Lu'an is ancient and magical, with simple folk customs and unique customs.

The beautiful mountains and rivers, rich food, ordinary daily life, and daily labor have all been transformed into beautiful legends and local anecdotes, embodying the people of western Anhui's longing and pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty.

1: Customs and customs The customs and customs of Lu'an have rich historical deposits and simple style.

1. Residence In the old days, the western Anhui area was based on agriculture and resettlement.

When building a house, it is required to be wide in front and high in the back. "The house sits on a green mountain, a land of dragons and tigers, and the door faces the green water Phoenix Pond" (mountain behind and water in front), "I would rather have a green dragon ten thousand feet high than a white tiger looking up" (high on the left and low on the right)

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Doors should usually be oriented southeast or southwest, avoid facing south or facing north, and avoid clashing with gables, chimneys, water flows, toilets, or roads.

In ancient times, if there was a stone tablet in front of the residence of a wealthy official in a town, there was a stone tablet at the entrance of an intersection or alley, which was said to be "Taishan Stone Gandeng", which was said to be able to dispel evil spirits and eliminate disasters.

2. Diet In the old days, people in the areas along the Huaihe River mostly ate wheat, beans, and potatoes. In the mountainous areas, people mostly ate corn, wheat, and yam. In the Weifan and hilly areas, people mostly ate rice.

People in both urban and rural areas have the habit of processing food by themselves, such as pickling poultry and eggs before Tomb Sweeping Day, making bean paste during the rainy season, pickling cauliflower and radish after the Beginning of Winter, pickling fish, meat and poultry after the Winter Solstice, and making glutinous rice cakes before the Spring Festival.

Lu'an people have always been hospitable. In the old days, banquet dishes usually had eight or ten kinds of dishes, which were called "Eight Seas" and "Ten Seas".

3. Marriage In the old days, marriages depended on "the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers." In terms of marriage, there were generally four steps: proposal, engagement, date (selected marriage date) and marriage. The importance of the betrothal gift and the complexity of the procedures

Jane, based on the economic basis of both parties, after negotiation between the man and the woman, the man respects the woman's opinion more.

The proposal of marriage is also called "proposing a matchmaker"; the engagement is also called "writing a letter"; the marriage is also called "consummating the marriage".

On the day of the wedding, the man prepares a sedan chair, new clothes, and gifts, and the matchmaker leads a wedding team to deliver them to the woman's home.

The bride gets up early to "cry for marriage" and eats a "separated family meal". After that, her relatives carry her to the sedan. The dowry goes forward, followed by the sedan.

After walking around to the groom's house, the bride is helped up from the red cloth bag to the front of the hall to perform the ceremony. Then she enters the bridal chamber, drinks the consummation wine, and makes the wedding.

In order to heighten the festive atmosphere, there is a custom of "happy words". One person sings congratulations and everyone says hello. Guests can also play and amuse the newlyweds appropriately. It is said that "there is no big or small thing in the three days of the wedding."

After the wedding, there are still things like going back home and getting married.

4. Funeral generally goes through four stages: death, funeral, coffin placement (wrapped in straw or placed in a cabinet made of bricks) and burial.

When a person is about to die, his children should rush to the deceased to see them off (commonly known as "sending off the old").

The coffin was laid for 1-3 years before being buried.

With the development of funeral civilization, the cremation rate has gradually increased and funeral procedures have been simplified.

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show();}); On the second day after giving birth, the mother-in-law must be informed of the good news. On the third day, the mother must be fumigated with moxa water and the baby must also be bathed, which is called "Washing Three".

When a child is one month old, relatives and friends should be invited to drink "full moon wine".

On the first birthday (commonly known as "Zhuzhou"), relatives and friends send congratulations.

When you are 10 years old, some people do it for their 10th birthday.

When a person reaches the age of 60, children should do "sixtieth birthday celebrations" (do nine instead of ten) for their parents.

From now on, birthday celebrations will also be held on birthdays, but they are generally not as grand as those on tenth birthdays.

(6) Etiquette: The main etiquette and customs in the old days include: welcoming guests, bowing to the host when he or she goes out to greet the guests, the guests in front of the host and the host behind them, letting the guests take their seats after entering the room, and offering tea and cigarettes.

The seating capacity is 8 or 10 people. The number of seats depends on the stitching on the tabletop. If the stitching is straight towards the door, the left side of the nave is the top and the right side is the bottom.

When offering cigarettes, wine, rice, tea and other items, they should be held in both hands with a focused expression and without squinting.

When meeting, common people greet each other and bow hands; uncommon people greet each other without wearing hats; young people and juniors should greet relatives and friends first when meeting them.

2: Festival customs Lu'an festival customs are colorful and have strong regional characteristics.

(1) Spring Festival There are many customs during the Spring Festival, most of which are wishes and hopes for beauty, happiness, auspiciousness, and health.

For example, the 18th and 19th days of the twelfth lunar month are "sweeping days" to remove the old, replace the new and pray for health.

The 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is the "Little New Year" to pray for peace.

The last day of the twelfth lunar month is "New Year's Eve". People put up Spring Festival couplets, hang new paintings, tie lanterns, set off firecrackers, light lanterns, have a reunion dinner, stay together as a family, and look forward to the new year.

New Year's Eve and the first and second days of the first lunar month of the following year are "celebrating the new year". On the morning of the third day of the first lunar month, firecrackers are lit to "send off the new year".

(2) Lantern Festival "The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is like the New Year", and it is the tradition of Lu'an to "celebrate the New Year earlier than the fifteenth night".

Breakfast is Yuanxiao and dumplings. Yuanxiao is often wrapped with a copper coin or coin. Those who eat it are said to be "lucky."

After breakfast, you might catch a meeting, watch lanterns, go shopping, or have fun.

It's night, and there are lanterns in town and country.

In towns, during the lantern festival, firecrackers are set off in front of the residents and shops they pass by to give away cigarettes, candies, etc.; in the countryside, lantern singing troupes and dragon lantern troupes compete to perform, singing and dancing all night long.

(3) During the Dragon Boat Festival, the customs of making rice dumplings and racing dragon boats are popular.

Zongzi include ham rice dumplings, date kernel rice dumplings, meat filling rice dumplings, bean paste rice dumplings, etc. They are either meat or vegetable and come in many colors.