陇县历史悠久,人杰地灵,是古丝绸之路上的重镇。丰厚的文化积淀孕育了浓郁多彩的民间艺术,“陇州社火”就是其中一枝鲜艳的农业文明之花。社火一般只在春节期间,更准确地说,只在正月十五的元宵节期间耍闹。那时,陇州人把在柜子里藏压了一年的戏装拿出来,穿在身上,用油彩画了种种历史人物脸谱,或骑牛,或骑马,或坐车,或踩高跷,走遍村子的角角落落,串遍村中的家家户户,祭神、拜年,自娱娱人,被称为耍社火。社火作为古陇州先民图腾崇拜、祈天求福的一种民俗礼仪活动,发源于春秋,肇始于秦汉,盛行于明清,在两千多年的历史长河中,陇州社火几经演变,兴衰起伏,生生不息地传承至今。 Long County has a long history, outstanding people, is the ancient Silk Road town. Huge cultural heritage gave birth to a rich and colorful folk art, “Longzhou Social Fire” is one of the flowers of a bright agricultural civilization. Social fires are generally only used during the Spring Festival, or more accurately, only during the Lantern Festival of the 15th lunar month. At that time, Longzhou people took the costumes hidden in the cupboard for a year and put them on the body. They painted various historical figures and masks with oil, or riding cattle, or riding horses, or traveling by car, or stilts, and traveled through villages Corner, every family in the village, worship God, New Year, entertain entertainers, known as playing social fire. As a kind of folklore etiquette worshiping and praying for God’s blessing, the social fire originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and began in the Qin and Han dynasties, prevailing in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the long history of more than two thousand years, Evolution, ups and downs, endless heritage so far.