Prose on local conditions and customs

& lt& lt I'm talking about local customs, I'm talking about people >>

Before going abroad, I heard many people say that in foreign countries, the relationship between people is indifferent, and there can be no deeper communication between people. Only money matters. Therefore, we can't expect anyone to help each other like we did in China.

I came to Canada with this idea.

However, in just a few days, a few small things that I have encountered in succession have shaken my concept.

One day, I took the subway in Toronto for the first time, and I was confused about the direction of the train. While I was looking up the map, a foreigner came by and asked, do you need any help? I told him the location, and he not only pointed out where I was going on the map, but also took me to the platform. I think, if you want to ask for directions in China, you have to find someone who looks honest, or you won't even know to point me to Java. Before I sang Internationale, my friends came to help me. If I sing Internationale, I'm afraid there will be more friends in the world.

In the subway, a child rushed into the carriage at the moment of closing the door, and the door suddenly closed, clamping the child's arm. In an instant, several foreigners in the carriage rushed to the door at the same time, and too many cooks wanted to open the door. At this time, there were many yellow-skinned China people in the carriage, and there was no reflection from beginning to end. They seem to be watching a movie unconsciously, which has nothing to do with themselves. Even more exasperating, I suddenly heard a Cantonese sentence: "The door won't close, so don't panic."

In fact, the underground iron gate, like the elevator door, will open automatically when encountering obstacles, so don't worry. This truth is not only known to China people, but also to everyone. But instinctively, foreigners will rob at the same time. And those who claim to help each other, not only do not show concern, but also say a few sarcastic words, showing that they have seen the world and crossed the dock. It seems that the ancestral precepts of a gentleman saying things but not doing things are deeply rooted in the hearts of China people. Of course, this kind of thing is very common in China, and it is not worth making a fuss about.

Canada is an immigrant country, and its history and reality are related to the exchange and migration of immigrants. It should be said that because of this immigration flow, Canada is full of vitality and has become one of the developed countries.

It is precisely because of this feature of Canada and the great integration of various ethnic groups that the personality characteristics of various ethnic groups meet.

The openness of America, the reserve of Europe, the roughness of Africa and the meanness of Asia are vividly displayed in Canada.

In human nature, the frankness of the United States, the euphemism of Europe, the wildness of Africa and the hypocrisy of Asia are equally competitive in Canada.

In a joke with local foreigners, I actually heard a very unpleasant list: there are four kinds of people who are least popular in China: blacks, Indians, Indians, Vietnamese and Canadians. Asians accounted for three of them. Several new foreigners told me earnestly that they didn't want to have more contacts with China people because "China people don't talk about credibility" and "cheat people".

It goes without saying that blacks are tough and rude; It goes without saying that Indians and Pakistanis are mysterious and treacherous; Vietnamese bandits and pirates have long been despised by the world; But where did China people offend these foreigners?

Perhaps this is white discrimination.

& lt& lt[ Prose] Changbai Mountain Tianchi >>

Chinese national geography is a landscape beauty contest. Mountains and rivers can't be explained in one or two sentences. The magazine of 148 pages was increased to 550 pages here in 2005 10 issue. Thanks to chinese national geography, the price is still 16 yuan without increasing the price. This magazine was out of stock soon after it was published. Beijing is one of the earliest cities in China. It is said that more than 80 photos have been taken online, and many readers are angry that they can't buy magazines. Chinese national geography published a post on its website forum with the topic "I hope everyone will calm down".

Chinese national geography lists the 15 group "China is the most beautiful", and the ranking order is: the ten most beautiful mountains in China, five lakes in China, five deserts in China, three Ya Dan in China, five urban areas in China, ten canyons in China, six tourist caves in China, eight coasts in China, six waterfalls in China, six glaciers in China and ten forests in China.

The reason why I want to copy down this list in turn is because I found that for some reason, there are no rivers on the list. Maybe with the canyon, there is no need to talk about rivers. For some years, maybe only the Yarlung Zangbo River is clean, and maybe this river can only be seen in places like canyons, so it's hard to say on the whole.

