What does it mean to go to the Chaoshan tripod?
The top of Chaoshan means wealth, and the top of Chaoshan dialect means "sending light". The Chaoshan dialect (Minnan dialect) of "Send" is pronounced as "Shang" and "Deng" is pronounced as "Ding". Sending lanterns is a custom in Chaoshan area. In addition to lanterns, the elders give lanterns to the younger generation, and they will also be accompanied by steamed buns or some toys for children. Some exquisite families will also carry lanterns in pairs and give them to married nephews or nieces, which means having a baby early and having a happy life.
As the Chaozhou proverb says: "With lanterns, millions of people are born at home; Without lanterns, the family would be extinct. "In Chaoshan area, during the Lantern Festival or Spring Festival, most families have to bring lanterns with their surnames and numbers to the local prince's palace to return them. Because "Lantern" is homophonic with "Ding", superstitious people hope that in the new year, family members will be completely new, by going up one flight of stairs. There are also some people who hang lanterns in front of their doors every time they get married, are buried or celebrate. In some ancestral temples and temples, lanterns are hung all year round. Because lanterns were widely used in Chaoshan area in the old days, there was an industry of writing lanterns.
The reason why it is called Shangding is that when a man is added to the family, lanterns will be hung on the ancestral temple, so it is also called Shangding and Shangding. Shangding is a custom in Qishi Town, Huilai County and its surrounding areas. "Shangding" originated in the Qing Dynasty, and the exact time is unknown. I heard that many men were recruited as soldiers at that time, and there were few men in the village, so once a man was born, it meant that there would be an important labor force at home and it would add wealth to the family. Therefore, when a person is born, there will be a celebration every twelve days (called the twelfth day) and a comparison will be made after the month. After a hundred days, there will be ancestor worship (a way to pray for peace with God as the spirit in Chaoshan area). Shangding is the year after the boy was born, that is, the thirteenth year of the second year, and some villages also have it in the fifteenth and sixteenth years.
Depending on the convenience of each village, some villages "ask God" (asking God is a custom in Chaoshan, making two pieces similar to bananas with bamboo heads or other wood, each with black and white sides, called the Holy Grail, and then sincerely asking God that the Holy Grail will go up and fall to the ground, if it is black and white, it means that everything is normal or feasible).
Brief introduction of Chaoshan
Chaoshan is located in the southeast coastal area of Guangdong Province, where the Chinese mainland coastline meets the Tropic of Cancer. Chaoshan is bordered by Lianhua Mountain in the north, Nanhai in the south, Haifeng County in the west, Raoping County in the east and Taiwan Province Province in the opposite direction.
Including Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang and Shanwei. Chaoshan dialect is popular in Chaoshan area, which is geographically connected, consanguineous, culturally identical and historically identical, and has common geographical, folk-custom, cultural, cultural and national identities.
Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang in Chaoshan area belong to the same prefecture-level administrative region since ancient times, which was called Chaozhou House in ancient times and now Shantou City.
The four cities in Chaoshan are similar in geography, culture, folk customs and language. Four cities cover 1 1 districts, 6 counties and 2 county-level cities. The total resident population of Puning and Lufeng is1more than 8 million, with a total area of 16 189.5 square kilometers.
Chaoshan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and one of the important ancestral homes of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots. More than 30 million overseas Chaoshan people are haunted by dreams, and it is also the hometown of Thaksin Shinawatra, the head of the five emperors in Thailand. Overseas Chinese in Chaoshan are allowed to be included in the Memory of the World List.
Chaoshan is a national historical and cultural city, the jade capital of Asia, the medicine capital of China, and the industrial base of textile, hardware, stainless steel and daily-use ceramics. Shantou 1 1 Taobao Town ranks first in Guangdong. Since the Song Dynasty, it has enjoyed the title of "Linghai Famous State, Southland County and Zou Lu by the Sea". Lao She, a famous contemporary writer, wrote a poem saying that he missed Chaoshan for dozens of autumn days.