1. Lion dance

Lion dance can be divided into north and south. In the south, Guangdong’s lion dance is the most famous. The lion is made of colorful cloth strips. Each lion is performed by two people, one dancing the head and the other dancing the tail. During the performance, the lion dancers have to use various moves to express southern martial arts, which is very rich. Masculinity. It is the most common performance activity in various festivals in Guangdong.

2. Yingge?

It is said that there is Yangge in the north and Yingge in the south. There are English songs in Puning, Chaoyang, Huilai, Lufeng Jiazi, Chao'an and other places in Guangdong, among which the English songs in Puning and Chaoyang are the most famous. Yingge is a representative folk square emotional dance in Chaoshan area. It originated in the mid-Ming Dynasty and is based on the 108 heroes of Liangshan. The performers may hold English singing hammers or round drums, blending martial arts routines, dances and other art forms, with a rough and heroic momentum.

3. Burning pagodas

Pagoda burning is a folk activity carried out in the Chaoshan area during the Mid-Autumn Festival. According to legend, it was a signal for the Han people to revolt against the brutal rule of the Yuan Dynasty. Chaoshan pagoda burning is mostly a fun activity for teenagers. A few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, teenagers get busy, picking up broken tiles, collecting dead branches, waste wood chips and blocks, and start building the tile pagoda on the afternoon of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

After the moon rises in the sky, the tiles begin to burn. When the burning is fierce, the tiles are burned red and bright, and the flames at the mouth of the tower shoot straight into the sky. At this time, people put coarse-grained sea salt into the sky. , sprinkled handfuls into the tower, the tower made a crackling sound like firecrackers, and then sprinkled with sulfur, setting off a blue flame, which was very spectacular and attracted a large number of people to watch and appreciate.

In some places, tower burning is also regarded as a competition event. Those who build tall towers and burn them beautifully and vigorously will be rewarded after public review.

4. Dragon Burning

The most famous one is the Puzhai Dragon Burning in Fengshun. People will gather at the dragon dance field on festival nights to watch the dragon burning performance under the loud noise of firecrackers.

First, dozens of young people ran around the venue holding burning bamboo cables. Then, a giant dragon filled with fireworks appeared. Dragon dancers held up the dragon and danced in the venue. Finally, the dragon head began to spray After the fire and the dragon's body were burned, fireworks went off, the sound of gongs and firecrackers resounded through the sky, and the gorgeous fire dragons flew all over the place. The scene was very spectacular.

5. Late-night snacks

Late-night snacks are a custom of Guangzhou people, usually after ten o'clock in the evening, so they are called "late-night snacks" or "late-night snacks". The way to have late-night snacks varies from person to person: some people cook their own meals at night.

Some people go alone or invite close friends to eat in street food stalls or night markets in teahouses and restaurants. As a result, many "night food streets" have gradually formed in the city, as well as restaurants in various teahouses and hotels. "Night Market" cafe. Night markets in teahouses often have music cafes to attract diners.

6. Drink morning tea

Guangzhou people like to drink tea, especially morning tea. When we meet in the morning, we often greet people with "Drinking Cha Wei" (meaning "Have you had tea?"), which shows their preference for drinking tea. Drinking tea is a life custom of Guangzhou people. There is a popular proverb among the people that "a pot of tea in the morning will save you from seeing a doctor".

What Guangzhou people call drinking tea actually refers to drinking tea in a tea house (customarily called a tea house). Not only drinking morning tea, but also eating snacks (as breakfast); not only drinking morning tea, but also drinking afternoon tea and night tea; not only filling the belly, but also spreading news, talking about friendship and discussing business. It can be seen that tea drinking among Guangzhou people is actually a way of social communication.

This is also an important and fundamental reason why Guangzhou’s tea house industry has endured for hundreds of years. Among the time-honored restaurants in Guangzhou, a considerable number are tea houses and tea houses from back then.

7. Drinking herbal tea

Drinking herbal tea is also a year-round living habit of Guangzhou people. The so-called herbal tea refers to the decoction of Chinese herbal medicines with cold properties and the ability to relieve internal heat as a drink to eliminate the heat in the human body in summer or sore throat and other diseases caused by dryness in winter.

Guangzhou’s herbal tea has a long history and there are many varieties of herbal tea, including Wanglaoji herbal tea, Sanhutang herbal tea, Huang Zhenlong herbal tea, DaDaGong herbal tea, Shiqi herbal tea, 24-flavor herbal tea, gourd tea, healthy herbal tea, and honeysuckle herbal tea. Wuhua tea, dried ancient melon herbal tea, etc.; even Guiling paste soup, raw fish kudzu soup, carrot and bamboo cane water, etc. have become traditional and old-fashioned herbal teas loved by Guangzhou people.

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