Lianyungang’s customs and customs

Four major folk customs in Lianyungang (marriage chapter): Poking pots to pray for marriage and sailing boats to seek mates. Folks do not distinguish between men and women. When I was 12 years old, no one was going to be a matchmaker to propose marriage and engagement. Parents became nervous and asked for Zaoye and the twelfth month of the twelfth month. On the night of receiving Master Zao on the 30th, the boy used a fire fork to pound the inside of the pot. While pounding, he said, "Poke the cavity of the pot to make holes in the pot. This year's marriage will be ruined. If you talk about a beautiful wife, I will make more sacrifices in front of Master Zao." He said this seven times in a row. all over. The girl was shy, so her mother did the job for her. She said the same thing as the boy, except that she added the name of the person asking for the marriage and changed the bride's name to the younger son-in-law. Older girls from fishing villages living near the mountains and sea use swimming crab shells or large squid back bones as the hull of the boat. They use fish bones and shells to make exquisite masts, wind flags, cranes, and dragons, etc., and decorate them on the boat as tokens. Every year on the morning of March 3rd, the girls take their boats to the upper reaches of the Tonghai Mountain Stream and put the boats in the stream to the seaside. The young men pick up the boats and use the tokens to go to the girl's house to propose marriage. The girl recognizes that the tokens are indeed a self-made marriage. That’s it. This method of courtship has been a custom for thousands of years. Every year on March 3rd, young men go to the seaside to wait for the boat, but are not allowed to go up the mountain. Girls go up the mountain to release the boat, and they are not allowed to go to the seaside. Some older men and women make private appointments about the form of tokens and the time and place of the ship, and they usually get what they want, and many lovers are fulfilled. A matchmaker is hired to get married. When a man and a woman in Cambodia reach the age of engagement, which child the parents like (usually the man takes the initiative, as the saying goes that if a family has a girl, hundreds of families will ask for it). The matchmaker should first find out the age of the other person, so that he can calculate whether it is possible based on the zodiac signs and the five elements. Intermarriage. The traditional formula is: "A white horse offends a green ox; a hot rat offends once; a snake and a tiger are like knives twisting; chickens and dogs shed tears." This is called the four taboos. The formula of the Five Elements is "Metal overcomes wood, wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, and fire overcomes metal." It is called the five elements' mutual restraint. Generally speaking, as long as the four taboos are not violated and the five elements are not in conflict with each other, you can get married. At this time, the matchmaker can go to negotiate a marriage, which is commonly known as matchmaking or marriage proposal. After both parents agree, the boy's parents will write only one or four words to the girl. The boy will write "Sincere" or "Jingchen Jinnuo", and the girl will write "Nuo" or "Gongda Yuyin". This kind of wedding invitation is called "opening invitation" or "kneading to death" and is not considered a formal engagement. After the ceremony, the man chooses an auspicious day, prepares a wedding banquet, invites the matchmaker, ghostwriter, clan leader, uncle, etc. to the banquet, and formally writes a marriage contract to the woman. After the woman receives the man's invitation, she leaves the red thread, wraps it with the original green thread, and then gives back the four treasures of the study or a pot of evergreen. This process is commonly known as passing the ceremony or passing the ceremony. After the wedding ceremony, the man invites a matchmaker to go to the girl's house to discuss it. After the girl's parents agree, the girl's birth date is written on red paper. It is commonly known as "Kun Zao Xing Geng" or "Kai Sheng Geng". The matchmaker passes it on to the man. The wedding dates, wedding rooms, wedding beds, hairpins, faces and other time directions for weddings between men and women are all determined based