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Xifeng was the territory of Yongzhou during the Xia and Shang Dynasties, and was developed earlier. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it belonged to the Yiqurong Kingdom and was a nomadic land for Xirong and Beidi. In 272 BC, it entered the Qin territory and belonged to Beidi County. In the Western Han Dynasty, it belonged to Yuzhi County. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Qiang Rong invaded and all the prefectures and counties were abolished. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it belonged to Pengyang County (the county seat is now Nanmiao Village, Dongzhi Township). In the 18th year of the founding of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty (598),

Xifeng District, Qingyang City, Gansu Province

was a municipal district of Qingyang City, Gansu Province and the seat of the Qingyang Municipal Government. The political, economic and cultural center of Yang City is adjacent to Heshui County, Zhenyuan County, Ning County and Qingcheng County of Qingyang City in the east, west and south respectively. It is located in the eastern part of Gansu Province, the upper reaches of the Jing River, in the hinterland of Dong Zhiyuan on the Longdong Loess Plateau, between 107°27′42″ to 107°52′48″ east longitude and 35°25′55″ to 35°51′ 11″ north latitude. It borders Xi'an and Xianyang to the east, Lanzhou to the west, Tianshui and Baoji to the south, and Yinchuan to the north. The total population is 330,000 (2004). The total area of ??the district is 996.35 square kilometers, including 589,700 acres of cultivated land. It belongs to the ravine area of ??the Loess Plateau, with an altitude of 1,421 meters, and the terrain slopes from northeast to southwest. The terrain is fan-shaped from north to south, about 47.7 kilometers long and 34.8 kilometers wide from east to west. Dongzhiyuan, centered on the two townships of Dongzhi and Pengyuan, has a complete original surface and flat terrain. It is known as the "Granary of Longdong" and is the largest in the country. Loess Plateau area. The climate is a semi-arid continental climate, with total annual sunshine hours of 2,400--2,600 hours, annual precipitation of 400-600 mm, annual average temperature of 10°C, annual frost-free period of 160--180 days, sufficient sunlight, and four distinct seasons.

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In the first year of Zhenguan (627), Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Peng Yuan was placed under the jurisdiction of Ningzhou. In the seventh year of Yuan Taizu's reign (1270), Jing Pengyuan and Anhua entered Qingyang Mansion. In the second year of Hongwu's reign (1369), Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, Anhua County was reestablished and placed under the direct control of the Chief Secretary of Shaanxi Province. In the 13th year of Tongzhi reign of Muzong of the Qing Dynasty (1874), Dongzhi sub-county was established (the county seat is where the present Dongzhi town government is located). In the 2nd year of the Republic of China (1913), Dongzhi County was moved from Dongzhi County to Anhua County, and was renamed Qingyang County and placed under the jurisdiction of Jingyuan Road. In the 6th year of the Republic of China (1917), Xifeng Town came under the jurisdiction of the Longdong Governor (the administrative seat was Pingliang). In the 24th year of the Republic of China (1935), the Kuomintang established the Gansu Third Administrative Inspectorate Office in Xifeng Town. After the liberation of Xifeng on July 28, 1949, the Military Control Commission was established. In 1950, Longdong Division was renamed Qingyang Division, and the district administration was established in Xifeng Town, formerly Qingyang County, and Xifeng City (county level) was established. On May 25 of the same year, the county-level city was changed to a district-level city, and it was placed under Qingyang County. . In 1954, it was changed from a city to a district, and in 1955, it was changed from a district to a town. In May 1985, Xifeng City (county level) was established with the approval of the State Council. Eight towns in the southern part of the original Qingyang County and the original Xifeng Town area were placed under the jurisdiction of Xifeng City. Xifeng Town was abolished and Zhaizi Township and two South Street and North Street were added. Street office.

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In June 2002, Qingyang Prefecture in Gansu Province was removed from the territory and a city was established. Qingyang City was established on the basis of the former Qingyang Prefecture in Gansu Province. Xifeng City (county level) was subsequently abolished and Xifeng District was established, becoming the only municipal district in Qingyang City. Xifeng District currently governs: 3 streets, 2 towns, and 5 townships, namely: North Street, South Street, West Street, Dongzhi Town, Xiaojin Town, Houguanzhai Township, Pengyuan Township, Wenquan Township, Shishe Township and Xiansheng Township.

