Traditional plays of Wu Opera are very rich, among which the more influential ones are: Golden Seal, Sun Bin and Pang Juan, Three Invitations to Pear Blossoms, Broken Bridge, Tears of Beauty and Peach Storm. Famous actors include Jiang, Xu Dongfu, Zhou Yuexian, Zhou, Xu Xigui, Ye Agou, Ge Suyun and Wu Guangyu.
Jinhua Lantern Festival has a wide variety of colorful objects and colorful shapes. Dragon lanterns are the main lights of the Lantern Festival. The most representative number of bridge lights in dragon lanterns (Jinhua and Lanxi are called bench lights and Pujiang is called long lights) generally has more than 100 bridges (one section is a bridge), and there are hundreds or even thousands of bridges for the elderly. Bridge light is divided into two parts: faucet and light bridge. The main arrays of bridge-welcoming lights are: iron hoop, rolling belly, green snake sliding, wheat cake picking, lotus turn, scissors strand, double door, round house column and so on. This is very exciting and exciting.
In the past, there were many temple fairs, especially the temple fair of Gong Hu the Great on August 13th of the lunar calendar. At that time, there will be an endless stream of good men and women who burn incense and worship Buddha. Businessmen gather and department stores are mixed. In addition to holding custom ceremonies such as welcoming Buddha, there are also entertainment activities such as performing banners, marching 36 lines, climbing the ninth floor, welcoming pavilions, and performing big dramas. At present, most temple fairs around the country are entertainment activities, material exchange meetings and cultural festivals, but feudal superstitious activities such as worshipping gods and buddhas have been basically abolished, and activities such as acting, showing movies, welcoming dragon lanterns, entertainment and exhibitions are colorful.
In the old customs, in order to reward the land god and bless the harvest, a village or several villages hired a troupe, which was called "performing social drama". Social operas are usually performed during the Spring Festival and Autumn Festival, and some are performed on the birthday of a god. Yongkang performed "Shoulong Opera" on the 15th day of the first lunar month, "God of Wealth" on March 16th and "God of Grains" on May 25th. There are also performances such as swimming bridge, celebrating birthday, winning children, closing mountains and making music. The performance venue will be temporarily located in the ancestral hall, threshing floor or Tian Jian Creek Beach. Funds are paid by families and people, or raised by the host from the people.
Social drama also has the trend of "resisting Taiwan", that is, several theatrical troupes perform in the same place at the same time, and the more audiences, the more they win. In front of the fighting platform, the organizer ordered the spears to be placed according to the number. The first two spears were ready and the third one rang. The pioneers of each regiment all set out, and the sound of gongs and drums was * * *. Nobody is allowed to start first. The victory or defeat of the fighting platform was controlled by the sound of spears placed in the rest room. At that time, the troupe with the most audience was the "reddest phalanx". "Fighting Taiwan" is mainly based on Pujiang.
The Luohan Opera Troupe in Dongyang and Yiwu has an unlimited number in villages. Training is concentrated in July and half a month every year. Begin to recommend a person to take the lead, called "leader". Hosting the "gathering vegetables and wine", people who have eaten wine are injected into the roster to form a Lohan class. Arhat martial arts include fist, stick, fork, knife, gun shield, stacked arhat and so on. Please train boxers. The patterns are "Lifting Feet", "Stacking Long Ting", "Stacking Doors", "Naihe Bridge", "Stacking Horses", "Stacking Lotus Flowers", "Monkey Cave", "Typesetting" and "Stacking Archways". Performances include flying fork, group fork, stepping fork, sleeve fork and hook fork. In addition, you can walk in array, play shield, open four doors, play five tigers and so on. There are eighteen kinds of weapons such as old-fashioned swords, spears, swords, clubs and green lions. Accompanied by gongs and drums and suona, they went out to perform during the slack season. Everyone in Luohan class is dressed in black, red trousers, slub socks, black and white cloth shoes, a white towel around his waist, shirtless and without a hat.
Add fun and punch. It is an entertainment in the wedding banquet, also known as "guessing boxing". There are "right guess" (two clear fists) and "three levels" (three clear fists). Women don't punch when drinking at a banquet, but punish the wine with a rotating spoon: put the spoon on an empty plate, and the people at the same table take turns turning the handle with their fingers. When the rotation stops, whoever points to the handle of the spoon will be punished by drinking.
Wu dialect is the main language for local people to communicate in Jinhua, and Jinhua dialect belongs to Wu dialect. ***9 counties and cities, from the call situation, Jinhua and Lanxi are relatively close, Dongyang and Pan 'an are relatively close to Yiwu, Pujiang is relatively special, and the Wu dialect in Tangxi Town is relatively old, retaining the ancient sound, which is more special than other regions. Its origin can be traced back to the official language of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it is the product of the integration of ancient Baiyue and ancient Chinese.
The dialects of Jinhua 85 counties and cities are basically the same. The languages of Wucheng District (except Tangxi), Jindong District, Lanxi, Pujiang and Wuyi are similar, but Tangxi dialect is slightly different. Generally speaking, "Jinhua dialect" refers to the dialects of these places, and Yiwu dialect is relatively blunt, so it is called "Yiwu Eighteen Tones". Dongyang dialect is simple and difficult to understand. Sometimes, Yiwu dialect and Dongyang dialect are called Yiwu dialect and Dongyang dialect respectively, but there are some differences in tone of voice. Looking at the original characters of Jinhua dialect in eight counties and cities, many of them are homologous. Its pronunciation is very different from that of Mandarin. * * There are eight tones, namely Yin Ping, Yin Shang, Yin Qu, Yin Ru, Yang Ping, Yang Shang, Yang Qu and Yang Ru. Its grammar is also different from Mandarin, and the most obvious evidence is that the attribute is placed after nouns (such as waist, pickles, dried bamboo shoots, cooked rice, soft tofu, raw fish, lettuce, pavilions, wine and sweat, anvil, hoof, title and so on). ); Adverbs are placed after verbs (such as remembering, eating and walking). ) Animal names of different sexes are often followed by: pig male, pig female, chicken female, boar, sow and hen, which are different from Mandarin.
Intangible culture includes:
Dongyang Woodcarving, Lanxi Beach Spring, Pujiang Bench Dragon, Pujiang Random Bomb, Huang Chuping (Wong Tai Sin) Legend, Yongkang Eighteen Butterflies.
Traditional brewing techniques of Wu Jinhua Opera, Jinhua Daoqing, Dongyang Restaurant, Pujiang Straw Weaving and Jinhua Wine.
Wuzhou Juyan green tea production technology, Jinhua ham curing technology, Zhuge village ancient village construction technology, Yuyuan village ancient building construction technology.
Dongyang Luzhai Architectural Skills, Pujiang Zhengyi Architectural Skills, Pan 'an Tea Garden, Pujiang Welcome Party, Lanxi Duantoulong, Yongkang Nine Lions Map.
Pujiang paper-cut, Dongyang bamboo weaving