What are the customs and habits in Yueqing?

The folk traditions of Yueqing are as follows:

1. Yueqing's old market customs have been passed down to this day, mainly including: Pu Yin is from the first day of September to the fifth day of September every year; Dajing is every ten days on Wednesday, Saturday and September; Hongqiao is on the third and eighth day of every ten days; Furong is on the second day of every ten days: Baishi is on the tenth day of the third lunar month every year.

2. In Yueqing, "New Year's Eve" is commonly known as "29 dusk" or "30 dusk". Celebrate this festival. Every household should prepare all kinds of Chinese New Year food. If you want to mash rice cakes, it is also called "mashing rice cakes". Before you pound the rice cakes, you should sweep the house again another day, commonly known as "dusting the new ones" or "replacing them with new ones". On New Year's Eve, the ancestors are worshipped first, commonly known as "making New Year's Eve", and then a dinner is held with the dishes left over from the sacrifice, commonly known as "drinking for the New Year".

3. Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of May, is commonly known as Double Ninth Festival, also known as Duanyang Festival. Taking Qingjiang River as the boundary, the main food eaten on this day is "tin cakes" in Jiangbei and zongzi in Jiangnan. Lecheng and Liushi also have the custom of dragon boat race. In Yueqing, it is customary to call the dragon boat a water dragon, not a dragon boat, so as not to be confused with the name of the Lantern Festival.

4. The famous cakes in Yueqing include Gong Ji Gao Xiang, Dajingjizheng Frozen Rice Sugar, Hongqiao Cairisheng Mung Bean Cake, Lecheng Sugar Cake, etc.

5. The performances of Yueqing Urban and Rural Lantern Festival include: stilts in Nanyue, Pu Yin lifting the pavilion, playing Qionghua, playing Qian Qiu, Shimen lion, rolling dragons in highland, bench dragons in the east of the county seat, jewel dragons in front of the temple, Sululong, fish lanterns, river lanterns and lanterns.

6. There are many folk songs in Yueqing, which can be roughly divided into: folk songs (such as Dui Bird, Picking Tea Tone and Throwing Songs), Tian Ge (also known as Shi Tianwen or Shi Tian, such as Long Bow Tan and Tan Ku in December) and fishing songs (such as Qingjiang Gezi), "

7. The varieties of Quyi circulating in urban and rural areas of Yueqing mainly include "Drum Ci", "Daoqing", "Lotus", "Douge", "Flower Drum", "Double Hammer" and "Selling Art".

8. The folk dances in Yueqing mainly include: four cat dances, which are performed when welcoming Wang Rongtu, accompanied by percussion instruments such as drums and big hairpin, and accompanied by sacrificial ceremonies and parades. The dance movements are monotonous, but the momentum is grand. Dance like a chimney-beggars catch snakes and dance to the tune of "Imahan" The performer wore a long-handled pipe, a small hat with melon skin and a gown, and looked untidy. Because of its humorous tunes, it has been adapted to participate in Wenzhou performances for many times and won awards.

9. "Acting" is a common name inherent in Yueqing. In the old society, most temples and ancestral temples in Yueqing had stage and performed irregularly, commonly known as "acting". At that time, the performances can be divided into the following categories according to their common names: Dragon Lantern Opera, Yangshan Opera, Rice Straw Pond Opera, Quanle Opera and Temple Fair Shenshou Opera.

In addition, the book "Yueqing Traditional Folk Customs" published by Zhejiang Photography Publishing House (by Nan William. J and North and South) mainly describe the cross-section of Yueqing society during the Republic of China, trace back the local seasons, economic folk customs, living customs, life etiquette, folk entertainment and other customs, and paint a relatively complete picture of Yueqing customs. This book can be used as a good reference to understand the customs and habits of Yueqing.