Guangdong Folk Customs Grand View Garden

“Every place has different characteristics.” Today, let me take you into the Guangdong Folk Customs Grand View Garden!

Herbal tea

Cantonese people like to drink herbal tea the most. They believe that herbal tea is the body’s insurance company.

It can cure diseases if it is sick, and it can also be cured if it is not sick. Prevent disease. If adults do not drink several cups of herbal tea (mostly Wong Lao Kat) within a month, and infants and children do not drink Seven Star Tea once every 2-3 days, their health is considered to be unsafe.

Bamboo sugarcane grass root water is one of the Guangdong herbal teas. It has the effects of clearing away heat and reducing internal heat, promoting body fluids and quenching thirst, moistening the lungs and detoxifying.

Commonly used herbal teas such as Wuhua tea, Xia Sangju, Wanglaoji, etc. are all composed of medicines that are bitter in taste and cold in nature. They are suitable for stagnation diseases such as colds, headaches and fever. Among them, Wanglaoji has the most cooling properties, while Wuhuacha and Xia Sangju are relatively mild. Children's Seven Star Tea is composed of medicines with a sweet taste and mild cold properties. It is suitable for children with colds, fever, irritability and teeth clenching. It is suitable for people with strong physique, strong fire and dampness, frequent sore throat, dry stool, red tongue and yellow greasy coating. However, the only thing foreigners feel after drinking herbal tea is the word "bitter"! When I drink herbal tea, I take a sip and stuff it in all at once.

A few slices of tangerine peel to remove the bitterness.

Guangdong Winter Jasmine Flower Market

Guangzhou is known as the “Flower City”, and its annual Winter Jasmine Flower Market has attracted worldwide attention. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the streets and alleys in Guangzhou are filled with flowers and pots of oranges, and spring flower exhibitions are held in major parks, especially three days before New Year's Eve. Colored pavilions and flower stands were erected on the main streets in various districts. Flower farmers from all over the country came in to sell flowers and oranges. The ten-mile long street was filled with flowers and crowds of people. The scene continued until the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year. Just now they dispersed, this is Guangzhou’s unique New Year’s Eve flower market.

Flower planting is an industry in Guangzhou with a history of more than 100 years. As early as the Five Dynasties and the Southern Han Dynasty, there were many jasmine flower fields in Zhuangtou Village on the south bank of the Pearl River. Suxin, the favorite concubine of Liu Huan, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, was the flower-planting girl in Zhuangtou. Kumquat symbolizes "good luck and good fortune". Similar to it is the fruit of generations, which means prosperity from generation to generation: Buddha's hand fruit, shaped like the palm of a finger, is like a believer's pious worship, elegant and solemn, and is deeply favored by good men and women.

At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month every year, a large number of narcissus heads are shipped from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. After people buy them back, they cultivate them carefully and control the flowering period by adjusting the water temperature and sunlight. Daffodils seem to be able to soothe people's emotions. They often bloom one after another during the family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, or amidst the sound of firecrackers on the first day of the first lunar month. This scene brings endless fun to people. As the saying goes, "flowers bloom and bring wealth," which happens to be a good sign. In addition, daffodils are beautiful, graceful and fragrant, so they are a must-have for every household.

Of course, there are many folk customs in Guangdong.

For example: making soup,

lion dancing, planting square bamboos, and even cow dancing in some places... The folk customs of each place have different characteristics, waiting for us to discover them!