The "eight festivals a year" mentioned by Chaoshan people is a long-standing Chaoshan proverb, which refers to eight important folk festivals in a year. Anyone familiar with the Chaoshan area knows that when Chaoshan people mention "Festival", they will worship, worship and worship. In these important "eight festivals a year", Chaoshan people naturally worship, but in these eight festivals, Chaoshan people worship their ancestors instead of "grandfathers" (Chaoshan people collectively refer to all kinds of gods as grandfathers), which is also the performance that Chaoshan people do not forget their ancestors.
After breakfast, Chaoshan people like to bring one or two pairs of Chaozhou oranges (commonly known as big oranges, meaning auspicious) to wish each other "Happy New Year", "Smooth New Year's work" and "All the best", and the other party will return the big oranges to show their common good luck.
Introduction of Lantern Festival
The biggest feature of Chaoshan Lantern Festival is the flower viewing lamp, which is unique to Chaoshan. In rural areas, people who gave birth to boys held banquets in ancestral halls last year to celebrate "Tintin", commonly known as "Tintin Table", and riddles were held on lanterns in some places.
The Lantern Festival in Chaoshan area is generally very lively, but there is a unique custom in some places: avoiding father and keeping safe. In a village with this custom, outsiders are not allowed to come to their village during the period of "avoiding their father's safety". If they come to their village, it is said that it will bring disaster to the village. Only by blackening the faces of outsiders can they avoid evil spirits.