The customs and habits of Cixi

Every married bride will go back to her parents' home in summer and be separated from her husband for about two months. If the bride gets married in the second half of the year, in the summer of the following year, the name of this custom is "Bride's summer break". Then the bride's family sent someone to her son-in-law's house to pick up her daughter and go home together. Some people waited for a few days before the bride went back to her family alone.

2. Winter Red Festival

Cixi, including many areas in eastern Zhejiang, calls the Dragon Boat Festival "Donghong Festival", which is difficult to verify. It may be that the dialect "Dragon Boat Festival" is mispronounced. In addition to zongzi, Cixi also has the custom of eating noodles during the Dragon Boat Festival. The so-called "Dong Hong eats noodles, but flies don't face".

3. Yangmei Festival

The first Yangmei Festival has been held in Cixi since 1989. Yangmei Festival, with plum as the media, cultural entertainment and economic results, has not only become a major festival in Cixi, but also attracted guests from all over the country and overseas.

4. Shen Du Guild

Shen Du Hall is a traditional temple fair of Dewey Temple in eastern Zhejiang. Welcoming Emperor Wudu out of the temple is a folk blessing and a cultural parade, which has a history of 200-300 years.

5.2 February

It is not advisable to get a haircut in the first month. A folk proverb says, "scraping the tap on February 2 will make you full of energy all year round." Giving a child a haircut is called "shaving". When the dragon looks up, it will bless the child to grow up healthily and get ahead when he grows up. Adults have a kind of haircut called "shaving tap", which is used to say goodbye to the old and welcome in the new, hoping to bring good luck.