“Zhou Xiong Filial Son Sacrifice” is the most famous folk belief activity in Fuyang District. It is a folk custom activity held by the people in Luzhu Town, on the third day of the third lunar month, to commemorate Zhou Xiong, the great filial son of the Southern Song Dynasty. On the same day, the villagers of Sili went to the King Hall of Luzhu (the first batch of key folk belief places in the province) to worship, reward gods, trade fairs, and visit relatives and friends, maintaining the original style of the traditional temple fair. In December 2014, “Zhou Xiong Filial Son Festival” was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list, becoming the third project in Fuyang to be selected in the representative list of national heritage. It has inherited the essence of filial piety culture for thousands of years and deeply influenced generations of Luzhu people.
At 8:30 am on October 28,2017, the “Zhou Xiong Filial Son Sacrifice” sacrificial ceremony was held in Luzhu Town. First, the gong started, then zhao, gongs and drums, forks and ten teams opened, and then the Zhou Xiong statue, the eight people along the way, gathered and worshipped. Finally, the sacrificial team gathered to Xiaozowan Cultural Park for the sacrificial ceremony. First, playing music, offering incense, offering three cattle offerings, grain and rice ears, fruits, vegetables and flowers, then reading sacrifices, three kneeling and nine kowtow, ritual, and putting a spear. After the sacrificial ceremony, three “intangible cultural heritage” teams, namely, Liuzhu Village Lion Dance Team, Zen Lantern Team of Taohualing Village and Langwu Village Bamboo Horse Team, performed for the masses respectively.
In addition, on October 26, Hangzhou Fuyang District Zhou Xiong filial piety cultural festival officially opened, the Zhou Xiong filial piety sacrifice as one of the five major activities, for the first time using the way of network broadcast, so that not in the audience friends can also feel the national intangible cultural heritage protection project —— “Zhou Xiong filial son sacrifice” cultural charm in the first time. According to statistics, the network broadcast watched more than 270,000 people.
In recent years, Fuyang district dig green zhu Zhou Xiong “filial piety culture” element, to carry out a series of inheritance “filial piety” gene etiquette activities, carry forward the “filial piety” energy comparison activities, transfer “filial piety” power lecture hall activities, etc., activate the “filial piety culture” local humanistic spirit this unique code, in the district to build a strong filial piety good culture propaganda. The selection of “Zhou Xiong Filial Piety Award” in Luzhu Town, Fuyang District has been held for four times, constantly stimulating the power of good.
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