1. Picture of Hydrangea City in Jingxi, Guangxi

Zhuang ethnic group. The hydrangea is usually made of colorful embroidery and is a common mascot for the Chinese people, especially the Zhuang people.

2. Hydrangea culture in Jingxi, Baise, Guangxi

There is a beautiful legend about hydrangeas in Zhuang Township. It is said that more than 800 years ago, a poor family lived in a small village under Jiuzhou Ancient Town, Jingxi County. My poor son Adi fell in love with Axiu, a girl from the neighboring village. Axiu is beautiful, kind-hearted, and deeply in love with Adi, who is honest, hard-working and brave.

One spring, when Axiu was going to the market, he was attracted by a rich and powerful female student in the town. He wants to marry A Xiu. A Xiu threatened death and firmly refused. When the female student learned that Axiu was deeply in love with Adi from the neighboring village, she rolled her eyes and made a plan in order to make Axiu give up. He bribed the government, put Adi in a dungeon on a trumped-up charge, and sentenced him to death to await his punishment in the future. After hearing the news, Axiu felt like a bolt from the blue. He stayed in tears all day, crying to death. After Axiu cried blindly, Axiu began to sew hydrangeas for Adi, who would be beheaded in the autumn. The needle pricked my hand and blood flowed on the hydrangeas. After being soaked in blood, the flowers on the hydrangeas become more colorful, the leaves are greener, and the birds are more colorful. After 9981 days, the hydrangeas were filled with Axiu's deep love for Adi and soaked with Axiu's blood.

When Axiu sold his jewelry, bribed the jailer, and accompanied by his family, caressed the skinny Adi who was tortured to death in the dark and damp dungeon, Axiu was desperate and groped A hydrangea, put it on Adi's neck. At this time, I saw a flash of light, and Axiu, Adi and their family drifted to the foot of a beautiful and rich mountain, where they were far away from the devil.

Later, Axiu and Adi got married, gave birth to a son and a daughter, and lived a happy life with their hard-working hands. Through word of mouth, the hydrangea gradually became the mascot of the Zhuang people and a token of love for young men and women of the Zhuang people. Then there were folk activities such as throwing the hydrangea and lions rolling the hydrangea.

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3. Where is Jingxi Hydrangea Street?

Go to some towns to buy! They are all handmade ~ family workshops ~ you can not only help the villagers, but also enjoy sightseeing ~ how great! Ah~~How do I know if I have not been there? There are many Zhuang villages and towns around Nanning ~ Laiyang Toutiao.

As long as there are Wuming and Jingxi in Zhuangxiang (Jingxi is famous for its hydrangeas and used to send hydrangeas to the outside world for festivals), it's a bit far for your question, but it's not far by car! Baise ) and other places~~ If you are in a hurry, you can only go to trading factories and shopping malls to buy it! If you want to take a look at the handmade ones, you can go there to learn about Laiyang’s headlines.

4. Why has Jingxi Hydrangea City been delayed in completion?

First make a cloth shell - glue four layers of cotton cloth together with paste, and then glue it on the base cloth Silk fabrics of various colors are pressed into a flat and solid cloth shell; then, the leaves are ready. Generally speaking, regardless of size, the leaves of Jingxi Hydrangea have 12 leaves, one ball.

Second, embroider leaves.

This step is more important. Generally, the smaller the hydrangea pattern, the simpler it is, and the larger the hydrangea pattern, the more complex and vivid it is.

According to legend, there is a saying that except for the four petals in the middle, the other four petals must be birds, and the four petals below must be animals

For the diameter Basically every woman in the old street can draw a hydrangea pattern smaller than 6cm.

But if the diameter is more than 8cm, such as 12cm, 20cm or even 1m or 2m, what pattern should be embroidered and how to match the colors on the pattern are all drawn by people who are good at painting and match the colors, and others can Copy again.

The third step is to make a triangular spindle-shaped spherical valve body.

In the past, the fillings in hydrangea were mostly mung beans, corn, cottonseed or chaff, which gave the hydrangea a certain weight and made it suitable for throwing; it was also a metaphor for throwing the seeds of friendship and love to each other. , or it means love is as long-lasting as green beans.

I don’t know when the hydrangeas in Guzhou Ancient Street were filled with old cotton. Later, because it was unhygienic and easy to get damp, it was filled with sawdust that was not easy to absorb water.