During the rule of Chiang Kai-shek, Xifeng served as the residence of the Commissioner's Office of the Third Administrative Region of Gansu Province and the bridgehead for attacking the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region. In July 1949, the Kuomintang defenders in Xifeng, forced by the People's Liberation Army's north-south attack, abandoned the city overnight and fled toward Zhenyuan. On the 28th, Xifeng was liberated. Its affiliated Xifeng, Dongzhi, Shishe, and Pengyuan ***32 Townships 56,874 people Peasants were allocated land during the 1950 land reform. Xifeng ushered in a new life. The 1970s was an important period for the urban construction of Xifeng, which initially took the shape of today's city. By 1985, Xifeng was demolished as a town and established as a city, forming an urban area of ??approximately 5 square kilometers, with four streets and 19 lanes. After the establishment of the city, Xifeng adhered to the reform and opening up, followed the path of "leading the city with the countryside, using the countryside to promote the city, promoting both urban and rural areas, and developing the country together", ushering in the most glorious development period of urban construction. In just twenty years of development, the past The border villages and towns have risen rapidly and become a new city on the Loess Plateau.

Today's Xifeng has an urban area of ??13.6 square kilometers, a city population of more than 120,000, and more than 20 streets. The roads are straight and wide. It is no longer the same as the neighborhoods of twenty years ago. In 2004 alone, 10 streets found their ideal locations in Xifeng, and buildings, businesses, markets, industry and trade all also developed rapidly. Urbanization is an accompanying phenomenon of industrialization. With the development of productivity and market economy, the level of urbanization in Xifeng continues to improve, the urbanization process is accelerating, and the construction of material civilization is advancing by leaps and bounds. In 1985, Xifeng's population was less than 230,000, the non-agricultural population was only 37,200, the total industrial output value was 64.25 million yuan, and the total social consumption was only more than 740,000 yuan in retail sales. In 2003, the population exceeded 320,000, and the GDP reached 1.35 billion yuan. . In the first half of 2005 alone, the GDP reached more than 1.3 billion yuan, and the total retail sales of social consumption reached 459 million yuan. With the development of Xifeng Oilfield and the exploration of Zhengning, Huanxian and Xifeng coal fields, projects have been used to drive and promote the implementation of urban development strategies. Xifeng people have declared: Build a new Xifeng in five years

