Chen Ying added: "Don't post this on the Internet! We are going to be on a variety show!"
The Propaganda Minister stood up, picked up the loudspeaker, and solemnly repeated Director Chen's words.
This Director Chen is a bit stiff as a leader! Liang Ange said with a smile: "Director Chen is mainly afraid that if word gets out that you have to sing even if you quarrel, others will deliberately quarrel with you in the future!"
"Hahaha..." Man Shanshan laughed.
He Huan also smiled and said: "This is not surprising. In the past, they had to sing a tune when filing complaints and litigating lawsuits, and the officials who mediate disputes also had to sing a tune!"
The villagers were very happy and shouted: "We will not spread the news!"
Everyone understands that being on a variety show has to be a hit! It’s pointless to expose them in advance. This is also to promote their hometown and culture. But the elf and the little white dragon really know how to talk a lot! What they say makes people feel warm and comfortable!
The governor smiled and said: "You can sing, you can really coax people!" Looking at the minister, "We have to learn! How can we make the people happy if we can't sing the tune?"
Everyone started laughing again.
After the quarrel was going on happily, the boy from Minzuyuan was so anxious that he pulled He Huan with him, with words written all over his face: Please solve my problem quickly!
Only then did He Huan remember that they were discussing his name, but why did they start arguing over the song? She turned around and asked him, "What's your last name?"
"My name is Cai Yi." The young man added his first name and surname, making sure that Xiao Bailong remembered him! Then he looked at him excitedly, waiting for Xiao Bailong to trace his ancestors.
"Cai, then your ancestors must have lived in a very good environment. Maybe in Pingba and Banshan Mountains, they no longer had to rely solely on hunting, but they were also good at growing vegetables. They worshiped vegetables so much that they called themselves the Vegetable Tribe."
"Ah!" Cai Yi was so excited, "You are like a fortune teller! My home is really in the mid-levels! I really grow a lot of vegetables!"
Everyone laughed.
I really got to see their rich and colorful culture and talents.
Suddenly, a burst of firecrackers exploded in the mountains, and the gongs and drums shook the heart of the mountains. Everyone looked up and saw several people in Lisu costumes carrying a knife ladder covered with colorful flowers. After putting it down, it was the highest on the hillside.
Colorful paper flowers are tied to a kapok tree.
He Huan said excitedly: "Here we come!"
Cai Yi is also gearing up.
"What is this for?" Liang Ange asked curiously.
"Go to Knife Mountain!"
"Wow!"
Cai Yi stood up holding Xiao Bailong's shoulders, "Watch me perform for you on the Mountain of Swords!"
The experts laughed and said: "Aren't we worthy?"
Cai Yi chuckled and said, "You guys watch together."
Experts said: "We are taking advantage of Xiaobailong!"
Everyone stood up together and gathered around.
He Huan said: "The grandfather wearing a tall hat in the middle is the priest. In Lisu language, he is called Nipa, and Ni is an elf. Before contacting modern culture, Nipa was the greatest wise man among the Lisu people.
Like Dongba of the Naxi people and Bimo of the Yi people, he is the highest spiritual leader and cultural creator, guardian and inheritor of this nation. He presides over all major activities of the Lisu people, from birth to death, and is inseparable from Nipa.
In the past, their process was more complicated. It took a day to decorate the flowers, tie the knife, offer sacrifices to the knife shaft, and clean the dojo. These preparation activities all took a day.
Nowadays, every year during the Kuaishou Festival, the bathhouse holds the activity of going up to Knife Mountain, so there is a fixed location. As the Kuaishou Festival has just passed, the knife holders are also ready-made, so we skip the preparation stage and directly set up the knife holders.
But the series of rituals in the front is a complete process in the end, and we still need to go through it. It also allows us to more intuitively feel the sacredness and solemnity of this activity."
The experts nodded.
"The purpose of putting colorful flowers on the tree is to decorate the mountain god's new clothes and make the god happy. The purpose of putting colorful flowers on the sword ladder is to make the sword god happy, so that they can protect the warriors who go up the sword mountain."
The priest placed tea, wine, chickens and pig heads in front of the tree and began to sing ancient tunes.
It is indeed solemn! It feels like traveling back to the tribal era.
He Huan explained: "This is "Qingshen Tune", and the general meaning of the lyrics is: Three Amima gods, please come down from heaven, and six Aroma gods, please come down from heaven."
Today is an auspicious day. The gods who rule the world, please come down from heaven. Today is a peaceful day. The gods who are in charge of spiritual beasts, please come down from heaven."
The experts nodded. Sure enough, there are gods everywhere!
"Amima, the mountain god, Aroma, the dragon god, as well as the hunting god, the fire god, the sword god, and other gods are all invited to come down.
Therefore, going to Daoshan is not a simple acrobatic or sports entertainment activity, but originated from a sacrificial custom. They use this difficult activity to please the gods and let the gods bless them all the best."
After the sacrifice under the tree, the priest brought the tribute to the top of the bathhouse, and the priest started singing again. Several people following him danced an ancient and weird dance like a great god, giving it a very mysterious atmosphere.
"What is this?"
""Dragon God Tune", the general meaning of the lyrics is: gods of heaven, gods of earth, gods of mountains, gods of water, gods of trees! We dedicate to you the big pigs we have raised for three years, and we dedicate to you the big roosters we have fed for three years.