on the woman's birth date. The calculation process is called the annual fortune-telling, and the matters related to the annual fortune-telling are written on the red stickers, which is commonly known as "合卺" or the book of time. Inform the woman of the wedding date set by the union, which is commonly known as the send-off date. In order to make it easier for the woman to prepare the dowry and other wedding expenses, a relatively heavy gift should be given, which is called a big gift. Generally, there are four items: first, four pieces of clothing, including Zhongyi and cotton-padded jacket; second, four or eight pieces of gold and silver jewelry; third, a large amount of gifts; fourth, a package of happy fruits that are in pairs. It is a social custom that excessive gifts depend on family circumstances. If a man is rich and a woman is poor, the gift money should be enough for the woman's wedding expenses. The man's family was poor, so he only gave him two pieces of fabric from the Zhong family's cotton-padded jacket. The customary wedding period is three days, and the first day is called the wedding day. Both men and women have to prepare all kinds of wedding matters. The woman is the busiest, and she has to entertain guests in the morning. One of them must be the bride and her husband. Farewell party for the little sisters. The woman must send the entire dowry to the man's family, which is commonly known as "passing the dowry". After all the arrangements for the dowry are in place, the uncle will look at the lock and hand the key to the bride. Dowry ginger is generally divided into four grades: two pieces for a chest, four pieces for a chest, a table and a chair, and eight large pieces and eight small pieces. When extremely wealthy families compensate for their marriages, they have a "whole house manager" who has all the household necessities. Some also send blue bricks and clay bricks wrapped in red paper. A brick represents a row of salt flats, and a clay brick represents a hundred acres. The land is fertile, and the dowry provided is enough for the daughter to live a good life after she gets married. Extremely poor families don't have to pay dowry, just an apron as a bundle. There is an old saying in Chinese folklore: "A daughter who can never be with you will spend endless years". On the day of dowry collection, the groom’s family will worship ancestors and post red couplets. In addition to receiving the dowry, the bride’s sedan chair will be sent to the bride’s family. A boy will press the bed in the evening. The next day is the official day, which is the wedding day. On this auspicious day, the bride takes a sedan chair to the groom's house after having her hair done, and her mother and sister-in-law are waiting for her to cry when the sedan leaves. If she doesn't cry, she will become mute. When the groom's family has a big banquet to greet guests, there must be a banquet table for the groom and his younger brother, called the companion wine. The bride comes in at noon, sits in the palace, pays homage, drinks, makes house, etc. The third day is called Fensan. The bride and groom bow to their elders, share the pot, have reunion dinner, make love, and enter normal life. There is a saying among the people about becoming an official, becoming a empress and gaining the upper hand. On the day of the happy event, the groom puts on brand new festive clothes and puts velvet flowers (prosperity and wealth) on both sides of his hat, also called the number one scholar flower. He can only dominate others throughout the day, and no one can dictate what he does, not even the local government can interfere. He, as the saying goes, "will be this heavenly official for the rest of his life", so he is called the groom official. The bride is also a bride on her official day. She is dressed in bright red, has a rosy veil on her shoulders, a beaded crown on her head, phoenix shoes on her feet, a three-guan mirror in her arms, and a three-guan sutra in her hand. She is sitting in a sedan chair, with a big red umbrella in front of her, drums, music and gongs. , there are Anxiang guards on the left and right, and everyone on the way, including the officials on patrol, must make way for the bride. Even when passing the Miaomen Heqiao Cemetery, firecrackers must be set off to warn the ghosts and gods to avoid it.

