【亚洲•日本】日立风流物 Hitachi Furyumono (2009年)

每年四月,日本中部的太平洋海岸城市日立的樱花节期间，以及当地神峰神社每七年一次的五月的大型节日，都举行日立风流物(彩车)游行。当地的四个街区――北町,东町,西町和本町都建造各自的彩车，同时展示出来，作为拜神的一个场地，也是多层木偶戏的剧场。三到五名师傅操纵着控制木偶的绳子，音乐演奏者为精心制作的演出伴奏。日立风流物（彩车游行）是当地居民全体一致行动的社团事件，它容纳了每个愿意参与的市民。然而，木偶操纵人的技艺是在家族内严格地由父亲传给长子，传授过程是秘密的，古老的技艺和故事宝库由此保存下来，据推测它们源自大约十八世纪的一个巡游艺人。每一个社区为每年的樱花节展示一种彩车， 而在神峰神社的大型节日期间，四个社区相互竞争――看谁的木偶表演技艺最好，谁能够为当地神祗供奉最殷勤。

Every April, during the Cherry Blossom Festival in Hitachi, a Pacific coastal city in central Japan, and a major May festival in the local Shenfeng Shrine every seven years, Hitachi Lottery Parade is held. Four local blocks - Beiding, Dongding, Xiding and Bending - all built their own floats and displayed them as a venue for worshipping gods and a theatre for multi-story puppet shows. Three to five masters control the ropes of puppets, and music performers accompany elaborate performances. Hitachi Rainbow Parade is a community event in which local residents act in unison. It accommodates every citizen who wants to participate. However, puppet manipulators are strictly handed down from their fathers to their eldest sons within the family. The process of teaching is secret. The treasure house of ancient techniques and stories is thus preserved. It is presumed that they originated from a tour artist in about the eighteenth century. Each community presents a lottery car for the annual cherry blossom festival, and during the big festival of Shenfeng Shrine, the four communities compete with each other to see who has the best puppet performance skills and who can offer the most hospitality to the local gods.