I pray that you will bless thousands of compatriots, be healthy, happy and free from disasters. You must eat well! You must drink well!
This section is actually prepared for going down to the sea of fire at night. Going up to Daoshan and going down to the sea of fire are held together.
Offering sacrifices to the mountain god protects the warriors who go up to the Mountain of Swords from injury. Offering sacrifices to the water god, also known as the Dragon God, protects the warriors who descend into the sea of fire from injury."
"Oh." The experts nodded, eye-opening.
"Because of the bathhouse, the Lisu people call it Longtan. So they will go in this direction to worship and pray."
The ceremony was quite complicated and long, so He Huan continued to explain to them: "Many people believe that going up Daoshan comes from commemorating Wang Ji, the Han general who conquered Luchuan during the Ming Dynasty's three expeditions.
It is said that General Wang led the Lisu compatriots to defeat the Luchuan Army. No, it was not defeated. This is another matter. We will talk about it later in Dehong."
The experts laughed. Since Xiao Bailong mentioned it, they must find a time to catch him and let him finish.
"This statement is especially popular in the Tengchong area. Wang Ji's three expeditions to Luchuan used Tengchong as his base. At that time, most of the people in Tengchong were Han Chinese.
However, it may be because the Lisu people are good at bows and crossbows, can fire accurate arrows, and are more adapted to the mountain environment and climate. The Ming army recruited many Lisu and Naxi people from the Lijiang area to fight.
Later, a San Chong Temple was built in Tengchong, with Wang Ji enshrined in the middle and his daughter and son enshrined on both sides. At this time, Wang Ji was only an object of worship for the Han people.
But there were indeed some Lisu soldiers who stayed there to guard the border, and there were also Lisu people who later migrated from the Lushui area to the neighboring Tengchong and Baoshan.
At that time, the status of the Han people was higher, and some Lisu soldiers said that they were from Nanjing, because many Han immigrants in Yunzhou came from Nanjing.
Then the Lisu people's ritual of going up to the Daoshan Mountain and going down to the sea of fire was connected with the activities of the Han people to worship Wang Ji, and gradually became a mainstream, because they went up to the Daoshan Mountain and went down to the sea of fire, which ordinary people can't do.
It gradually became a unique ritual of the Lisu people, and the whole process was completed in the Lisu language. In addition to the sacrificial stage, there is also a statue of a Han general hanging in Tengchong, and the Chinese culture has degenerated during it. This is a very interesting phenomenon.
As for how it developed to the point where the Lisu people all over the country said it was to commemorate Wang Ji? That’s because after liberation, this activity disappeared for a while. Well... you know the specific reasons."
Everyone smiled and nodded. Some of the older experts had lived through that era and knew it.
"Then in the early days of reform and opening up, some people who protected national culture responded that they wanted to restore the Knife Rod Festival. At first, the Ethnic Affairs Committee did not agree, saying that your activities and sacrifices... well, we do not advocate it very much. In the new era, there must be advanced
Scientific thinking.”
The experts laughed.
"Protectors of national culture cannot be as stubborn as donkeys! You cannot protect what you want to protect! They responded quickly and said that we are commemorating Wang Ji! General Wang has made great contributions to border stability and national unity.
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We Lisu compatriots miss him! We are not offering sacrifices, we are commemorating General Wang who protected the country! We are commemorating the heroic spirit who guarded the border! We are inheriting the friendship between our Lisu and Han people!
I think your statement is quite cute!"
"Hahaha……"
The leaders were speechless. It was better for Xiao Bailong not to join the system and not listen to the propaganda.
He Huan looked at Chen Ying and said, "Don't broadcast this part. Sometimes you just know what you need to know, and don't let them know what you don't know."
Everyone laughed again. Chen Ying thought that Xiao Bailong was going to hold the Spring Festival Gala and would avoid risks in advance.
"The conservationists invited the Ethnic Affairs Committee to conduct investigations among the people. Every village was very enthusiastic and performed their special skills. The Ethnic Affairs Committee was very happy to see this. This... is very positive!"
Everyone couldn't laugh or cry.
The leaders felt that if Xiao Bailong entered the system, the leaders would be pissed off!
"Not long ago, the Ethnic Affairs Committee held a sports meeting in Dali and asked Tengchong's knife and pole team to perform. This superb skill won the house full of praise! The media reported enthusiastically.
This saying spread like this: Going up to the mountain of swords and going down to the sea of fire is to commemorate Wang Ji, an incorruptible, great and Han general who loved people of all ethnic groups like his own son!"
The governor said: "There is such a connection! I don't even know!"
The people around them also looked confused and cute, "We don't know either!"
He Huan looked at them and said, "You should know it now, forget it later, and don't spread it out."
"Hahaha……"
"This was originally a religious activity. You would invite gods, climb up the mountain of swords, and then come down. It was gone. Later, the media reported it, and more places invited them to perform.
The protectors of national culture have used their brains again to weaken the sacrificial part and add Lisu music and dance to enrich the content of this activity, from entertaining gods to entertaining people.
It has developed to this day, and it has become associated with tourism, and it has become a grand festival for the Lisu people, or it can be said that this activity is included in all grand festivals."
The villagers and people from other places all looked at the nun who had finished offering sacrifices to the sword pole, and led a few men to stand it up. There was no one around, and the colorful sword ladder stood up from the ground, reaching into the blue sky.