If you meet two bride-carrying sedans on the road and predict that they will meet on a poor road ahead, and you think they can pass before the other party, you will get double the good luck. The bride-to-be will immediately mobilize the bearers to carry the bride steadily. The sedan chairs run as fast as they can, and those who pass the selection get double the money. This is called gaining the upper hand. The scene in which bearers on both sides risk their lives to gain the upper hand is a unique sight in Haizhou's wedding customs and leaves the deepest impression on people. Making a fuss is the most lively scene of the entire wedding. After the church service, there will be a quarrel starting from noon and ending at Hai hour, and the last five hours will be held, including drinking glasses of wine, breaking fruit plates, stopping the bride, sending off the bride and groom, spreading tents, and poking at the windows. Twelve programs can also be inserted. There are four activities: playing tricks on the uncle, teasing the husband, teasing the new uncle, and teasing the bridesmaids. According to custom, for each program action, some happy words must be said, and the content is both elegant and popular, making people laugh. Even if some language and actions go beyond the norm, they are allowed by customs and must not turn against you. During the month of the opposite month and the wedding of returning home, it is customary to "no vacancies" in the month, and the bride and groom are not allowed to stay out for the night. After the full moon, the bride can go back to her parents' home to spend a few days, or the couple can go to her parents' home to spend a month together, which is called double return home and opposite moon visit. Regardless of whether it is a double door or a single door, one pair of shoes must be made for each member of the husband's family, old or young, during the natal family's time. If the family is poor, one pair of shoes can be made for the husband only, collectively referred to as "back door shoes". Four Folk Customs in Lianyungang (Fertility Chapter) Four taboos before pregnancy Girls have had four taboos since they were young: One taboo is to pass salt from hand to hand. In daily life, if women need to pass salt to each other, one party will put the salt down and the other will pick it up again. Second, avoid entering the delivery room on an empty stomach. Pregnant women are commonly known as having an empty stomach and are not allowed to enter the maternity (house) where the baby is under one month old. Three taboos are for newcomers to meet famous people. Pregnant women are called red people, and they also have an empty stomach. Brides under the full moon cannot meet the red people. If they meet by chance, the newlyweds must first unbutton one of their own buttons. Four taboos: A famous person meets a famous person. If they meet by chance, they will use small bamboo buckets (a utensil for measuring grain) to throw each other and say "Give you Sheng (raw)" and "Give you raw". There are many taboos about being pregnant. Folks call pregnant women as being happy, pregnant, disgusting with food, or harmful to their children. Once a woman is pregnant, there are many taboos in common practice in order to successfully give birth to a healthy, beautiful and intelligent child. (1) Tie your trousers tightly to prevent wind from entering regardless of the season. (2) No outdoor activities are allowed when there are stars in the sky at night. (3) Do not sit on the water tank. (4) Do not sit on the "folders" used to store food. (5) Do not step over the buffalo hut. (6) Do not eat rabbit meat. (7) Don’t eat donkey meat. (8) Do not eat sparrow eggs. (9) Do not eat pigeon eggs. (10) Don’t eat turtles. (11) Don’t eat eels. (12) Don’t eat loach fish. In addition, pregnant women are encouraged to eat more boiled eggs, longans and apples. When a pregnant woman is about to give birth, her mother-in-law will take her and her husband to burn incense and kowtow in front of the statues of the Goddess of Encouragement and the Goddess of Delivery in Sanguan Temple, Guanyin Temple, and Baizi Temple, and pray for Baozuo to deliver the baby safely on time. Some pregnant women who have passed their due date and have not yet given birth will return to their natal family or relatives' home to eat on the street. Whenever they see a girl coming in with a big belly, her family will know the reason and immediately prepare three bowls of noodles. When placing them on the table, they will put the bowls of noodles in random order. The pregnant woman will unconsciously eat a certain bowl first and then eat first. The first bowl of the dish happens to be the first bowl of the dish, which indicates that you will give birth on the first day after returning home. The second bowl of the dish will be eaten first, and the baby will be born the second day after returning home. Pregnant women who have eaten noodles must go home immediately to wait for the birth. child. The placenta is commonly called the clothing cell. After the child is born, the baby's body is buried inside the gate, sometimes in the ground in front of the parents' bed. Girls' clothes were buried outside the door, and