Chongqing — In Tongliang Anju Ancient City, Sichuan opera face-changing, dragon dance performances, and moxibustion experience, these unique ways gave foreign media visiting groups a deeper understanding of the history and culture of the ancient city when they had a tour on December 17.
The entrance of Anju Ancient City. Anju in Chinese means to live and work in peace.
Anju Ancient City is located in Anju Town, Tongliang District, Chongqing. It has a history of more than 1,400 years. There are 197 municipal and district-level cultural relics and one national intangible cultural heritage in the ancient city.
The folk cultural performance was staged in Anju Ancient City.
Walking into the Huguang Guild Hall in Anju Ancient City, two actors on the stage were performing Sichuan Opera face changes. As the facial makeup of the actors changed, a foreign reporter exclaimed, "Wow! The face changes so fast!" Feeling this traditional Chinese art up close, the two actors also came to the auditorium deliberately, holding the audience's hands and changing two faces, winning rounds of applause.
The actor is performing Sichuan Opera face changes.
Strolling through the ancient city, there are also traditional folk cultural activities such as county magistrate tours and dragon dance performances one by one, showing the charm of the ancient city to foreign reporters.
Dragon dance performances.
The ancient city of Anju is still a "living" ancient city. Many aborigines live in the ancient city, and they also retain the traditional customs of life, such as making rice dumplings.
Foreign journalists to experience moxibustion.
In order to maintain the simple folk customs of the ancient city, in the process of protection and development and business cultivation, the living habits, customs, and folk activities of the aboriginal people are preserved as much as possible, and the aboriginal people are strongly supported to develop local specialties and handicrafts so that they are primitive. The living condition blends perfectly with the ancient city.
"The ancient city here is very well protected." A foreign journalist from Indonesia said that she was particularly impressed by visiting the Anju ancient city.
“I’ve been to some ancient towns, but most of them are heavily commercialized, but Anju’s ancient towns retain their original appearance. I have seen many aborigines living here, with children going to school, grandparents sitting at the door, full of life. This is great." Next, she considered reporting the primitive style of Anju Ancient City in the form of words and pictures.