Customs and habits often vary from place to place. It is precisely because of this that national culture is colorful, beautiful, mysterious and profound.

"Returning to relatives" is a custom in our hometown. That is, after the engagement ceremony between the man and woman. The man should accompany his elders, brothers, etc., who have high reputation or status in the family, to go to the woman's house to "return to the bride". This is also the etiquette that has changed since then to call matriarchs parents. The man should prepare "four-color gifts", which are wine, tobacco, tea and fruit snacks. The girl's family must hold a banquet to entertain the guests. Xinyan is celebrated and everyone is happy.

Because of your question, I am reminded of a past incident.

That year, I had just gotten engaged to my wife. The family wants to arrange arrangements for returning home, because it is difficult for the brothers to decide for a long time. It happened that Brother Wang Xinghua, a painting friend from the provincial capital, was visiting the day before. During the dinner, I suddenly had the idea of ??inviting him to accompany me to visit my family. Unexpectedly, brother Xinghua happily accepted the invitation and invited Mr. Qi Xinmin and Chen Yutang, two old painters from the market, to accompany him. I felt very honored at the time, but I was afraid that my father-in-law would be unhappy and cause misunderstandings. I quickly went to discuss with my wife and asked her to go home and ask. Unexpectedly, my father-in-law agreed immediately. When we met tomorrow, my father-in-law and the painters got along well with each other and had a pleasant conversation. My father-in-law said on the spot that there was nothing to entertain him and he planned to treat them to a whole lamb at noon. In the 1980s, eating whole sheep was considered a rich meal. During the conversation, brother Chen Yutang (late) received a call saying that Jilin printmaker Mr. Chao Mei had come to Zibo. The city told him to rush back to receive the guests. I went in a hurry, and before I left, I kept saying that the time I arranged was inappropriate and that I owed him a drink. I know this brother is very good at wine. So I quickly apologized and said I would definitely invite him to a make-up show later.

Time flies, and the years fly by. The boy who was grinding ink has become an old man. Can I write here to discuss my thoughts for the future?

In the eastern Sichuan region, our New Year is worth mentioning.

Over there, the New Year does not end until the 16th day of the first lunar month, which means that the New Year lasts from the 30th day of the first lunar month to the 16th day of the first lunar month.

Actually, if we want to be more precise, it should start from the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, because starting from the 27th is the most prosperous time in the city, and it can be said that it will definitely be crowded. We call this kind of going to the market. When going to the market during the New Year, we have to buy a lot of things, such as melon seeds, fruits, vegetables, meat, clothes, Spring Festival couplets, etc. All the New Year’s things must be prepared during this time.

In addition, during this period, we are also busy at home, cleaning, inside and out. Another one is to prepare bacon for the New Year. Another thing is to kill chickens, ducks, fish, etc., these are all in preparation for the New Year.

At the beginning of the New Year, we almost have to eat and drink from the New Year's Eve until the end of the New Year. Almost every day is spent visiting relatives. For example, I spend the New Year’s Eve at my grandma’s house, the first day at my grandma’s house, the second at my aunt’s house, the third at my eldest father’s house, the fourth at our house, and the fifth My uncle's house, my aunt's house on the sixth day of the lunar month... Relatives and friends, I visited every house. Although the order may change, it is certain that every family must take this step every year. This year I went less often due to some special reasons.

The fourteenth day of the first lunar month is the Little New Year in our area. We usually have dinner at grandma’s house on this day, and then go to the eldest father’s house to eat once during the Lantern Festival.

The 16th day of the first lunar month is the Waiting for Climbing Festival in our area. We will go hiking on the Climbing Festival. For people like ours who live in the mountains, we don’t have to bother so much. We can just wait at home for relatives to come. Climb high and prepare meals for them, hahaha.

This is the New Year for us. Usually we gain 5-10 pounds after the New Year, but we still enjoy visiting relatives like this, and we need to keep in touch at a fixed time.