5. Home of Hydrangea in Jingxi, Guangxi

The first step is to make the cloth shell - use glue to evenly bond four layers of cotton together, and then add silk fabrics of various colors Glue it to the base fabric to form a flat and solid shell; then, the leaves are ready. Generally speaking, regardless of size, the leaves of Jingxi Hydrangea have 12 leaves, one ball.

Second, embroider leaves. This step is the most important. Generally, the smaller the hydrangea pattern, the simpler it is, and the larger the hydrangea pattern, the more complex and vivid it is. According to legend, there is a saying that except for the four petals in the middle, the other four petals must be birds, and the four petals below must be animals. For hydrangea patterns with a diameter less than 6cm, basically every woman in the old street has I can draw it myself. But if the diameter is more than 8cm, such as 12cm, 20cm or even 1m or 2m, what pattern should be embroidered and how to match the colors on the pattern are all drawn by people who are good at painting, and the colors are matched, and then others copy it.

The third step is to make a triangular spindle-shaped spherical valve body.

In the past, the fillings in hydrangea were mostly mung beans, corn, cottonseed or chaff, which gave the hydrangea a certain weight and made it suitable for throwing; it was also a metaphor for throwing the seeds of friendship and love to each other, or to express love like green beans. long. I don’t know when the hydrangeas in Guzhou Ancient Street were filled with old cotton. Later, because it was unhygienic and easy to get damp, it was filled with wood chips that were not easy to absorb water.

In the last process, the condensed triangular fusiform valve body is sewn end to end to make a ball, and then decorated with beads, ribbons and other small ornaments to make an exquisite hydrangea.

Made of silk or cloth, 5 to 6 cm in diameter, filled with fine sand and gravel, weighing 150 grams, the ball is tied with a 90 cm long rope. Tie three pieces of cloth 4 cm long and 0.5 cm wide at the end of the rope, and sew five pieces of cloth 5 cm long and 0.5 cm wide on the lower part of the ball as ball spikes to make an hydrangea for competition. Three hydrangeas of five different colors should be prepared for the competition.

This hydrangea has two layers. The first layer is 18mm white beads: one circle of five beads, the second circle of six beads, the third circle of six beads, the fourth circle of six beads for each flower, five beads, six beads, five beads, six beads, Five, five, six beads. You can learn from the method of gourd bottom. The second layer is based on the first layer. After changing the color beads, it is decorated with silver beads.

6. Hydrangea from Jiuzhou, Jingxi, Guangxi

Hydrangea is the largest and shortest, and men and women love each other.

On New Year's Day, centenarians can go collect firewood.

A straw hat covers the ground, and rice is grown outside the sky.

It is not called the South China Sea, it is called the North Sea. The mangroves on the seaside are already pregnant.

The elephant trunk drinks water and the mountains are beautiful, and the rice noodles eat the three big pies.

Zongpa is as big as a pig and sells stones as treasures.

The gift shop sells coffins and the streets are full of kicks.

Mountains are inside the city, buildings are outside the city, and there are clusters of sinkholes in Leye County.

Thousand-year-old bronze drums may not be broken, but Huashan murals are difficult to guess.

Finally, the Eighteen Monsters were tried in Guangxi.

01. The pony of Hydrangea is the largest and the shortest. The pony of Hydrangea in Jingxi, Guangxi and Jiuzhou, Debao is very famous. The hydrangea is the favorite and mascot of the Zhuang people in Guangxi, with a history of more than 700 years. The hydrangeas produced in Jingxian County are the best hydrangeas in Guangxi because of their unique structure and exquisite material selection. They are all handmade, small and exquisite, and colorful. Jingxian once made a super-large hydrangea (1.2m) for the collection of the National Museum of Ethnology of Japan, and later made super-large hydrangeas of 1.97m and 2m specifically for the return of Hong Kong and Macao. Debao Pony is a rare purebred horse in China and the shortest horse in the world. Debao ponies are mainly produced in Debao, Jingxi and other counties in Guangxi. Its height is below 106cm, and the shortest one is only 85cm, which is shorter than the world-famous British chasing horse. In 1989, the Debao Colts appeared at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Asian Games, arousing great interest from Chinese and foreign audiences.

