What is the custom of Longchuan?

There are many Hakka customs in Longchuan, mainly marriage customs and folk entertainment.

1, marriage customs:

Hakka marriage customs are deeply influenced by ancient fashion, and their main purpose is to carry on the family line.

The marriage between men and women in Hakka pays attention to "being suitable for each other", and the formal marriage relationship in Hakka society is a kind of "marrying into a rich family", and the wind of uxorilocal is not prevalent.

Most of the procedures and ceremonies still follow the old habits, such as blind date, dating, date announcement, bride price, dowry, bride reception, wedding ceremony and so on.

Folk entertainment:

Hakka folk entertainment is very rich in content. The main festivals are Yangko, Dragon Boat Race, Lantern Ride, Dragon Lantern Dance, Lion Dance, Teacher on stilts, Lantern Greeting, Lantern Ride, Drumming, Musical Instrument Concert, Performance and Fireworks. Usually there are folk songs, ditty singing, piano playing, guzheng playing, erhu playing, flute playing, chess playing and gobang playing.

Hakka customs generally include national traditional festivals, local sacrifices and rituals.

Expand information about traditional festivals and customs;

1, fertility etiquette

Birth: When a married daughter is about to give birth, usually one or two days before the baby is born, her family will bring chicken, eggs, noodles, dry powder and so on. Going to the daughter's house to "give birth" means wishing her a safe delivery. When my mother was gone, my sister-in-law was born and gave a banquet at noon.

2. Adult etiquette

Hakka rite of passage can be divided into two types: male and female. The adult ceremony for men is called "crown ceremony" and the adult ceremony for women is called "ceremony". (The adult ceremony of Hakka is commonly known as "going out of the garden")

Birthday: On the birthday, the married daughter will be given a rooster, as well as a shroud, hat, birthday cake, birthday shoes and birthday socks, from head to toe. My father will also give my mother a whole set of birthday gifts, except birthday candles, a rooster, a peach, a birthday noodle, a birthday cake, a birthday wine and a birthday meat.

Others come to celebrate their birthdays. Generally, relatives and friends send birthday wishes, birthday couplets, or gifts.

In many places, birthday ceremonies are held for elderly people over 70 years old, with many descendants and good family circumstances.

Hakkas' birthdays and birthdays are all gifts from insiders themselves, and congratulations from home are given first, then invited; Except in-laws and close friends, send invitations, not invitations.

3. Build a house and move to a new house

Hakka people regard building a new house and moving to a new house as one of the major celebration activities, which should be celebrated grandly.

When building a house, please ask Teacher Kan Yu to determine the location of the house and the orientation of the door. When the column is on the beam, it should be decorated with lanterns and pasted with red couplets. After the completion of the new house, you should "exorcise evil spirits" and "eliminate evil spirits" the night before you move in.

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