Guiyang's food folklore, local customs and customs Guiyang is a region inhabited by ethnic minorities, and ethnic festivals in various places are rich in content and have their own characteristics. The Miao people's "April 8th", the Buyi people's "March 3rd", "June 6th" and "jumping on the field" and other national festivals provide excellent opportunities for young men and women of ethnic minorities to find the right person. During national festivals, gatherings and slack seasons, rural areas should carry out interesting and distinctive traditional ethnic and folk cultural and sports activities such as performing local operas, dancing Lusheng, singing competitions, horse racing and bullfighting. And the wedding customs, wine regulations and funerals with strong national interest in that country village will also make visitors open their eyes. If you are lucky enough to participate in these ethnic festivals, you will definitely feel the rich customs of ethnic minorities. June 6th "is an important traditional festival of Buyi people in Guiyang. Every year, on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, thousands of Buyi people in Guiyang and neighboring counties will gather on the banks of the scenic Huaxi River, wear dense forests, walk around the flowers, take cruise ships, blow leaves, sing folk songs and enjoy the festive season. Men and women take the opportunity to express their affection to the right person. There is a legend about the origin of "June 6th": Long, long ago, a beautiful Buyi girl embroidered a beautiful picture of green hills and beautiful waters with beautiful flowers and long fragrance. When the demon king saw this treasure map, he became guilty and came to rob it. The girl and the villagers fought hard for seven days and seven nights, and finally, because of the disparity in strength, on the sixth day of June, the treasure map was about to fall into the hands of the devil. The girl used her quick wits to throw the map into the air, and the treasure map turned into a beautiful mountain in Huaxi, and the devil was angry and turned into a pile of rocks and sank to the bottom of Huaxi River. Since then, in order to commemorate the Buyi girl who created the beautiful mountains and rivers in Huaxi, people gather on the banks of Huaxi every year on the sixth day of June, singing and dancing to show their respect. Over time, the "June 6" song festival, which is famous both inside and outside the province, has been formed. April 8th "April 8th" is a traditional festival for Miao, Buyi, Dong, Yao, Zhuang, Yi, Tujia, Gelao and other ethnic minorities in Guizhou, Xiangxi and northern Guangxi. The content of festivals varies from place to place. Among them, those with the largest scale, the most grand scene and the most far-reaching influence should be the first to promote the "April 8" celebration of Miao people in Guiyang. On the eighth day of the fourth lunar month every year, the Miao people in Guiyang and its neighboring counties all wear national costumes and gather in the fountain area in the center of Guiyang. They played lusheng and flute, sang folk songs and danced Miao dances to celebrate their traditional festivals. There are many legends about the origin of "April 8", mainly for the ancient Miao heroes buried in today's fountain on April 8, which have been passed down from generation to generation and become a custom. Today, "April 8th" in Guiyang has become a carnival festival for Miao, Buyi, Dong, Zhuang, Shui, Gelao, Han and other ethnic groups in Guiyang and its vicinity, and it has become a grand ceremony to display national traditional culture. Young men and women of ethnic minorities also take this opportunity to find the right person through their affectionate dancing and singing. Lusheng dance Lusheng is an ancient bamboo and wooden reed wind instrument, which is more than one foot in size and less than one foot in size. The number of pipes is as many as 1, and the number of pipes ranges from single Lusheng dance pipe to double pipe, and the most commonly used one is 6 pipes. Its tone can be vigorous and deep, and it can also be crisp and high. In the long history of Miao culture development, Miao people not only regard Lusheng as the representative of their own nation, but also integrate it into dance, music, water, Buyi, Yao, Yi and other national dances, and Lusheng dance is also very popular. Lusheng dance has hundreds of songs and more than 1 kinds of dance steps, of which more than 1 are the most commonly used. These steps are lively, rough and enthusiastic. Lusheng dance is a dance in which men blow and women dance, or men and women blow and dance by themselves. Some dance steps absorb Miao martial arts movements and difficult acrobatic movements, which are loved by people. Lusheng dance has become an essential activity in Guizhou's festive season. Bullfighting: Bullfighting in rural areas of Guiyang suburb is not a fight between people and cows like Spain, but a leisure activity between cows and cows. The time of bullfighting is between June and August of the lunar calendar after transplanting rice seedlings and before harvesting, and the locations are mainly Gaopo and Mengguan townships. The local people call the upcoming bull "Balang". In order to wish Balang victory, relatives and friends in this village and other villages should invite Balang's master to drink, which is called "drinking Balang wine", which is intended to be heroic. The "stepping on the field" on the