[02. Men and women love singing platform Guangxi is known as the ocean of songs. The song festival held on the third day of the third month of the third lunar month is a grand festival

[03. New Year's Day for Grasshopper Day]; grasshopper means frog in Zhuang language, and the grasshopper totem is one of the totems worshiped by the Zhuang people. Zhuang people are a rice-growing people, and they regard frogs as the protector of thunder gods, who come to the world to control rainwater. The frog crows and the rain comes. In the Horse Monster Festival in Donglan, Bama, Tiane, Fengshan and other places, festivals to sacrifice frogs and pray for rain are still held from the first to the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month every year. Grasshopper worship has strong characteristics of rice farming culture.

[04. A centenarian can kill a firewood. The number of centenarians in Bama, Guangxi now ranks first among the five longevity areas in the world. In 2000, at the time of the fifth national census, there were 74 centenarians in Bama, accounting for 3.1 of the county's U.S. population. Chinese and foreign researchers have found that there are four main factors contributing to the longevity of Chinese people in Bama: first, they have a special natural environment; second, food with unique longevity effects; third, the elderly insist on long-term productive labor; fourth, they have a special natural environment; , regular daily life, optimistic and cheerful personality.

[05. There is a story about a straw hat covering the ground that is widely circulated in Guangxi. A farmer goes up the mountain to plow the fields. When he finished his work, he habitually counted his plots, but no matter how many plots were missing. Finally, when he picked up the straw hat and was about to leave, he suddenly found that the straw hat was covered with his lost plot. The total area of ??Guangxi’s karst landforms is 89,500 square kilometers. Industrious mountain people cultivated small fields in the mountains according to local conditions. The folk proverb that has been circulated for decades, a spoon, a bowl, and a straw hat, does not figuratively mean eight mountains, one water, and one field.

[06. Rice grows in the sky] If a straw hat covering the ground mainly reflects the poor living conditions in Dashi Mountain District, Guangxi, then the terrace culture represented by Longsheng Longji Terraces and Jinkeng Terraces It reflects the spirit of Guangxi people competing for heaven and earth. The Longji Rice Terraces are adjacent to the Jinkeng Rice Terraces and are distributed between 300 meters and 1,500 meters above sea level, winding from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. The hills are like snails, and the mountains are like towers. They are layered on top of each other and well-proportioned. It is magnificent in scale and momentum, and has the highest terrace in the world

It is not called the South China Sea or the North Sea. In terms of geographical location, the North Sea is obviously in the south, but why is it called the North Sea and not the South China Sea? There are many opinions on the origin of Beihai place names, among which there are two representative opinions. First, fishermen lived in Nanwan more than 300 years ago, and villages formed over time.

Because fishermen from the South Bay often sailed to Beigang to take shelter from the wind, the fishermen called the northern waters the North Sea; over time, the North Sea became simply called the North Sea. There is a local proverb that says there is Nanwan in front of the North Sea. Secondly, Beihai is a Zhuang language. In the words of the indigenous Zhuang people here, Bei is homophonic with Ba, and Beihai means the mouth of the sea, that is, the mouth of the sea. Beihai is a remnant of Zhuang language place names.

[08. The mangrove forest at Beihai Pass is a national nature reserve with an area of ??8,000 hectares. Established in 1990 with the approval of the State Council, the main protection object is the mangrove ecosystem. The most surprising thing about mangroves is their unique mode of viviparous reproduction. Seeds can germinate in the fruit of the tree, grow into seedlings, and then break away from the mother plant and fall into the soil to develop and grow. Even if the seedlings fall into the sea and are washed away by the waves, they can drift with the waves and survive for several months. When encountering sand, they can take root and grow in a few hours.

09. Elephant Trunk Mountain Drinking Water Mountain Standing at the intersection of Taohua River and Li River, Elephant Trunk Mountain looks like an elephant with its long trunk stuck in the turbulent river. According to legend, it was an elephant being ridden by the Jade Emperor, who was tracked and threw a sword on the elephant's back because he didn't want to return to heaven. The elephant died, but became a stone mountain, and the hilt of the sword on its back became a vase tower, leaving the elephant on the Li River forever. Xiangshan has n

[10. Eat three big pies with rice noodles. Guangxi people have a special liking for rice noodles. Not only do they love it, they also have a unique rice noodle culture. Nanning Guilin Old Friend Flour Horsemeat Rice Noodles and Liuzhou Snail Rice Noodles are known as the three famous noodles in Guangxi.

