traditional festivals have gradually transformed from simple local festivals into cultural events that attract attention from people from all walks of life and the media.
Jinlong Town, Longzhou County is located on the border between China and Vietnam. Every year, the Nongdong Festival is a festival for Chinese and Vietnamese border people to interact with each other. Border people gather at the grand event. Hospitality China border people lead Vietnamese guests from afar to their homes, take out their good wine and dishes, entertain them warmly, and drink heavily. The folk singers of the Chinese and Vietnamese border people compete to sing folk songs on the same stage, showing their singing voice, singing friendship, and singing a beautiful new life, singing about a lasting friendship and harmonious coexistence on the border.
The Nongdong Festival has become a special "business card" handed to the whole country by Jinlong Town, Longzhou County, which has enhanced the cultural popularity of Longzhou County, formed a unique cultural festival, promoted national culture, enhanced mutual understanding between all ethnic groups in the town, enhanced national unity, and provided a platform for cultural exchanges between Chinese and Vietnamese border people and promoted harmony and stability in border areas.
Its role in promoting the economic operation of the town is reflected in that it can drive the development of the tourism industry, form a unique tourism culture, bring direct investment benefits and huge commercial consumption, and promote the development of transportation, catering, commerce, service and other industries.
It has played a positive role in promoting the development of national culture. It has effectively passed down traditional festivals with a long cultural history of thousands of years, tempered and cultivated many influential folk literature and art teams, enriched the cultural life of the masses, and improved The cultural quality of the masses and the people's hearts have been united.
Tianqin and Meiren Village are famous all over the country. Jinlong Reservoir has the saying that "Guilin's mountains and rivers are the best in the world, and the scenery of Jinlong Lake is also excellent." These tourism resources are active in the inheritance of national culture, and the attraction of culture promotes the development of the tourism industry. Only by closely integrating tourism and culture can we ensure the strong vitality of town culture and tourism.
In recent years, the Nongdong Festival activities have been continuously developed, building the "Nongdong Festival" into the cultural activity brand with the most national characteristics, refining and optimizing the cultural industry, making the tourism industry bigger and stronger, and driving the economy and society of Longzhou County to develop well and quickly.
Editor: Yang Xi) .