opening day is a wonderful prelude to the fierce battle between cattle. After the sound of the iron cannon, Balang wore a red cloth and a bed sheet given to his master by relatives and friends on his back, and surrounded by everyone, he walked around the field for a week. Because there are many stockade people and cows who go to the field together, the suona is high and the firecrackers are loud, which makes the atmosphere extremely warm and the scene extremely spectacular. Then a village elder gave a speech, then took off the gift from the cow's back, and ended the trampling. Before the official start of bullfighting, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the two owners, and then the hoof will fly and hit the corner. If the strength of the two cows is very different, the weak will soon fall to the ground or flee. If the two cows are evenly matched, the outcome will be inseparable until they are panting and foaming at the mouth. At this time, the veteran cattle manager came on stage and pulled the two cows apart with ropes and bamboo poles to prevent casualties. The bullring is generally chosen in a place with gentle slopes around and flat ground in the middle, which is convenient for people to wait and see. Lantern Festival Lantern Festival is a folk entertainment activity in Guizhou, which is a kind of singing and dancing. On the fifteenth night of the first month, lanterns are hung and such activities are carried out. Folk call it "playing with lanterns", "singing lanterns", "jumping lanterns" or "lanterns". The folk proverb of Chinese New Year is called "the fire of thirty nights, the lamp of fifteen nights". Lantern was introduced into Guizhou in the early years of Ming Dynasty by soldiers who came from the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains and stayed in Guizhou to station and plow. By the Qing Dynasty, lanterns had become very popular in Guizhou. During the Republic of China, lanterns spread to most rural market towns in Guizhou. Guizhou Lantern Festival includes lantern dance and lantern drama. Lantern dance (commonly known as "ground lantern", "gongs and drums lantern" or "gongs and drums turn") is relatively simple and short, with no whole drama plot, mainly to express some feelings or explain something. During the performance, the actor should hold a fan and handkerchief in one hand, singing and dancing, and combining singing and dancing. Sometimes, it is necessary to insert rhyme white (commonly known as "pulling white"), duet, rotation, chorus, chorus and so on. Spicy Chicken Spicy Chicken, a famous dish in Guiyang, is cooked with local native chicken as the main ingredient and Zanba pepper made from Huaxi pepper in Guiyang as the auxiliary material. It has a strong spicy flavor, bright red color and delicious taste, and is one of the necessary reunion dishes for Guiyang people on holidays. Braised Crispy Fish Braised Crispy Fish Braised Chili in Guizhou is one of the important condiments of Guizhou cuisine. This dish is made of groove Chili unique to Guizhou as the main seasoning, which is fragrant, crisp and tender, fresh and salty, not easy to change its taste for a long time, can stimulate appetite and has a unique local flavor. It is one of the traditional famous dishes in our city. Qingyan Tofu Qingyan Tofu This dish is a famous dish in Guiyang. It is mainly made of local specialty Qingyan Tofu, with green peppers and other accessories. It has the characteristics of smoothness and fragrance. Kung pao chicken, kung pao chicken, is made of clean male chicken as the main material and Ciba pepper as the auxiliary material. This dish is a traditional dish with Guizhou flavor, which is red but not spicy, spicy but not fierce, with strong spicy flavor and crisp meat. According to legend, the founder of this dish, Ding Baozhen, a native of Zhijin, Guizhou Province, was awarded the title of Gong Bao by Xianfeng Jinshi. He served as the governor of Shandong and the governor of Sichuan, and was a gourmet. He was smart since childhood and preferred spicy chicken. He often entertained guests with this dish in his hometown, which has been passed down to this day. In 1918, Zhao Huimin, the former secretary-general of Guiyang CPPCC who studied in Waseda University in Japan, introduced Kung Pao Chicken to Japan, which was highly praised by Japanese people. Champion hoof Champion hoof is also called "Qingyan halogen pig's foot". According to records, on April 2, 1886, Zhao Yijiong, a young Gong Shi of Qingyan, who won the top prize in the palace examination exam of Guangxu Bingshu Year, often went to the night market of Beiyanmen Street in Qingyan to eat braised pig's trotters. People in my hometown call braised pig's trotters the champion's trotters in memory of this historical celebrity. Nowadays, "visiting the ancient town of Qingyan and enjoying the beautiful hooves of Qingyan" has become a local tourism cultural phenomenon. This dish is reddish brown in color, full and moist in skin, fat but not greasy, and mellow in taste. Pickled pepper ribs Pickled pepper ribs are made of pork tenderloin (also called back willow meat locally) as the main material and pickled pepper. The color is red and bright, sour and refreshing, crisp and tender. This is a special dish cooked by Guiyang's unique material selection method. Eight-treasure turtle Eight-treasure turtle This dish evolved from the original Guizhou famous dish Eight-treasure giant salamander, with soft-shelled turtle as the main material