The method of writing a handwritten newspaper for the Aojiu Festival is as follows: first draw the relevant characteristics of the festival, leave enough space to describe the festival, introduce the program to others, and promote traditional culture.
The following is the content of the handwritten newspaper: In the famous Sanfangqixiang Ancient Street District in Fuzhou, the "Antailou Restaurant", which is famous for selling delicacies and traditional Fujian cuisine, has also set up an "Aojiu Festival" porridge delivery point at the entrance of the store to serve the customers.
Citizens are given free "Aojiu porridge" made with red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds, brown sugar and glutinous rice.
Free distribution of "Aojiu porridge" during the "Aojiu Festival" has become a traditional activity of the time-honored restaurant "An Tai Lou Restaurant".
Before the "Aojiu Festival", it also specially invited Fuzhou folklore experts to explain the origin of the "Aojiu Festival" to diners.
Its operators said they hope to pass on this traditional Fuzhou festival.
"Aojiu Festival" is a unique traditional folk festival in Fuzhou, also known as "Filial Piety Festival" and "Feeding the Poor Festival".
Early this morning, Fuzhou people use glutinous rice, brown sugar, peanuts, red dates, water chestnuts, sesame, longan and other raw materials to cook sweet porridge, called "Aojiu porridge", which is used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends; especially those who are married.
Daughters must send a bowl of "Aojiu porridge" back to their parents' home to honor their parents and wish them peace and health.
This custom is still prevalent in Fuzhou.
An old mother who drank "Aojiu porridge" said that "Aojiu porridge" contains not only brown sugar, peanuts, red dates, longan, etc., but also the filial piety of her children, which is sweet to the heart.
The "拋九节" has been interpreted as a social custom of respecting the elderly and advocating filial piety, which has been carried forward in Fuzhou.
During the "Yujiu Festival", Lulei Village, Chengmen Town, Cangshan District, Fuzhou held a grand "filial piety banquet" for thousands of people in the Chen family ancestral hall: 195 tables were filled inside and outside the ancestral hall.
Two thousand elderly people over fifty were sitting at the table, chatting leisurely, eating delicious food, and enjoying the wonderful performances of Fujian opera on the stage; while the young people in the village were busy serving food and tea.
This banquet custom of the Aojiu Respect for the Aged Day has been followed in the local area for more than 20 years.