In this selection, in terms of the most beautiful mountains, Changbai Mountain in Northeast China was shortlisted, but it failed to enter the top ten most beautiful mountains. It is gratifying that Changbai Mountain has not entered the top ten most beautiful mountains, but Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain has entered the most beautiful lake. Changbai Mountain was not selected, but Tianchi in Changbai Mountain is the highest point in Changbai Mountain. No one can move it to the apartment. If you want to see Tianchi Lake, you must go to Changbai Mountain.

Looking through this issue of chinese national geography, there are many words about famous landscapes on the list, such as introduction, evaluation or appreciation. The magazine also invited famous poets and writers Shu Ting, Yu Jian and Liu Liangcheng to write articles for Gulangyu Island in Xiamen, Suzhou Ancient City and the hinterland of Gurbantunggut Desert respectively. However, even here in Tianchi, Changbai Mountain, there is nothing but two pictures, 59 words of expert comments and more than 220 words of explanations around the title "Tianchi, Changbai Mountain: Calm after Fury". In a popular word, it is depression. Isn't there anything to say in Changbai Mountain Tianchi? But on second thought, I'm happy again. It is not easy to climb Changbai Mountain once a year. It's been over two thousand years. There are few literati here to recite poems and compose poems, and no emperor will come here to worship heaven and Zen. Although the Qing emperor canonized Changbai Mountain as a sacred mountain, it can only be built in Wende Hengshan Mountain in Jilin City. There is no ready-made language for people, from nature to humanity.

There are two pictures of Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain in the magazine, one is a scene in summer and the other is a scene in winter, which shows that the editor has moved his mind. Climbing to the top of Changbai Mountain to see Tianchi Lake in winter, few people can do it, and most people have no chance. A friend went in winter, and after many years, he was very happy, so he wrote a travel note about it.

Like many pictures of Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain, chinese national geography has two pictures of Tianchi Lake, one is decorated with wild flowers and the other is covered with snow, but both of them are beautiful and sunny. The water in Tianchi Lake is really as calm as glass. Too many such pictures will make people misunderstand, as if Baishan Tianchi is always so good-tempered. In fact, it is not easy to see Tianchi in winter, and it may not be possible to see Tianchi in summer. In July of 200 1 year, I traveled to Changbai Mountain and drove into the mountain gate. It's already dusk, and it's raining in the seemingly short sky on the mountain. The driver is very friendly. He stayed in the mountains for a long time and gained some experience. He reminded me that we should take time to go to Tianchi as soon as possible. If it starts to rain, one day, the driver said, not long ago, some important people from the country came and stayed in the mountains for a few days. The weather was always bad, and finally nothing was seen. Listen to the driver and go straight to Tianchi. Sure enough, when I arrived at Tianchi, it didn't take long for people to tremble with cold, and the mountain wind became more and more fierce. Dark clouds came from the opposite side of Tianchi and swallowed it up. In this twilight evening, I saw Tianchi, which was completely different from what I remembered. On the 16th peak of Tianchi Lake, the probe looks down and you can't see the calm and soft beauty that people used to say and show in the pictures. At present, Tianchi is gloomy and motionless, as if a plot is brewing, as if to reach out and drag people down, which makes people feel gloomy, ferocious, horrible and terrible.

There is a book "The Range Rover of Changbai Mountain in Ancient and Modern Times" published by Jilin People's Publishing House in August, 1990. According to the book, on the one hand, the Manchu emperor banned Changbai Mountain, on the other hand, he sent people to look for the main peak of Changbai Mountain. 1644, Fu Lin, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, honored Changbai Mountain as the "God of Changbai Mountain" after he entered Beijing. In the 16th year of Kangxi (A.D. 1677), on April 15th, Aisingiorro Michelle Ye ordered Minister Jue Wu Luo Moon and his party to pay their respects in Changbai Mountain, and "look at it carefully for the sake of sacrifice". In the summer of the same year, Umuna and others boarded Changbai Mountain, arrived at Longtan, the Tianchi Lake, and returned to Beijing for a visit in autumn. However, according to research, Umuna didn't really see the main peak of Changbai Mountain during the tour. A Qing Li said in A Record of Changbai Mountain: "In the thirteenth year of Kangxi, Wu Munan traveled to Changbai Mountain, only to the northeast of Yin Na Baishan." Li's Thirteen Years of Kangxi is open to question here, but he should be right to say that Wu Munei did not reach the main peak of Baishan. Although Wu Muen also saw a pool of water, there was more than one pool in Changbai Mountain. "The Range Rover of Changbai Mountain in Ancient and Modern Times" contains the submission that Wu Mu wrote to the emperor after visiting Changbai Mountain. The passage about Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain reads like this: "There is a pool on the top of the mountain, surrounded by five peaks, standing by the water, with clear water and rippling blue waves, and there is no vegetation in Chi Pan." Anyone who knows Changbai Mountain knows that there are not only five peaks around Tianchi, the highest point in Changbai Mountain. If Wu Muen really saw the Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain, he just covered the other eleven peaks. Anyway, although Wu Muen didn't mean to, he cheated the emperor.

Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain is about 4.5 kilometers long from north to south, 3.5 kilometers wide from east to west, with a lake area of 9.8 square kilometers, a waterside perimeter of 13.6 kilometers, an altitude of 2 185 meters, an average water depth of 204 meters, a maximum water depth of 373 meters and a total water storage capacity of about 2 billion cubic meters. It is the highest crater lake and the deepest lake in China. This is Jilin Literature and History Publishing House 65438. Some people say that throwing a building into the Tianchi Lake in Baishan is like throwing it into a matchbox. It's actually bigger than this. Baishan Tianchi gave birth to rivers and is the source of Tumen River, Yalu River and Songhua River. Perhaps it can be said that the small fish in Tumen River, the ordinary huts along Yalu River and the soybean sorghum along Songhua River are all raised in Baishan Tianchi. In the winter of 2005, I thought it was a warm winter at first, but I really hoped it would be a warm winter. I hope there is a lot of flowing water in Tianchi, Changbai Mountain, and use its clear water to wash away the turbid water in the river.

& lt& lt Bamboo Bed Array on the Street in Wuhan Summer Night >>

After the summer solstice in July, the hot summer night drove Wuhan citizens out of their homes and had to set up bamboo beds on both sides of the street to sleep on the street. The dense bamboo beds are next to each other. Old people, children, young people, young women and even girls lie on bamboo beds and spend night after night. Northerners or outsiders are puzzled and fresh when they see young women and girls sleeping in the street in shorts and skirts. However, the locals are used to it.

Wuhan is one of the three famous "stove cities" in China, with the temperature as high as 40 degrees Celsius in summer. The intense heat that lasted for about two months made it form a unique folk custom "bamboo bed array" in Wuhan.

2. Eating zongzi and racing dragon boats?

Eating zongzi and dragon boat racing are the customs in many parts of China. But this custom comes from commemorating Qu Yuan, which is even worse in his hometown of Hubei. ?

During the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, dragon boat races and zongzi are held all over Hubei. As long as there are lakes, rivers and rivers, people will trim or clean up dragon boats early. From the first day to the fifth day, dragon boats will be launched one after another. "Huanglong", "White Dragon", "Red Dragon" and "Qinglong" are one after another, chopping waves, arrows are on the string, gongs and drums are loud, and shouts are loud. People watching the dragon boat race on both sides of the river will be dark. ?

Legend has it that after Qu Yuan died in Guluo River, Zigui people in their hometown dreamed that Qu Yuan had lost weight, so they wrapped rice in bamboo leaves to make angular millet (zongzi) and put it into the river with a dragon boat. Because the aquarium belongs to the dragon tube, I thought it was the horn millet sent by the dragon king, so I dared not eat it. This is something Qu Yuan can eat. This is the origin of dragon boat racing and eating zongzi.

3. Jingzhou Flower Drum?

Jingzhou Flower Drum was originally a "flower drum along the door", which was a grass-cutting yangko for poor people to beg for a living. This kind of "flower drum" means that one person beats the drum and sings lyrics, and several people echo it together. ?

In recent decades, Jingzhou Flower Drum has evolved into a unique local flower drum drama. 1955, an old artist collected and recorded all the vocals of ancient paintings and operas, sorted out the first complete set of ancient paintings, and boldly used ethnic instruments such as erhu, banhu, pipa, dulcimer, bamboo flute and suona to accompany ancient paintings and operas, ending the history of "singing in unison" and simply accompanying them with gongs and drums. Nowadays, Jingzhou ancient painting drama is full of strong local flavor and melodious singing. With Huxiang life as the theme, there are dozens of plays that show Huxiang's style, such as Family Case-solving and Hometown Feeling. In the folk, men, women and children walk, work and hum Hua Gutiao from time to time, which also has great "magic". Someone said, "Hey, don't take medicine if you are sick!" "I don't sing Huagu opera when I work, and I have no strength." When you come to Jingzhou, you can see the radios carried by primary school students after school. On the bus and in the counter in the shop, there is Jingzhou Flower Drum Opera.

