temple fairs , especially in the new era, the rich and colorful cultural life has made all kinds of temple fairs and gatherings present in colorful colors.
Putting aside those new gatherings, these " Temple City " or "Festival Fair" have been passed down for a long time. They are related to religion and are one of the forms of trade in China's markets.
Take the temple fair that Chu Qiu is going to introduce today. It has been passed down for 500 years and has long become a unique local folk custom. It connects the local memory of generations. Every time it is on the fourth day of the second lunar month, it is destined to become the most beautiful scenery on this land.
This is the "Mahuiling Temple Fair" that occurred in northern Jiangxi Province. Locals prefer to call it "Mahuiling Temple Fair" .
Mahuiling Market has been around for more than a hundred years
Mahuiling . This place with a special name is just a township in the area in northern Gan. But the various memories Ma Huiling has are enough to attract attention. According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang fought against Chen Youliang . He pursued here and resigned his horse to return to the army. Only then did he get this "Ma Huiling" , also known as "Ma Hualing" and "Huima Ling" .
Its special feature is not only this, but there are more profound expressions of the cultural heritage here.
There are a large number of famous places and cultural landscapes in the territory.
It is said that Tao Yuanming "Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the southern mountains" Nanshan in refers to Mingyang Mountain in Mahuiling, and Tao Gong 's tomb is located in it.
At the same time, in the territory is the former site of Jinglin Street, Matou Village, Han Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Han Dynasty, Chucheng County, , Fumin Village, Eastern Han Dynasty Tomb Area ruins , Mahuiling Old Railway Station is the starting point of the 25th Division of the National Revolutionary Army participating in the "August 1" Nanchang Uprising, Yangliu Village Sixth Ancestor is Chinese Buddhism The sixth generation of Zen ancestors - Master Huineng built for the Dharma propaganda temple...
and this traditional temple fair that has lasted for more than a hundred years - "Mahuiling Temple Fair" . According to legend, "Living Hall" in Jinglin Street, Matou Village, Mahuiling Town, has a "Living Hall" in history, commonly known as major temple . Every year, lunar month 4th lunar month people are constantly looking for fragrance, and come to the temple to pray for a year of good weather and good harvest.
is like this. On the day of the 4th day of the second lunar month of , in the continuous stream of year after year, vendors also took the opportunity to set up stalls, provide food, refreshments, etc. to capture business opportunities. Later, there were also local specialties and foods, small agricultural tools, daily necessities and agricultural miscellaneous items.
After a century of evolution, the traditional temple fair day has become the local traditional ruin day , which is the "day of the market".
Mahuiling Market, the hometown and memory
Mahuiling Town is located in Jiujiang County, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province (now Chaisang District ). The "Ma Huiling Temple Fair" started during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty. It is held here every year on the fourth day of the second month.
00 years of continuous development, connecting the deepest memories of the locals, so that when many Jiujiang people talk about "Go to Ma Ling and go to the market" , everyone seems to have the same tacit understanding.
This tacit understanding is even more a memory. For them, more or less, there will be memories about the market in their minds.
This memory is naturally inseparable from the bustling and bustling.
In my memory, "Go to the market" is crowded. Although there is some dirty and noisy in my impression, people are still willing to "join the fun" as usual on this day of the year.
The fourth day of the second month has also become the "gathering festival" in the hearts of locals . Farmers will also rush to purchase some agricultural supplies before the busy farming season in the spring, enjoying the most rare leisure and pleasant time before the busy farming season and after the first month.
It is said that the traffic volume at the peak of the temple fair can reach hundreds of thousands of people. People from Jiujiang County (now Chaisang District), De'an County , Xingzi County (Lushan City) and Hunan, Hubei, Anhui as far as Zhejiang, Henan and other foreign tourists and merchants will flock to this day.
Naturally, in many people's impression, "Ma Huiling" also has a close connection with "product transaction gathering place" , just like Ma Huiling Station is in Northern Expedition , Nanchang Uprising , and 100-year-old station.
. The difference is that for locals, this inherited "trade" that grew up among the people embodies their lives from generation to generation, and year after year, and is contaminated with deep feelings for the countryside.
A friend said that when he talked about "Ma Huiling and going to the market", he remembered his childhood.
At that time, he and his friends were looking forward to the arrival of the fourth day of the second month, and then they could go to the market with their old mother. Various snacks, food and toys became his greatest hope.
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is such a seemingly simple temple fair, but it has been passed down for more than a hundred years and looks unique.
Nowadays, the Ma Huiling Temple Fair is still held every year, and it is still crowded with people. The products at the rally are full of colorful snacks, including Jiujiang Wenqu Opera, Tea Picking Opera, Silk Strings Gongs and Drums, Shan Song , Jiujiang Yanghao and other traditional folk art performances appear one after another on the big stage, which is very lively!
However, in the past two years, due to the impact of the epidemic, the temple fairs in 2020 and 2021 have been suspended or postponed.
Similarly, the fourth day of the second month of the year is coming again. We can only wait and see what this year will be like!
But in the current epidemic situation, protection is the main focus. When spring is warm, the century-old temple fair comes with local enthusiasm, everything is still there. This intangible cultural heritage project is worthy of being circulated continuously.
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