Qingyang Sachet Folk crafts such as sachet embroidery and paper-cutting in Xifeng District have a long history of development, but as an industry, they have only started in recent years. From the late 1970s to the early 1980s, it was sporadically brought to the market for sale and turned into commodities. However, it has always been in a state of private initiative, and its cultural heritage and market potential are far from being comprehensively developed and fully utilized. Folk custom characteristics (5 photos) In recent years, under the correct leadership of the district committee and district government, and under the guidance of the market economy, there has been a good momentum of commercialization and market-oriented development. The entire district has a clear understanding of the folk cultural and artistic value of sachets, their characteristic economic value, and their important role in utilizing women's labor force and increasing people's income. Coupled with the successful holding of four consecutive China Qingyang Sachet Folk Culture Festival, the production and market development of sachets in the region have made great progress. The party and government organizations in the region have paid more attention to the development of the sachet industry. The cadres have made great efforts to produce sachets, the masses are full of enthusiasm for production, the marketing channels have been expanded rapidly, and the industrial benefits have been obvious. As of the end of June 2005, the district had established 1 folk art research institute, 3 arts and crafts associations, 42 folk cultural industry bases such as sachets and paper-cutting, 17 marketing companies, 2 sachet websites, and a large production base. It has an output of 800 tons and more than 12,000 employees. It produces 2 million pieces of folk cultural products such as sachets and paper-cuts annually, with an output value of 20 million yuan. The income from sachets of large-scale producers accounts for about half of their family income, and the highest is more than 85%. 48 authors in the region have been named "Masters of Folk Arts and Crafts of Qingyang City", 4 authors have been named "Folk Artists of Gansu Province", and 20 authors have been named "Masters of Folk Arts and Crafts of China". Xiangbao folk culture in Xifeng District has developed strongly and is in a promising situation. It has become the R&D and training center of the city's Xiangbao folk culture industry, a product distribution center, and a dry dock for marketing. Xifeng's sachet embroidery has a unique artistic style and obvious regional characteristics: it is both rough and bold, but also delicate and delicate; it is both strong and delicate, but also pure and elegant; it is both freehand brushwork and pure fine brushwork. The composition is simple and bright, implying traditional auspiciousness; the colors are strong and gorgeous, crossing the color spectrum excessively: the embroidery surface is thick and dignified, and the shape is naive and expressive; the craftsmanship is fine and precise, the stitches are even and picturesque; the stitching methods are rich and varied, and the varieties are diverse. It is another type of embroidery after Hunan embroidery, Su embroidery and Sichuan embroidery, and has formed the Long embroidery style. Xifeng's sachet embroidery is a product of the combination of Qihuang traditional Chinese medicine culture, Zhou ancestral farming culture and folk culture. It is an art that combines color and color, cloth and thread, shape and spirit. It originated from the Xia and Shang slavery era. After a long feudal era and semi-feudal and semi-colonial era, it has come from ancient times with a primitive flavor and in tune with the pulse of the times. Folk paper-cutting Qingyang folk paper-cutting is innocent, honest, simple and simple. It extremely clearly reflects the original totem culture of the Chinese ancestors' worship of life. It reveals the same national cultural genes from the temperament and sensibility. It is known as "idyllic poetry" and "lyrical poetry". folk song". In the past, during festivals, weddings and birthdays, people would cut out some patterns of flowers, birds, characters, etc. and paste them on the windows, commonly known as window grilles, to show happiness. Modern paper-cutting also embodies the magical

aesthetic features and rich folk connotations, which bloom with the new era.

The characteristics of Qingyang paper-cutting are rough and thick shapes, clear lines, rough and thin, thin and thick, the combination of blocks and lines, virtual and solid, yin and yang, combining roughness, unrestrainedness, exaggeration, simplicity, delicacy and craftsmanship. Stable binding-body, unique conformation. There are more than 150 authors engaged in paper-cutting art in the district. Among them, Tian Xiumao, Ma Xiuzhen, Jin Xianglian, Ji Caiqin, and Du Xiumei from Xifeng were named "Masters of Chinese Folk Art". They show their uniqueness from different regions, different eras, and different cultural levels. His artistic talent makes Qingyang paper-cutting colorful and unique. Cave dwellings are a product of the Loess Plateau. Xifeng Loess, like the entire Loess Plateau, is an aeolian soil-like accumulation formed in the late Quaternary and early Pleistocene of geological time, 1.2 million years ago. The thickness of the loess layer is generally 50 to 100 meters, and the thickest point can reach 200 meters. Because the loess layer is deep and dense, it is very suitable for digging holes and building kilns, and it will not easily collapse for hundreds to thousands of years. For thousands of years, cave dwellings have been an important residence for the people of Xifeng. There are many types of cave dwellings, but there are basically three types according to broad categories: First, Mingzhuang cave dwellings. Also called Yazhuang Kiln. It usually takes advantage of the cliffs on the sides of mountains and ditches. First, the cliff faces are cut straight, and then cave dwellings are built and dug. There are villages with three kilns, five kilns, and even more than five kilns. On Dong Zhiyuan, there are also people who use alleys to build villages. Because the cliff is not high, they have to dig a few meters deeper and then dig cave dwellings. This often results in three sides being high and one side being low. This kind of village is called a half-light and half-dark village.

