Deities parade in Liukeng, a 1000 year old remote village in Jiangxi, China. Feb 3 2006
Recently discovered Liukeng village is located in mountain area of LeAn county, Jiangxi province, China. Villagers parade and carry the statue of the god as a way to pray for happiness for the whole village. Every family burns joss sticks, lights candles, and sets off fireworks to greet local He-Yang God. The custom has been handed down from generation to generation for several centuries. Some refer to the village as a "living fossil reflecting the changes of Chinese feudal society," a "museum of Chinese faming and intellectual civilization," and a "living specimen of the historical and cultural belt along the Yangtze River Valley." The village grew during the Five Dynasties period (907-960), flourished during the Song Dynasty (1206-1368), flourished again during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and declined again during the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). All families in the village are surnamed Dong, and the villagers regard Dong Zhongshu, a great Confucian scholar of the Han Dynasty, as their first ancestor. The village has produced 32 jinshi, people who passed the highest imperial examinations; two zhuangyuan, or, Number One Scholar, the title given to the highest scorer on the imperial examinations; and more than 100 juren, people who passed the imperial examinations at the provincial level. Today, the village has nearly 800 families and 5,000 inhabitants. More infomation to
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