It is a custom for most people in our country to sweep graves during Qingming Festival. However, in our hometown, it is basically arranged on a few days of the Double Ninth Festival every year. During the Qingming Festival, outings and green picking are usually arranged. Take home the newly sprouted mugwort leaves and mix them with glutinous rice flour to make glutinous glutinous rice cakes with fragrant mugwort.

The Double Ninth Festival is also known as the Elderly Day and Respect for the Aged Day. We should use this as a basis for sweeping tombs and worshiping ancestors a few days before the Double Ninth Festival.

The weather in the south is humid, and it is located in a hilly area. During the Qingming Festival, it is in late spring and early summer. The local trees are lush and green, and the rain is heavy. At this time, it is not only inconvenient to go up the mountain, but also It is dangerous along the way, so there are unfavorable weather conditions when traveling over the mountains to sweep tombs during the Qingming Festival.

Around the Double Ninth Festival, it is the season of crisp autumn air, and it is more convenient to go out.

In the past, Hakka men would go out to make a living as soon as they came out of the first lunar month, leaving women and children at home. I have just been away from home for more than two months during the Qingming Festival. Not to mention the expenses involved in traveling back and forth, things are often just beginning. There are no results and I can't explain them to my family and ancestors. By August and September, the overall harvest situation for the year has been basically determined, and it seems natural to come back to visit the family and worship the ancestors.

There is another allusion here. It is said that in the first month of the Republic of China, a man with a family went out to Southeast Asia to make a living. When the ship landed in Singapore, he encountered local bandits who robbed all his belongings and had to live on the streets begging. He was taken in by a fellow villager who was working long-term in the local area and had never been able to return to his hometown, and helped him find the means to get home.

Before leaving, I asked him to help me burn incense at the ancestral graves of my fellow villagers once a year. After he returned to his hometown, he started to search according to the instructions of his fellow villagers. Just three days before the Double Ninth Festival, he found the locations of the ancestral tombs that the fellow villagers told him and worshiped them one by one. Since then, he has set rules for his descendants. This time of year is a day to worship ancestors, remember the kindness he has received, and protect his legacy.

Thank you for the invitation.

I am a Beijinger, and the most distinctive folk cultural activity in Beijing should be the Spring Festival temple fair.

In addition to temple fairs, there is also a custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve. One of the dumplings is filled with steel pots. Whoever eats it will herald great wealth in the coming year.

However, the flavor of the New Year is getting less and less now, and it seems that few people put steel pots in dumplings anymore, so I will focus on the temple fair!

Generally, temple fairs are held from the first to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and people will choose one or several temple fairs to visit.

Every Spring Festival, major parks hold temple fairs with different themes, all of which are unique.

Take the Old Summer Palace Temple Fair for example. The "royal" concept has become popular in recent years, and many performances are held during the temple fair. Royal blessings and royal "ice play" are particularly popular.

There is also a lively shopping street, which has a variety of special food, entertainment projects, and you can also buy unique royal souvenirs.

Royal blessing photos

Bingxi photos

Another example is the Shijingshan Amusement Park Temple Fair. It is a Western temple fair route. The imitation Disney castle has a "foreign" feel as soon as you enter.

There are also various activities during the temple fair, such as float parade performances and European carnival activities, which make people feel like they are back in childhood. Especially when the floats are marching, there are often cartoon characters with childhood characteristics walking among the crowd, which really feels like Disney.

Photos of parade performances

Photos of European Carnival

In addition, there is also the Grand View Garden The temple fair allows people to have a glimpse of the dream-like dramatic scenes of the Dream of Red Mansions; the Ditan Temple Fair, as the earliest temple fair restored in Beijing, allows us to experience Beijing’s most distinctive folk customs.

There are also Longtan Temple Fair, Chaoyang Park Temple Fair, Beijing Phoenix Ridge Temple Fair, Badachu Temple Fair, Hongluo Temple Fair, China Millennium Monument Temple Fair, etc.