some were buried beside the pit. Some had multiple pregnancies but failed to survive, so they buried their unborn babies under the Sanpong intersection for others to trample on. After a boy is born, he must be given a nickname or nickname. The general rule of thumb for giving a nickname is to give it a name based on the time of birth and the circumstances of the birth. Some children are fastened to the legs of the bed with a red-tipped rope as soon as they are born, and they are named Big Button or Little Button. Some children use a broken iron pot to catch them when they fall to the ground, and they are named stuck or big and small. Some people put black rice or black donkey hair in the jars containing clothes, and named them big grain or black donkey. Most of them are named according to the year and time of the child's birth, with the corresponding twelve zodiac signs, such as big ox and calf, big tiger and little tiger, big dragon and little dragon, big horse and pony, etc. Avoid using rat, monkey, Rabbit and pig are named after them. The 12th day of a newborn baby's life is commonly known as the "Twelve Dynasties Little Full Moon". In addition to the "blessing mother" banquet entertained by the maternal uncle's family, there is also a banquet for guests, lighting candles and incense, setting off firecrackers, worshiping ancestors and thanking heaven and earth. On this day, the children should be taken out of the darkroom and kowtow to the ancestors' shrine and the incense table to thank heaven and earth. This is the first time the newborn has seen light outside the delivery room. After worshiping the ancestors and thanking heaven and earth, the father would put three steamed buns shaped like dragons on a small bench and place them in front of the bed, in front of the door, in front of the stove, in front of the water tank, by the river, by the ditch, at the head of the bridge, in the earth temple, in short In the relevant places when children grow up, they burn dragon paper and kowtow, praying to the bed god, door god, river god, etc. to bless the child's safety. This is called "burning the dragon". A complete Shao Manlong requires 36 portions to be burned. Most people only burn a few portions in a few important places. The full moon hides in the urine of a newborn baby. The full moon is a happy event. In addition to entertaining guests, there are three main things to do. One is to boil red eggs to worship the ancestors, and to visit the happy graves to report the good news to the ancestors. At the same time, send happy eggs to relatives and friends nearby to announce the good news. Second, the mother is not allowed to do any housework on the full moon day. She must eat seven meals, place the pole on the threshold, and lie on the pole for a while. These are collectively called "disease-carrying", which means that all diseases caused by a "moon and earth" can be taken away on the full moon. The third is to put a silver collar on the newborn.

Some young boys wear gold and silver earrings in their earlobes, and some wear "strings" on their noses. On the second day of the full moon, the married woman will carry her newborn baby to her mother's (uncle's) house for a few days. This is called hiding in the urinal. As soon as the newborn baby arrives at his uncle's house, he will first urinate in front of the kitchen door, and then the grandmother, aunt, etc. will symbolically "beat and scold" the child. This is considered to be hiding in the urine hole for a long time. If the uncle's family is rich, the mother and son can stay for a few more days, up to a month; if the uncle's family is poor, they can go home after lunch. On the 100th anniversary of the birth of a newborn, relatives and friends send some clothes and jewelry to express their congratulations. When a child is 100 days old, his head must be shaved symbolically, commonly known as centenary head shaving. Young children should leave a little bit of hair on the back of their heads, leaving a long lock of hair called centenarian hair or turtle tail. If the centenarian hair is slightly longer, it can be braided into small braids and can be shaved off on the 12th birthday. A hundred days of head shaving is the first time in life. When shaving, rice and tea should be soaked in water to wash the hair. The barber should say a happy message after each shave, and the parents should treat the barber to a wedding meal and give money. During the 100th day, some close and enthusiastic relatives and friends took the initiative to collect food from hundreds of families in a symbolic way so that the children could "eat the food from hundreds of families." When collecting grains, people with the surnames Liu, Shi, Chen, and Fu are most likely to collect grains, while grains with the surnames of Wang, Shi, Wen, and Zhu are taboo. Some symbolically collect food and money. They must collect hundreds of dollars to buy clothes for their children. This is called "wearing hundreds of clothes". To celebrate the first birthday of a newborn, in addition to dressing the child from head to toe, put onions, pens, inkstones, books, scales, abacus, etc. on the table together and let the child do it by himself If you catch green