Fuzhou specialties include olives, oranges, longans, lychees, hibiscus plums, jasmine tea, bodiless lacquerware, wood paintings, wood carvings, paper umbrellas, shell carvings, porcelain, etc.

Fuzhou corner comb is a traditional Chinese brand-name product. It has been exhibited at the "World's Fair" held in Panama, Chicago, and Canada, and won the Gold Medal Award and the Golden Shield Award. Fuzhou horn comb uses buffalo horns from southern China and sheep horns from northern China as raw materials. The processing of the corner comb is done with fine craftsmanship. A corner comb is made from raw materials and needs to go through twenty-five processes to make each corner comb as bright and smooth as a mirror. Now a new variety has been added. Traditional lacquer painting is used on the finished corner comb. Using craftsmanship techniques, the designs of more than 10 kinds of birds, animals, and southern flowers and plants, including tigers, leopards, lions, and elephants, are carefully drawn. The pictures are vivid and never fade, and are very popular among customers at home and abroad.

Olives: One of the famous fruits in Fuzhou, including clove, Huiyuan, Changying and other famous brands. The fruit has green surface, yellow-white flesh color, sweet and crisp taste. It can be processed into flat olives, licorice olives, allspice fruits, etc., which are very popular among tourists.

Fujiang: One of the famous fruits in Fuzhou, it is bright red and beautiful, sweet and sour. Most of it is sold to the North China market. The peel, core and network of Fujiao all have medicinal effects, and the made orange cake has chemical properties. It has the effect of relieving phlegm and relieving cough, warming the stomach and strengthening the spleen.

Longan: one of the six famous fruits in Fujian. The fruit is sweet and delicious. Dried longan is a famous nourishing product. Famous products such as Suburban Red Core Aberdeen and Changle Bianxia Hazelnut are well-known at home and abroad.

Lychee: one of the famous fruits in Fujian. It has been used as tribute since the Tang Dynasty. Lianggonghong, Xiafanzhi, red and green, Chenzi, etc. are famous products. They can be dried, made into wine, canned and other foods. , deeply loved by Chinese and foreign tourists.

Furong Plum: The most famous in Yongtai County, it is sweet and sour, of high quality, and can be eaten fresh or processed into plum seeds, plum slices, plum salt, plum cake, etc. It is a traditional export product of the county's foreign trade. .

Fuzhou paper umbrella is one of the three treasures of Fuzhou with a long history. This paper umbrella is very finely made. Workers used oil painting, color spray painting and silk printing to draw patterns such as flowers and birds, landscapes and figures on the paper umbrellas, which were very elegant and beautiful. A high-quality paper umbrella can be opened and retracted more than 10,000 times without deformation, can be soaked in water for 24 hours without deterioration, and can be maintained at a high temperature of nearly 50 degrees Celsius. In addition to being popular in the domestic market, Fuzhou paper umbrellas are also sold well in many countries and regions around the world.

Shoushan Stone: Shoushan Stone from Fuzhou is one of my country’s traditional “four major seals”. The stone is distributed in the "Golden Triangle" area at the junction of the northern suburbs of Fuzhou City, Lianjiang and Luoyuan. Based on the direction of the mineral veins, it can be divided into three series: Gaoshan, Qishan and Yueyang. Because the Shoushan mining area was mined early, the old saying of "field pits, water pits, and mountain pits" refers to the ores mined at the bottom of fields, water streams, and caves in this mining area. After 1,500 years of mining, hundreds of varieties have emerged. There are as many as ten kinds.

Shoushan stone belongs to the subcategory of colored stones in gemology and colored stone science. Its species and stone names are very complicated, with more than one hundred varieties. According to traditional customs, Shoushan stones can generally be divided into three categories: "Tian Keng", "Shukeng" and "Mountain Keng".

Surrounding Shoushan Village is a trickling stream of water. At the bottom of the paddy fields on both sides of the Shoushan River that trickles around the village, Shoutian Stone, the "King of Stones", is produced. Because it is produced at the bottom of fields and often appears yellow, it is called Tiankeng stone or Tianhuang. Field stones are classified by color and can generally be divided into yellow field, red field, white field, gray field, black field and flower field.

