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Nantong has a custom. In the Tang Dynasty, Nantong was inhabited by exiles (exiled people); in subsequent dynasties, immigrants from various places moved to settle here. Therefore, Nantong customs are formed by integrating customs from various places. Each urban area and 6 counties are different. Haimen and Qidong are influenced by the customs of the south of the Yangtze River and have the characteristics of Wudi customs; the customs of Rugao, Rudong, Hai'an and Yangtai areas are more similar; the customs of Nantong City and Nantong County have many similarities, but the urban areas and There are differences between suburbs and counties. Due to population migration, the areas along the river and along the coast have their own characteristics. Local customs are intertwined.

Folklore is ubiquitous, and wherever there are people living, there is folklore. The two epitaphs of the Yao family of the Five Dynasties unearthed in Nantong are the earliest documents and reflect the customs of the time. The cover of Mrs. Yao Xu's epitaph is engraved with Bagua patterns, twelve zodiac signs, sun, moon and stars, as well as green dragon, white tiger, red bird and Xuanwu. This is the earliest folk painting in Nantong.

The earliest record of Nantong customs among the existing classics is "Yu Di Ji Sheng" of the Southern Song Dynasty. In the "Tongzhou" part, there is a section of "Customs", which states that "the people live in fish and salt to support themselves and are not thieves", and "there are many empty courts and gaps in the prisons, and there is almost no trace of the ancient customs". In the late Ming Dynasty, due to the development of commodity economy, cities prospered and urban customs changed significantly. The "Customs" chapter of Wanli's "Tongzhou Chronicles" and "Zhou Chengzi" states: Tongzhou has always had simple folk customs, with few vagrants and no brothels; people dress simply, do not gamble, and have few lawsuits; women do not participate in banquets. But folk customs are not static. During the Jiajing and Wanli years, folk customs gradually became more luxurious. Young people loved to go abroad to buy gorgeous clothing materials. Women's clothing styles changed, and clothing began to break class boundaries. Banquets are popular, teahouses and hotels are becoming more and more popular; dandies indulge in drinking, gambling and gathering in groups. Marriage customs have also changed, with bride prices and dowries being taken into consideration, and some parents of the woman even come forward to request a divorce. There are more and more prostitutes and gangsters, and there are also many temples.

In the "Tongzhou Chronicles" compiled in the Qing Dynasty, old theories such as Nantong's "simple folk customs" were still followed. Until the late Qing Dynasty, due to the invasion of imperialism and the "west wind spreading from the east", customs gradually changed. The establishment of modern industry at the end of the 19th century brought a series of impacts to urban life. The customs of Shanghai began to spread to Nantong, and new things with the word "foreign" were gradually accepted by people. The Revolution of 1911 further promoted these changes, the biggest of which was that men no longer wore braids and women no longer bound their feet.

According to the "Nantong City Chronicle", the anti-feudal wave of the May 4th Movement aroused opposition to old customs among the educated youth in Nantong. Equal rights for men and women and freedom of marriage became their demands, and love became marriage. recognized as a necessary stage. In terms of form, there are new practices such as "civilized marriage" and "mass wedding". Clothing was also reformed.

After liberation, customs changed greatly. The hard and simple revolutionary style of the old liberated areas soon affected the entire city. Old-fashioned clothing was eliminated. Gambling, drug abuse, prostitution and gang activity all disappeared. Various feudal superstitious activities were banned. Some traditional festivals have been abandoned and new festivals have emerged. Some traditional festivals have been given new content and some new customs have been formed.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the "Four Olds" destroyed many good traditional customs. With the end of the "Cultural Revolution", the enforced ultra-leftist system also came to an end.

Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, reform and opening up have broken down the shackles of the "Left". People's thinking and life have undergone gratifying changes, and all aspects of life have been injected with new content and Forms and excellent traditional customs are valued and inherited. With the development of the economy and the deepening of reform and opening up, interpersonal exchanges have become increasingly frequent, and people's material and spiritual and cultural living standards have generally been improved. At the same time, decadent things such as gambling and feudal superstition have appeared again.