The second is a sunken pit courtyard cave dwelling. This kind of cave dwellings are all built on plains. First, dig a large rectangular pit in the flat ground, usually 5 to 8 meters deep. Cut the four sides of the pit into cliffs, and then dig the cave dwellings on the four cliffs. And build a long ramp or inclined hole on one side, leading straight to the original surface, as a sidewalk. This kind of cave dwelling is actually a basement, which is more obvious in that it is warm in winter and cool in summer. The third is the hoop kiln. The hoop kiln is generally made of adobe and wheat straw yellow mud to build the base wall and arch the top of the kiln. The top of the kiln is filled with earth to form a double-sided slope shape. It looks like a house from a distance and a kiln from a close distance. Many people also put tiles on the hoop kiln to protect the kiln roof from rain and make the hoop kiln last longer. In recent years, brick-faced hoop kilns have appeared, which are stronger and more durable than earth hoop kilns. There are many cave dwellings subdivided according to their uses. For example, in order to prevent theft, a small kiln is built above the front kiln, which is called Gao kiln; a small kiln that can hide things is built on one side of the kiln and is called Guai kiln; if the kiln is small, another small kiln is dug for the kang. The small kiln was called Kang kiln; in order to avoid the war, another long and deep cave was dug near the village, called Yingzi. Cave dwellings in residential courtyards have different names due to their different uses, including guest house kilns, kitchen kilns, livestock pen kilns, firewood kilns, grain kilns, well kilns, mill kilns, cart kilns, etc. Cave dwellings are the cradle of farmers’ life. It has played an extremely important role in the reproduction and survival of the people on the Loess Plateau. Cave dwellings are an important cultural heritage of the Chinese nation, a great pioneering work of Chinese construction technology, and a "living fossil" of the history of human habitation. Xifeng has become a representative of Qingyang cave dwelling culture due to its geographical environment.

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Longdong Suona Xifeng is located in the hinterland of Dong Zhiyuan. Dong Zhiyuan is surrounded by ravines, and Gu, Yuan, Liang and Mao live alone. The unique natural environment, profound cultural heritage, and relatively stable cultural space have given birth to Longdong Suona, a local folk art with unique connotations. Its unique qupai music system

, large performing group, wide range of folk applications, strong local style, and many melodious qupai have become a unique music genre in my country's national music, with Xifeng as the The center is located in surrounding Qingcheng County, Huan County, Heshui County, Ning County, Zhengning County and some towns in Zhenyuan County. Longdong Suona has been circulated since the Ming Dynasty and has a development history of four hundred years. It gradually matured from the Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China and reached prosperity. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it had new vitality; during the "Cultural Revolution", it was swept away as the "Four Olds" and gradually fell into silence: in the late 1970s, the cultural department began to compile and collect, carry out excavation and rescue, and Longdong Suona was revived ; The early 1980s to the present has been a period of revitalization and change. After several generations of efforts, the past inheritance method of oral and heart-to-heart teaching has been changed, the goals of standardization of musical instruments and unification of performance repertoire have been achieved, and the past situation of "one person has one trumpet and each plays his own tune" has been changed. The musicians You can take classes at will, communicate with each other, improve your playing skills, and be active in the land of Longyuan with a new attitude.