Food culture - Fujian cuisine represented by Fuzhou cuisine has a long history, various varieties, fine selection of ingredients, and rigorous production. It is one of the eight major cuisines in my country. It is unique in the culinary world and is well-known at home and abroad. . The first of Fujian cuisine, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, has precious raw materials, exquisite preparation, and thick and flavourful soup. The chicken soup with sea clams has a unique preparation method. The soup is clear and mellow, fresh and beautiful, and is known as the queen of hundreds of dishes. Famous Fuzhou dishes such as spicy snail slices, lychee meat, drunken marinated chicken, and fragrant taro duck are also unique. Flavored snacks are also an important part of Fuzhou’s food culture. According to the classification of raw materials, it can be divided into rice, flour, starch, dried fruits, meat and seafood, etc., especially those with rice, beans and sugar as the main raw materials are the most famous. The red and white rice cakes during the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival, and the rice dumplings on the Winter Solstice are traditional foods loved by the people in Fuzhou. In recent years, the "Tai Chi Taro Paste" of Fuzhou Juchunyuan Hotel, the "Dingbian Paste", "Meat Balls", "Fish Balls", and "Bianrou Yan" of Antai Tower and Food Park have won the "Chinese Famous Snacks" award. "title.

Traditional arts - Fujian Opera, Pinghua, Shifan: Fujian Opera is also called "Fuzhou Opera". In the Ming Dynasty, Kunshan tune, Yiyang tune, etc. were introduced to Fuzhou, and Fuzhou dialect opera gradually emerged. Around the time when Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty came to the Revolution of 1911, they were called "Fujian Class". In 1924, Mr. Zheng Zhenduo published the traditional play "Purple Jade Hairpin" and other traditional plays, officially replacing the title of "Fujian Troupe" with "Fujian Opera". Pinghua is the main folk art variety in Fuzhou area. It pays attention to singing, speaking, acting and performance. It has the reputation of "living fossil of humanities". The original name of Shifan is "Xie Huan", which means harmony of sounds brings joy. It is one of the main local music in Fuzhou. It evolved from the folk dragon lantern dance and has melodious and beautiful tunes.

Fuzhou folk customs can be divided into five categories: festival customs, wedding and funeral customs, local customs, food customs, and clothing customs. The main ones include making lanterns, walking on stilts, dragon lantern dance, lion dance, dragon boat racing, Climbing and other folk activities.

Folk customs evolve in succession

The fashions and customs that have been popular among the people for thousands of years basically reflect the traditional living habits, moral norms and spiritual outlook of the people in Fuzhou. They are An important part and distinctive symbol of Fujian custom culture. From the perspective of historical evolution, Fuzhou customs inherit the legacy of ancient Yue culture and are heavily influenced by ancient Central Plains culture. At the same time, they are influenced by religion, especially Buddhism and Taoism. In modern times, they have absorbed and integrated overseas cultural customs.

In Fuzhou’s traditional seasonal festivals and customs, the Spring Festival and New Year greetings vividly reflect the traces of ancient Yue customs; while the Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, etc., as well as the traditional customs of weddings, funerals and birthdays, The intermarriage, betrothal, etc. and the folk customs such as Guan Gong's Birthday, Yingcheng God, Kuixing's Birthday, Tutu's Birthday, Luban's Birthday, etc. are obviously influenced by the Central Plains culture and are living fossils of ancient Central Plains culture.

Folks in Fuzhou worship and believe in the sea goddess Lin Moniang (also known as Mazu, commonly known as Mazu) and the land goddess Chen Jinggu (that is, Linshui Queen Mother Mrs. Chen, commonly known as Linshui Nai), which illustrates the Taoist influence on Fuzhou The profound influence of folk customs, especially Linshui Milk, which has been revered as the protector of women and children for hundreds of years, has penetrated into almost every household.

