What folk customs are there in Yangzhong?

Custom of building houses: When people build new houses, they usually ask Yin and Yang teachers to look at geomantic omen, choose auspicious days to build houses, choose auspicious days to start construction and choose auspicious days to install beams. There are ceremonies such as "warming beams", "throwing beams" and "offering beams", and firecrackers are set off to celebrate. On that day, relatives and friends sent golden flowers, happy birthday, fish, steamed bread, zongzi and other gifts to congratulate them, and the host gave a banquet to entertain relatives and friends. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, I still followed the old habits. After the 1970s, I asked Yin and Yang teachers to watch the decline of Feng Shui.

Shouqing: Shouqing usually begins at the age of 30 and is celebrated every ten years. There is a saying in Yangzhong that you can celebrate your birthday at the age of 30, but not at the age of 40 (because "four" and "death" are homophonic and unlucky). The night before the birthday celebration, relatives and friends come to give gifts and set off firecrackers, which is called "warm birthday". Birthday celebration, drinking China noodles in the evening (eating noodles at noon) to entertain guests. Birthday gifts are generally fish, meat, peaches (made of noodles or glutinous rice flour), noodles and firecrackers, as well as clothes and birthday gifts. People still send birthday cakes now.

Delivery: Before a woman gives birth, her family sends longan, eggs, red dates and chopsticks to her husband's family, which is called "delivery". Jujube means early birth, and chopsticks mean early birth, which is homophonic. After the baby is born, the son-in-law sends red eggs to her parents-in-law and other relatives and friends, which is called "good news". The bride's family rushed to make new clothes for her baby, and brought eggs, brown sugar, aged wine and baby diapers to her husband's family, which was called "Three Dynasties", and relatives and friends gave her "moon gifts". When the baby was born in January, my grandmother sent me a cradle, a quilt, a mosquito net and a cloak to eat full moon wine, my uncle shaved the baby's fetal hair, and my mother went back to the province to visit her relatives. When the baby was 100 days old, grandma sent a stroller (also called a bicycle ride) and sesame cakes (some made of glutinous rice) to "gird the baby". The baby's first birthday is called "Catch the Week", and the uncle will give his nephew clothes, hats, shoes and socks.

Yangzhong is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the golden waterway in the east of Zhenjiang and the modernization demonstration zone in southern Jiangsu. "Yangzhou and Taizhou face each other across the river in the north, Zhenjiang and Changzhou are separated by south water, and the South Bridge connects Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway. The Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge in the north can connect to the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway. " It is only 2.5 hours away from Shanghai Pudong International Airport Highway, 5 hours away from Nanjing Lukou International Airport 1.5, 6 kilometers away from Zhenjiang Port and 2 kilometers away from Taizhou Port respectively, and it can be navigable with 136 ports in more than 40 countries. The city consists of four Dao Jiang cities, namely Taiping Island, Zhongxinsha Island, Xisha Island and Leigong Island, with a total area of 33 1 km2, of which the land area is 243 km2. It governs 4 towns and 2 streets, Yangzhong Economic Development Zone and Yangzhong High-tech Zone, with a total population of 340,000, which plays an important role in the overall development of Zhenjiang.