打鐵花 (da2tie3hua1; Struck Iron Fireworks) Is A Traditional Folk Firework That Began In Henan And

打鐵花 (da2tie3hua1; struck iron fireworks) is a traditional folk firework that began in Henan and Shanxi, first arising in Queshan county, Henan and later circulating through the whole country. It had first appeared during the Northern Song dynasty, and was most popular during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

For Queshan struck iron fireworks, a two-layer pergola is built and covered with willow branches for performances, under which the molten iron is struck up with two willow sticks to create a rain of fire.

[eng by me + edited an ad out]

(On top of the information in the video, I have some more about its recent history under the cut.)

*Also, a note about one of the subtitles: I realized later that "going into battle without a shield" actually just meant going shirtless. I was only confused about this phrasing while translating because she didn't go shirtless, although that is for obvious reasons

Queshan struck iron fireworks had almost been lost before Yang Jianjun unearthed it again in 1988. It had almost died out in the early years of the Republic of China being established, after which there had only been three performances until 1988: 1952, 1956, 1962. Yang Jianjun had seen the 1956 performance as a 7-8 year old and later on as the director of a cultural centre, began digging up the skill and its history. In the process, he became an apprentice to Li Wanfa, who had been the last head of the Queshan Struck Iron Fireworks Society. He practised with sand and water, learning of its historical origin, its ancestral inheritors, craftsmanship and performance arts, but didn't touch the real thing until 1988. Through Yang Jianjun's efforts and investment, the first struck iron fireworks performance in more than 25 years took place in Nanshan Square (then a deserted area) in Queshan county.

Queshan struck iron fireworks are different from other struck iron fireworks in that it requires a wide area to perform, whereas others only needed a wall or could be hit straight up into the air, and it costed much more money to set up.

The names of inheritors are difficult to trace, and can only be traced back to the Qing dynasty during the Qian long period, making Yang Jianjun a sixth-generation inheritor, and Jiang Xunqian (OP) the first woman and a seventh-generation inheritor.

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…IN 3 YEARS…

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susanamode

10 years ago

Chris Pine, of course.

*sweating nervously*

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susanamode

3 years ago

Do you have any recommendations for funny saigenos fics?

Ah! Oh man it's been like 5 years, so I'm pretty rusty (I haven't read many new saigenos fics in a long while) but going back thru my old notes, yes I do have a handful of fics I've categorized as cute/funny/silly/fluff. All light G-T rated one-shots as well:

Mind Over Matter by yesterday (Genos trying to find a hobby to chill)

Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting by Sheepnamedpig ('training' with Bang)

Who is she? by @rayadraws (their r/s from Fubuki’s perspective!)

The Pocket Trials by 8ball (Saitama gives a lesson in self-preservation)

Go Suck an Egg by @siflshonen (dorks hanging out like fools)

I also recommend the prolific @batneko, both for canon-compliant + au stories over the whole spectrum of feels. Happy reading!

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susanamode

4 years ago

You ever think about how crows are acting not unlike how early humans probably did and you're just like. Oh ok

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susanamode

1 year ago

Don’t get attached to unpopular ships because you will run out of fic and die

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susanamode

4 years ago

this is probably the best thing i have ever made

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susanamode

4 years ago

I know this is going to make me sound pretensions but I have to get it off my chest. I feel an unimaginable rage when someone posts a photo and is like "this picture looks like a renaissance painting lol" when the photo clearly has the lighting, colors and composition of a baroque or romantic painting. There are differences in these styles and those differences are important and labeling every "classical" looking painting as renaissance is annoying and upsetting to me. And anytime I come across one of those posts I have to put down my phone and go take a walk because they make me so mad

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susanamode

11 years ago

INZACHTION (like Inception, but better.) #and no one is actually working on the mission #despite adam’s best efforts to get them to stick to the task #because smudge and sas are just snogging in a corner #and sylar just goes around trolling everyone #so adam gives up and fumes silently by his computer #and peter gets intimidated by this and goes to hide with his ipod music

#spock cannot even with these illogical humans.