The Guanyin Festival, Ksitigarbha Festival, etc. in folk beliefs fully demonstrate the penetration of Buddhism. Buddhism and Taoism are worshiped by believers in the folklore center of Fuzhou, and Buddhist and Taoist deities are often enshrined in the same temple. Relatively speaking, Islam has little influence on Fuzhou's customs.

Since modern times, Fuzhou’s lifestyle has also been influenced by Catholicism and Christianity. Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, etc. vividly reflect the tradition of Fuzhou people being good at absorbing foreign cultural customs.

All folk customs are “passed down by predecessors and passed on to future generations” (Fuzhou proverb). On the one hand, we inherit the folk cultural heritage of our ancestors, and on the other hand, we create new folk culture for the next generation. . In addition, various cultures, including folk culture, are unprecedentedly active today, and old and new folk customs are constantly changing. We in Fuzhou are no exception. For example: Taiping eggs get smaller the more you eat them. Because duck eggs are homophones for "pressing chaos", Fuzhou people call them "peace eggs". On occasions such as wedding banquets, birthdays, farewells, and celebrations of the ninth year (those who meet the ninth year of life when they are not old enough), they should eat too much. But with the improvement of living standards, people's appetite is getting smaller and smaller, and they feel that they can't swallow the "behemoth" Taiping eggs in the banquet. For this reason, the chefs racked their brains and finally replaced them with quail eggs and pigeon eggs. This was both elegant and original, and gradually became a new custom. Moreover, quail is a homophone for safety, which is quite meaningful and was quickly accepted by the masses.

The Bo Lai Festival invades the Traditional Festival. In recent years, imported festivals such as Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, and Christmas have become urban trends. There is a traditional "Aojiu Festival" in Fuzhou. Married daughters must cook "Aojiu porridge" on the 29th day of the first lunar month and send them back to their parents' homes as early as possible to honor their parents. So far, the suburban counties of Fuzhou still maintain this custom, but the "Aojiu Festival" in urban areas has gradually been replaced by "Mother's Day". On this festival, flower shop business is particularly good. Banquets for parents can also be seen in restaurants. In addition, Valentine’s Day and Christmas are also being invaded. Recently, Fuzhou Hotel is planning to hold a traditional Chinese Valentine's Day event on this year's Chinese Valentine's Day. I wonder if it will capture the hearts of lovers.

The "longer one" needs to be turned into a regular employee. At traditional banquets, the eldest person sits "one elder". Take the Eight Immortals (table) banquet in the hall (front hall) of an old residential house as an example. The table on the left is a table, and the table on the left and inside is a table with one person, that is, the "eldest one". Only the eldest and senior person Only the person with the largest share is eligible to sit. But now the "longer one" has become a regular employee. No matter what kind of residence, whether it is an Eight Immortals table or a round table, the person on the middle table facing the door has the highest position. The person who sits in the highest seat is the host, the second is the person with the highest position, and the third is the "headman" among the distinguished guests. Those who sit in the "biggest seat" according to age and seniority are only found at family banquets and folk activities. From the table on the left to the one in the middle, it is easy for young people to understand. Of course, you have to go all the way.

Rebates replace wine packages. Fuzhou's traditional banquet has the custom of "bringing wine bags", that is, the host of the banquet not only makes the guests full and drunk (Fuzhou custom), but also asks you to bring back a large wine bag for your parents, wife and children to enjoy Enjoyment, which is very meaningful in an era of food scarcity. But in today's Rich Day Festival (a common saying in Fuzhou), the wine bag has become a burden when going to the banquet. No one will eat it when you bring it back, so you have to throw it away. For this reason, people have come up with many reform methods. First, they replaced wine bags with aluminum buckets, thermos bottles, etc., which caused such wine bags to become a disaster in the homes of frequent banquet guests. However, the custom of wine packages cannot be abolished, so in desperation, we had to replace it with cash rebates. Now when you go to a wedding banquet, you give a big red envelope, and the host returns you a small red envelope, which contains 10 yuan or 30 yuan. The guest is freed from the burden of the old wine bag and has a "wine bag" that can be put in his pocket. Happy but not doing it? As a result, many new folk customs are replacing old folk customs, and there is a situation where old and new folk customs alternate and coexist, and many of them contain innovative content.

