Anhui folk customs include

1. Jiuhuashan Temple Fair

Since the Tang Dynasty, Buddhists and local industrial and commercial circles have jointly held grand commemorative activities around the 3th day of the seventh lunar month (the auspicious birthday of the Tibetan Bodhisattva), and worshippers and tourists from far and near have flocked to the mountains. The temple fair system was restored in 1983, and it was held for 7 times in 1989. In 1989, the temple fair lasted for one month and held 12 activities.

Large-scale Buddhist activities include: the Buddha statue in Jintang of Baisui Palace and the opening ceremony of flawless body, the land and water ceremonies, the ceremonies to commemorate the 1294th anniversary of the birth of Jin Dizang (Jin Qiaojue), the three-altar precept taught by Gion Temple, and the address certification meeting of Master Huike, the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism. The networking activities include the first China Four Foshan Friendship Association, and the symposium of eminent monks and great virtues at home and abroad.

2. Fuyang Torch Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival is called Torch Festival in Fuyang. At night, I lit torches and traveled to my hometown to commemorate the Red Scarf Army Uprising led by Liu Futong. According to legend, Han Shantong and Liu Futong organized peasant uprisings, and they raised their torches in succession to respond, taking the lead in Yingzhou. There are nursery rhymes: "The city is full of fire, and the government is scattered; There is no one in the city, and the red scarf is sitting on the bench. " Shortly thereafter, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, young people in Yingzhou imitate the Red Scarf Army, wrap straw with straw and sunflower straw, and burn it in the wild, rocking it around until it is burned out. The local custom is called "burning torches", which has never failed.

3. Marriage in Huizhou

In the old days, marriage in Huizhou strictly followed the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. Generally, there are nine procedures: matchmaking, hiring, inviting a date, moving to a wedding, opening a face, welcoming a relative, visiting a bride, making trouble in the bridal chamber, and returning to the door. Matchmakers are generally older women, called "matchmakers". The employment is commonly known as "sending a burden", and the woman returns the gift on the same day after receiving the gift, and the marriage is fixed. On the wedding day, my aunt or aunt twisted the hairs on the bride's forehead with two silk threads, which is called "opening face", also known as "Lamian Noodles".

then, there are weddings, worshipping the bride and making trouble in the bridal chamber. On the third day after marriage, the groom accompanied the bride to pay homage to her parents, which is called "returning to the door". This is "the Ming media is married." There are other special forms such as child marriage, concubinage, changing relatives, stealing relatives, adopting by adoption, celebrating happiness, and pre-marital marriage. After 195s, the arranged marriage of parents was gradually replaced by free love, and the marriage was simple. After the 198s, some people took the form of tourist weddings and group weddings.

4. Wucang Club

The first day of the fifth lunar month is the day of the Wuyang Temple Fair in Xiuning County. At that time, the people in the four townships will gather in Haiyang to burn incense, praying for the five evil spirits to drive away evil spirits and turn evil into good fortune. In the temple fair parade, the "leading banner" opens the way, and the "deacon" manages the handyman along the way. Blue, white, black, red, yellow, green and blue flags are flying, followed by ten scenic poles, silence cards, umbrellas for all people, paper-tied idols of pigs, horses, cattle, sheep and arches, followed by local opera teams and acrobatic teams. This temple fair originated in the early Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought a saw-stopping war in southern Anhui for several years, and the soldiers and civilians died. After Zhu became emperor, he ordered the people in the south of the Yangtze River to build a "five-foot temple" in every village, and the soldiers who died were "five people", which was enshrined by the people. In Ming History, there is a saying that "the gods are in five cabins before and after the battle". So handed down from generation to generation, it evolved into a five-cabin temple meeting with a very strong incense.

5. Paper-cutting in Fuyang

Paper-cutting in Fuyang, Anhui Province has a wide range of applications. One is decorated with red paper clippings on festive occasions, such as window grilles, doornotes, snuff, wedding flowers, etc., and the contents are mostly symbols of good luck and joy, or metaphors; The other is used as embroidery patterns on children's clothing such as shoes, towels, bibs and stomachs, and the materials are generally flowers, birds and insects.

Fuyang paper-cutting is good at using the combination of thick and thin lines, alternating yin and yang engraving, and combining the thick and vigorous paper-cutting in the north of China with the delicate and beautiful paper-cutting in the south, forming a local characteristic with both rigidity and softness, harmonious rhythm, simplicity and beauty.

1. China Chaohu Fishing and Fire Music Festival

The China Chaohu Fishing and Fire Music Festival will be held in Chaohu, Hefei, Anhui Province. The fishing and fire on the Chaohu Lake from Zhongmiao to Laoshan Island will reflect the beautiful scenery of the lake; Many wonderful activities, such as "Night of the Great Lakes" concert, Lake Fresh Food Carnival, Dragon and Lion Dance Competition, Light and Shadow Chaohu Photo Grand Prix, were held on the lakeside, presenting an audio-visual feast for Hefei citizens.

2. China Huangmei Opera Art Festival?

is a cultural and art festival aimed at Huangmei Opera, one of the five famous operas in China. It was born in Anqing City, Anhui Province on October 6, 1992. It is the first Huangmei Opera Art Festival in China, one of the important art festivals for the exchange and exhibition of traditional culture and art in China, and the most representative cultural brand and symbolic cultural image in Anqing City, Anhui Province. ?

3. China (Xiaoxian) Fu Yang Festival

The Fu Yang Festival begins in the first day of the annual lodging season and lasts for one month. According to the solar terms of the lunar calendar, the third Geng day (one Geng for nine days) after the Summer Solstice is the "first crouching", the fourth Geng day is the "middle crouching", and the first Geng day after beginning of autumn is the "last crouching". In this month, people in Xiaoxian, Suzhou, Huaibei and other places concentrated in hotels, restaurants and special mutton restaurants, barbecue stalls, eating mutton and drinking mutton soup, so they called Fu Yang.

4. China International Poetry Festival

In order to carry forward the excellent national culture, inherit and carry forward the legacy of Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, enhance international friendship and cultural exchanges, and promote local economic development, Maanshan City, Anhui Province has held the annual China International Poetry Festival since 1989 during the annual Golden Autumn Double Ninth Festival.