The long history of Minhou

AD 196 (the first year of Han Jian 'an) was located in Houguan County and belonged to a captain in the south of Huiji County. In 282 AD (the third year of Jin Taikang), Hou Guan analyzed Yuanfeng and Mawen counties, both of which belonged to Jin 'an County. In 502-5 19 (the middle period of the Southern Liang Dynasty), Houguan and Yuanfeng merged into Donghouguan. In 589 (the ninth year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty), it was renamed Yuanfeng. In 592 AD (the 12th year of Emperor Kai of Sui Dynasty), it was renamed Min County, and it was subordinate to Jian 'an County. In 623 AD (the sixth year of Tang Wude), Min County was divided into four counties: Houguan, Changxi, Xinning (Changle) and Marvin (Lianjiang). In 63 1 year (the fifth year of Zhenguan), Houguan was merged into Min County. In 702 AD (the second year of Wu Dynasty), the official county was restored. In 766 AD (the second year of Yongtai), the western part of Houguan was designated as Yongtai County. In 785 (the first year of Zhenyuan), Meixichang (later Minqing County) was located in the north. In 808 (the 3rd year of Yuanhe), Houguan was merged into Tang Fu County, and in 8 10 (the 5th year of Yuanhe), after the restoration, Guanjun, Fujian County and Houguan County all belonged to Fuzhou. In 19941year (five days and six years), Fujian county was changed to Changle county, and its original name was restored in the following year, when it belonged to Changle prefecture. In 98 1 year (the sixth year of rejuvenating Song Taiping), Huai' an County was located in Min County, and Houguan, Min County and Huai' an County belonged to Fuzhou. Yuan belongs to Fuzhou Road. In A.D. 1580 (the eighth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty), Huai 'an County was merged into Houguan County, and since then Min County and Houguan County have both stood side by side and belong to Fuzhou Prefecture. 19 12 (the first year of the Republic of China) abandoned the government, and the two counties merged the following year, and each county was named Minhou County with its initials. 19 13 Min County and Houguan County are both Minhou County and belong to East Road (Minhai Road). In A.D. 1942 (3 1 year of the Republic of China), Fuzhou Preparatory Office was established in some county-administered areas, and counties and cities were divided from then on. 1944 was renamed as Linsen County. 1949 August 16 Liberation, 1950 renamed Minhou County, which belongs to Minhou area. 1956 was directly administered by the province in March and changed to Fuzhou in August (or 1958 was returned to Fuzhou). 1959 belongs to Minhou area. 197 1 year belongs to Putian area (Minhou area was renamed Putian area). 1973 returned to Fuzhou. The county government has been located in Xijian, Xuyi, Shangganzhou and Luozhou. 1970, the resident of the county people's government was moved from Luozhou Town to Sugarcane Town. The part of Minhou County was divided into 12 capital in Song Dynasty, Fengchi West, Fengchi East, Jin, Jin 'anxi, Gaogai South, Gaogai North, Chongshan East, Chongshan West, Huakaidong, Huakaixi, Zan County and Anren 12 capital in Yuan and Ming Dynasties, and remained unchanged in Qing Dynasty. Some Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties in Houguan County are towns and villages such as Guizhi, Dong Xiao, Xiao Xi, Ye Sheng, Xiuren, Yong 'an, Dongtaiping, Xitaiping, Shimen and Wuzhi. Some areas of Huai 'an County were divided into 10 towns in Song Dynasty, such as Induction, Wild Worship, Lingshan, Bazhou, Chengping, Shifeng, Jide, Houguan, Le Tong East and Le Tong West, etc. The Yuan Dynasty still followed its old style. In 24 years, it was divided into four areas: Gushan, Nangang, Fengshan and Huda. In 34 years of the Republic of China, the regional department was abolished and 27 townships (towns) were under its jurisdiction.