Four major brands of Fujian culture

The outward-looking regional characteristics and long-standing historical heritage of Fuzhou's coastal areas have shaped the Fuzhou people's ability to take advantage of the trend, love to work hard and win, and be generous and loyal. The excellent quality of loving one's ancestors and loving one's hometown has formed a city's humanistic heritage with the distinctive characteristics of maritime culture such as openness, broadness, and inclusiveness, and has given birth to four major cultural brands, including Tanshishan Culture, Shipbuilding Culture, Three Lanes and Seven Alleys Culture, and Shoushan Stone Culture.

Tanshishan Culture

Tanshishan Culture is named after the ancient human ruins of Tanshishan. The site is located in Tanshi Village, Ganzhe Town, Minhou County, Fuzhou City. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit and the most complete prehistoric human cultural site with the most physical objects in China. Tanshishan Culture, which dates back more than 5,000 years, is comparable to Yangshao Culture and Hemudu Culture, and has unique and distinctive characteristics of maritime civilization. Since the Tanshishan Cultural Site was discovered in 1954, eight archaeological excavations have been conducted, and a number of important cultural relics including the pottery lamp known as "China's First Lamp" have been unearthed.

Shipping culture

Shipping culture refers to the ideological and cultural achievements formed during the establishment of Fujian Shipping in the late Qing Dynasty. Fujian Shipbuilding, founded in Mawei, Fuzhou in 1866, is recognized as "the cradle of China's modern navy" and the birthplace of China's modern industry, science and technology, and higher education. In the more than 40 years since its founding, Fujian Shipbuilding has vigorously carried out a series of activities to "rich the country and strengthen the army" such as building shipyards, building warships, manufacturing aircraft, running schools, attracting talents, and sending students to study abroad, etc., which promoted modern China's shipbuilding , metallurgy, telecommunications, railways, aircraft manufacturing and other new industries, and has left rich ideological and cultural achievements in Sino-Western cultural exchanges and other aspects.

The culture of "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys"

The culture of "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys" originated from the "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys" of Fuzhou's historical and cultural district. "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys" is located in the central urban area of ??Fuzhou (Gulou District). It is the general name for the lanes and lanes arranged from north to south on both sides of the South Back Street. The "three lanes" are Yijin Lane, Wenru Lane, and Guanglu Lane; the "seven lanes" are Yangqiao Lane, Langguan Lane, Ta Lane, Huang Lane, Anmin Lane, Gong Lane, and Jipi Lane. The basic pattern of the "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys" historical and cultural district was formed in the late Tang Dynasty. It reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, especially in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. It covers a total area of ??about 45 hectares and has more than 200 existing ancient buildings. The streets are connected and the lanes are connected. The alleys are connected, with whitewashed walls and black tiles, rigorous layout, exquisite houses, and skillful craftsmanship. It is known as the "Ming and Qing Ancient Architecture Museum" and "the living fossil of the Lifang system in Chinese cities." Many famous people in Fuzhou who are well-known in history also came from or are closely related to the "Three Lanes and Seven Alleys". The rich historical and cultural atmosphere contained therein concentratedly demonstrates the broad, profound, profound and harmonious heritage of Fuzhou's Fujian culture.

Shoushan Stone Culture

Shoushan Stone Culture takes Shoushan stone carvings as its carrier. The Shoushan Stone produced in Shoushan Township, Jin'an District, Fuzhou is a high-quality carved colored stone. It is known as the "gentleman of stones" and the "treasure of the country" because of its colorful, jade-like warmth and crystal clarity. Shoushan Tianhuang Stone is known as the "Treasure of the Country". "Stone Emperor", "King of Stone".