Shanghai’s customs and customs

Shanghai is located in the south of the Yangtze River, so the folk customs in Shanghai have many similarities with other places in the south of the Yangtze River. After Shanghai opened as a port, it gradually became a city with rivers and seas connected, densely populated, a mixture of Chinese and foreigners, and various places. New content was added to the original customs, and Shanghai customs gradually formed its own characteristics.

Autumn is the best season of the year. In this crisp autumn season, Shanghai also has many unique festivals. The Mid-Autumn Festival falls on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, and Shanghainese attach great importance to this festival. The scenery of the Mid-Autumn Festival is the moon and sweet-scented osmanthus. Watching the moon and eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the traditional food customs among Shanghainese people. Su Dongpo wrote in a poem: "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, with crisp and sweet taste in the middle."

"The fragrance of osmanthus on August 15th". Drinking some osmanthus honey wine is a part of Shanghainese's Mid-Autumn Festival diet. Another beautiful thing. Shanghainese like to eat osmanthus, which is used as a fragrant condiment in food. In addition, Shanghainese also like to eat glutinous rice, osmanthus and sweet wine. Every year in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, Shanghai also holds the Osmanthus Festival. In Guilin Park, visitors can enjoy osmanthus tours, watch ethnic handicraft exhibitions, hold activities such as a classical game carnival and a lantern riddle gallery, and launch a series of osmanthus series, Mid-Autumn Festival series of snacks, etc.

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival, also known as the Elderly Day. On this day, Shanghainese like to steam Double Ninth Cake with glutinous rice flour and sugar, and put small colorful flags on the cake to worship gods and Buddhas. Places such as Jiading and Sichuan Sha Gaoqiao make sponge cakes, which are food for the occasion. They also use chrysanthemums and other ingredients to make wine, and people drink Chongyang wine. Residents are climbing high again. Songjiang Sheshan Mountain and Yuyuan Garden Rockery have become climbing resorts. This year, there is a rise in climbing the Oriental Pearl TV Tower

Shanghai holds a tourism festival in September and October every year. During the festival every autumn, The series of activities composed of cultural and art festivals, folk customs festivals, music festivals, food festivals, shopping festivals, etc. are climax after another and are too beautiful to watch. The colorful parade of Chinese and foreign floats is even more dazzling and unforgettable. The 2008 Shanghai Tourism Festival will last from September 13 to October 6. The theme of the opening parade is initially set as "Festival of the World, Music of Flowers". During this year’s tourism festival, in addition to continuing to retain traditional projects such as the opening parade and opening carnival, a total of 29 activities will be included.