Weihai is close to the sea. Let’s talk about the customs of fishermen. Taboos When eating at fishermen’s houses, fish is indispensable. When you want to turn the fish over, you cannot say “turn over” but “turn over” or “paddle over”; eat dumplings.

Don't say "dumplings" when eating, you should say "cook dumplings"; chopsticks should be placed on the table after eating, not on the bowl; fishermen use coal as fuel when cooking, but they don't say coal but say zhazi, because in

To them, "coal" means "mold".

The highlight of the new boat is that fishermen regard the fishing boat as their partner and the basis for their survival. Therefore, the fishermen take great care of it and endow it with spirituality. In the past, each wooden fishing boat had a pair of protrusions that resembled a big fish.

Eyes. After a new boat is built, only the eyes are painted. On the auspicious day, the boat owner will beat gongs, drums, and firecrackers to dot the eyes of the new boat himself. Other fishermen will also shout good luck slogans and put on their coats in red.

The new green boat moved from the shore to the sea step by step.

Worshiping Gods on Festivals In ancient times, fishermen mainly worshiped the Dragon King, the God of Poseidon, and the God of Wealth, and worshiped them according to certain festivals.

On New Year's Eve or on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, fishermen go to the Dragon King Temple and the Poseidon Temple to burn incense and bow, or go to the beach to place offerings and burn incense paper to pray for the gods to bless them for a peaceful year. The fishermen have a God of Wealth in their homes. Every time before going to sea, fishermen must

It is customary to burn three sticks of incense to pray for the gods to bless them.

Sacrifice to the Fishing God When fishermen go out to sea for the first time to pull a net, after catching a fish, they first steam the big fish and put it on a plate. They burn wine and incense at the bow of the boat and pray to the Dragon King for blessings on the sea.

When several boats catch fish together, whose boat catches the fish first will set off firecrackers, beat gongs and drums, and select the biggest and best fish for the bow.

Observing Dragon Wind Every year on the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, it is called "Dragon Wind Day" by fishermen. It is said that the Dragon King predicts the weather of the year on this day. After midnight, fishermen get up to observe the weather, the strength, direction and direction of the wind.

The position and brightness of the stars can be used to predict the weather for a year, because the most important thing when working at sea is not the rain, snow, and dust, but the wind.

Rongcheng fishermen have a history of worshiping the sea during Grain Rain.

As the saying goes, "When Grain Rain arrives, hundreds of fish will come ashore."

It turns out that prawns, yellow croaker, hairtail, herring, mackerel, and pomfret that swim to the deep sea and southern seas in winter... once the Grain Rain is over, they swim back to the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea to feed and lay eggs.

The sea area around Rongcheng is a place where fish must pass. At this time, there are many fish and the fish are big, which is the golden season for fishing.

Therefore, after the fishermen happily passed the Guyu Festival, they could go to sea continuously for more than a month.

The traditional Fishermen's Festival is as grand as the Chinese New Year.

A few days before the festival, every family is busy killing chickens and ducks, buying meat and making wine. Women also steam red dates and big glutinous rice, which symbolize auspiciousness.

Interestingly, the women who are handy also have to make white rabbits out of dough and steam them.

In the early morning of Guyu, when my husband came home from fishing, he unexpectedly stuffed the white rabbit into his arms.

It is an ancient local custom to "pin the waist and pin it". They let their husbands carry the white rabbit, which symbolizes good luck, to wish their relatives a safe trip to the sea and a good fishing harvest.

On Guyu day, every house is filled with cigarettes and firecrackers.

Fishermen carry whole pigs to the seaside to make offerings, offering sacrifices to the sea to pray for a good harvest and ensure safety.

After the sacrifice, they would sit cross-legged on the pit of the captain's house, or gather together at the fishing port or the beach, eating large pieces of meat, drinking from large bowls, making punches and guessing orders, drinking to their heart's content until they were drunk.

It is an ancient custom in fishing villages to drink to your heart's content during the Guyu Festival. It is said that only by doing so can everything go well in the new year.

If you take leftover wine home, you will be in trouble this year.

Since 1991, Rongcheng City has aimed to promote traditional folk culture, promote the development of fishery production, and prosper the emerging tourism industry. It combines traditional customs with new ideas of the times, integrates tourism and economy, and integrates culture, entertainment and commodity economy***

With the purpose of sharing prosperity, the Fishermen's Festival is held once a year, starting from April 20, and the festival lasts for three days.

The first festival was attended by 100,000 fishermen and Chinese and foreign guests.

At the opening ceremony, more than 600 people performed a large-scale group song and dance "Fishermen Celebrate the Harvest", including traditional dances such as "The Lady Sends Lanterns", "Bamboo Bucket Dance", "Land Boat Race", and "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea".

The fishermen traditionally offer sacrifices to the sea, and invite guests from far and wide to drink and celebrate the harvest with them. Visitors can take this opportunity to visit fishing villages and fishermen's houses, learn about customs and customs in the festive atmosphere, and have a glimpse of the style of the fishing village.

At the same time, the fishermen carried out many competitions with the characteristics of fishing villages on the sea: rowing, rowing, pulling boats, and weaving nets.

At night, a sea lantern show was held in Shidao Harbor.

The story of the Poseidon Queen holding a red light to guide fishermen is widely circulated along the coast of Rongcheng.

In order to commemorate the Goddess of the Sea, every Grain Rain Festival, every household hangs lanterns to show good luck.

The Lantern Festival on the Sea is held according to this custom.

The characteristics of the fishing village are displayed everywhere. More than 70 masterpieces of lanterns are arranged on the thousand-meter-long harbor. The fireworks and water light set off the scene, which is very spectacular. Among the lanterns are "Carp Jumping over the Dragon Gate", "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Lotus Fairy", etc.

There are traditional themes and "modern fishing village" scene lights that reflect the real life of fishermen.

During the festival, flower exhibitions, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, local famous products, seafood exhibitions and economic and trade business talks are also held.

People who care about religious activities held a ceremony to worship Master Zhang Baogao and Master Yuanren at the local Chishan Fahua Temple.

Weihai dialect: (1) Heaven, earth, time. The sun is called the sun.

Venus is called Mullah.

The meteor is called the thief star.

Hongdujiang.

Xia said it was burning red.

Hail said Ling (pronounced leng) Zi.

Wuyu means mist and dew.