In 1999, the newly created piece "Pillowing Red Flowers" performed by Suona in Xifeng District won the third prize in the 9th National "Star Award" Gansu Program Selection Competition; in 2002, CCTV's Xinlianxin Art Troupe came to Qingyang to perform and was specially invited to perform. A 100-member Shishe Suona team participated. At the opening ceremony of the 4th China Qingyang Xiangbao Folk Culture Festival in 2005, Xifeng District organized a Shishe Suona team of 80 people to perform. Longdong Suona, after a hundred years of evolution, its main role is to activate and meet the cultural needs of the masses in remote areas. It is manifested in the folk activities such as marrying off a daughter-in-law, funerals, village temple fairs, festivals, moving to a new house, celebrating birthdays, celebrating the baby's full moon and other folk activities to cheer them up, showing the extensiveness of folk activities. In the red and white events in Longdong area, "receive a treat", "send off a distinguished guest", "marry a new person", "welcome flowers", "pay a visit to the church", "break into the account", "invite a spirit", "go out to sue", "home" In complex ceremonial activities such as "sacrificial ceremony", "paying homage", "inviting sir", "treating guests", "running newspaper", "music festival", "dining tour" and other complex ceremonial activities, the musicians always come first, and the drum music starts first and has the lead feature. Xifeng Longdong Suona integrates folk literature, folk instrumental music, folk etiquette and customs, local customs and customs, and has rare and precious value. Longdong Suona has been molded by history and has formed many excellent tunes, mainly including "Zhuang Yuan Parade", "Rabbit in the Ground", "Autumn Life", "Zhongnan Mountain", "Blowing Ground Wind", "Big Team" ", "Duck Bickering", "Ten Mile Pavilion", "Kite Flying", "Meng Jiangnu", "Crying Face Returns", "Yan Luo Beach", "Bitter Dragon Crying in the Sea", etc. There are no less than a hundred kinds of them, and they are so cheerful that people can't help but smile. , sadness inevitably makes people burst into tears. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, suona artists absorbed and transformed folk songs. Excellent revolutionary songs such as "Military and Civilian Mass Production" and "Supporting the Army Flower Drum" have further enriched its artistic expression. From 1983 to the present, under the initiative of the municipal and district governments and with the efforts of professional music workers, we have edited and published "Selected Suona Songs of Longdong", "Investigation Report on Folk Customs and Etiquette of Red and White Events in Longdong", and "Selected Songs of Longdong Suona". "A Preliminary Study on the Eastern Suona" and other monographs and papers. A Suona base in Shishe Township was established, and professional teachers such as Liang Pingzheng were hired to provide organized training for folk artists. At present, a backbone team of hundreds of people has been formed and has spread to surrounding areas. Lotus Dance Xifeng District is the origin of Chinese farming culture created by Zhou ancestor Gong Liu. The relics and farming culture of the Zhou Dynasty are the historical and cultural environment that gave birth to the folk lotus dance culture, and are an integral part of the world's intangible cultural heritage. The "Lotus Dance" that is famous on the world stage and included in the "20th Century Chinese Folk Dance Classics" originated here. Qingyang was therefore named the "Hometown of Lotus Dance" by the Chinese Folklore Society.

The original name of "Lotus Dance" is "Yunduozi", "Diyouzi", also known as "Dipiaoer", "Yunying", "Diyunzi", etc. With the changes in history, it is also called "Lotus Dance". "Running Lantern", "Lotus Lantern", "Lotus Dance". The Saishe sacrificial activity originated from the Zhou people, and under the influence of witch culture, it became a "begging for rain" activity of the witch god. There are many temples in Xifeng District, and Taoist culture is prevalent. Every temple fair or Spring Festival, the Shehuo Team rehearses "Yun Duozi". It is a long-standing entertainment program in civil society. The lotus dance integrates folk art, music, paper making, and folk art. This folk dance is brewed from folk concepts such as "cloud seeds", "cloud shadows", and "lotus lanterns". It is not only the history of the Xifeng region - China The historical relics of the origin of farming culture are also a special product of the development of Chinese agricultural civilization in national history. It is characterized by unique props, including dance utensils composed of cloud disks, clouds, oil lamps, and lotus flowers. It has strong folklore significance and reflects the cultural content of farming activities in the Zhou Dynasty. The cloud disk symbolizes sweet rain, the clouds symbolize peace in the world, the oil lamp symbolizes a good harvest, and the lotus symbolizes peace and moisture. The idea formed from this comes from the Saishe activities in the Zhou Dynasty sacrifices, which symbolizes the ancient farmers' reverence for nature, their hope for survival, and the folk concept of hoping for good weather and a peaceful and prosperous age. The formations of the lotus dance include dragons waving their tails, swallows flying back and forth, and cross formations. Its artistic value is that it is both spectacular and elegant, and light and steady, so it is also called "Di Piao'er" and "Di Wanderer". This form of artistic expression not only expresses the worship of the dragon that controls rainfall by the farming people, but also uses the shuttle of swallows to symbolize vitality and the falling rain, and the cross-flower formation of scissors to express peace. It also expresses the mentality and soul dance of Chinese national culture. Creation is the inheritance of ancient dragon and phoenix culture from local traditional culture, and the penetration of ancient Chinese culture into local folk customs. The origin, evolution and inheritance of lotus dance have gone through a long history.

