Folk customs in Fushan area

Commonly known as "Chinese New Year",

A year later,

The most solemn festival.

In the old society, Laba (the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month)

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Pass at one time

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Every household began to prepare for the Spring Festival. After "Ci Zao" (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month), thoroughly clean the indoor and outdoor areas.

Once again,

This is called "dust removal".

Then,

Start steaming the cake.

Making rice cakes,

Fried meatballs,

Make "sun cakes" and "sacred objects"

Worm "and other pasta. On the 28 th and 9 th of the twelfth lunar month, "Door couplets" (Spring Festival couplets) were posted.

New year pictures On December 30th of the lunar calendar,

Hang genealogy, put up a shed in the courtyard, pack jiaozi, "plant food", put wooden stakes in the courtyard, and scatter grain grass (meaning to give

Ancestors who came home for the Spring Festival tied their horses,

Feed the horse)

There is a family dinner at noon.

Eat rice,

Jiaozi for dinner.

Stay at night

Years old "

(Don't sleep)

On the first morning,

Wear new clothes,

Provide products,

Light candles, incense and paper,

Set off firecrackers,

"Accept God"

(Outside the yamen, burn incense and paper in a certain direction and enter the door)

Then go to the ancestral temple to worship the ancestors and give them to yourself.

Pay New Year greetings to neighbors. Jiaozi (30 packs of twelfth lunar month) is eaten for breakfast on the first day of the first lunar month every other year.

Some jiaozi contains money (hard).

Coin)

Jujube, fish, tofu, peanuts, candy, etc. , symbolizing good luck in the new year.

On the second day of the second year, I went to my grandmother's house to pay a New Year call and went out at night. On the third day, I went to my father-in-law's house to pay a New Year call. In the next few days, dear.

Friends toast each other and usually hold a banquet at noon. During the Spring Festival, most villages will hold Yangko and rehearse plays. old

At that time, there was a saying in the countryside called "play the first month, play February, and last March." After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the Spring Festival is still accompanied by the old.

Xi, but feudal superstitions and customs were basically abolished.

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Seven days.

On the seventh day of the first month,

People use this sunny day to predict their physical condition:

Sang Ni is very healthy,

Yin sheng.

Many disasters and diseases. The seventh day is "Little People's Seven Days", which indicates children; Seventeen is "Seven Days for China People", which predicts middle-aged people;

Twenty-seven is "seven days for the elderly", which indicates the elderly. On this day, I have cake for breakfast and noodles for lunch.

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the Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is Shangyuan Festival, also known as Lantern Festival, commonly known as "the fifteenth". In the past, on 12 and 3 in the first month,

Every household uses radishes,

Carrots,

Many small oil lamps are made of Chinese cabbage roots or bean powder.

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Lighting graves, ancestral temples and temples is called "sending lanterns". In the evening, every household burns incense, paper and lights, every household and every courtyard.

Oil lamps are lit in every corner, on both sides of the door, in the stable, in the pigsty, in the toilet and in the hole at the bottom of the pot. Some set up light sheds to hang lights,

For people to watch.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC),

The custom of "sending lanterns" still exists in the countryside.

There are many light shows in the town.

On this day,

Have cake for breakfast,

Yuanxiao, have jiaozi for dinner.

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February 2(nd)

The second day of the second lunar month, commonly known as "Dragon Head Up" Day. Previously, this morning, every household in the hospital used plant ash.

Sprinkle a few circles inside, in front of the door and in the yard, which is called "hoarding grain"

As the saying goes, on February 2nd, ashes were scattered and stored in a cellar.

"Dun" put the grain in the middle, symbolizing the grain Man Cang. People often shave their heads on this day, which is called "shaving".

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), this custom was gradually abandoned.

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, Tomb-Sweeping Day

Tomb-Sweeping Day pays homage to the new grave four days ago (the grave within three years)

Three days ago, I sacrificed to sweep the old grave, and two days ago, I added soil to the grave.