Temple fairs have become a standard part of Beijingers’ New Year celebrations. People usually go shopping with their families during the Spring Festival, eating various snacks and watching various performances. During the Spring Festival, which is becoming less and less like the New Year, Add a festive sense of ceremony.

Yes, Chaoshan folk culture.

Folk culture varies from place to place. Take the Chinese New Year as an example. The Spring Festival is what I remember deeply.

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional festival of our people. It is a festival that symbolizes unity and prosperity, and places new hope for the future. How to celebrate this festival has formed some relatively complex ideas over thousands of years of historical development. Many fixed customs and habits are still passed down to this day. One of the customs is eating dumplings. Of course you have to make dumplings before eating them. In order to eat delicious dumplings, I made them myself.

If you want to eat dumplings, you have to make dumplings. These dumplings are not easy to make. Before making dumplings, you need to knead the dough first. I poured some noodles into the basin, and poured some water into the bowl. At the beginning, there was less water poured in, and when the kneaded dough was picked up, the dough fell out. After adding some more water, the noodles all stuck to my hands again. Hey, the water is always added incorrectly. It’s so difficult to knead the noodles. How long will it take to eat the dumplings? After adding a little more dry flour, the dough was finally ready. But when my mother said the noodles would be ready for half an hour, I got impatient. When the noodles were ready, I couldn't wait to rush to the noodles, took out a small piece of noodles and kneaded the noodles into a long and thin strip like my mother used to do when making dumplings. It turned out that one section was thick and the other was fine. It took a long time and it was finally done. I suddenly thought: Since dumplings have been handed down as our country's traditional culture, dumplings must be delicious, but they must be difficult to make. Work hard to eat delicious dumplings! Next, start cutting the dough into small pieces and continue rolling out the dough. Rolling out the dough is the most difficult thing and also the most important. If the skin is thin, the dumpling will break easily; if the skin is thick, the filling will be cooked but the skin will not be cooked. I pressed small pieces of dough into the size of cute little persimmons and prepared to roll them out. I hold the small cake in one hand and the rolling pin in the other hand to roll out the dumpling wrappers. Hey, it’s so difficult to roll out the dumpling wrappers like my mother did. I really couldn’t learn how to do it. In the end, I rolled out the dumpling wrappers like a flatbread. Although the method is clumsy, the effect is still good. It's time to make dumplings, and my mother made me my favorite pork and green onion stuffing. I picked up the rolled dough and learned to make dumplings next to my mother. After making a dumpling, I suddenly realized that making dumplings is not that difficult. Finally, it was wrapped and started to cook. I was waiting next to the pot for the dumplings to be cooked. Watching the dumplings tumbling over is like white fish playing happily. The dumplings are cooked! I felt indescribably happy as I ate the dumplings in my mouth. Suddenly, I felt that I was one step closer to our country’s traditional culture.

I love our country’s traditional culture!

In addition, our country is an ancient cultural country with a long history of five thousand years. Our country’s folk customs and

traditional culture are extensive and profound, which can be seen everywhere in our lives. The Tang poetry and Song lyrics we study , the Four Great Classics; the Four Treasures of the Study we use, the Chinese medicine we eat, the tea we drink; the erhu we play, the flute we play; the Tang Dynasty clothes we wear, the porcelain we use, etc. Our country’s traditional culture is countless and can be seen everywhere.

I am from Maoming in western Guangdong. We have a very special festival custom called Nianli.

The custom of nianli is prevalent in the Jianjiang and Luojiang river basins and Leizhou Peninsula in western Guangdong, mainly in Maoming and Zhanjiang, but also in individual counties and cities in Guangxi. The so-called nianli means "tracing back to ancient times" Today, there are cases every year."

There is a saying in the folk custom of western Guangdong that "the annual rituals are grander than the Chinese New Year", which means that the annual rituals are more grand than the Chinese New Year. The annual rituals in western Guangdong are generally concentrated during the Spring Festival, and the annual ritual days of each village and town vary. , mainly from the second day of the first lunar month to the middle of March. Some annual dates are one day, and some are two or three days. The annual dates of a small number of village communities are after the fourth month of the lunar calendar, such as the 15th day of the eighth month or the tenth month of the lunar calendar. , because it is in autumn, it is also called the year of returning to autumn.

