The customs of the Tongxiang Puyuan

Puyuan has honest and honest customs since ancient times, respecting etiquette and respecting shame. There are many festivals throughout the year, each with its own purpose. Every New Year's Eve, families reunite to bid farewell to the old year; when New Year's Day comes, firecrackers are noisy to celebrate the New Year. Or choose a good time to burn incense to worship ancestors, worship heaven and earth, and pray for blessings, so that merchants can make profits and have a good harvest; or people from the same clan, neighbors and friends can interact with each other to celebrate auspicious weddings, etc. habit. During the Spring Festival, firecrackers are set off at midnight on the first day of the first lunar month to welcome the New Year. Eat sweet glutinous rice balls in the morning to symbolize reunion and sweetness. There are also people who eat longevity noodles with the intention of longevity. Starting from the second day of the Lunar New Year, relatives and friends visit each other to pay New Year greetings. The fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar is also known as the Lantern Festival, and in ancient times it was called the Lantern Festival. IHD,-}There are customs such as welcoming dragon lanterns and dragon boat racing, as well as the custom of eating glutinous rice balls. New Year ends with Lantern Festival. February 2: On the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, people have the custom of eating rice cakes with radish and rice cakes. Children compete to fly kites, and locals raise funds to entertain themselves by performing plays to reward the gods (the gods of the land). March 3: On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, women pick wild cauliflower plugs. Some people say they don’t feel dizzy in summer. During the reign of Emperor Kangxi and Xinchou of the Qing Dynasty (1720-1721), there was a Blessing of the Saints Meeting on March 3rd. At that time, a lot of money was spent, thousands of boats were spent, men and women gathered together, and there was entertainment for a while. Qingming The day before Qingming Festival, April 5, is called Qingming Night. People eat snails and lions and throw the empty shells on the tiles, which is called Qingming Festival. On Qingming Day, we eat Qingming dumplings and give each other gifts to relatives and friends. Ten days before and after Qingming Festival, every family pays homage to their ancestors and visits their graves. Beginning of Summer: May 6th is the day when summer begins. People of all ages at home eat sesame balls. It is said to prevent mosquito bites. There are also burning wild rice, using bricks and tiles to build a stove in the open air (preferably under a tree, aiming at the bird's nest). Made with white rice, bamboo shoots, new broad beans, meat, etc. Legend has it that you won’t get sick of summer after eating it. During the Dragon Boat Festival, on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, people eat rice dumplings and realgar beans. Calamus and moxa leaves hang in front of the door. Use realgar to write the word "王" on children's foreheads and wear five-poison clothes to drive away evil spirits. June 19: According to legend, the 19th day of the sixth lunar month is the day when Avalokitesvara became enlightened. People there have the custom of offering incense and buying fish and shrimp and releasing them alive. It is said that on the seventh night of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met on the Magpie Bridge. This night, you can watch the Cowherd and Vega stars move closer from the "Tianhe", which is a great pleasure to the people. In the old days, there were also girls who learned needlework and begged for skills. On the evening of the Chinese Valentine's Day, a small embroidered shoe that has been made in advance is placed next to the toilet (toilet), and the words are murmured in the mouth: "The queen of the pit, the one-legged fairy, teach my girl how to needle and thread." There are also melons and fruits hung in front of the court, which is If there are spiders around at night, it is called "getting clever". There are also people who wash the daffodils into juice and dye their nails. It is said that if you dye your nails on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, you will be "dyed". Zhongyuan Festival The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is commonly known as the Zhongyuan Festival. In the old days, the souls of the dead were worshiped from the twelfth to the sixteenth month. The 30th day of the seventh lunar month is said to be the birth of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. On this evening, every household puts incense sticks on the ground, which is called a candle; mix sawdust with oil and light it on a tile, which is called walking incense; stack bricks into a tower shape and light incense on it, which is called a lighthouse; put paper lanterns into the water and then light them. Its drifting is called water lantern. A few people still put candles on the ground that day. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month and is known as the Mid-Autumn Festival. Eat moon cakes, pumpkins, and pumpkin seeds on this day. Look at the moonlight in the middle of the night. In the old days, there was a moon appreciation party at Dongyue Temple. The Double Ninth Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. Folks like to eat red beans and glutinous rice, and literati like to admire chrysanthemums, drink wine and write poems. Winter Solstice: December 12, the day before the Winter Solstice Festival is called Winter Solstice Night, where wine, food, and paper ingots are used to sacrifice the souls of the dead. On the winter solstice, there is a saying that you should eat what you need to nourish yourself. The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month is commonly known as Little New Year’s Eve. Start sweeping the house dust and preparing New Year's goods; burn red beans and glutinous rice to worship the Kitchen God, and use a paper sedan made of red paper to send the Kitchen God; wrap holly and cypress branches around the hemp stalks to say "Jie Jie Gao"; use Malt Candy to coat the Kitchen God. Jun's "mouth" allows the Kitchen God to go up to heaven and speak good words to the world. New Year's Eve is the last day of December in the lunar calendar, commonly known as the New Year's Eve. Chickens, fish, meat, and rice cakes are offered to the gods to call the land for the new year. Reunion for New Year's Eve dinner. Staying up all night is called staying up all night long. After the meal, the elders give lucky money to the younger children. This night I let the fruit shells litter the floor without sweeping them away.