This grand traditional folk festival has developed into the Mushan Township National Traditional Culture and Art Festival. Mushan Township’s unique geographical advantages and leisure cultural resources

(Correspondent Wang Jieqing) On February 27, a grand Lu Yuchun Club event was held in front of Lu Yu Temple in Shanglin County Mushan Township . Here, there was a battle between the Ox King, going up the Knife Mountain, going down to the Sea of ​​Fire, and a folk song king duet competition. ...Attracting more than 60,000 tourists from Nanning, guests and even the whole region to enjoy the annual Spring Festival. The activity lasts from the first day of February to the third day of February. This grand traditional folk festival has developed into the Mushan Township National Traditional Culture and Art Festival.

At 10 o'clock in the morning that day, with the sound of a gong, in the sugar cane field in front of Luyu Temple, three big yellow cattle with flowery red cloth on their heads lined up. Under the shouts of the old farmers, the big yellow cattle pulled the iron plow The spring soil turns up and the mud waves turn up, and the spring plowing of the new year begins, which symbolizes the people's best wishes for good weather and a good harvest.

The plowing ceremony was the beginning of the event. The most exciting and eye-catching thing was the bulls glaring at each other. They stepped forward to fight. The bulls who were confused fled and became the laughing point of the audience. There were also fierce scenes in which defeat was turned into victory. It made 60,000 people sweat. The scene was both tense and exciting. The audience feasted their eyes on it and applauded again and again.

On the second day of the second lunar month, there is a custom of the dragon raising its head . Legend has it that this festival originated from the period of Fuxi, the head of the Three Emperors. The Fuxi family "emphasizes farming, mulberry trees, and plowing the fields." On February 2 of every year, "the emperor's wife delivers food, and the emperor drives him to plow the land himself." He takes care of one-third of an acre of land. Later, Huangdi, Tang Yao, Yu Shun, Xia Yu all followed the example of their ancestors. King Wu of Zhou not only followed this traditional practice, but also implemented it as an important national policy. On the second day of February, a major ceremony was held to allow all civil and military officials to cultivate one-third of an acre of land. Hence the saying "On February 2, the dragon raises its head". The dragon dance and blessing activities at the Spring Society event fully demonstrated the villagers' yearning for a better life in the coming year. Programs such as sugar cane transportation and cockfighting competitions also attracted attention, making people who had worked hard for a year laugh. The joyful laughter lingered on the top of Mushan Mountain.

Mushan Township’s unique geographical location advantages and leisure cultural resources have further expanded the popularity and influence of Mushan Township. The Lu Yuchun Society activities not only brought traditional culture out of Mushan, but also further promoted local economic development. At the event site, many local farmers and poor households set up stalls to provide local specialties to tourists from afar, using delicacies to retain guests’ memories of Mushan Township.

In recent years, Lu Yuchun Society’s traditional activities have been constantly innovating and enriching their content, and their influence has gradually expanded. In 2015, Mushan Township Lu Yuchun Society was successfully included in the Nanning Municipal Intangible Cultural Heritage Project List. This event is to carefully build the cultural brand of Lu Yuchun Society in Mushan Township, fully demonstrate the good image of Guangxi's characteristic tourism county, enrich the cultural life of villages and towns, promote tourism development, and strive to build Guangxi's characteristic tourism county and ecological tourism, leisure and health base .