Examples show that folk customs are regional and national.

Different places will have different customs and habits, which is the embodiment of regionality, such as:

It is also the solstice of winter, and eating glutinous rice balls is very popular in the south of China, which means reunion. On the morning of winter solstice, every household grinds glutinous rice flour, and uses sugar, meat, radish, fruit and shredded radish as stuffing to make winter solstice meatballs, which are not only eaten at home, but also given to relatives and friends as a symbol of blessing.

In many places in the north, the annual winter solstice is the custom of eating jiaozi. According to legend, Zhang Zhongjing, a medical sage, saw a frozen person when he retired in his later years, so he wrapped mutton, some cold-dispelling herbs and dough into the shape of ears, made a medicine called "Quhan Jiaoer Decoction" and gave it to the people. Later, on the solstice of winter, people imitated eating and formed a custom.

The nationality of folk customs:

Different nationalities will have different folk customs, which is the embodiment of nationality, such as:

In the Dai nationality, the water-splashing festival is an important national custom with a history of hundreds of years. Every festival, Dai men, women and children should wear festive costumes, and women should each pick a load of clear water to meet the Buddha and pray for his blessing. After the "Buddha bath", people began to throw water at each other to express their blessings, hoping to wash away diseases and disasters with holy water in exchange for a better and happier life.

Other ethnic groups do not have this custom.

Extended data:

Classification of folk customs:

1, folk customs of material life

(1) Production folklore (primary production of agricultural, fishery, mining, hunting, breeding and other material materials)

(2) Industrial and commercial folklore (handicraft, service, commercial and other materials processing services)

(3) Folk customs of life (in terms of material consumption such as food, clothing, housing and transportation)

2. Folk customs of social life

(1) Folklore of social organizations (family, village, community and other organizations)

(2) Festival folk customs at the age of (time frame represented by festivals and activities)

(3) Life customs (birth, birthday, adulthood, marriage, funeral and other aspects of life)

3. Folk customs of spiritual life

(1) Entertainment folklore (games, competitions, social fires, etc.)

(2) Folklore (folk spiritual world represented by worship of gods, legends, stories and proverbs).

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