The day before was Cold Food Festival.

There will be no fireworks at home on this day.

On the same day in Tomb-Sweeping Day,

Men, women and children go out for an outing.

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), organs, enterprises, institutions, troops, schools and mass organizations visited the revolutionary martyrs cemetery in an organized way.

Grave, a wreath.

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Dragon Boat Festival

The first day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival.

The fifth day is the Dragon Boat Festival.

In the past,

Every household sticks it on the door frame.

Folium Artemisiae Argyi, peach branches, etc. Colorful threads are tied on the wrists and ankles of children, and colorful hemp brooms are hung on the buttons of clothes.

Cooking a broom means driving away plagues and evil spirits. Eat zongzi and eggs for breakfast. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), holiday foods remained the same, while others were gradually eliminated.

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June sixth.

On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, farmers often eat steamed bread made of new wheat flour. As the saying goes, "On June 6th, watch Gu Xiu (ear paste).

Uncover the steamed stuffed bun and a pack of meat. "From this day on, many farmers fried new wheat and ground it into powder, adding sugar and water to stir it into porridge to drink.

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July seventh.

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, it is said that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet, commonly known as the "Cowherd and the Weaver Girl Club on July 7". Folk names

The niece is a "smart sister", and young women spend more time eating "suitable fruit" (mixed flour, sugar and eggs) in the yard.

Mix,

Use molds with patterns of flowers, fruits, birds and animals.

(commonly known as "suitable fruit Xunzi" production)

Then scorch and so on.

Begging for cleverness from the weaver girl, so this festival is commonly known as "Begging for Cleverness Festival". On this day, many residents make "appropriate fruits". At the beginning of southern mountainous area

Six baking;

Eat mung bean noodles at noon,

It's called "eat smart bud noodles"

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC),

The activity of "seeking cleverness" is gradually out of date.

Other customs still exist.

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July 15.

The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Commonly known as "Ghost Festival".

In the past,

On this day, residents will go to the cemetery or burn on the roadside outside the village.

Paper sacrifice to the dead is called "putting ghosts". After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), this custom was gradually abolished, but it did not disappear.

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Mid-Autumn Festival

August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. People usually buy moon cakes before the festival, give them to relatives and friends, honor the elderly and get them ready.

Eat at home. In the old society, after the moon rose on holiday night, there was an altar in the yard with moon cakes and fruits on it.

Burn paper and incense in Yue Bai, hold family banquets, taste moon cakes, and enjoy the moon by drinking. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the custom of offering sacrifices to the moon was gradually abolished.

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Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the Double Ninth Festival.

Farmers can improve their food better than today,

Eat jiaozi or steamed bread,

And treat this day as a sunny day.

After forecasting the weather, there is a folk saying that "Chongyang sees thirteen without rain, and thirteen is dry in winter without rain".

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October dynasty

The first day of October in the lunar calendar, also known as "October Dynasty" and "January 1st". Commonly known as "Ghost Festival". On this day, residents come to pay homage to sweep.

Grave. In the past, there were more long-term workers than temporary workers.

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Winter Solstice

Commonly known as "winter", there is a folk saying that "winter is as big as a year". More people worship their ancestors than on this day. Eat steamed buns at noon and evening.

Jiaozi for dinner.

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The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as "Laba". This day's breakfast is made of eight kinds of plants and fruits such as rice, beans and chestnuts.

Eating porridge is called "drinking Laba porridge".

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Send the kitchen god to heaven (December 23 or 24 of the lunar calendar)

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as "Cizao", is also called "off-year". After dinner this day, use sticky cakes, candy, etc.

Sacrifice to the kitchen god

To offer sticky cakes is to stick the mouth of the kitchen god.

So that you can't talk much the day after tomorrow;

Sacrifice candy

In order to make it sweet,

Say something nice,

Burn paper and incense,

Take down the image of Kitchen God, burn it and send it to heaven.

Erect a new statue of the kitchen god. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), this custom was gradually abandoned.