Huizhou is located at the intersection of Guangdong, Hakka and Fujian, with obvious geographical features and rich cultural background. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Dongjiang River basin and a representative region of Guangdong's eastern culture. It can be said that "Dongjiang culture" is based on Huizhou cultural elements. In this sense, Huizhou folk culture is a microcosm of Dongjiang folk culture.

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Huizhou folk custom has its own unique highlights in Lingnan folk customs: Dongjiang food culture featuring Dongjiang cuisine, one of the three major cuisines in Guangdong; There are recreational folk customs featuring Dongjiang Kirin, three major folk songs, dancing fire dogs and three famous fists; There are Dongjiang folk literature featuring Su Dongpo's legend and Luofushan's fairy tale. There are folk religious beliefs characterized by the vulgarization of Taoism; There are Dongjiang costumes and folk customs featuring Dongjiang cool hats. However, due to the diversity of Dongjiang folk culture and the compatibility and existence of various cultural forms, Huizhou folk custom has always been a controversial and uncertain regional folk custom in folklore and linguistics. Generally speaking, there are three kinds of Guangdong ethnic groups: Cantonese, Hakka and Chaozhou, and their regional positions are quite clear: Cantonese (also known as Guangfu) with Guangzhou as the center, Hakka with Meizhou as the representative, and Chaoshan with Chaozhou and Shantou as the representative. What kind of cultural form does the Dongjiang River Basin represented by Huizhou belong to? Many people attribute it to Hakka area, but obviously, the composition of dialect ethnic groups here is more complicated: there are "Huizhou local" ethnic groups with a large population, a wide area and a long history distributed on both sides of Dongjiang River, including Huizhou downtown area and Boluo Luo Yang ancient city; There are also "Hakka ethnic groups" with a relatively concentrated population, a large number and a wide area. They are mainly distributed in Huiyang, Huidong and Boluo County, which are large-scale Hakka ethnic groups formed since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. In addition, there are many "Fulao ethnic groups" scattered in Dongjiang Yu, on both sides of Xizhijiang River and on the eastern seashore. These three ethnic groups have formed a mixed situation of various cultural forms in Huizhou since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so Huizhou folk culture is actually a kind of "compatible" folk culture.

Huizhou has a long history, and ancient civilization occupies an important position in Lingnan culture. The Sui Dynasty set up the "Governor's Office of Xunzhou", which was the best with the Governor's Office of Guangzhou at that time, and each led the eastern and western regions of Guangdong. Xunzhou covers the whole eastern part of Guangdong, and its political, economic and cultural status is quite important. The folk culture it shows is unique and inclusive. The book Huizhou Folk Customs gives us a good display in this respect. However, for a long time, the origin and ownership of "Hakka ethnic group" and "Fulao ethnic group" are relatively clear, and there is little controversy in academic circles; Huizhou local ethnic group with a long history, who live on both sides of Dongjiang River, is the earliest and widely distributed ethnic group in Dongjiang River basin. This ethnic group embraces various ethnic groups and their cultures from all sides, thus creating a brilliant Dongjiang civilization, laying the foundation of Huizhou folk culture and becoming a representative symbol of Huizhou folk culture ... However, there have been many disputes about its ownership: there are "Hakka", "Cantonese" and "independence". All kinds of disputes will continue in the field of folklore and linguistics, but the uniqueness of Huizhou dialect cannot be changed: linguistically, Hakka dialect is spread all over Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian and even overseas, and Fulao dialect is spread all over the southeast coast of Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan, but Huizhou dialect is unique to Huizhou, which is the characteristic of Huizhou folk culture dialect. This feature is an important highlight of Huizhou folk customs, and it is also the most direct window for people to understand Huizhou folk culture.

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Understanding of Huizhou's cultural form, from the perspective of folklore, can often enter a more accurate realm. Folklore involves ethnic groups, language, life, beliefs, literature and art, rituals, festivals, customs, etc., and is often an accurate cultural symbol of a regional culture. Therefore, it is very difficult to write such a folk ceremony well: First, it is necessary to display it based on a large number of direct and circumstantial historical documents and other materials such as notes, works, literary works, etc., which constitute the basis of regional folk culture. Facts have proved that these materials are particularly indispensable to accurately locate the culture of this region; The second is to do a lot of field work. Generally speaking, the significance of fieldwork is to "find this unconscious pattern hidden behind the materials and use it to help understand the social structure" (Fang Xuejia and Xie Jian's "The Caged House"). Therefore, a large number of field investigation data, on the one hand, is the basis of building almost all components of local folk culture building; The more extensive and detailed the field work is, the more materials are mastered, and the more it can truly reflect the true face of local folk culture; On the other hand, it is the author's theoretical thinking on the field investigation materials. Only by comparing, analyzing and thinking rationally the information with unique vision and historical depth and various regional connections can we truly reveal the deep-seated social appearance behind these field investigation materials. However, it is often difficult to do this satisfactorily in field work, and it also limits the melodious creative thinking of folk theory workers and the achievement of accurate conclusions. Fortunately, the book Huizhou Folklore has done quite well in these two aspects, which is commendable, which is inseparable from the author's long-term personal experience and independent thinking.

Huizhou is a state domain with strong culture in history, and it is known as "Xiongjun in East Guangdong" and "Lianghua Old State". Luofu Mountain is an important base for the spread of Taoism in China to the south and the popularization of Taoism in Lingnan folk religion. Besides, Huizhou's celebrity culture, demoted official culture, folk belief culture, revolutionary history culture and so on are all important cultural heritages with a long history. Nowadays, Huizhou municipal government and Huizhou people are trying their best to build a "cultural city", and the book "Huizhou Folk Custom" has really done a very valuable thing; "The sage rules the world, and it is necessary to make the ceremony according to the custom", which is the real social significance of Huizhou Folk Custom.

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The crystallization of Guangdong Social Science Local Culture and History Project and Huizhou Social Science Key Project "Huizhou Folklore Research" was written by Ye Chunsheng, a professor and doctoral supervisor of Sun Yat-sen University, a famous folklorist in China and one of the founders of China Intangible Cultural Heritage Research Center. The book is divided into four parts: preface, nine chapters, main reference materials and postscript, with a brief introduction of the author, * * * 457, words.