The Characteristic Culture of Lalin Town

Lalin Town, wuchang city, Heilongjiang Province is the place where the first batch of immigrants arrived after the policy of "opening up wasteland and guarding the border" was implemented in Qianlong nine years of Qing Dynasty. These immigrants cultivated and worked in the birthplace of their ancestors, and after colliding with local residents, they gradually formed the Lalin Qijing immigrant culture with Kyoto culture in Heilongjiang. Qijing culture is an important type of Manchu culture in Heilongjiang, and Lalin Town is the cradle of Qijing culture. Relevant documents of Harbin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have listed Qijing Culture as one of Harbin's characteristic cultural types, and the tourism development of Qijing Culture has been included in the tourism planning of our province, Harbin and wuchang city. According to Jing Wong, director and researcher of the Institute of Local History and Tourism Development of Harbin Academy of Social Sciences who participated in the planning, Qi Jing's culture is an important type of Manchu culture in Heilongjiang, with profound historical background and rich cultural connotation, and it is a rare treasure of Heilongjiang national culture. Lalin Town, wuchang city is the cradle of Qijing culture. Lalin Town, Wuchang, Heilongjiang Province and its surroundings still retain the complete form of the layout of the seven villages in that year. Moreover, important sites such as Yamen, Balpin's former residence and Yonghai's former residence still exist, and thousands of precious genealogies, ancestral portraits and other cultural relics are still in the hands of future generations. The folk habit of drinking bean juice is still preserved, and the Beijing accent and Beijing flavor in the language can still be heard. This unique culture has extremely high historical value, scientific value and tourism development value, and has been widely recognized by the academic and political circles in China, especially in Beijing and Heilongjiang.

People have never stopped studying, discussing, protecting and developing this extremely precious historical relic. In 2000, the Institute of Local History and Tourism Development of Harbin Academy of Social Sciences initiated this research, and established the Beijing Banner Culture Institute, and published works such as Lalin Alechuka Beijing Banner Culture and Beijing Banner Culture Research. At the same time, the Wuchang Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government also set up the Beijing Banner Cultural Development Office to actively promote the protection and utilization of Beijing Banner culture. From June 5 to 10, 2000, the Provincial Ethnic Affairs Commission, Harbin Academy of Social Sciences, Harbin Hershey Manchu Culture Research Institute and Wuchang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government jointly held the Wuchang Summit Forum of Qijing Culture in Harbin, Heilongjiang. The concept of Beijing flag culture has been widely recognized.

In the 9th year of Qing Qianlong (1744), on August 28th of the lunar calendar, 1000 idlers left their century-old house, the quadrangle of wanping county Caomao Hutong in Shuntianfu, Beijing, and went north along Songliao Plain, passing Yanshan and Shanhaiguan. After more than two months' trekking, they came to Lalin, the five permanent members of the world of ice and snow, set up a flag and began to stand on their own feet. Since then, from the 21st year of Qianlong (1756) to the 24th year of Qianlong (1759), another 2,000 Beijing idlers have moved to Lalin Acheng area, and 32 Manchu settlements in Beijing Banner have been established. Thus, between Baishan and Heishui, a special cultural area with strong Kyoto color appeared, which was different from the northeast at that time.

It was a strategic move implemented in the middle of Qing Dynasty to transfer Beijing idle flag bearers to Lalin Alchuka, so that they could learn agriculture, practice riding and shooting, and restore old customs, which not only solved the livelihood problem of flag bearers, but also continued the country. This decision, which began in the 9th year of Qianlong, went through Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang dynasties for nearly a hundred years and became one of the national policies of the Qing government. In Qitun, a Manchu town in Lalin, wuchang city, Manchu people still speak Beijing dialect, and there are many Manchu words, special nouns and place names. Their food, literature, sports and costumes all retain the characteristics of Beijing flag people. These cultures are of the same origin as Manchu in Beijing. Wuchang city will make great efforts to build a flagship cultural tourist area in Beijing.

It is understood that the Manchu village in the northern Lalin Manchu town radiates four Manchu towns and some towns, forming a Qijing cultural area, including 24 Qitun and 4 1 eight-flag shacks (huts), with a Manchu population of 1.2 million.

Lalin has a history of more than 900 years. In the long historical process, it has accumulated profound historical culture, especially the culture of Beijing Banner, which is very special compared with Manchu in other regions and has the same roots as Manchu in Beijing. During the Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty, immigrants from Kyoto not only promoted national unity, but also promoted the harmonious development of Beijing Banner culture, making Lalin the birthplace of Beijing Banner culture. As a branch of Kyoto culture, Qijing culture has played an active role in the development and construction of the northeast frontier.

Through investigation, it is found that there are more than 1 100 pieces of cultural remains and cultural relics in Beijing Banner, among which 270 pieces are of historical value, including Manchu and Chinese books 19 volumes, 4 pieces of music1piece, 2 photos of flag bearers in the late Qing Dynasty, 47 pieces of utensils, 33 pieces of furniture and 57 pieces of religious sacrificial articles. There are also a large number of production and living appliances and cultural relics such as wood carvings, brick carvings and weapons.