"The sky is paved in the Yangmei Fairy Valley, and the mandarin oranges are fished on the fine sand and ride on the waves..." Recently, the intangible cultural inheritance activity "Fishermen's songs are heard from Dongshan, and fighting songs compete to show their pride" was held at Yangmeikeng Haixing Square. The activity was organized by Shenzhen University Hosted by Nan'ao Dongshan Community in Pengxin District and hosted by Dapeng New District Intangible Cultural Heritage Promotion Association, it is one of the community's characteristic livelihood micro projects, attracting many residents and tourists to stop and watch and participate in interactions.
The activity creatively added an interactive teaching and singing session of the municipal intangible cultural heritage "Dongshan Fishing Song", allowing tourists to experience the cultural and artistic charm of the intangible cultural heritage project up close. Attracted by the fishing songs, a tourist child from Hunan took the initiative to come on stage to participate in the interaction, and the parents in the audience praised him.
It is understood that the Dongshan fishing songs of South Australia originated from the Dan people. In the past, they lived on boats for many years and had few cultural and entertainment activities. In the day-to-day production and labor, the fishing songs with beautiful melodies and lively rhythms came into being and became the basis for generations of fishermen. Important spiritual and cultural food. In August 2016, the local community recruited villagers who were familiar with singing fishing songs in the jurisdiction to form the Dongshan Fishing Song Team to provide assistance for the excavation, rescue, protection and inheritance of local intangible cultural heritage. By inviting professional teachers for guidance and training, the fishing songs that were once orally taught by fishermen have their own words, music, and tunes. The new music score deeply explores the cultural connotation of Dongshan fishing songs, injecting new era vitality into the fishing songs, and the singing and dancing skills of the team members have also improved. further improvement. In 2021, "Dongshan Fishing Song" was included in the municipal intangible cultural heritage project, becoming another intangible cultural heritage business card of Dapeng New District.
In addition to fishermen’s songs, 7 exciting performances were also performed at the scene. The acrobatic performance "Moon Ring" perfectly blended the thrill of traditional acrobatics with the grace of dance; the Long March suite "Four Crosses of Chishui" presented by the community chorus 》 soul-stirring and majestic; the "Qilin Presents Auspiciousness" presented by the successor of the South Australia Qilin Team combines traditional Chinese music and unique martial arts footwork, and the Qilin dance steps and expressions are lifelike, winning praise and praise from the audience.
A series of local specialty snacks are also set up at the event site. While residents and tourists are feasting their eyes on a series of wonderful intangible cultural heritage performances, they can also experience making sea urchin rice dumplings, rice cakes, and taste tea fruits, green balls and other delicacies.
"Dongshan community is located within the scope of Nan'ao International Slow City. Recently, Luzui Scenic Area has been upgraded to a national AAA tourist attraction. Its popularity has become increasingly high, and the tourism industry has become more and more abundant. Next, we will continue to dig deeper and make good use of Dongshan Fishing Songs This local intangible cultural heritage core resource leverages the new business cards of cultural tourism such as International Slow City and national 3a-level scenic spots to link intangible cultural inheritance and protection with more popular activities in scenic spots, continue to deepen the 'intangible cultural heritage + tourism' project, and further promote cultural tourism. High-quality and in-depth integrated development,” said the relevant person in charge of Dongshan Community.
text and pictures|Jiang Jiayuan and Feng Hui