Folklore (hua county, Anyang, Henan) [hua county, Anyang, Henan will do]

Some daily customs: I am from Xiaozhuang, Hua County.

Visit in the first month

From the second day of the first month, relatives began to pass by. The bride's maiden brother or younger brother came to her house early on the second day of the second day to pay a New Year call (kowtow) to the elders. After dinner, the newlyweds followed their brothers to their parents' home. Gifts: persimmon, dried noodles, cake, twist, candy (two copies each), etc. Parents prepare a banquet to watch the door. Other relatives, such as nephews, nieces and cousins, also began to reciprocate gifts and pay New Year greetings to the elderly. Bring the same gifts as above, but not as many new relatives. The second day to the fifth day is a good day to visit relatives. As the saying goes, "On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, there are no relatives, no tofu and no dregs." After the fifth day, it will be too late for the New Year.

After the wheat is the guest.

As the saying goes, "the wheat field is clean, and the girl looks after her mother." After the wheat harvest, all married daughters will go back to their parents' homes to see their parents. In the old society, most gifts were fried dough sticks, so girls were called "hemp sugar baskets". Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of life, we bring more and more cakes, cans, cigarettes and alcohol.

Visit Mid-Autumn Festival

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, the younger generation sends gifts to their elders to show their greetings. Previous gifts were moon cakes and potted flowers (sugar buns similar to sunflowers, that is, smaller potted flower cakes). Now bring more fruits, canned food, wine, meat, moon cakes and so on.

Festival custom

Stick to it for nine days

Nine days after the baby was born, her grandmother took baby jewelry, neck locks, cotton pads, diapers, ecstasy shirts (baby shirts), bedding, eggs, brown sugar, dried noodles and other maternal tonics to watch. Friends and relatives send gifts to add color or congratulations to their families. If the baby boy also sends millet, it is intended that adults will take root. Be sure to bring gifts when you look after the baby. Vulgar is to prevent the baby from being ugly. In some places, it takes nine days for boys and twelve days for girls. There are also girls who don't celebrate, but this is rare in the world.

Celebrate the birth of a baby when he is one month old.

According to the ancient custom, the mother took the baby to her mother's house about a month after the baby was born and said, "Go for the full moon". Baby girl, sent by the baby's father or grandfather; Grandpa sent it home. The baby boy was called away by grandpa a few days in advance. As the saying goes, "call him fine early, and call him energetic later." He was called an idiot that day. " It can't be brought back until January, and this custom has been inherited to this day.

Over one hundred years old

In the past, fewer people celebrated the 100th day of a baby's birth. Recently, taking pictures of centenarians as a souvenir has become a new custom.

Birthday celebration

Slippery, you must eat noodles for your birthday, which is called "longevity noodles". Children eat boiled eggs on their birthdays, which means "good luck". On the birthday of the elderly, relatives and friends send birthday cakes, peaches and other gifts to show their birthdays. The host family posted birthday couplets and held a banquet to celebrate. The 66th and 80th birthdays are the biggest celebrations.

Move to a new house

In the old society, when we moved to a new home, we first cooked a pot of noodles (making a fortune), steamed jujube cakes (rising as soon as possible), burned incense, served food and set off firecrackers. Things are usually moved at night (as the saying goes, money makes a fool of yourself). Recently, people who follow this custom are mostly in rural areas, but less in cities and towns. Today, new friends have a dinner to celebrate Joe's happiness and say "the bottom of Liao country" If something happens, Baidu love will always be handsome.

Traditional taboo

Daily taboo

Yang said: 1 month 13, 2 1 day, March 9, April 7, May 5, June 3, July 1 day, August 27, September 25,1October. These days are called unlucky days, and people in the city avoid them.

On the first day of the first month, avoid sneezing in the morning; Avoid needlework; Avoid "eating after eating"; Jiaozi and steamed stuffed bun don't count, and they don't say "finished eating".

Avoid going home every seven or eight days. As the saying goes, "Don't go out seven times, don't go home eight times."

Avoid talking about dreams before meals in the afternoon. As the saying goes, "dreaming early is a bad day."

Avoid wearing children's clothes overnight in the hospital. As the saying goes, if it falls on a thief star, children will steal when they grow up. Avoid children playing with fire at night. As the saying goes, "playing with fire will hurt your mother's spanking."

Don't borrow medicine cans and cupping to return them. You must put salt in it to break it.

Avoid standing in front of the store. It is said that standing at the threshold does not make money.

Avoid sewing clothes with you. As the saying goes, "Just be a thief."

Marriage taboo

Avoid compatible marriages. As the saying goes: "Since ancient times, white horses have been afraid of green cows. When the sheep and the mouse meet, they stop, the snake sees the tiger as a knife, the pig doesn't see the ape, the dragon doesn't see the rabbit, and the golden rooster sees the dog crying. "

Avoid getting married on the first and fifteenth day.

Avoid a wife who is one year older than her husband. As the saying goes, "My wife is a freshman and has no food."

Avoid single wedding supplies; Bao Xi jiaozi avoids marrying women; Avoid pregnant women and widows to pick up the bride; When the bride gets on the bus, avoid filial piety; Don't turn off the lights on your wedding night.

Funeral taboo

Don't shed tears. It is forbidden for future generations to carry shoes and "tuck" leggings at funerals (that is, to avoid the sound of "grandfather"). Individual surnames avoid soil, that is, avoid breaking ground in March, September or June and the twelfth month.

Younger generations should not be buried next to their ancestors before they die.

The above taboos are all old ideas of unification, but these days, old people follow more, and young people believe less.