Yibin folk custom is unique in southern Sichuan, which not only embodies the local cultural characteristics, but also has the infiltration of foreign culture, especially Hunan and Chu culture, so it has remarkable characteristics in food, clothing, housing and transportation, weddings and funerals, folk customs and belief worship. Cao Jiashu, director of the office of Jiaqinshan Museum in Jiang 'an District, Yibin City, recently told reporters that the old people in Yibin know that the custom of "wearing Yao pants in summer and Yao pa in winter" has been circulating for a long time. This dress shows the changes in clothing brought by people from Hunan and Hubei to Yibin, Sichuan. Yibin burning noodles, Yibin bean sprouts, Xufu rotten eggs, Hongqiao broken noodles, Shahe tofu, Nanxi dried tofu, Baixichao cake, Jessie Amomum cake and Nixi sesame cake are all famous snacks in Yibin. Yibin folk and urban food feast is the legendary nine bowls, including the first bowl, braised pork, wine and rice recipes. In addition, the folk also circulated the method of eating earthen hot pot. The oldest houses in Yibin are not high-rise buildings that are now poured with cement and steel bars, but are all built with stones, supported by the roots and stigmas of plants; The layout inherits the characteristics of Ming and Qing dynasties, with quadrangles and seals as the main body. In ancient times, Yibin mountain was high and the road was far. The rich often sit on the slide bar, while the poor only have "hard exercise" (walking). In the past, Yibin waterway was generally transported by wooden boats. Bridges connecting the two banks are mostly stone bridges, wooden bridges and a few iron cable bridges. In modern Yibin city, all kinds of modern bridges span the three rivers like rainbows, with great momentum. The marriage custom in Yibin has a coherent process, such as marriage recruitment, recruitment and marriage. So far, we have seen some clues in the wedding performance of Jia Qian Mountain in Jiang 'an. The funeral ceremony in Yibin is influenced by many cultures, which generally includes the process of obituary, writing ceremony, escorting, seeking shade and burial, which embodies the recognition and respect for life. Once a baby is born, there are customs such as three dynasties, full moon, grasping the week and worshipping bags. If the elderly celebrate their birthdays, they usually hold a grand birthday party, and relatives and friends compete to give gifts and congratulations. Yibin's wine culture and tea culture are particularly rich in connotation, which is manifested in folk customs. There are strict rules when to invite wine and tea. It is often said that it is a very decent thing to invite him to drink today. Yibin dialect has a distinct regional flavor and belongs to the mainstream branch of southern Sichuan dialect, especially the curled tongue and the flat tongue, which are mostly difficult to distinguish and have unique pronunciation. Among the commonly used phonetics, there are not only the remains of ancient Shu dialect, but also the influence of ancient and medieval phonetics, as well as the distinctive phonetic remains of Huguang. Yibin oral games are in the form of hanging feet and showing words. The festivals with unique Yibin characteristics include Pear Blossom Festival, Peach Blossom Festival, Plum Blossom Festival, Orange Blossom Festival, Gardenia Festival, Shooting Spring Bamboo Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Food Festival, Jiusheng Festival, Morning Tea Festival, Dragon Dance Festival, Miao Flower Mountain Festival, Mountain Treading Festival and Bo People's God Competition Festival. Among them, "Huashan Festival" is a traditional festival for Miao compatriots to inherit Miao culture and exchange feelings. Xingwen County, as the largest Miao nationality inhabited county in Sichuan Province, successfully held two unprecedented Huashan Festival, which protected and promoted the traditional culture of Miao nationality and added a lot of color to the tourism industry. According to the method of selecting provincial intangible cultural heritage by the Provincial Department of Culture, the Miao "Huashan Festival" fully meets the application conditions, and strives to declare this traditional culture as a national intangible cultural heritage. In 2006, among the "intangible cultural heritage protection" projects announced by Yibin municipal and county governments, there were 59 items at the municipal level 1 1. In the same year, after the evaluation by the provincial expert jury, Yibin Wuliangye traditional brewing technology, Yibin dough sculpture, Jiang 'an bamboo spring carving technology, Nanxi dried bean curd making technology, Gongxian tribute stone carving, Xingwenba high pile, Miao ancient songs, "Boatman Song" in the lower reaches of Jinjiang, Miao suona, Su Jichuan's "Insect Song" and other 65,438+. This year, the high pile of Xingwen Dam, the carving skill of Zhuquan in Jiang 'an County and the traditional brewing skill of Wuliangye in Yibin entered the national publicity procedure, and these three projects are expected to be named as national intangible heritage protection projects. This year, Yibin folk song "When will the Sophora flowers bloom" and "Song of Jinsha River" were selected by the Provincial Department of Culture, and will once again go to Beijing to participate in the cultural exhibition of "China Story" in the central area of the Olympic Park of Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and the special performance of "Sichuan Folk Song and Dance" in Beijing.