There are traditional folk customs all over the world, and Cixi is no exception. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional folk festival in China-Dragon Boat Festival. In Cixi, people generally call this festival "Winter Red Festival" instead of Dragon Boat Festival. I learned some folk sayings about red festivals in winter from the older generation: First of all, safflower cakes in winter are like solstice noodles in summer, and they taste like Niu Ge Street. Second, in winter, the red bayberry is hanging in the basket, and in summer, the red bayberry is full of mountains and mountains. Third, La-Toad avoids winter red. Fourth, eat red jiaozi in winter and freeze it for three times.

Winter red festival

Cixi, including many areas in eastern Zhejiang, calls the Dragon Boat Festival "Donghong Festival", which is difficult to verify. It may be that the dialect "Dragon Boat Festival" is mispronounced. In addition to zongzi, Cixi also has the custom of eating noodles during the Dragon Boat Festival. The so-called "Dong Hong eats noodles, but flies don't face".

Yang meijie

Henghe Town, Cixi City is the famous hometown of Myrica rubra. The planting area of Myrica rubra in this town is 25,000 mu, with an annual output of nearly 10,000 tons, ranking first among all towns and villages in China in both area and output. 1996 was named "the hometown of Myrica rubra in China" by the relevant state departments.

The first Yangmei Festival has been held in Cixi since 1989. Yangmei Festival, with plum as the media, cultural entertainment and economic results, has not only become a major festival in Cixi, but also attracted guests from all over the country and overseas.

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The custom of summer break in Cixi;

Before the newlywed wife goes back to her parents' home for the summer vacation, her parents-in-law should prepare some gifts for her parents-in-law, and give her a certain number of "red envelopes" to hold family-sized shoes cut out of kraft paper.

During the summer vacation, the bride's main task is to make shoes for her in-laws and family, except to rest at her parents' house. The bride often makes a pair of new shoes for her husband's in-laws, uncles and siblings, commonly known as "head shoes", with the help of her mother and according to the size of shoes brought by her husband's family.

It means the shoes made by the bride when she first went back to her mother's house, a gift to honor her husband's family, and a manifestation of the bride's respect for her husband's family. On the other hand, it also shows the bride's craftsmanship.