What are the cultural characteristics of Mianyang?

Culture is a unique phenomenon in human society, and it is everywhere. Culture is also a kind of human accomplishment, and we can cultivate our own cultural heritage by experiencing, participating in and cultivating social life. Mianyang's cultural connotation is integrated with Bashu culture, which has a very deep foundation and local characteristics. This paper attempts to explore Mianyang culture through some cultural heritages or cultural exchanges.

Mianyang City is located in the northwest of the edge of Chengdu Plain, and its specific geographical situation can be summarized in one sentence: "Three parallel rivers"-Fujiang River, Anchang River and Furong River form an "elegant" shape, surrounding the whole city. This kind of water resource is the best resource for Mianyang's sustainable development.

Taking water as the name of the city, Fuxian has a history of more than 2000 years. The water culture born of water is a major feature of Mianyang. The famous Tieniu Street is famous all over the world because of the Tieniu town. The title of "yangsi General Temple" was built at the end of the street in Xianfeng for seven years. If you think it is "Youkou", it is called "Wang Si Temple". In fact, it is to worship the miraculous "Erlang God" Emperor Wen of Sui; Lianjiang oil county is named "Erlang Temple" after the local big town, which shows that the people of Mianyang before liberation pinned all their hopes on Erlang God.

(Mianyang, a landscape garden city)

When people's eyes focused on the Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, the "Bianduishan Site" in Xinzhao Town, Fucheng District, Mianyang City was smiling without a word. For 4800 years, it has been a sloping settlement. It was discovered that when baoji-chengdu railway was built, a train rumbled past here on the platform of Biandui Mountain, and the Anchang River was at the foot of the mountain.

1989, the Institute of Archaeology of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Mianyang Museum conducted archaeological excavations on this site. According to the excavation report, the cultural accumulation layer of the site is clear and the remains are rich, and thousands of pottery, stone tools, bone utensils, burning soil and other specimens have been unearthed.

Don't underestimate this website. It is the birthplace of Mianyang civilization, comparable to Xiaguanzi Site in Shoumao County and Baodun Cultural Site in Xinjin, hundreds or even thousands of years earlier than Sanxingdui Site. Its significance lies in the study of the origin of civilization and the original cultural features of Sichuan Basin, which is of great significance.

1989, 1 1 In June, a cash cow was unearthed from Hana Tomb in Hejia, Mianyang. Five portraits were cast on the tall trunk, with a single portrait of 6.5 cm, right hand upright, palm outward and sitting cross-legged. This is a knot of an early Buddha, which is undoubtedly a Buddha statue. The name of the so-called cash cow is incorrect, but it should be the comprehensive modeling of various sacred trees described in Shan Hai Jing.

Buddhism was introduced into China during the Western Han Dynasty, as evidenced by the cash cow shown above. The mature period should be Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, such as 42 niches and 6 Buddhist and Taoist statues on Jun Que of Pingyang House in Mianyang.

The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the heyday of Mianyang Buddhism, and Tiantai Sect, Huayan Sect, Pure Land Sect, Faxiangzong Sect and Zen Sect became the mainstream of local Buddhism. For example, Kiyomizu Temple, built in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty (627 649), has 32 Buddhist stone carvings 18 niches and Diamond Sutra in the Tang Dynasty. 199 1 year, Sichuan provincial people's government announced it as a provincial-level cultural relics protection unit.

Qin culture refers to a regional culture in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The scope is roughly the border area of Shaanxi and Gansu. It crossed the long river of history in the form of a road and turned into Chinese culture, which had a great influence on Bashu culture, especially Mianyang culture.

The above four pictures are: the ancient post road in Mianyang city, which is also the main road for Sichuanese to leave northern Sichuan and go to the Central Plains. The second picture shows Qiqushan section of Jinniu Road. The third and fourth pictures show the Songlong plank road, which is an ancient plank road from Gulongfu (Pingwu) to Gu Song (Songpan).

After Qin annexed Bashu from the north to the south of Minjiang River, Qin culture poured in. With the immigration of hundreds of thousands of Qin people into Sichuan, the number of rich people in Bashu area, including Mianzhou, has increased, and their customs such as costumes, weddings and funerals, and the use of three sacrifices in memorial ceremonies have had different degrees of influence on Mianzhou cultural customs.

The construction of the city wall also began at this time. Now, the stone wall in Tongchuan Town, Santai County, Mianyang City has become one of the best preserved stone walls in China.

In 20 13, it was declared as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

Through the understanding of Mianyang Cliff Statue, we can see that its style is deeply influenced by Central Plains culture, especially Dunhuang art.

