The special custom of Yangzhong Town, Sanming City, Fujian Province is the dragon lantern: every year after the Spring Festival, from the fourth day of the Lunar New Year to the Lantern Festival, the town is most lively. At this time every year, people with the same surname in various parts of the ocean hold dragon lantern activities. When the date is determined, first of all, people will go to the temple to light lamps for the Bodhisattva in the early morning of that day, and then lead the Bodhisattva to a fixed place to pray for people with the same surname. This can be considered the opening ceremony of the dragon lantern. In the evening (about after dinner), the Dragon Lantern Festival starts, and you will see several long dragons following the dragon beads to pay New Year greetings to people from all over the ocean. Each association will open the door early, prepare a large number of firecrackers and fireworks to await the arrival of the dragon, and pray for the dragon to have good weather in the coming year.
Yangzhong Town, Youxi County, Sanming City, is located in the northeast of Youxi County. Yangzhong Village, the seat of the town People’s Government, is 48 kilometers away from the county seat and 32 kilometers away from Youxikou Town. It is 98 kilometers away from Fuzhou and 116 kilometers away from Sanming. The establishment of the interchange has made Yangzhong the first stop for Fuzhou to enter Sanming. The east gate of Sanming City is the forefront of connecting with the provincial capital, southeastern Fujian and even the entire East China market. The town borders Jinsha Township in Minqing County in the east, Xibin Town in Youxi County in the west, Tangchuan and Xwei Townships in Youxi County in the south, and Zhanghu Town in Nanping City in the north. The town has a total land area of ??363 square kilometers, mainly mountains and hills.
Yangzhong grass root soup is a special snack in Yangzhong Town. Every year at the beginning of winter (especially mid-autumn), every household in Yangzhong is busy "replenishing the winter" (drinking grass root soup to replenish the body), and they all It is said that "toning" is most effective on the day of Beginning of Winter. Use the grass roots that grow wild in the mountains in front of and behind the house to strengthen your body.