and accessories such as gold hook and yaozhu. The soup is delicious and nutritious. Fish in Sour Soup Fish in Sour Soup Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a cottage in Miao Ling, Qiandongnan. The village leader was old and fat, and it was very difficult to climb the hill and climb the next hurdle. Once, when my daughter-in-law was cooking, she accidentally put more water, so she scooped up the extra hot rice soup in an earthen jar. Four or five days later, the rice soup became clear and transparent after fermentation, and it was slightly sour. It was used to cook fish, and its taste was delicious and unusual. The old Zhai family ate it with relish. Since then, the daughter-in-law has often used this sour rice soup to cook fish. In the long run, Zhai Lao gradually feels light and healthy, and it is no longer laborious to go up and down the mountain. This story soon spread to Miao Ling shanzhai, and families followed suit, and "fish in sour soup" spread. This dish was introduced to Guiyang from southeastern Guizhou, where it developed rapidly and became famous at home and abroad. The production method is: fresh fish is selected as the main material, and it is cooked with the characteristic sour soup in Miao Ling, Qiandongnan. Folk usually use the form of hot pot while cooking, with other fresh vegetables to make it more nutritious. Its characteristics: fresh fish is tender, beautiful in color, sour and refreshing, and the soup is clear and delicious, which has special effects such as appetizing, relieving summer heat, refreshing and beautifying. National craft embroidery and flower-picking are two wonderful flowers in the traditional craft garden of Guiyang. Guizhou batik, the national craft of batik products, contains the artistic charm of national culture, and they are as popular with friends at home and abroad as rough and simple Nuo masks and other fine products of national culture. Guiyang snacks Guiyang's flavor snacks are really mouth-watering. There are more than 1 kinds of local traditional snacks alone. No matter day or night, there are many snack stalls in the streets and lanes of Guiyang. Some hotels include some special snacks in the banquet, and there are special snack banquets for tasting. The most famous flavor snacks in Guiyang are: Love Tofu Fruit, Leijia Tofu Dumplings, Cake porridge, Silk Doll, Lotus Leaf Ciba, Wujia Tangyuan, Hu Wei Barbecue, Huaxi Wangji Beef Powder, Chengchangwang Changwang Noodles, Qingzhen Liu menstruation huang ba, Qingzhen Hot Soup Silk Doll Qingzhen Liangshuijing Bacon, and the snack square is notorious for stinky tofu. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Marriage customs and habits in Guiyang 1. Propose marriage. The man should ask a middleman, or a matchmaker, to propose marriage to the woman's house. 2, eight characters. If both parents agree, the middleman will exchange the characters of their children. Then, find their own husbands to match their horoscopes and see if their numerology matches. (This step varies from person to person, and some people who don't believe it can skip it directly.) 3. Burn incense. That is, once again, the middleman came forward to take a message and discuss some things such as how much to give the bride price, how much to pay for the marriage and what the parents of both parties should bear. Generally, it can be discussed properly once, and some parents disagree, so it is necessary to trouble the middleman to make more trips. 4. Parents meet. The middleman unified everyone's opinions and the parents of both sides could meet. At this time, we can get to know each other when we meet, and we can unify or exchange views on some details, such as where to treat guests, how many guests are expected to be invited, and so on. 5. Set a time. A traditional one will find an auspicious day, and a modern weekend will be fine. 6. treat. Start spreading invitations. Relatives belong to parents, and your friends and colleagues are invited by yourselves. This is a hard work. If someone has a general relationship with you and you think it's too much trouble to invite them, be careful. Guizhou people love face, and if you invite him, he will be heartbroken for money; You don't invite him, and he thinks you look down on him. Then you wait for someone to talk about you to death. Generally speaking, as long as you have blown the cow and chatted, please remember the name. Whether you are invited or not is his business, and it is your fault that you are not invited. So the guest list should be carefully considered. You'd better take a list when you make a list of guests, and check who is invited. Remember to come back if you are not invited. 7. Registration. It's simple. Just remember to take their ID cards to the Civil Affairs Bureau to take photos and fill out the form to get the certificate. It doesn't cost a penny, and it will be quick if there are not many people. Be sure to bring the boy himself, but the agent can't. There is a marriage registration office in the Civil Affairs Bureau, which is very easy to find, usually next to the divorce registration office. You have to pay some money for divorce, which means you can get married casually, but you have to divorce carefully! 8. Well, there's basically nothing to do here. Just dress up as a newcomer and perform the passionate performance on the wedding day. Wish you happiness. Beware of the friends who make trouble in the new house, they are all guys who eat people and don't spit bones!