The folk customs of the ancient city of Yangzhou have strong local characteristics, are simple and elegant, and are intoxicating.

Visitors to Yangzhou may as well do as the Romans do if the time comes. Observing the customs and sentiments of the people is definitely a unique experience.

Weiyang Lantern Festival is an annual lantern festival. The lanterns are put up on the 13th day of the first lunar month, and the lanterns are turned off on the 18th day of the first lunar month. The climax is on the 15th day of the lunar month, which is called the Lantern Festival. The traditional Weiyang Lantern Festival is held at this time. "One Hundred Poems Looking to the South of the Yangtze River" said: "Yangzhou is good, the lantern festival celebrates the Lantern Festival. The family banquet is full of purple wax, the golden dragons chase the market, and the flower drums are on stilts." It integrates writing, paper-cutting, embroidery, knitting and other skills. There are many styles of lanterns, including simple and popular rabbit lanterns, watermelon lanterns, ingot lanterns, lotus lanterns, toad lanterns... and complex dragon lanterns, boat lanterns, unicorn lanterns, longevity lanterns... and Yangzhou specialty glazed lanterns. The Weiyang Lantern Festival is also combined with riddles, called lantern riddles.

It is a custom in Yangzhou to eat rice dumplings on the night of the 13th and 15th, and eat noodles on the night of the 18th. It is commonly known as "Yuanzi when the lights are on, noodles when the lights are off, and the New Year is celebrated on the 15th day of the first lunar month." February 2, The dragon raises its head In February, spring is beginning to sprout, the weather is getting warmer, and the busy spring plowing is about to begin. According to Yangzhou folk custom, a married daughter takes her children back to her parents' home to have a rest on the second day of February. Therefore, there is a saying in Yangzhou that "on February 2, the dragon raises its head, and every family brings a live monkey (grandson)". The 12th day of the second lunar month is the birthday of Baihua, also known as the Flower Dynasty. It is a custom in Yangzhou to tie red cloth strips on the branches of flowers during the morning, which is called hanging red. It is used to pray for good times, beautiful scenery, and prosperous flowers. The third day of March is also the traditional day for outings and picking shepherd's purses. There is a folk proverb that goes, "On March 3rd, the shepherd's purse flowers compete with the peonies." Go on an outing to pick shepherd's purses, and you can make dumplings or dumplings after picking them up. They taste particularly delicious. In addition, March 3rd is also the day when Jiangdu Fairy Temple holds a fair. Beginning of Summer Taste the new beginning of summer. At the beginning of summer, the fruits and vegetables grown earlier are already mature and ready for the market. The "new things" Yangzhou people taste at the beginning of summer include cherries, new bamboo shoots, green broad beans, Yanghua radish, anchovies or salted duck eggs. In addition, Yangzhou people also have the habit of weighing themselves in the Beginning of Summer and eating mung bean cakes and tea eggs. It is said that if you eat tea eggs on this day, you will avoid heat stroke in summer. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of May, and is called "May Festival" in Yangzhou dialect. A few days before the May Festival, every household is busy making rice dumplings. Zongzi is made of glutinous rice wrapped in fresh reed leaves (commonly known as zongluo), and some are also mixed with red beans, broad bean wedges, red dates, bacon, fresh meat, ham, sausage, etc. to make it more delicious. On this day, Yangzhou people have the custom of taking a bath with Baicao water, drinking realgar wine and eating "Twelve Reds" for lunch. They also have the custom of inserting mugwort to ward off evil spirits and using mugwort to smoke indoors. There is also the custom of rowing dragon boats. There is a saying in Yangzhou that "on June 6th, every house will have red and green sun". "Red and green" refers to colorful clothing. This custom is no longer limited to the sixth day of June. You can dry clothes as long as it enters the dog days, so it is also called "sun-fu". On June 6, Yangzhou still has the habit of eating dumplings. It is said that if you eat dumplings on this day, you will not suffer from summer. Guanyin Meeting on June 19th According to legend, June 19th in the lunar calendar is the birthday of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Buddhist men and women in Yangzhou go to Guanyin Mountain to burn incense. There are huge crowds and it is very lively. People from four villages and eight towns also came one after another. On the way up the mountain, some particularly devout believers tied paper on their knees and kowtowed after taking three steps. June 19th is considered the official day, but people start burning incense on the first day of June, and it is not until June 20th that the incense ceremony is completed. The Qiqiao Festival falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, which is said to be the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet. Yangzhou people have the custom of looking at the clever clouds on the seventh day of the seventh month and threading a needle under the moon to answer the "qiao". In the old days, children born on the seventh day of July were often named with the word "Qiao".