Changshu’s traditional customs include celebrating the New Year, welcoming the God of Wealth, celebrating the Lantern Festival, offering incense on the third day of March, dragon boat racing, climbing high to eat cakes during the Double Ninth Festival, sending gifts to the Kitchen God, sticking to the Door God, attending temple fairs, etc., and they are all folk activities that attract a large number of participants.

1. Every household posts Spring Festival couplets and wears new clothes during the New Year, symbolizing the renewal of everything.

In the early morning, the head of the family gets up and sets off "open firecrackers". The women of the household go to nearby temples to burn incense and worship Buddha, while the businessmen go to Kofukuji Temple, Hokokuin Temple and other places to burn incense to pray for good luck.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, every family eats "rice dumplings" (i.e. Yuanxiao).

Young children in the countryside walk through the streets and alleys to beat the New Year's Eve gongs and drums.

At night, firecrackers and fireworks are set off in the streets and alleys of urban and rural areas, and activities such as lantern fairs and dragon lantern dances are held.

Second, during the Dragon Boat Festival, each family should hang mugwort, cattail leaves, and garlic leaves on the door, affix the magic charms issued by Taoist priests, and hang a Zhongkui statue to ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts.

Use Atractylodes, mugwort leaves, Angelica dahurica and other medicines to smoke indoors to drive away insects and snakes.

There are dragon boat racing activities in urban and rural areas.

3. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, every family eats moon cakes, water chestnuts, lotus roots, sugar-roasted taro and wontons.

Farmers use glutinous rice and cowpeas to steam cowpea cake, which is commonly known as turtle wheat cake.

Fourth, during the Double Ninth Festival, every family eats Double Ninth cakes and drinks chrysanthemum wine.

Chongyang cakes with triangular colorful flags are sold in the market. According to legend, there is a saying that climbing high can avoid disaster.

People in urban areas often climb Yushan Mountain to enjoy the autumn colors.

Many units across the city organize elderly gatherings to celebrate the festival with the elderly and wish their elderly friends good health.

5. The New Year’s Eve dinner is a sumptuous feast, including cold dishes, hot stir-fried dishes, braised dishes, and white pot dishes.

Parents give new year's money to their children, while younger generations buy clothes and supplements such as American ginseng to honor their elders.