It produced artistic inspiration and psychological resonance among the masses, and at the same time its influence spread to surrounding Ning County, Qingcheng County, Zhengning County and other places, covering hundreds of miles in radius. Its attire is quaint and elegant, with bright red and green colors. It touches the yellow earth with its feet, and the clouds reach its bare bones. It twists, sways, and bends in its dance steps. It uses the skill of flickering the oil lamp to keep the clouds and lotus flowers moving with its belt. On the turning, the veil is light and the sleeves are fluttering leisurely and lightly, just like the swaying lotus on the water. This unique folk dance has high artistic value. The Lotus Dance was finalized in the 1950s. The famous dancer Dai Ailian came here to learn the style, adapted "Yun Duozi" and named it "Lotus Dance", and won a gold medal for her performance in Poland. Since then, lotus dance has appeared on the artistic stage and has become one of the repertoires of Chinese dance art. At the same time, the Xifeng District Zhaizi Township Social Fire Team designed new props based on "Yun Duozi" and added new content for the social fire performance. In the 1990s, the lotus dance of Qingyang Normal School was designed and rehearsed as a model of campus culture. At the beginning of this century, the "China Qingyang Xiangbao Folk Culture and Art Festival" rehearsed a large-scale dance with a lineup of 500 people for three consecutive years, which was applauded by experts and audiences at home and abroad. The lotus dance originated from Dong Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty who founded China's farming culture. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was promoted to the world dance scene by the Chinese dance community. However, its original artistic style is still preserved in Shehuo in Xifeng District, and has been adapted into a large-scale dance performed by 500 people. The origin of the lotus dance has certain research value on the inheritance of Zhou culture among the people, and it has even more exploratory value on the gentle, elegant and beautiful artistic image generated by Chinese farming culture. In the modern art field, the light, elegant and enthusiastic dance postures and atmosphere are the dance art preserved in mass cultural activities. Xifeng's sachet embroidery is a product of the combination of Qihuang traditional Chinese medicine culture, Zhou ancestral farming culture and folk culture. It is an art that combines color and color, cloth and thread, shape and spirit. It originated from the Xia and Shang slavery era. After a long feudal era and semi-feudal and semi-colonial era, it has come from ancient times with a primitive flavor and in tune with the pulse of the times. Yangko Dance Yangko, also called Yangko Dance, is a form of performance that combines singing and dancing with the accompaniment of gongs and drums. It originated in the north and is a song and dance produced in farmland. Due to the high intensity of labor, people need to bend their backs and waists for a long time. In order to eliminate fatigue and loosen muscles and bones, people twist in the fields during breaks. In order to prevent the seedlings from being trampled, the feet were inserted into the air, so the cross steps of "Yangko twisting" appeared. The mid-1930s was the most active period for Yangko. In every festival, people perform Yangko dance, which greatly enriches the content of Yangko dance, with the emergence of Yangko opera, Yangko minor singing, etc. In the late 1930s, a number of Yangko literary works of great artistic value appeared. There are two kinds of Yangko in Qingyang, one is called Yangko dance and the other is called Yangge opera. Yangko dance only dances but does not sing. It is commonly known as "twisted Yangko", and the word "twist" is always highlighted. Some perform in situ, and some perform on the move. The in-situ performance requires changing various formations, gathering, dispersing, and reuniting, and the movements are orderly. It looks dazzling and full of fun. The number of people performing Yangko dance can be large or small, including men and women, with an even number in double rows. The characters are dressed in various costumes, including workers, farmers, soldiers, students, old men, ugly women, big-headed dolls, etc. Bare-handed Yangko is a major feature of Qingyang Yangko. The actors use bare hands and do not use myna props. This form of performance is more difficult. There are also those with handkerchiefs, fans, pipes, flowers, sickles, and axes. There are many red and green ribbons on the waist, which look like waves in a sea of ??flowers when twisting, which is extremely dazzling. Yangko opera is different from Yangko dance. It also uses "twisting" as the main performance feature, but it is singing and dancing, and it has a storyline, but the plot line is relatively simple. "Couples Literacy" and "Brothers and Sisters Opening up Wasteland" that were popular in the Longdong Liberated Area at that time are representative works of this art form. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the artistic performance form of Yangko became widely spread. People use Yangko to sing about their joy after liberation, and about people's leaders and new socialist things. Yangko troupes appear every year during the Spring Festival, National Day and other important festivals, and the yangko troupe has become the mainstream and highlight of street cultural activities. In 2002, during the first China Qingyang Xiangbao Folk Culture Festival, Yangge's Yangko was an unprecedented event, which was an eye-opener for guests at home and abroad, especially the free-hand Yangko. They said: "Such a Yangko team of tens of thousands of people is really rare in China.

