The origin of the salt stove drag puppet, an overview of the salt stove drag puppet

There is a reason for the salt stove to drag the god puppet. Legend has it that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a fisherman in the village who was arrested in the shallow sea (note), and fished out a statue of a god, the image was very solemn and mighty, and he was frightened, and he was fished up again after throwing it off, he had to pray to the idol: "If you can help me catch a basket full of fish and shrimp, I will take you back."

On that day, it was seized very much, so it was placed in the village temple for worship, and the incense was very prosperous.

Yanzao in Yanhong Town, Chenghai County, is a natural village with a population of more than 16,000 people. There are peculiar folk customs of dragging gods and puppets in the village, which are rare in Chaoshan all over the country. Every year on the twentieth day of the first lunar month.

1. Twenty-two days is the festival of the gods, and the young and middle-aged people in the village need to prepare to drag the gods. In those years, the strong men who took turns to carry the gods had to protect the gods, everyone had to fast, bathe and clean, wear a pair of freshly sewn shorts, bare-chested, and apply soybean oil all over their bodies. He also tied the idol with a rope to the portable shrine, and when the god was carried through the village, the person who wanted to drag the god followed closely, and when he swam to the designated open field, the people shouted, and they rushed and fought violently, trying to drag the god down; The strong man who protects the god is smeared with soybean oil naked, and it is slippery, and it is not easy to grip.

Those who want to drag God will not give in to each other, each showing his skills, you fight for me, you rob me and pull, hug your waist and pull your legs, twisted into a ball. The onlookers were crowded with people, and some even rode on the wall, climbed to the roof, and cheered. In the end, he still dragged the puppet down, so that he had to take off his face, break his feet and broken hands, and then push it down to the pool to soak, so that he could return happy.

After dragging the gods, choose an auspicious day to pick up the gods, reshape the golden body, and send them back to the temple for people to worship and enjoy the incense. Year after year, this folk custom still exists today.

There is an old custom in the salt stove, every year the god carries the idol of the god to cast lots, and the middle lot has to arrange a feast to invite the villagers, and the poor family suffers greatly. That year, the fisherman happened to be in the lot, and the day of the wandering god was approaching, and he had no plan to think about it, and his heart was like a fire, so he complained that the god did not bless him but harmed him, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and at night he simply ran into the temple with a rope, tied up the idol and dragged it to the beach, trampled it in the mud and sand, and spent the night picking up his suits and crossing the ocean to take refuge.

Coincidentally, this year, the salt stove had a bumper harvest of grains, the fishing flood was prosperous, and the fishermen also made a fortune in Nanyang. The following year was approaching the day of the gods, he hurried home and explained the truth to the villagers, so he dug up the statue of the god, whitewashed the golden body, and offered it to the temple. Everyone thinks:

The old man must like to drag, and the more he drags, the more prosperous he becomes. Since then, it has become customary. There is a proverb:

The god of salt stove owes a delay. "If you don't beat and scold, you can't be a weapon. Note:

Hunting, a shallow sea fishing operation.