[11. Zongba is as big as a piglet. The American ethnic minority in Guangxi surprises outsiders by making rice dumplings during the Chinese New Year holiday that are larger than those made elsewhere. This kind of dumplings is called pillow dumplings locally. It is the size of a small pig and can be eaten by a family for several days. Feng Mo is an extra-large rice dumpling. On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the woman first soaks the glutinous rice in water, soaks it overnight, drains it, mixes it well with salt, pepper, ginger and other seasonings, and uses Ye Luo. Some have green beans in the middle, some are stuffed with bacon and fresh pork, and are shaped like bamboo tubes, while some are square. This kind of rice dumpling is a food for family reunion during festivals and a gift for relatives and friends.

[12. Stones are sold as treasures. The peculiar karst landform has created Liuzhou’s strange mountains and strange waters. Thanks to this blessing, the Liuzhou area produces a wide variety of strange stones of high quality. There are 9 categories, 50 or 60 varieties, and they are called Liuzhou Strange Stones the best in the world. The art of playing with stones has become a social and cultural phenomenon deeply loved by Liuzhou citizens. It not only attracts many people who play with stones, but also forms a large-scale stone playing industry.

[13. Selling coffins in gift shops] There is a popular proverb in China: I was born in Suzhou, grew up in Hangzhou, ate in Guangzhou, and died in Liuzhou. Dying in Liuzhou means that the coffins in Liuzhou are of high quality and well-known throughout the country, and one is enough for you to die. Nowadays, people are no longer interested in burials, and the longevity board industry in Liuzhou is no longer what it used to be. But Liuzhou coffins are still popular as handicrafts, and their sizes have also become smaller. Some people buy it as home decoration and like its homophony of promotion and fortune. It is called a longevity coffin. It is mostly made of precious woods such as camphor, cedar, and cedar. It mainly has three patterns: Baishou, Baifu, and Jiulong.

[14. Kicks are everywhere on the streets] Motorcycles, commonly known as kicks, are widely used in urban and rural areas of Guangxi and are a popular means of transportation for the masses. According to statistics, there is one motorcycle for every 2.5 people in Nanning. Its density is much higher than that of other cities. It also has a unique motorcycle lane in the country, making it a veritable city for motorcycles.

[15. The mountain is in the city, the building is outside the city]; The mountain is in the city, and the building on the side of the mountain is a characteristic of many cities in Guangxi. The beautiful peaks of Qishan Mountain stand side by side with buildings and overpasses, and the natural landscape and urban civilization are so cleverly integrated. My home is in a scenic area, which is something the local residents are proud of. The natural landscape represented by Guilin's mountains and rivers is known as a world-class tourism treasure. In order to protect the natural landscape, there are very few new high-rise buildings in Guilin.

[16. Tiankeng in Leye County is placed in groups]; Tiankeng is caused by the large-scale collapse of underground rivers in karst areas. The tiankeng group in Leye County, Guangxi is currently the largest known tiankeng group in the world. 28 tiankeng groups have been discovered in the county, covering almost all kinds of tiankeng and cave landscapes. Among them, the Dashiwei tiankeng is the second largest in the world. sinkhole.

[17. Thousand-year-old bronze drums can be indestructible. Guangxi is the base of bronze drums. It not only has the largest bronze drums in the world, but also has the largest number and variety. Bronze drums symbolize authority and wealth among the ethnic minorities in Guangxi. Surprisingly, many bronze drums are still used in folk festivals thousands of years later.

[18. It’s hard to guess the Huashan murals. The Huashan murals were painted by the ancestors of the Zhuang people on the cliffs along the Zuojiang River Basin. There are more than 1,900 characters with different expressions and a history of more than 2,000 years. The wide distribution of mountain wall murals, the precipitous painting location, the grandeur of the painting, and the difficult painting conditions are all rare at home and abroad. However, it is still a mystery why the ancestors intended to paint this large-scale rock painting.

7. How to make hydrangea in Jingxi, Guangxi

First make a cloth shell - glue four l

According to legend, there is a saying that except for the middle The four petals on the top must be birds, and the other four petals must be animals.

For hydrangea patterns with a diameter less than 6cm, every woman in the old street can basically make it herself Draw it.

But if the diameter is more than 8cm, such as 12cm, 20cm or even 1m or 2m, what pattern should be embroidered and how to match the colors on the pattern are all drawn by people who are good at painting and match the colors, and others can Copy again.

The third step is to make a triangular spindle-shaped spherical valve body.

In the past, the fillings in hydrangea were mostly mung beans, corn, cottonseed or chaff, which gave the hydrangea a certain weight and made it suitable for throwing; it was also a metaphor for throwing the seeds of friendship and love to each other. , or it means love is as long-lasting as green beans.

