China's folk culture has a long history and is a colorful cultural memory of the Central Plains. In the Central Plains, which is known as the cradle of Chinese civilization and the hometown of etiquette, hardworking and brave Central Plains people have formed many fashions and customs in their long-term production and life, which have been passed down from generation to generation, and have accumulated into a colorful and distinctive Central Plains folk culture. The Central Plains folk culture includes not only the customs of clothing, food, housing and transportation, but also the customs of etiquette in daily social communication. Life manners and customs such as childbirth, weddings and funerals, festivals and customs such as Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, including the customs and fashions of daily life, productive labor, industrial and commercial trade, folk festivals, folk arts and crafts, etc.

The Central Plains was the center of political, economic and cultural activities in Xia and Shang Dynasties and the Western Zhou Dynasty. As early as this period, a relatively systematic etiquette system was initially formed. Later, they gradually evolved into the traditional etiquette system in China. The wedding customs in the Central Plains first appeared at the end of ancient couples' marriages and the beginning of individual marriages, and became perfect in the Western Zhou Dynasty, gradually forming the "Six Rites" of accepting gifts, asking names, accepting gifts, inviting guests, and welcoming relatives. On this basis, they evolved into marriage customs such as proposing marriage, setting ceremony and marrying, which have continued to this day and become the main wedding customs in China. According to archaeological excavations, By the Zhou Dynasty, a relatively complete set of funeral etiquette had been formed, which became an important custom in China.

The customs at the age of 21 closely related to production and life, such as walking on stilts, rowing dry boats, playing with lions, hanging lanterns and other "playing with social fires", such as offering sacrifices to stoves in off-year years, observing the new year's eve, eating jiaozi in New Year's Eve, paying New Year's greetings, lighting lanterns at Lantern Festival, offering sacrifices to ancestors and sweeping graves in Qingming Festival, inserting mugwort leaves in Dragon Boat Festival, and watching stars begging on Tanabata It is also popular all over the country.

The Spring Festival is commonly called "New Year" or "New Year's Day" in the Central Plains. After the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, preparations for new year's goods began. As early as the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, offering sacrifices to the kitchen god was one of the "five sacrifices". On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as "New Year's Eve", every household had to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god. Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the last day of the twelfth lunar month, people in the Central Plains have called it. Every household should post Spring Festival couplets, which originated from the peach symbol created by the Yellow Emperor. People eat jiaozi on the first day of the lunar calendar, mainly taking its meaning of "making friends at a younger age".

New Year's greetings are an important activity during the Spring Festival. After the third day, neighbors, relatives and friends pay New Year greetings to each other, which lasts until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.

The folk Lantern Festival in the Central Plains is rich in content and large in scale. The Tenth Five-Year Plan ".Lighting lanterns at 15 o'clock in the first month is an important activity to pray for the gods during the Lantern Festival. During the Spring Festival, there are also colorful" playing social fire "in the Central Plains, such as walking on stilts, rowing dry boats, playing with lions, hanging lanterns, etc. It originated from the worship of ancient land and fire, and has evolved into a comprehensive cultural activity of folk traditions since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and has become an important part of the national Spring Festival cultural activities. The Central Plains has long been a small-scale peasant economic production mode. It has always worshipped the dragon god who can call the wind and rain. It is said that the dragon rose to heaven on the second day of the second lunar month, and the ancient Central Plains people designated this day as the "Dragon Head-raising Festival". On this day, all kinds of activities were carried out, one was to pray for rain from the dragon king, and the other was to pray for disaster relief and detoxification. Sacrificing ancestors to sweep the grave was the central content of Tomb-Sweeping Day custom in the Central Plains. On Qingming Day, people took sacrifices to the cemetery to burn paper and light candles to pay homage to their ancestors. Both men and women wear willow rings. In the pre-Qin period, there was a custom of Dragon Boat Festival in the Central Plains. The Dragon Boat Festival in the Central Plains not only had the custom of eating zongzi, pasting Ai Hu, hanging calamus and drinking realgar wine, but also popular some customs of eliminating disasters and diseases and preventing plague. On this day, people put the collected mugwort leaves on the doors to ward off evil spirits. The "Chinese Valentine's Day" on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month originated from the myth of "Cowherd and Weaver Meet in Tianhe" which first spread in the Central Plains. Therefore, it is also called "Begging for Cleverness Festival".

The Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of August in the lunar calendar originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to the moon to welcome the cold in the ancient Central Plains. As a festival, it took shape in the Western Han Dynasty, and there was a move to enjoy the moon in the Jin Dynasty. It was officially named the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Northern Song Dynasty, and it has been prosperous ever since. The Double Ninth Festival on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month has a long history, and its origins are also different. In ancient Central Plains, people mostly started from the Southern Liang Wu Jun's There are customs such as traveling, climbing mountains, looking far away, inserting dogwoods and drinking chrysanthemum wine to avoid disasters and take refuge, so it is also called "Climbing Festival". In addition, in the traditional concept of the Central Plains people, "Double Nine" means long life, health and longevity. There are many activities of respecting, loving and respecting the elderly centered on the elderly on this day. The folk customs in the Central Plains are not only reflected in various manners and customs. It is also reflected in folk festivals, folk arts, folk crafts and other folk cultural activities.

The ancient folk temple fairs in the Central Plains are enduring, mainly including the grand Taihaoling temple fair, the lively Zhongyue temple fair and the grand Xunxian ancient temple fair. Among them, Taihaoling temple fair has the longest history. It was founded in the Spring and Autumn Period in Fuxiling, Taihao, and Huaiyang, which are commonly known as "ancestral temples". Every year, from February 2 to March 3 of the lunar calendar, There are an endless stream of good men and women from Henan, Anhui, Shandong, Hebei, Hubei and other places. Some of them worship their ancestors and some touch the "descendants kiln". During the temple fair, the "selected team" who came to burn incense and worship Buddha sang and danced in front of Taihao Mausoleum, and acrobatics, lions, dragon lanterns, bamboo horses and dry boats were also busy. The toy "mud dog" sold at the temple fair. The temple fair lasted for more than a month from the first day of the first month to the second day of February, and spread to more than 81 cities and counties in the surrounding five provinces. At the peak, the daily flow of people was nearly 311,111. The county town was surrounded by four gates and four streets, and the crowds were like a tide. Dozens of social circles gathered in the square garden of the county town, and merchants from several provinces rushed to the meeting as scheduled, which was called "the first ancient temple fair in North China". The Central Plains folk book club Majie Book Club was famous all over the country. Since the Yuan Dynasty, it has been held on the 13th day of the first month There are many kinds of quyi, including Henan pendant, Hubei fishing drum, Sichuan qingyin, Shandong qinshu and Fengyang flower drum, which can be described as flowers in full bloom. Since the Northern Song Dynasty, the night market has become a beautiful scenery in the ancient city of Kaifeng, and it continues to this day. Whenever night falls, when the lights are on, the fragrant snack car fills the main streets of Kaifeng, and the melodious hawking is mixed with the clash of tableware. I can't forget to return. The Luoyang water mat that appeared more than 1,111 years ago and the Daokou roast chicken that appeared more than 311 years ago are the best food in the Central Plains. It is famous both at home and abroad. The climate in the Central Plains is mild and sunny. The peony in Luoyang, the chrysanthemum in Kaifeng and the lotus in Zhengzhou decorate the Central Plains in different seasons. Since the Tang Dynasty, the peony in Luoyang has enjoyed the reputation of "the best in the world". In the Northern Song Dynasty, it was said that "flowers bloom for 21 days. People in one city are crazy about flowers. Every spring season, peonies compete to open, and the flowers are beautiful.

Xinyang tea has a long history. As early as 1,211 years ago, Xinyang tea festival became one of the eight major tea areas in China. Since 1992, Xinyang tea festival has become a folk festival with distinctive local characteristics. In addition, there are famous Songshan Shaolin Kung Fu and wen county in the Central Plains. There are folk arts such as social fire in western Henan, Lingbao shadow play and Kaifeng drum; Well-known folk handicrafts at home and abroad are dazzling, such as Kaifeng Bianxiu with changeable stitches, ancient and simple Zhuxian Town woodblock New Year pictures, colorful Luoyang Tang Sancai, beautifully sculpted Nanyang jade carvings, humorous and interesting folk clay play, and pyrography with smooth lines, and so on.

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