Song Jiang Array's Kaohsiung Song Jiang Array

Temple incense is flourishing in Taiwan Province Province, and Songjiang Array is mostly spread in rural areas south of Jianan Plain, with Tainan and Kaohsiung as the most. In the early days, it was an activity for rural children to learn martial arts during their leisure time. In the Japanese occupation era, it was replaced by a martial arts performance array used for religious activities to reward God and entertain people. Song Jiang array is usually attached to temples and becomes an art array in front of gods and buddhas. The most famous is Songjiang Array in Neimen Township, Kaohsiung, where there are "Neimen Zizhu Temple" and "Nanhai Zizhu Temple", which spare no effort to promote the inheritance of the ancient culture of folk Jiangzhen, with a history of 140 years.

Neimen Township in Kaohsiung County, which is dominated by agriculture, is famous for its Songjiang Array at home and abroad. It is listed as one of the important festivals of the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications 12, and plays the role of inheriting the unique local culture and traditional art array.

There are different opinions about the origin of Song Jiang array. According to scholars' research, most people think that the Songjiang Formation in Taiwan Province Province began in the Ming and Zheng Dynasties. In order to facilitate the administration of Taiwan, Chen Yonghua, a subordinate of Zheng Chenggong, put forward the policy of "combining politics with religion", which combined folk beliefs with local forces.

However, most people think it is taken from the formation used by heroes in the Water Margin to attack the city. Originally, Songjiang array was composed of 108 people, including 36 people from plough, 72 people from devils, and 72 or 36 groups. Due to the developed industry and commerce and the busy society, it is difficult to form a huge lineup, so there are generally 36 people at most.

After the Song Dynasty was introduced into Neimen Township, it was originally a regiment to protect the township and defend the people. Later, it was combined with temple fair activities, and became a unique local cultural activity with the changes of the times. The fearless and loyal sentiments of Liangshan heroes and the spirit of unity and struggle against evil forces were displayed in the traditional art array, so that the legendary true heroes remained in the hearts of the people. 1. Worship the flag;

2. hair color; 3. throw a hoop;

4. Take the flag as the number;

5. Jump inside and outside the corner;

6. Dragon roll water;

7. wear the center;

8. Personal weapons;

9. Out of the circle;

10. centipede array;

1 1. cobwebs;

12. Right;

13. White crane array;

14. Empty-handed serialization;

15. Bagua array. It is said that he was dissatisfied with the end of Liangshan hero's enlistment. The performance is located in the square, with Bupi City or Cailou as the gate. At the beginning, the golden drum rang, and a pair of flag bearers held two flags to lead the troops out of the city gate in two ways, which was called "the wasp came out of the nest". After "crossing the array" into "inner and outer ring", "surface line bending" (overlapping circle), "threading needle", "spiral circle" and "long snake", martial arts routines such as "singles", "doubles" and "group fighting" began to be performed, mainly including shield hammer, umbrella knife, spear sword and knife-to-iron rake. Some clothes imitate the water margin figures and wear fake costumes, while others are all Hanfu, belts and sandals. During the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the Song Jiang array was widely popular, and some villages had several teams. After the 1960 s, most of the Sung River teams changed into sportswear. Since 1953, the government has organized Song Jiang's team to watch performances and festival street activities, which have been well received by the masses.