Yuanxiao Festival The 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar is known as the Yuanxiao Festival, also known as the "Festival of the Upper Yuan" and the "Festival of Lights". Families use carrots filled with wax oil to make lamps and send them to their ancestors' graves and the corners of their yards. At night, it is customary to set off fireworks, and children burn them to relieve boredom. During the festival, "Yuanxiao", playing rice-planting songs, dancing dragon lanterns, lively and extraordinary.
February 2, commonly known as the small dragon head. Men get haircuts on this day. Farmers fry beans, called "scorpion beans", meaning to prevent poisonous insects. Playing "grain hoard" (with grass ash scattered into several sets of circles, sprinkled with grains and cereals), praying for a good year. In the old days, it was customary to go to the Land Temple to sacrifice to the God of the Land, which has been abolished today.
The Qingming Festival to sweep the graves of ancestors, add soil pressure paper. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, organizations and schools are equal to this day to sweep the graves of martyrs. In the old days, the day before the Qingming Festival for the Cold Food Festival, banning fire and cold food, and the custom of playing the swing.
Duanwu Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month for the Dragon Boat Festival, eat zongzi and cooked eggs. Children to colorful thread tie neck, wrist. In the morning, "pulling dew", picking ai hanging above the portal to avoid the plague. The new daughter-in-law "to send the Dragon Boat Festival", from the mother's home with dumplings sent to the in-laws relatives and neighbors.
June 6, the old custom of eating fried noodles, exposure book. The new son-in-law to the husband's family "now new".
July 7 was formerly known as the "Begging for a coincidence festival". Zhaoyuan over this festival is the sixth day of the seventh month, commonly known as: "Zhaoyuan people anxious, take the first six when the first seven". During the festival, we make "Qiao Cake", and children wear it with thread, which is called "wearing small fruits". In the old days, women gave birth to "coquettish buds" (to grains and cereals buds), dedicated sister (Weaving Maiden), begging the Weaving Maiden to give skillful hands.
The 15th day of the 7th month, formerly known as the Mid-Yuan Festival, is also known as the Ghost Festival, where lanterns are hung to illuminate the way for ghosts. In the evening of this day, the family tree is hung, offerings are made to ancestors, and dumplings are eaten.
Mid-Autumn Festival On the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, the Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated as the Mid-Autumn Festival, when friends and relatives give gifts such as mooncakes and roasted chicken. In the evening, they feast and enjoy the moon and share mooncakes.
October 1 The first day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar is the Autumn Festival, when people visit their graves and pay homage to their ancestors.
Winter Solstice The winter solstice is commonly known as the winter solstice, and it is also customary to hang a genealogy for ancestors. Buns are eaten at noon and dumplings at night.
Laha The eighth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as Laha, drink "Laha congee", hold "Laha garlic".
The 23rd day of the Lunar month of the lunar calendar is the day to quit the stove, also known as the New Year. It is also known as the New Year's Eve. Steam sticky cakes, offer sugar melons, and burn the statue of the God of the Stove.
Lunar festivals In addition to traditional festivals, some commemorative lunar festivals gradually accepted by the people of the county, but the scope of activities, the depth and breadth of different.