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Quanzhou folk culture is rich in accumulation and colorful. Dynamic and static, there are many forests. Among the festival folk customs, Lantern Festival is the most beautiful, and it is known as the "carnival" of Quanzhou people. During the festival, all parts of urban and rural areas are decorated with lanterns, lantern exhibitions, literature and art stepping on the streets, and thousands of people are empty, and the city is full of fun. With the reform and opening up, this traditional custom and humanistic landscape has become a major local tourism resource and has been developed. In recent years, it has been designated as the "Tourism Culture Festival". The May Festival is also the Dragon Boat Festival, and Quanzhou is also very prosperous. The customs of "dragon boat race" and "lotus picking" are spectacular. Quanzhou people's Mid-Autumn Festival is second only to the Lantern Festival. When the moon is bright, family members get together to enjoy the moon, eat cakes or fight for the champion cake. In Quanzhou city, many people went boating on the river to enjoy the moon that night, and some played Nanqu leisurely by the river, which was very elegant.

Quanzhou, known as the "hometown of traditional operas" and "theater nest", has a number of rare traditional art treasures.

On the stage, there are elegant and euphemistic pear garden operas, funny puppet shows, dignified and humorous high-class operas, martial arts superb Dacheng operas and Nanyin art with profound charm. Nowadays, these ancient and rare arts, which are "few in China and few in the world", are still spread in Quanzhou urban and rural areas, across the Taiwan Strait, Southeast Asia and even Europe, America and Latin America with their vigorous vitality. In addition, folk music, dance, folk art, etc., are also dazzling and beautiful, such as cage blowing, northern pipe, ten tones, tea songs, folk songs, and big advocacy; Chest dance, colorful ball dance, car encouragement, cauldron in-laws and Quanzhou dialect storytelling, etc.

Quanzhou is the cradle of southern Shaolin boxing. Among them, Wuzuquan, Baihequan and other southern Shaolin martial arts Zuquan are unique and spread in Fujian, Guangdong, Taiwan Province, Southeast Asia and Japan. In ancient Quanzhou, the folk martial arts practice was very popular, and it has been passed down to people so far, so the mass martial arts movement is very active.

in terms of traditional crafts, colorful binding, paper-cutting, embroidery, bamboo weaving, etc. Wood carving, stone carving and porcelain carving are well-known at home and abroad, especially the Huian green stone carving, which makes overseas Chinese proud. Fan Shouchun, vice president of Minnan Cultural Research Society, said:

"Overseas folks have great feelings for the blue stone carving. My hometown is in Hui 'an, and of course I have more feelings for Hui 'an green stone carving. Hui' an green stone carving (including granite carving) is mainly used for architectural decoration, represented by dragon columns, stone lions and various figure reliefs. It is characterized by the combination of carving and painting, exquisite carving, vivid image and strong national characteristics. "

Quanzhou has a long history of opening to the outside world, forming a pluralistic religion. Here, there are not only scenic spots of Taoism, Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Manichaeism and Hinduism, but also folk beliefs and customs spread all over urban and rural areas, such as Mazu, Emperor Baosheng, etc., which are revered by Quanzhou people and even Taiwan Province compatriots as local common gods and reverently worshipped. Among them, the temple of Manichaeism, which is rare in the world and unique in China, is located at the foot of Huabiao Mountain in Luoshan Town, Jinjiang. Miss Cai Huiqiong, who graduated from the history department of the university, knows the landscape of her hometown like the back of her hand. She said that Manichaeism was a religion founded by Mani, a Persian, in the third century. It was introduced to China in Tang Gaozong and spread to Quanzhou in the Tang and Yuan Dynasties. This grass temple is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

"Caoan is built on a cliff, made of stone, resting on the top of the mountain with a single eaves. There is a circular Buddhist niche carved in the cliff. Mani Buddha statue is 1.52 meters high and .83 meters wide. The Buddha is wearing a wide-sleeved robe and sitting on the lotus seat. His face is full and solemn. "

The residential buildings in Quanzhou are another beautiful landscape. Strolling through the ancient city of Quanzhou, you can see ancient mansions everywhere. Jin Liang, director of Quanzhou South Architecture Museum, said:

"Quanzhou's architectural features reflect the architectural style of' red brick and white stone double-shifting device, putting bricks into stone dovetail ridge, carving beams and painting palaces'."

Among them, the "official mansion" has a symmetrical central axis, is magnificent, and the roof is full of vitality with a curved hill and a dovetail ridge. Wood carving and stone carving under the house are resplendent. The existing ancient residential buildings in Cai, Guanqiao, Nan 'an, are row upon row, antique and magnificent. These houses are the essence of Quanzhou's ancient architecture.

Quanzhou's costumes are even more unique. Among them, the most distinctive is Hui 'an daughter. Yellow hats, flower headscarves, full-length clothes, silver belts, and big-folded pants have been dubbed as "feudal heads, democratic bellies, saving shirts and wasting pants." The strong colors, peculiar styles and harmonious shapes set each other off with the blue sea water and golden beaches along the coast of Huidong, which attracted many artists and collectors. Another example is Xiapu girl in Donghai, who likes to put hairpin flowers on her head in spring, summer, autumn and winter, becoming a "garden" and a "rainbow in a bun" on her head.

Quanzhou's food culture has a unique flavor. As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on the sea to eat the sea. Rich food resources, with traditional production technology, form the flavor food in the hometown of overseas Chinese, which is delicious and famous all over the world. Mr. Yan Nianan, director of Quanzhou Tourism Bureau, said:

"Quanzhou beef soup is well-known at home and abroad. It is crisp and crisp, and delicious. Oyster fried oysters, fried crab flowers, Shenhu Shuiyuan soup (fish ball soup), Chongwu fish rolls, and tied hooves are all very distinctive. "

in addition, time-honored foods such as Yuanxiao glutinous rice balls, roasted meat dumplings, batter, Yakou peanuts, Anxi persimmon, Yongchun vinegar, Anhai bamboo shoots jelly, Quanzhou mung bean cake, Nan 'an peanut cake, Dehua glutinous rice paste, etc. are the hometown attractions that overseas children dream about and arouse infinite homesickness. Nowadays, Quanzhou Wenling Food Street has become one of the windows of Quanzhou flavor food.

with the deepening of social reform and the expansion of opening to the outside world, the comprehensive festival customs with the theme of promoting traditional culture and developing local economy have also come into being according to local conditions. For example, Nanyin Concert Singing, International Puppet Festival, South Shaolin Wushu Festival, Square Folk Art Festival, Tourism Culture Festival and Folk Singing Festival, and for example, Dehua Ceramics Festival, Anxi Tea Art Festival, Hui 'an Stone Culture Festival, Shishi Lantern Festival, Jinjiang Clothing, Shoes and Hats Festival and Nan 'an Building Materials Expo integrate product promotion, tourism, art exposition and folk customs, and fully display the new trends of contemporary Quanzhou.