onions, you will not be in trouble; if you catch books, you can read and become an official; if you catch abacus, you can do business, etc. This is called catching weeks. Wearing a yellow mandarin and changing into a big lapel Wearing a yellow mandarin and changing into a big lapel According to the festival, the fifth Wu day after the beginning of spring is Chun She, and the fifth Wu day after the beginning of autumn is Qiu She. They are collectively called "Tian She", and "She" is homophonic to "amnesty". Newborns must wear a yellow jacket on their first social day. The yellow mandarin jacket is a double-breasted jacket made of yellow cloth, with a group frame embroidered on the front and back chest, and a group-shaped four-character combination embroidered inside, such as "Tianyun Society", "Heaven's Pardon for a Hundred Years", "Longevity and Kangning", "Longevity" "Wealth" and so on. Some young boys wear left-fronted clothes from birth to 12 years old. When they go to their uncle's house for their 12th birthday, their uncle makes a right-fronted blue coat and wears it home. From then on, they wear right-fronted clothes like ordinary people. This is called "changing the big collar". Children who change the "big collar" will have a safe life. Lianyungang traditional folk customs of Lantern Festival (picture) see reference materials. During the Lantern Festival, the port city was bustling with joy. The Lianyungang Folklore Museum held a folk performance in Xinpu Cangwu Green Garden that attracted men, women and children from all over the city. Traditional dragon dances, small flower boats, local The Huaihai Opera is competing for beauty, and the whole park is crowded with people. Attached: List of Folk Festivals Haizhou Lantern Festival is held every year on the 15th day of the first lunar month in Haizhou District, Lianyungang City. Haizhou Lantern Festival has a long history. In Quyuan, an antique park, visitors can enjoy various Haizhou folk lantern artworks, folk entertainment performances, flower exhibitions, etc. Lianyungang Magnolia Flower Fair is held every year from April 10th to 14th in Donglei. The flower fair takes Magnolia as its theme and conducts artistic exchanges such as poetry, calligraphy, painting, and photography. In early spring, magnolias bloom before the new leaves turn green. Thousands of poles and thousands of flowers complement each other, like Yushu snow-capped mountains emerging from the sky. Each one is graceful and graceful, with a bright and beautiful appearance; each petal has no slight flaw, like mutton-fat jade; wisps of fragrance are refreshing. The color is like jade and the fragrance is like orchid, hence the name magnolia. There are four ancient white magnolia trees in Donglei, Lianyungang, two of which are thousands of years old and are called the "King of Magnolia Flowers". Therefore, a flower party is held here every year. Lianyungang Crystal Festival is held in Donghai County from time to time. The first session was held from October 6 to 8, 1993. During the Crystal Festival, various folk cultural and entertainment performances are held, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, and children's printmaking exhibitions are held. Crystal research seminars, economic and trade conferences, and agricultural and sideline products exhibitions and other activities are also held. Lianyungang Donghai is an important crystal production area in my country, with an annual output of more than 500 tons, accounting for half of the national output. It is known as the "Hometown of Crystals". China's largest crystal weighs 4.36 tons and is produced in the East China Sea. There are more than 300 crystal processing companies in Donghai, and it is known as a crystal products street. Lianyungang Xufu Festival is held in Ganyu County from November 24th to 26th every year. Xu Fu was an alchemist in the Qin Dynasty. He was sent by Qin Shihuang to lead three thousand boys and girls into the sea to seek elixirs. They went through dangers and crossed the ocean to reach Japan, where they helped the Japanese ancestors achieve their goals with their "grains" and "hundreds of labors". He introduced the farming life and taught advanced science and technology such as sericulture and silk reeling. Therefore, he was regarded as the "God of Farming" by the Japanese. In order to commemorate this historical feat and develop the cross-sea Hongqiao built by the ancestors of the two countries, Lianyungang City holds the Xu Fu Festival in Xu Fu’s hometown every year. Activities include sacrificial meetings, antique music and dance performances, float parades, Xu Fu seminars, economic and trade negotiations, etc. wait.

Attached: List of tourist festivals in Lianyungang area Festival name Festival date and time: Haizhou Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first lunar month, Haizhou Quyuan, Lianyungang Magnolia Flower Fair, April 10th to 14th, Donglei Scenic Area, Baihushan Temple Fair, April 8th to 10th of the lunar calendar Summer in Lianyungang, Haizhou District, from mid-July to mid-August, Liandao and Haizhou Bay, Lianyungang Crystal Festival from time to time, Donghai County, Lianyungang Xufu Festival, November 24th to 26th, Ganyu County