Folk Festival Activities

Xiangbao Culture Festival Folk people have always followed the craftsmanship of clever women and women. The sachets are hand-made, and it is a traditional habit of wearing sachets as gifts during the Dragon Boat Festival to show auspiciousness.

Some folk artists display homemade sachets for sale on the streets every Dragon Boat Festival. In 1992, the Xifeng City Cultural Center held the second "Xifeng City Sachet Embroidery Competition". This time, the number of sachet embroidery works increased to more than 100, with thousands of works. The quality and variety of the works have been significantly improved and increased. Some folk sachet art works have been excavated and sorted out. Since then, Xifeng City Cultural Center has held a sachet embroidery competition every year. With the continuous growth of the team of sachet authors, the significant improvement in the quality of sachets, the excavation and organization of numerous folk cultural resources, and the accumulation of many years of successful experience in holding sachet embroidery competitions, the former Xifeng Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government established the sachet embroidery competition in 2001. The Xiangbao Festival was tried as a folk cultural activity during the Dragon Boat Festival, and the "Xifeng City's First Xiangbao Folk Culture Festival" was held with great success.

——The geographical advantage is “Heaven’s Heart and Earth’s Boldness”. Xifeng District is located in the eastern part of Gansu Province, in the hinterland of Dongzhiyuan, known as "the first loess plateau in the world". It is the seat of the party and government agencies of Qingyang City. The district governs 5 townships, 2 towns, 3 sub-district offices, 100 administrative villages, and 17 communities. It has a total area of ??996 square kilometers and a cultivated land area of ??593,400 acres. It has a population of 350,000, of which the urban population is about 130,000. Xifeng belongs to the ravine area of ??the Loess Plateau, with the terrain sloping from northeast to southwest, and an altitude of 1,421 meters. The terrain is fan-shaped, about 47.7 kilometers long from north to south and 34.8 kilometers wide from east to west. It is the largest, thickest and best-preserved loess plateau in the world. The terrain is flat and the soil is fertile, especially suitable for farming. It has been known since ancient times as " "The eight hundred miles of Qinchuan is not as good as the border of Dong Zhiyuan". Xifeng has a mild and pleasant climate with four distinct seasons, annual sunshine of 2,400 to 2,600 hours, annual precipitation of 400 to 600 mm, an average annual temperature of 9.9°C, a frost-free period of 175 days, and excellent air quality. ——An ancient place of ancient civilization. 200,000 years ago, humans thrived in Xifeng, and the Yangshao and Qijia cultural sites are scattered throughout the region. Gong Liu once "taught the people how to farm" here, creating a precedent for Chinese farming culture and traditional agriculture. It is said in history that "the rise of Zhou Dao began from this time". It was first known as Xifeng in the Ming Dynasty, and a city was built during the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. Xifeng City (county level) was established in May 1985, and was removed from the city and established as a district in June 2002. The North Grottoes Temple, excavated during the Yongping period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, is one of the four major grottoes in Gansu. The Hot Spring Laogong Hall was named the "No. 1 Chinese Gongliu Temple" by the Chinese Folklore Society. The Xiao Kongtong Scenic Area is known as the "Natural Specimen Garden of the Loess Plateau" ". The folk culture is colorful, and shadow puppets, paper-cutting, embroidery, and Longdong Taoism are known as the "Four Wonders of Longdong". ——A resource-rich development treasure land. The proven oil-bearing area of ??Xifeng Oilfield is 800 square kilometers, with oil geological reserves of 372 million tons, controlled reserves of 289 million tons, dissolved gas reserves of 24.36 billion cubic meters, and predicted reserves of 291 million tons; the total oil and natural gas resources are 3.2 billion tons. Xifeng Oilfield, discovered during exploration in 2001, has oil in place reserves of 108.22 million tons, controlled reserves of 203.16 million tons, predicted reserves of 123.83 million tons, and third-level reserves of 435.21 million tons. It is known as one of the four major discoveries in China's onshore oil exploration< /p>