The annual customs of villages and towns are similar. The traditional annual ritual activities generally include: the beginning of the year, the beginning of the year, and the end of the year.

The beginning of the year, which is the starting point of the year, mainly refers to praying to God. The local clan elders, village elders, temple priests, village chiefs, etc. will lead the villagers to the social temple, earth temple or ancestral hall. After worshiping and offering sacrifices, the statues will be taken out and please enter the prepared palanquin to prepare for the following. Youshen prepares.

Zhengnianli, that is, the formal part of the annual calendar, the main activities are the wandering gods and the setting of Jiao. The wandering gods are also called patrolling gods. After the statues of the gods in the temple are invited into the palanquin, the villagers carry them out of the temple for a parade. The countryside accepts people’s incense and worship, and bless the whole territory for peace.

The deity system in western Guangdong has special local characteristics. In addition to the gods and bodhisattvas in the traditional Chinese Buddhist and Taoist deity system, it also includes the deity system of local folk beliefs, such as Mrs. Xian Tai and Pan Xian. , Beidi, Leizu, Emperor Kang, King Pan, Guan Gong, the God of Land and other historical celebrities who were named gods and saints.

The Nianli Tour is usually accompanied by various Nuo dances, such as dragon and lion dances, floating colors, lantern tours, walking Qingjiang, passing arrows, etc. It is very lively and can be called the Nianli The climax.

When the team of wandering gods tours the countryside, every time they visit a village, the villagers and communes will bring various offerings, including three teas and five wines, three animals (chickens, pigs, fish), sugar cakes, cakes, etc. Once it is placed on the confessional, it is waiting for the team of wandering gods to arrive and stop to worship. This stage is called setting up the altar, also called setting up the ancestral platform.

The end of the year is the end of the annual ritual. After the God Tour is over, the parade team will send the statue back to the temple. Before sending it off, the temple blessing or the Daoist man will build a big paper boat and let the villagers throw some useless things (such as hair, chicken and duck feathers) into the boat. , and then burn the paper boat. This step is called burning the paper boat, also known as pressing the boat to drive away ghosts. It means burning the demons and monsters, driving away evil spirits and avoiding disasters, and bless peace. Then the statue of the god is returned to the temple, so that the whole year is considered to be a complete end.

In addition to the activities of worshiping and visiting gods, another highlight of the annual calendar is the banquet for guests.

The annual banquet is the most substantial and down-to-earth part of the annual ritual. On the day of the annual festival, the host holds a grand banquet to entertain relatives and friends. The dishes at the annual banquet are mainly Cantonese cuisine, with the characteristics of western Guangdong. Each table has as few as ten dishes and as many as twenty or thirty dishes. It is common. The dishes include plain-cut chicken, five-spice braised pork, fried chicken wings, braised fish, etc. With the development of the economy, in addition to traditional dishes, many family banquets also include rare dishes such as delicacies from the mountains and sea, abalone, ginseng, wings and tripe.

The annual ritual is a unique festival custom in western Guangdong. It originated from the ancient sacrificial custom called "Xiang Nuo" in the Lingnan area. In the traditional sense, the annual ritual reflects the people of western Guangdong who are cautious about pursuing the past and making sacrifices. Pray for blessings and wishes for a better life.

I am very happy to answer your questions here. National customs vary from place to place, and living customs are the characteristics of many ethnic cultures, which are colorful and gorgeous. Take Guizhou as an example. It is a gathering place for many ethnic groups. Our Miao people are divided into: red Miao, black Miao, white Miao and green Miao. They are collectively called Miao. However, they speak different languages ??and it is difficult to understand each other's language. , but with the popularization of modern Chinese education and culture, everyone can speak in unison and have a common language. We Han people in Guizhou speak Chinese, Buyi people speak Buyi dialect, and Miao people speak Miao dialect. So the weather is different within one mile and the customs are different within ten miles. Why is it called colorful Guizhou? You will understand it clearly here!

