What are the unique folk customs in Hangzhou?

1. Lotus Festival. The West Lake Lotus Festival is held in Hangzhou every year from July to August. It is held at Quyuan Fenghe. The main activities include: appreciating lotus, picking lotus pods, peeling lotus seeds, and making lotus meals. Listen to folk operas, put out lotus lanterns to pray for blessings, lotus trade fair, Miss West Lake Lotus Photography Model Contest, Chinese Lotus Varieties Exhibition, etc.

2. The custom of picking tea. There is also the custom of picking tea in Hangzhou. Longjing tea, known as the treasure of heaven, is produced on the bank of the beautiful West Lake. The land here is fertile and its unique mountainous microclimate is very conducive to the growth and development of tea trees. The special favor of nature and the careful cultivation of tea farmers gave birth to Longjing tea with excellent quality and fame at home and abroad.

3. Yue Opera, this is the main local opera in Hangzhou. It was popular in Shengxian County 70 years ago and has now become one of the important opera types in the country. Yue Opera is good at lyricism, beautiful tunes and delicate performances.

4. During the Spring Festival in Hangzhou, there is a folk custom of worshiping Yuanbao tea. From the first to the fifth day of the first lunar month, close relatives and friends interact with each other to congratulate each other on the new happiness. People who are fastidious will first toast a cup of Yuanbao tea and add two green olives or kumquats to the tea to bring good luck to the New Year. Drink tea with olives and kumquats, which is crisp and delicious, and the tea tastes more fragrant.

5. Hangzhou people have the custom of burning incense in eight temples on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Hangzhou is very popular during the Chinese New Year. In addition to religious factors, it also has a little-known evacuation function. There is an old saying in Hangzhou that ridicules debtors: "On the twenty-seventh year of the year, don't be anxious; on the twenty-eighth year of the year, think of a way; on the twenty-nine year of the year, there is something; if you don't meet on the 31st, you will give it away on the first day of the new year."

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