Here Comes the 2014 Jinsha Sun Festival!
Release Time: 2017-11-01
Jinsha Sun Festival with Joys, Carnival Coming Soon
Here comes the 2014 Chengdu Jinsha Sun Festival! On the night of Jan. 28, the 2014 Chengdu Jinsha Sun Festival held its opening ceremony grandly in the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum and would continue till Feb. 16 (the 17th day in the 1st month in lunar calendar). It is a grant event sponsored by the Municipal Government and organized by the Municipal Cultural Bureau, the Governments of Qingyang District and Jinniu District with assistance from the Chengdu Jinsha Site Museum, the executor.
Many activities made the night unusually brilliant, like the Spanish dance Welcome, the Fish over the Sun by Fanyin Dance Squad, the song I Love the City by the musician Gou Wei, the microfilm Night at the Jinsha Museum, the dance TheFox, rocking shows and Plants vs. Zombies. Through the official website, WeChat account and the Chengdu Business Daily, the sponsor had made its efforts to attract the local citizens who would be greeted and impressed with a carnival. It is worth mentioning that those programs will also be presented on the Jinsha Sun Festival.
Half-price Ticket at RMB 30 Discounts for WeChat Followers
For the benefits to the people, a half-price ticket of RMB 30 was enforced that visitors could have access to the whole museum and exhibition halls and all activities.
Those who added the WeChat account (No.: CDJSBWG) of the Jinsha Site Museum would have the chance to a voucher to the Sun Festival by inputting the code (tyj789) and following the reply.
Plants vs. Zombies on the Jinsha Sun Festival
Tonight, a group of “plants” in weird dressing were particularly attractive. One group of people acted as peashooters and sunflowers and another group acted as zombies in different shapes. The plants and zombies at first danced with the music, and then fought with each other. It turned out that it was the well-prepared quick flashing, inspired by the entertaining game Plants vs. Zombies. Those actors hided themselves in the visitors and then suddenly began their performance, which surprised the visitors a lot. Those activities would continue during the Jinsha Sun Festival, together with exotic fashion shows and Korea style performances to entertain the local citizens.
Showed first were the traditional paper lantern, national songs and dance, local foods from Korea and hip-hop by world top squad. Visitors, dressed in Hanbok, learned how to make “kimchi” on the site. Jia Shengqiang, a singer famous via talent show, was also invited to create visitors a sea of his charming and originating music while the modern dance squad FUE EN LOSPIES came with the passionate zapateado and Spanish ladies. An ebullient Flamingo, a newfangled Welcome and a graceful Salsa collided with the simple culture in China. Moreover, the whole night was rocked by the Shark (a band with members from different countries), the Six Dimensions (a rocking bank with competitiveness), and Gou Wei, a local rock star in Chengdu. We also had the star in magic, Ms. Yang Yi showing up. Besides, 3D Holographic Projection Technology was employed to reverse the time and space, and bring back famous stars that have passed away, including Teresa Teng, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui. Yesterday once more, they came back to us again! Classics came back to us again!
Miao Songs & Dong Dances Foods & Folk Customs
On the Jinsha Sun Festival this year, Guizhou style was introduced to all the visitors through light sculptures and lanterns, including its landscape, waterwheels and drum-towers. The inheritor of embroidery, batik, lusheng (a reed-pipe wind instrument), clay whistle and silver ornament showed their skills and works on the scenes. And songs of the ethnic Dong and lusheng dance of the ethnic Miao will be on the live show. What’s more, visitors could also see the exhibition of Nuo culture—the first and biggest one in Sichuan. To commemorate the old Nuo culture in an artistic way on the land where the ancestors of Jinsha ever lived and worked for generations is to pray for the luck and happiness of the next year.
In the Guizhou Garden, visitors were prepared for Miao embroidery, batik, silver forging, learning to play lusheng, clay whistle and getting red packets. All those entering for the “New Year of Miao Nationality” would have the access to a series of activities and the chance to register for the Valentine's Day and free ticket for the Sun Festival as well as vouchers for tourism in Guizhou by participating in the interactions on site. In the Food Exhibition, some local features of Miao and Dong from the Southeastern Guizhou were on sale, including the Pig Soup and team from Leishan and Liping, rhizoma gastrodiae, Auricularia auricular, radix pseudostellariae, oil capsicum, fermented bean curd, Zhenyuan Dao Dishes, sour chili, Miao fermented bean curd and Huijian cake of ethnic Dong.
Dream Garden Back with Awards
In the Dream Garden, parents would enjoy the Sun Festival with their children. It is specially designed for children, where they learn to be an adult in the “Jinsha Town”, where they explore the mysterious Shu Road at “Deciphering Jinsha”, where they participate in diversified games related to science, for instance, soap bubbles and the power of electricity with a ring or an iron wire in hand, from which, they know more about what is science. Come on! Let’s go travelling now!
In addition, visitors may join in the hand-shadow and puppet show with Master Shen Xiao, the inheritor of intangible cultural heritage. We find the secrets of Jinsha, we go across the fire, we play games with kids and win stamps for gifts. The rule is applicable during the whole festival (20 days). Gifts are limited.
Spring in the Flower Market of Jinsha Enjoy the Lanterns, Flowers and the Sun
The “Jinsha Flower Market” was a revival of the tradition in ancient times. Flower shops were built in the dwelling style of Western Sichuan, decorated with flowers and formed a street extending back to the past. The flowery stage was shaped in circle with three giant tulips as the background. It was also a breakthrough that fresh flowers were used in winter.
A Journey Through the History of Jinsha Attending the Ritual Ceremony of Ancient Shu
The Road of Holy Fire, the Sacrifice to the Water Spirit...Lanterns presented on the Jinsha Sun Festival combined modern animation and games with typical patterns and symbols of ancient Shu culture. It is learned that over 70 lantern groups were set up, including more than 20 of large size and 5 of supersize. Almost 20,000 strings of LED lamps were consumed to produce the atmosphere, a record in the history of the festival. Furthermore, on this session, the “Jinsha Sacrifice Ceremony” was reproduced and presented on the 1st and 15th days of the 1st month in the New Year.