4. Tianmen "Three Bangs Drum"

In Tianmen and Mianyang, people suffered floods in the past because of low terrain and plenty of water. In order to make a living, they left their hometown, shouldered the "three-stick drum" and traveled around. Many people travel from Hubei to southwest China, Indian, Iranian, Central and Western Europe. Some people go to Southeast Asian countries such as the Philippines via Guangdong.

The "three-stick drum" they carry sings wherever they go. People call them "Gypsies in China".

5. Tongshan Mountain Drum?

According to legend, Tongshan Drum Drum Dance originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is a traditional folk art that farmers sing along with drums when working in the fields. ?

The mountain drum is shaped like a small hall drum used in China traditional opera, but its volume is slightly smaller. There are iron rings on both sides of the drum body, which are tied with cowhide belts or ribbons to facilitate the drummer to hang on his chest. When singing, the drummer holds the string in his right hand and the drum bottom in his left hand, and adjusts different timbres with his fingers. An excellent drummer can generally play dozens of drums with different rhythms and different emotions. The sound of the mountain drum is clear and crisp, and can be heard for miles away.

Tongshan drums are mainly divided into digging drums and seed drums. In addition, there is a kind of "mountain gongs and drums". This kind of "mountain gongs and drums" not only has a mountain drum on the drummer's back, but also a bronze gong hanging on his waist, with a clock in his left hand and a string in his right hand.

The tune of the mountain drum is closely combined with the local language, with strong sense of rhythm, high-pitched and passionate melody, simple and warm, and full of local color. It is an art form that enlivens the labor scene. In the 1988 Hubei Folk Music Dance TV Competition, the program "West Canal" drum adapted by Tongshan County won the silver cup award.

6. What are the old habits of Chongyang people?

Chongyang county in southern Hubei has beautiful scenery and charming scenery. Being far away from big cities, the villagers have maintained many folk traditions and customs. When young men and women get married, the furniture style is still in the ancient form. For example, a wooden bed for sleeping is a flower bed carved with ancient wood carvings. There are carved poles around the bed, three layers of carved "dripping edges" above the carved board in front of the bed, and three layers of pedals in front of the bed. There is only one "hole" at the entrance of the bed, and two people can sit side by side. A whole board is nailed to both ends and the back of the bed. This exquisite flower bed of Chongyang is really a very rare custom. ?

In addition, the tea made by the hospitable Chongyang people is baked with salt and pepper, and the dishes they eat are large pieces of meat, large pieces of fish, sweet potato vermicelli and fried tofu. A large piece of bacon, one inch wide and two or three inches long, is enough for the city people to eat one or two pieces.

7. Tujia customs in western Hubei?

Western Hubei is adjacent to western Hunan, northern Guizhou and southeastern Sichuan, where hundreds of thousands of Tujia people live. They have unique living customs. Unique and bright clothes. The clothing of the Tu people, especially the young people, has a distinctive national style. For example, a young man has a long blue headscarf wrapped around his head. His coat is often white cloth with a broad blue edge. Traditional cloth buttons and pants are wider. Young women, their headscarves are colored cloth towels and their tops are red or green, but the neckline, back shoulders, cuffs, hem and other places are inlaid with beautiful patterns. Wearing a gold or silver bracelet.

Singing folk songs is an indispensable skill for young Tu men and women, and some elderly Tu folk songs can also sing "a lot". Melodious folk songs can often be heard on winding mountain roads, in fields, tea fields, farmhouses and earthen ponds. There are even folk songs sung by men and women, and young people of Shan nationality express their love for each other in this form. Konoha flirts. Young Tu people hold a green leaf in their mouths and make a beautiful, moving and euphemistic sound. This voice is a touching love song. A small leaf only expresses feelings for men and women. The article is from Ivy League Literature Network:, please keep the copyright!

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Finally, I wish you a happy Spring Festival.