Raise Pavilion (core, iron branch, floating color) (Huo Tong iron branch)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Taige (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (Huotong Tiezhi)

Applicant: Jiaocheng District, Ningde City, Fujian Province

Item No.: 994

Project No.: Ⅹ - 87

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Fujian Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Jiaocheng District, Ningde City, Fujian Province

Protection unit: Cultural Service Center of Huotong Town, Jiaocheng District, Ningde City

Brief introduction of Taige (Xinzi, Tiezhi, piaose) (Huotong Tiezhi)

Applicant: Jiaocheng District, Ningde City, Fujian Province

Also known as "lift angle", "lift song", "lift high", "naoge", "naoge" and "Gaozhuang", lift Pavilion is a form of folk Parade Performance in traditional festival activities. It originated from the activities of meeting gods in the Central Plains, and then gradually spread to the southeast coast and Northwest China. It was popular for a time in the Qing Dynasty. In the process of spreading, it combined with the specific situation of different places and formed different characteristics.

In the activities of raising the pavilion, several children dressed as ancient opera characters, formed wonderful shapes according to the plot, fixed on the iron pillars and supports of the square attic, and carried by people. The traditional modeling of the pavilion is mostly taken from such plays as Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, Tian Xianpei, the legend of the White Snake, journey to the west, Zhaojun's leaving the fortress, blue bridge club, Yellow Crane Tower, fishing and killing the family. The height of the traditional modeling is about 3 to 5 meters. The attic has 3 to 5 floors. Generally, there are 1 person on each floor, 4 people on the bottom floor, 5 to 6 people on the middle floor, and 1 person on the top floor. During the pavilion tour, four lofts are generally used, and six or even eight lofts are often used. Each loft is carried forward by four or eight people.

It is popular among the people for a long time because of its beautiful shape and spectacular pictures. With the acceleration of the modernization process, the activities of raising the pavilion are gradually declining, and there is no successor in the production skills of raising the pavilion in rural areas, so the relevant rescue and protection work is imminent.

Tiezhi is a kind of performance form of "raising the pavilion". Huotong Tiezhi is popular in Huotong Town, Jiaocheng District, Ningde City, Fujian Province, and its history can be traced back to the Sui Dynasty. According to local historical records, Huang Ju, an official of the Sui Dynasty, moved to Xiancun village to avoid the persecution of emperor Yang. Later, he moved to another place with his uncle Zhu Fu, who settled in Shiqiao village in his early years. In return for his uncle's friendship, Huang Ju holds a lantern festival every year on the first birthday of his uncle on February 1 of the lunar calendar. In the daytime, he performs stilts, and in the evening, he performs paper binding, iron branch, line lion and dragon dance. Later, the Lantern Festival spread to Huotong's four sceneries. Each sceneries had to perform for four nights, which was called "Xiaoying". The Lantern Festival is held once every five years, and it is repeated once in every territory for eight nights, which is called "welcome".

Huotong Tiezhi is one of the highlights of Huotong's "February 2" Lantern Festival, adding a lively atmosphere to the whole event. Its performances, such as "Monkey King's three strikes of white bones" and "Guanyin Buddha and golden boy and girl", are mostly from traditional literature and folk stories. Huo Tong's Tiezhi production comprehensively uses Tiezhi, art, lighting and other technical means, uses forged iron, iron bars and so on as the skeleton, arranges the disguised child actors on the iron frame according to the plot needs, forms the static and dynamic character modeling of standing, hanging or lying, and then configures the scene, colored lights and so on, carries on the scenery modeling. Huo Tong's iron branches are skillful and exquisitely made, with the characteristics of concealment, adventure and vividness, which is known as "Oriental concealment art".

Huotong Tiezhi is an important part of folk festival culture in Ningde area. It reflects the important characteristics of local folk customs and provides fresh materials for the study of Fujian folk art.