What's the alias of Jieyang? Rongcheng? An ancient town in eastern Guangdong belonged to Baiyue during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is a famous historical and cultural city in Guangdong Province and one of the oldest counties in Guangdong Province. Today, piggy will tell you what special traditional customs and delicacies this historical and cultural city has.
Those famous traditional customs?
1、? Welcome, your Excellency
Jieyang believes in Buddhism and Taoism, which is one of the unique folk customs of Chaoshan culture. Citizens collectively refer to the gods they worship as? Master? . Every year in the first month, every village will hold the custom of empty lanes for the New Year? Welcome the master, that is, the festival of wandering gods. ? Welcome, your Excellency It is a major attraction during the Spring Festival in Jieyang.
2. Bayberry Torch Festival
Yangmei? Torch Festival? It is a unique traditional folk cultural activity in Yangmei Village, which has a history of more than 300 years. On the fifth and sixth day of every year, there are literary and artistic parades during the day and torch parades on the sixth night. After two days of entertainment, the most lively is the night of the sixth day of the first month. At this time, the villagers gathered in front of their respective halls to set off fireworks and firecrackers, and the elders presided over the ceremony of receiving fire and passing it on. The team moved slowly along the village road, praying for safe entry and exit, rolling in financial resources and prosperous life and business!
3. Swing pigs and sheep
Jieyang shuolian village? Swing pigs and sheep? This custom is grand and simple, and it is very famous in the local area with a history of more than 500 years. In order to celebrate the prosperity and healthy life in the past year, we pray for good weather, prosperous business, good luck and a happy life in the new year.
On the 16th and 17th day of the first lunar month, Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth and Guan Gong hold festivals, and ten natural villages are under his jurisdiction. Ten clubs? ) take turns to host, each natural village only takes turns once every ten years.
Because of the different folk customs in different places, waving pigs and sheep? The event attracted a large number of people from surrounding areas to visit, and usually many photographers went to capture the lens.
In addition, besides offering sacrifices to pigs and sheep, the rich will also take out all valuable items at home to show their sincerity. After the ceremony, families will carry their own pigs and sheep back and chop them up, because the local people think it is a kind of wealth.
4. Qiao Lin Fireworks Fire Dragon
Qiao Lin Fireworks Dragon? It has a history of more than 600 years and is a national intangible cultural heritage, which integrates dance, costume, trendy music and martial arts. What is it divided into? Youlong? 、? Dragon dance? 、? The burning dragon? Three forms.
Jieyang Qiao Lin Fireworks Fire Dragon started from Panxi Ancient Bridge (formerly known as Qiao Lin) in Ming Dynasty. It is said that? The burning dragon? This folk custom of New Year greetings originated in the late Ming Dynasty. This is a way for Qiao Lin people to celebrate their victory after successfully fighting against violence and foreign aggression, which later evolved into a folk custom of greeting in the New Year. Villagers in Qiao Lin have also passed on this traditional custom to this day to express their good wishes for the good weather, the country and the people.
It should be noted that the Qiao Lin Fireworks Dragon may not be held in the first month of each year. Due to folk beliefs, this activity will not be held in the Year of the Loong or in the year when the dragon's life and Xiao Xiang are in conflict.
After talking about traditional customs, the next question is almost the concern of every friend who plans to travel. What local cuisines are worth trying?
Chaoshan cuisine has extensive similarities. You can also eat very delicious Chaoshan cuisine in Jieyang, such as beef hotpot, rice rolls, oyster sauce and so on.
Today, I will introduce you to other different Jieyang cuisines.
1, sand-proof yolk
Sand prevention? Sand? , refers to sugar. Chaoshan people are proficient in making many sand-proof foods, such as sand-proof taro and sand-proof sweet potato, but the most delicious and famous one is sand-proof egg yolk.
About the anti-killing of egg yolk, it is actually to pour the fried egg yolk into the pot, and then shake the pot hard, so that each egg yolk is stained with melted sugar at every angle and keeps shaking. The finished product is sweet, fragrant, crisp and crisp with unique flavor.
2. Chaozhou sweet soup
Is sweet soup what Cantonese people often say? Sugar water? What do we call it in Chaoshan? Sweet soup? . Compared with the common Guangdong sugar water, Jieyang's sweet soup bowl is full of ingredients. The point is that it is cheap.
Sweet soup can be said to be an indispensable dessert in Jieyang market. There are many kinds, such as eight-treasure porridge, turtle paste, seaweed, mung bean and so on. Both hot and cold are suitable. Especially now that summer is here, it is enough to drink a bowl of iced sweet soup on the street ~
3, salty fairy cake
Xianxian cake is a traditional snack with a long history in Jieyang. Its taste has been passed down for decades. Although it looks ugly, it tastes delicious and carries the memory of Rongcheng for decades.
The Xianxian Cake Shop on Hanci Road is very busy every day. Buy a salty fairy cake and taste its delicacy. Sometimes happiness is that simple!
Jieyang's food will be introduced here first! Although it doesn't seem like much, only when you go to Jieyang in person will you find that you need to bring an extra stomach, so that you won't come for nothing.