folk custom

Spring Festival: commonly known as "making the year", it is the most important traditional festival among the people, and the time is from the first day to the third day of the first lunar month. Just after midnight on New Year's Eve, every household burns incense and sets off fireworks. On the first day, everyone got up early, dressed in new clothes, and the younger generation paid New Year greetings to their elders. During the Spring Festival, some organs, organizations and towns carry out various cultural and sports activities. Some carry out activities to support the army and the family, support the government and love the people; Some hold Spring Festival tea parties, Spring Festival group meetings and other activities. Lantern Festival: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is a traditional folk Lantern Festival, formerly known as Shangyuan Lantern Festival. Minhou Festival is a festival from January 1 1 to 18. People will organize activities such as dragon dance, lion dance, stilt walking, roller boating and crossing their feet. "Oujiu": commonly known as "Aojiu Festival", we cooked glutinous rice porridge with peanuts, red dates, longan meat and other condiments for breakfast, and recommended it to our ancestors. Married daughters send sugar porridge back to their parents to honor them. Qingming: Men and women go to ancestral graves to remove weeds, press paper money and bring fish, meat, wine and other sacrifices to their ancestors. Organs, organizations and schools organize cadres and students to pay homage to the revolutionary martyrs' cemetery and lay wreaths in memory of the revolutionary martyrs. "Doing summer": the day of "long summer". Everyone fried "summer cake", cooked "bowl cake" and cooked "fixed edge paste". Dragon Boat Festival: Every family inserts Aipu, makes zongzi, drinks realgar wine and orders realgar wine. Children hang sachets. Tanabata: Young women often come to the scene, prepare melons and fruits to meet in the courtyard, and watch the cowherd and weaver girl meet at the magpie bridge to keep in touch. Tanabata is a unique custom in Fuzhou (including Minhou County). According to legend, during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the magistrate Ba Li popularized ridged beans, and the harvest before the festival was suitable. Farmers will fry the ridge beans and give them to relatives and friends to taste new ones, so as to promote harmony and friendship in the neighborhood, which is called "attached beans". Zhongyuan: After the summer harvest, farmers use the slack season to hold sacrifices to fields and ceremonies to reward the gods who managed the land and the ancestors who opened up the countryside, which also means celebrating the bumper harvest. Mid-Autumn Festival: Every family prepares moon cakes, steamed cakes and fruits, and prepares family banquets to celebrate reunion. Relatives and friends feed each other moon cakes. Double Ninth Festival: Minhou County has special snacks called "Nine Fruits" and "Gaodengguo". Some villages prepare feasts on this day, and some towns and villages also have the custom of offering sacrifices to sweep graves. Many places carry out activities to express condolences to the elderly on this day. Winter solstice: Also known as the Winter Festival, on the eve of the Winter Festival, when families sit together, they light red candles, firecrackers and make circles. Breakfast in winter vacation is round and mixed with brown sugar, sesame seeds, peanut powder and bean paste, which is called "meal time". Sacrificing stoves: December 24th of the lunar calendar is the "Sacrificing stoves" day. According to folklore, the Jade Emperor sent the Kitchen God down to earth to supervise the behavior of every household. Every year, on the fourth day of the first lunar month and on the 24th of December, people are ordered to report to the sky. According to the report of Kitchen God, the Jade Emperor decided whether to bring disaster or happiness. People all hope that the Kitchen God will say something nice when he returns to heaven. Therefore, every year on the day when the Kitchen God returns to heaven, vegetarian food such as fruits, vegetarian dishes, kitchen candy, and kitchen god cakes should be placed as offerings, and incense and firecrackers should be set off to bid farewell to the Kitchen God and the Kitchen God. "New Year's Day": cleaning houses and houses around the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month is called "sweeping the hall" or "sweeping the hall". After 25th, steamed rice cakes, mashed gingko, etc. We are about to start preparing for the New Year. Xiao Sui, also known as "Xiao Hui". The time is on February 28 of the lunar calendar or December 29 of the New Year's Eve. Every family will prepare a dinner to celebrate "Tiny Times". It is the last night of the twelfth lunar month, so it is also called New Year's Eve. In Fuzhou dialect, it is called "thirty blind people". According to folk custom, ten dishes, such as chicken, duck, fish, meat, wine, rice cake and fruit, are sacrificed to the gods. On New Year's Eve, the family get together for dinner. After the banquet, the elders give the underage younger generation "lucky money" and then spend their old age safely. Sending new year's goods, that is, the married daughter prepares gifts such as chicken, duck, fish, noodles and candy to honor her parents before the "New Year". [7]