What are the customs in Changzhou during the Dragon Boat Festival?

/kloc-since the age of 0/8, the custom of the first day of the first lunar month is called Lantern Festival, also known as Lantern Festival and Shangyuan Festival. For breakfast, families eat more rice noodles and jiaozi. Small particles without stuffing are called "sugar balls", and large particles with stuffing such as hundred fruits, jujube paste and oil and water are called "Yuanxiao". After dinner in the evening, go out to see the moon and lights. At that time, there was a children's song describing the grand occasion of Changzhou Lantern Festival: "Gan Tang Bridge, opposite drum bridge, drum tower facing the temple gate, boring! Here comes the light! Here comes the light! Grille lamp? A group of harmony lights, two dragons playing with pearls, three yuan harmony lights, four-sided wishful lights, five-child champion lights, hexagonal wind chimes lights, seven-child eight-husband lights, eight immortals crossing the sea lights, nine lotus lights, ten-sided lotus lights, boring and boring, the lights are coming! There is an old dragon lantern behind, and twenty-four little monkeys jump out of it, which makes the empress stare straight. " After the Taiping Army conquered Changzhou, during the Lantern Festival, "holy soldiers" played "Taiping Army gongs and drums" to celebrate the Spring Festival. In the theaters on both sides of Qingyun Square, the men and women "holy warriors" of Taiping Army dressed up to sing beach springs, and the soldiers and civilians had fun together, often staying up all night. On this day, there are often five or seven people in the streets and lanes, carrying gongs and drums and knocking while walking, commonly known as "Langjie Yuanxiao". At night, women go to the suburbs or outside the village to take the three bridges together, and the round-trip route cannot be repeated, which is called "taking the three bridges"; Some people pick a handful of leafy vegetables on the road and wipe their collars, which is called "boredom"; Rural girls also tied bald brooms and bamboo branches with hemp poles into ten-foot-high reed torches and burned them in the ground, which is called "according to Tian Cai" to predict droughts and floods. Dragon Boat Festival The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival, also called Duanyang Festival. Before Duanyang Festival, the son-in-law prepared salted eggs, loquat, wine and other sacrifices, and went to the mother-in-law's house to give a gift "Zhang Duanyang" to show filial piety. Zhong Kui is hung in the hall, and Acorus calamus leaves are inserted under the eaves. Eat zongzi and salted eggs cooked in the same pot in the morning and drink "realgar wine" at noon. Children use the word "Wang" in realgar wine on their foreheads, and wear clothes and trousers with images of five poisons (snake, tiger, centipede, spider and gecko). Women have velvet tiger flowers on their heads. At noon, the powder of realgar and dried mugwort leaves was burned indoors. Some people took realgar wine or boiled zongzi water and scattered it all over the room with calamus roots (leaves). While sprinkling, he said, "The big worm treads evil, while the small worm treads evil. There is medicine around, so sprinkle it with the handle." In the past, dragon boat races were held in Baiyundu and Tangjiawan from May 5 to 28 every year. The length of the dragon is 3 fathoms (1 fathoms is 8 feet) and the width is 1 fathoms. The dragon tail is painted with colored paint, and the dragon is divided into five colors and decorated with colored silk. There are dozens of sailors on board. Under the unified command, the ships struggled for the first place, and the audience on the shore gathered together. Hong, a Changzhou poet in the Qing Dynasty, vividly described the grand occasion of dragon boat racing at that time in Yunxi Dragon Boat Race: "Outside the temple, the river is rushing, the water is clear and the waves are shallow, and the five dragons are playing. Yi Long is the forerunner of the Four Dragons, which is the wind before hitting the water. " Mid-Autumn Festival "Mid-Autumn Festival" on August 15th of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "August and a half". A few days before the festival, people often send moon cakes, ham, ling, lotus roots and other gifts to relatives and friends. Eat "sugar taro" in the morning, get together with your family at night, and enjoy the moon by drinking. Women often set up incense tables in the patio for lotus roots and incense to celebrate Ramadan Palace. Literati and poets meet to admire the moon and compose poems in the boat pavilion. In the old days of marriage, Changzhou men and women paid attention to the right match, and most of them married early. Men and women are generally around 18 ~ 20 years old, and some get married when 16 years old. First, ask the matchmaker to act as matchmaker. After both parties are satisfied, the woman issues the eight characters of Niangeng (commonly known as "oral contract"), writes it on the plum blossom slip, wraps it with a red envelope, puts a little tea in the envelope, ties it with red and green silk thread, and puts in a peace money and a blessing money to take the auspicious meaning of peace and happiness. If the man marries by divination, he will send money or jewelry, tea bottles, pink pots, silk flower and happy fruit to the woman's house on auspicious days, commonly known as "pre-tea", that is, "engagement". If the woman formally agrees, she will give back red eggs, shoes and hats (the number of gifts given back must be slightly higher than the number received). The next day, the man sent red eggs, and the woman sent flowers and fruits to relatives and friends to "report good news". Before the wedding, the man chooses an auspicious day to inform the woman, calling it a "day-sending sticker"; And according to the man's family, give gifts, jewelry, clothes, cakes and other gifts. , commonly known as "after tea". The day before the wedding, the woman sent daily necessities such as porcelain, lacquerware, bronze ware and tin ware to the man's house, commonly known as "paving the wedding". Before entering the door, the mother gave her daughter some eggs paved with water, which means "there is a child in the belly". When getting married, the rich use sedan chairs or big boats, with red lights hanging in front and drums leading the way. When the bride got into the sedan chair, her uncle carried her into the sedan chair. The bride cried loudly on the road, commonly known as "crying". Ordinary civilians are generally greeted by cars or cars, and the etiquette is very simple. From the sedan chair to the man's house, the bride and groom hold "red and green handkerchiefs", and first worship heaven and earth, ancestors and aunt Weng, and then the husband and wife worship, commonly known as "meeting the bride". Newcomers enter the bridal chamber, sit on the new bed and raise their glasses and drink; Then, the long-lived old man stood on the high edge of the bed and threw nuts, lotus seeds, chestnuts, longan, red dates and other dried fruits with his hands. The guests rushed to pick them up, which is also commonly known as "withdrawing the account". After the couple "saluted" the elders of Qi State, they hosted a banquet for the guests, which was called "sitting on the bases". After the banquet, guests will go into the bridal chamber to beg for red eggs and have fun. This is the so-called "disturbing the new house". Three to five days after marriage or January, the new husband prepares gifts and takes his wife back to her mother's house, and the Yue family holds a banquet to invite her son-in-law. A few days later, the man invited the woman's relatives to hold a grand banquet. During the "long summer" in the first year after the daughter's marriage, the woman's family should make summer clothes and buy bamboo mats, cool pillows, fans and other summer products to visit her daughter, commonly known as "sending summer". 19 17 years, Changzhou had a "civilized marriage", also known as "newly married". The groom wears a suit and tie, and the bride wears a dress and white gauze. The etiquette is simple. After liberation, young men and women got to know each other. After contact, they learned that if both sides think they are satisfied, their parents will agree on the wedding date, which is usually held on holidays or every eighth day. It is commonly known as "If you want to get rich, don't take off eight." Then the man decorated the new house, bought furniture and daily necessities, and sent wedding candy to relatives and friends. Some wedding banquets are held in hotels or guesthouses, ranging from three to five tables to dozens of tables. Some use their wedding leave to travel and get married, and some attend group weddings. Weddings are getting easier and easier.