Fucheng Datun
Da Dun is a festival custom of farmers in the southeastern Hebei province. "Da" means to make or manufacture, and "Dun" is a circular pattern, symbolizing a huge vessel for storing grain. On the morning of the 25th day of the first lunar month, before the sun rises, the owner of a family gets up early and goes to the center of the yard to use the stove ash prepared the night before to draw a huge circle on the ground, draw a huge cross inside the circle, and put the grains of wheat, millet, corn, sorghum, etc. that can be collected in the center of the cross, and then covers it with bricks, burns a few incense sticks and a few pieces of paper money, and prays devoutly beside the Dun. The male owner finds the firecrackers reserved during the Spring Festival and sets them off in the yard, and crisp explosions can be heard from time to time over the village. Children join in the fun and search for the joy of setting off firecrackers, but they must not go into the Dun, let alone move the bricks to take the grain. After the sun comes out, the adults go to their own business, and the Dun is either destroyed by naughty children or ravaged by poultry and livestock. Not only is it a mess, but even the grain in the Dun has become a delicious meal for poultry and livestock, and all of it has disappeared. With the changes of the times, people gradually enriched the content of the da tun. In addition to the original grain tun, some tuns contain copper coins, banknotes, ornaments, cakes, etc., representing gold tun, wealth tun, treasure tun and delicious tun. The da tun areas are mainly concentrated in the southeastern Hebei region, the Grand Canal and the Xiangjiang River, and the areas of Hengshui and Cangzhou in Hebei. This is a large area of the southern Beijing Plain. There are no mountains or hills within hundreds of miles. There are few rivers, and most of them are seasonal rivers. In addition to producing corn, wheat, beans and cereals, Xiakou Yali, Manhe watermelon, cherry tomatoes are also well-known. There are also a small number of apple, apricot and plum orchards. According to the interviewed elderly, since the beginning of field farming, farmers have had the custom of da tun. This custom is mainly family-based and passed down from generation to generation. Da tun shows the artistic plot in the hearts of the people in southeastern Hebei, showing the deep feelings of farmers for land and food from generation to generation, and showing people's hard work and yearning for a prosperous and healthy life. Information source: Hebei Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Hebei Provincial Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (No pictures yet, welcome to provide.)