I don’t know when the hydrangeas in Guzhou Ancient Street were filled with old cotton. Later, because it was unhygienic and easy to get damp, it was filled with wood chips that were not easy to absorb water.

In the latter process, the tip of the condensed triangular shuttle valve body is sewn into a ball, and then decorated with beads, ribbons and other small ornaments to create a delicate and exquisite hydrangea.

8. Real pictures of Jingxi Hydrangea City

Jiuzhou, formerly known as Naqian, is located 9 kilometers south of Jingxi County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It has a long history, picturesque scenery and rich Zhuang customs, and is known as the Zhuanghuo Museum. The Zhuang people have a long history of making hydrangea, and Jiuzhou hydrangea is the dominant product of Guangxi hydrangea because of its unique structure, exquisite material selection, hand-made, small and exquisite size, and bright colors.

The Past Life of Hydrangea

As soon as we set foot on Hydrangea Street, a stone road in Jiuzhou, we strongly felt the unique ethnic customs of this street built next to the river: the stone floor , large blue brick walls, thick reddish-brown wooden doors, and women sitting in front of ancient houses sewing hydrangeas. The wooden table in front of them was covered with bright strips of cloth, ribbons and threads. On the wooden frame made by myself, red, yellow, blue and green hydrangea are tied under the red ribbon, large or small, colorful, lighting up the mottled old street.

The history of hydrangeas can be traced back to more than 2,000 years ago. At that time, it was an ancient musical instrument made of bronze - Feituo, which was mainly used for fighting and hunting. Later, Feituo gradually developed into the current embroidered cloth bag, namely hydrangea. For nearly a thousand years, hydrangeas have been loved by young men and women as a token of love. Every traditional festival such as the Spring Festival, March 3rd, and Mid-Autumn Festival, young Zhuang men and women are invited to gather on the grassy beaches beside the village and river. Men and women are separated and sing to each other to express their feelings. Then the woman throws the hydrangea to the right person. If you are in love, you can start a new life.

With the changes of the times, the hydrangea, which was once a token of love between Zhuang men and women, has evolved into a mascot for giving gifts to relatives and friends and conveying feelings. Now in Jiuzhou, everyone from seven or eight-year-old girls to old ladies in their sixties or seventies can make hydrangeas. Almost every household is engaged in the hydrangea business. Jiuzhou hydrangea can be divided into two types according to the embroidery method: Generally, hydrangea is embroidered with a single thread, and the various patterns embroidered on the petal fabric are smooth, with picturesque lines and colors. The embroidery method and technology are relatively simple; however, embroidery with velvet embroidery uses multiple threads. Embroidery has more delicate and complex graphics, and the things outlined are vivid and three-dimensional. The creatures want to spurt out, which is the best among hydrangeas.

The practice of Jiuzhou hydrangea is extremely particular. Not only are they all handmade, the process is also quite rigorous and exquisite.

First make a cloth shell - use glue to evenly paste four layers of cotton cloth together, and then paste silk fabrics of various colors on the base cloth to form a flat and solid cloth shell; then, The leaves are ready. Generally speaking, regardless of size, the leaves of Jingxi Hydrangea have 12 leaves, one ball.

Second, embroider leaves. This step is the most important. Generally, the smaller the hydrangea pattern, the simpler it is, and the larger the hydrangea pattern, the more complex and vivid it is. According to legend, there is a saying that except for the four petals in the middle, the other four petals must be birds, and the four petals below must be animals. For hydrangea patterns with a diameter less than 6cm, basically every woman in the old street has I can draw it myself. But if the diameter is more than 8cm, such as 12cm, 20cm or even 1m or 2m, what pattern should be embroidered and how to match the colors on the pattern are all drawn by people who are good at painting, and the colors are matched, and then others copy it.

The third step is to make a triangular spindle-shaped spherical valve body. In the past, the fillings in hydrangea were mostly mung beans, corn, cottonseed or chaff, which gave the hydrangea a certain weight and made it suitable for throwing; it was also a metaphor for throwing the seeds of friendship and love to each other, or to express love like green beans. long. I don’t know when the hydrangeas in Guzhou Ancient Street were filled with old cotton. Later, because it was unhygienic and easy to get damp, it was filled with wood chips that were not easy to absorb water.

In the last process, the condensed triangular fusiform valve body is sewn end to end to make a ball, and then decorated with beads, ribbons and other small ornaments to make an exquisite hydrangea.