Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month: Lantern Festival is held on the fifteenth day of the first month. In Xuzhou City, lights are lit, firecrackers are set off, and "golden drops" are lit. To the east of Gupi and Pixian, there are fewer firecrackers and lanterns, and there are more games of "throwing brooms" torches. Further east to Xinyi, the activity mode is similar to Pixian, but the time to play with the torch is on the second day of February.

Wedding custom: On the wedding day, the woman in Xuzhou area must arrive at the man's house before 12 noon, but the time for the woman to arrive at the man's house must be after sunset in several townships in the northwest of Fengxian County and several townships in the southeast of Xinyi.

Laba porridge: On Laba, people have to eat Laba porridge, which has been a custom for thousands of years. The so-called Laba porridge is porridge made of glutinous rice and dried fruits of miscellaneous grains such as red beans, red dates, longan, lotus seeds and peanuts. Folklore calls this day "off-year". Laba porridge has such ingredients to comply with farmers' wishes for a bumper harvest in the coming year.

On February 2nd Dragon's Rise: On February 2nd Dragon's Rise Day, in Xuzhou City, the gods (land lords) are sacrificed, and popcorn and fried sugar beans show that they are startled and thunder. Circle the warehouse with firewood ash, put copper coins in the warehouse to pray for wealth, and curse the poisonous insects by knocking on the bed and shining candlelight. In Pixian area, warehouses are fenced with plant ash, and whole grains are buried in the warehouses, praying for bumper harvests, and frying rice flowers and sugar beans means frying pests to death.

Fu Yang Festival: a traditional food festival in China, which starts from the first day of the traditional lunar calendar and ends at the last day of the lunar calendar every year, and lasts for one month. "Eating sheep in the dog days" has a long history in Xuzhou, which can be traced back to the Yao and Shun period. There is a folk saying in Xuzhou that "a bowl of soup for a sheep does not require a doctor to prescribe a prescription".

Extended information

The development and changes of "Fu Yang Festival" have had a far-reaching impact on society. First of all, the "Fu Yang Festival" has been formed and widely responded by all sectors of society precisely because it has the significance of historical inheritance and ethnic identity. Xuzhou has endowed this long-standing tradition with its own emotional connotation and produced a strong sense of identity, thus showing cohesion and centripetal force in the process of transformation and innovation.

Although "Fu Yang Festival" can't be compared with Xuzhou's intangible culture in cultural connotation, it plays a very important role in maintaining Xuzhou's food tradition and creating a new look of Xuzhou's food culture, that is, it not only allows the general public to actively participate in various practices with rich food characteristics, but also enables the public to deeply understand Xuzhou's food culture and customs charm through festivals.

Secondly, the local festival "Fu Yang Festival" helps to build the image of Xuzhou. In such a fiercely competitive society, Xuzhou's position as a "Han Dynasty" cultural resort is facing various challenges. If we want to continue to adhere to the characteristics of the city, we must explore something with more innovative value. Therefore, finding the folk traditions endowed by regional characteristics shows extraordinary value.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Fu Yang Festival