The above two pictures show the cliff statues of the Thousand Buddhas in Wolong Mountain, which were carved on four huge stones with a size of 5.5x3.2 in the eighth year of Tang Zhenguan, covering an area of 64.5 square meters, and were shaped by Erlix, a disciple of one Buddha and two Bodhisattvas.

The cliff statue of Qingshui Temple, located on the cliff wall of Guanyin Hall of Qingshui Temple in Mianyang City, was unearthed in Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty (627 649). There are 25 cliff statues, and King Kong Prajna paramita passes through one side. The objects of the statue are Amitabha Buddha and 52 Bodhisattvas, with elegant temperament and accurate modeling. For traditional themes such as the Three Sages in the West,

In 20 13, it was declared as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

In the pre-Qin period, Mianzhou people chose water to live, and their ancestors believed that the soul could not die. After death, people can cross the water by boat to the Tianpengque Wenshan, and the gods were taken away by the gods, so coffin burial prevailed, which to some extent reflected the belief that Mianzhou ancestors used boats as their home at that time.

After Qin culture entered Mianzhou, the local funeral customs also changed, and burial became the mainstream form of funeral. Funeral etiquette culture followed; According to the tradition of the Han nationality in Mianzhou, after death, important relatives and friends should be informed first to discuss how to deal with the funeral of the deceased.

Then go and invite Taoist priests and Yin and Yang teachers to be responsible for the funeral of the dead in the original creation. Yin and Yang teachers are responsible for the geomantic omen of the cemetery, the selection and placement of graves.

At the same time, family members have to scrub the body and wear shroud for the deceased. The male deceased wore nine pieces and the female deceased wore seven pieces. Then the translator lies on the board, with a piece of toilet paper on his face, hemp rope tied to his feet and a ever-burning lamp under his feet. Light candles on both sides of the lamp, and leave the rest to the Taoist priest.

Well-preserved tombs in Mianyang city. Photo 1 shows the tomb of Qing Yan and Cai Yong in Shuangban Township, Zitong County.

The second picture is the tomb of Lin Qingshikun and his wife in Longshu Town, Santai County.

Figure 3 shows the tomb of Tang Dezhong in Lianghe Town, Yanting County in Qing Dynasty.

Before liberation, Mianyang snacks used to hold up half the sky of food culture, such as bean jelly, bell bean jelly, beef, Shaoxing white meat, steamed stuffed bun, Wang Tangyuan and so on. ...

People's diet was the first to introduce "rice". After cooking for seven or eight minutes, the rice soup leaked and the rice retort was steamed. Cooked rice smells good. If you slice the bacon made of two knives of meat, the fragrance will be overflowing.

I want to eat rice in a stuffy pot, add some sweet potatoes, tender beans and bacon, simmer slowly, and the crispy rice will taste full of flavor.

During the Spring Festival, people began to turn over fields, row sugar cane and hit turtledoves in bamboo cages with earth muskets. At that time, "ear-picking" purple buds will emerge from the fields under the shade of trees to refresh themselves. Mr. Zhang Daqian is particularly good at this dish.

The custom of the Spring Festival, until now, is to kill pigs. On New Year's Eve, the whole family must get together for a reunion dinner. In addition to ancestor worship, there are roosters and fresh fish on the dining table. Rooster takes "leftover" (kidney), and fresh fish takes "leftover" (fish).

Yuejin Road is a well-known electronic industrial road in China. During the "First Five-Year Plan", "Second Five-Year Plan" and the third-line construction period, electronic enterprises such as Changhong, Jiuzhou, Huafeng and Fujiang were born here.

They play an important role in the development history of China's electronic industry. The red brick buildings with slogans such as "Sichuan has great hope" and "Revolutionary Committee is good" built on the outer wall along the street have a strong and obvious sense of the times. It is a classic representative of Mianyang's history and urban memory during the third-line construction period.

Concluding remarks

Of course, Mianyang's cultural characteristics are far more than these contents, among which opera, painting, calligraphy, cultural creation, leisure content and so on in cultural events cannot be described one by one because of space limitations. It's really a pity that only netizens added it in the message area. ...

Mianyang is an ancient city and the only national science city in China. Mianyang is a city where tradition and modernity meet, and it is also a place where Sichuan dialect and Mandarin are intertwined. Mianyang has the Jun Que of Pingyang Mansion in Han Dynasty, which represents the oldest stone carving art in China, and the wind tunnel group that leads the world in science and technology. In ancient times, there was Li Bai's former residence, and now there is a national famous mass production college entrance examination base. What are the cultural characteristics of Mianyang? As a Shandong native born in Mianyang, I have been away from Sichuan for 30 years, and I really want to know the cultural characteristics of Mianyang.