The most important thing is the fisherman's custom. In the daily life of Zhoushan fishermen, the custom of promoting the belief of Long Weilong can be seen everywhere. When a newborn comes, it is named "Hailong", "Shunlong" or "Dragon Eagle" or "Dragon Pony". There is a "full moon wine" feast when the newborn baby is full moon. Relatives and elders often give them a long-lived and rich lock engraved with dragons, or a copper coin and yellow cloth sachet engraved with the words "Qianlong Bao Tong" (homophonic for borrowing dragons) and hang it on their chests. Whether you put the name of a dragon or wear something with a dragon, you use the metaphor of a dragon to keep people calm. Then the fisherman marries the fisherman's girl, and the dinner before the man's marriage is called "Dragon Fan Ju", which means that the dragon and phoenix are auspicious and the family is prosperous. Even meals and banquets are shrouded in the aura of mysterious belief in the sea dragon king, which exudes a strong folk custom of worshipping dragons. You should worship Poseidon when you play a new ship, and women are not allowed on board, so as not to bring bad luck to the ship.
There are also many holiday customs: eating zongzi and black steamed bread on the Dragon Boat Festival, weighing, dyeing eggs red and hanging colored thread. Qingming Cake Making and jiaozi. If the elder has passed away, the daughter will come from home early in the morning and cry at the grave, and the neighbors in the four fields will wake up from their dreams. When I was a child, I didn't understand. I thought all the families were dead, so I cried so sadly.
There are many customs in the Spring Festival, such as making rice cakes, offering sacrifices to the kitchen gods and dusting before the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a table is filled with delicious food and a "big soup rice" is made to worship the ancestors. Children put lucky money under their pillows to secretly protect their children, so as not to call "precious" goblins harmful to health; On the first day of the first month, eat jiaozi, sweet-scented osmanthus rice cakes and jiaozi with wine, go to the grave or burn incense and pray in the temple. I went out to visit relatives and friends from the second day to the fifteenth day. From 13 to 15, many women went to "burn ten temples" and "walk ten bridges". In the evening, several close friends or villagers get together, carrying "Miss Jingtan" on their backs, and ask for some information such as "finding a partner, going out, getting married and having children, and studying". Whether it is accurate or not, the people who ask her are very careful and meticulous, and it is difficult to pull her out and hollow her out. The strangest thing is that she can predict things many years later, which is always talked about for a long time.
Zhoushan people also pay great attention to marriage customs. Two nights before the wedding, we should "enjoy each other" until the wee hours. Sacrifice requires a big table, called the square table, and four tables are put together. The place opposite the gate that is not displayed is the location of the gods. From north to south, tea, wine, rice, vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, steamed bread, jiaozi, cakes, fruits, sweets, followed by whole pigs, whole geese, flowers, drinks, cakes and so on. Oh, and firecrackers. The bridegroom-to-be has to watch it all night, because he has to add incense, worship God, toast, set off firecrackers every time he worships God, and pray for the groom's blessing. The next day, the man's family invited five or six young people to go to the woman's house with food for offering sacrifices to the gods. In the past, when the traffic was inconvenient, I had to take the 1 1 bus no matter how far away, and my feet were blistered. This is called "picking Xiao Li". Now that the car is gone, it's much easier. At the woman's house, the guests or chefs of the mother-in-law's house hid the poles and baskets of "picking Xiao Li" and "testing small sugar". The third day is the wedding day. Accompanied by the groom, the groom waited early in a place not far from the woman's house and kept setting off firecrackers to urge him. The bride is dressed more beautifully than ever. Many people think that the best day in a woman's life is her wedding day. In fact, the bride has been ready for a long time, but she refuses to go out and deliberately wants to "get through." Mother will feed her soon-to-be-married daughter a sedan chair meal and warn her to be filial to her in-laws, be kind to her family and live a harmonious life. The bride took a bite and vomited in the four corners of the bed. After feeding, I can't help but feel sad and painful to see that I will become a "family man" after my efforts. Only when all the manners are in order can the groom be allowed to receive the bride. It is not very close for the groom to enter his mother-in-law's house. He wants to take out a "treasure to open the door", and after some tortuous bargaining, he finally lets you in. Of course, if the groom has deep pockets, give him as much as the other person wants, which is so cool that it is not lively. The bride can't touch the ground when she goes out. The ground should be covered with sacks. If there is a brother, he will take her out and send her to the groom's place and give it to him. Car to the man's house, firecrackers to meet. Wedding ceremony: one worships heaven and earth, the other worships Gaotang, and the husband and wife worship each other and send them to the bridal chamber. Toast and tea make trouble in the bridal chamber, and at the end of the day, three bones. For many newcomers, this day is the happiest and most tiring day.
People in Zhoushan say they get married in the first half of the year and have children in the second half. There are also many customs of having children: shaving wine, tiger's head shoes and so on.
We Zhoushan people also have the custom of not saying "good" in front of children. For example, if you go to get a haircut and see a cute child, you can't say to his face: This child is really beautiful. You have to say "this child is not good-looking". This custom has always been accompanied by the growth of children. For example, children have a good appetite and eat well. You can't praise them face to face, saying that you ate half a bowl yesterday and one today. The child looks good. They used to be skinny monkeys, but now they are all strong, not to mention the children are fat and strong. I have a friend. She may not know much about these customs. She branded my child in front of him and praised him for eating well and gaining weight. Sometimes you have to praise me for blushing and looking good when you meet me. Actually, I have sensitive skin. In addition, when you get older, your skin will turn red unconsciously. When the wind blows or I stay in the room for a long time, I blush like a monkey's ass. This is what bothers me. But she can't say. I explained it once or twice, and then I didn't bother to explain it.