In Guizhou, our Miao people, although we have the same name as Miao, have different living customs and different living environments. The Black Miao people like to live in stone mountains. They are located in remote places and deep in stone mountains. Few people. Red seedlings, white seedlings, and green seedlings like to live in high mountains, where water sources are scarce, wind and sun expose them, life is difficult, and talents are scarce. The Buyi people like to live by the river, where the land is fertile, the talents are abundant, and the wealth is both abundant. The Han people like to live on the mountainside, where the water and land are abundant, and their lives are sufficient.

We, the Miao people, usually dress up every year and festival, wearing gold and silver. We are very beautiful, which is the envy of many ethnic groups. The Miao people have a long history of clothing culture, which has always been passed down by hand. It is a part of intangible culture, because the skirts made by hand look the same, but the embroidery and patterns are different. Although they are the same, the aesthetic concepts are different. The skirts are embroidered by hand, stitch by stitch, and the clothes on the clothes are The collars, clothes are embroidered, and the clothes and hats are all decorated with patterned lace. The Miao people’s traditional festivals are the same as those of other ethnic groups during the New Year.

The main seasons of Buyi culture are March 3rd and June 6th. This is the traditional festival of Buyi. March 3rd is the main festival of Buyi culture. It is also a festival of our Miao people. We also celebrate March 3. The Buyi people in Luodian, Guizhou celebrate March 13th. During this festival, the elderly in the family will dye glutinous rice into colorful colors to worship their ancestors. It is called "grave-sweeping" here, and "grave-sweeping" in Chinese culture, just like the Qingming Festival. Festival is as solemn. June 6th is a big song and dance festival for the Buyi ethnic group, with antiphonal singing, dancing, and swimming competitions. In this ethnic happy festival, ethnic minorities are better at singing and dancing, and are full of joy.

Almost all the Han culture here is reflected in the Chinese New Year. They usually choose to send lamps and light candles to their ancestors on New Year’s Eve and Lantern Festival. This night is a time for modern people and their deceased ancestors to celebrate each other. During the two nights when the yin and yang worlds communicate, the yang people light candles to illuminate their ancestors to celebrate a good year, so that their ancestors are no longer lonely in the dark night, expressing their nostalgia for their ancestors. This centuries-old custom has continued regardless of rain or shine. Without interruption, the ancestral graves are lit up with stars, symbolizing prosperity for future generations.

Beating glutinous rice cakes to welcome the New Year has been included in the intangible cultural heritage of traditional craftsmanship. It has been an indispensable traditional custom in China since ancient times. Beating glutinous rice cakes, eating glutinous rice cakes, celebrating the new year and welcoming the new year are our Miao people. It will be completed on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month. I remember a few years ago, when machines were not used, the lively scene of people in the village making glutinous rice cakes is still vivid in my mind. I myself have made and eaten seven or eight glutinous rice cakes. Seven or eight glutinous rice cakes, this kind of taste is difficult for modern people to appreciate.

No matter what, society is developing and human beings are making continuous progress. Human society has entered industrialization. Popularization of education and scientificization have become important features of modern civilization. Modern civilization dominates reality. We have followed the trend. In response to our national conditions, our national culture will move to a higher level and become better than others.

I am a native of Anhua County, Hunan Province, and I am also a fan of Meishan culture. Meishan culture is a continuation of the ancient Nuo culture, also known as witchcraft. The main characters are Meishan King, Zhang Wulang, etc.

Our Xilingol League has folk customs and ethnic elements with distinctive characteristics of the original ecology of nomadic civilization and grassland customs such as Mongolian long tunes, Humai Mongolian horse culture, Mongolian wrestling, and national costumes, which give Xilingol culture a unique charm and charm. , national costumes and other grassland customs give Xilingol culture a unique charm and charm.