What are the folk customs in Shandong?

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(Lunar calendar) The fifth day of the first month, commonly known as the "Broken Five" Festival. On this day, women are not allowed to visit, which is unlucky. "Clear Bi Chao" contains: "On the fifth day of the first month, women are not allowed to go out." On this day, all families eat jiaozi, which means wrapping them in jiaozi for good luck. Nowadays, although people do not attach importance to women's visits, it has become a habit to eat jiaozi on this day.

the Lantern Festival

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, commonly known as "Lantern Festival" or "Lantern Festival", the annual Lantern Festival in Jinan is extremely spectacular. At this time, all kinds of lanterns are hung in parks, factories, mines, enterprises and streets. At night, palace lanterns, gauze lanterns, fish lanterns, basket lanterns and racing lanterns are radiant and beautiful.

Especially the annual Baotu Spring Lantern Festival is unique. All kinds of lanterns, bird and beast lanterns, lantern lanterns, story lanterns, riddle lanterns, etc. Or magnificent, or simple and elegant, or original, with distinctive local color. On this day, it is popular for every household to eat Yuanxiao.

In addition, around the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys of Jinan are full of stilts, roller coasters, dragon lanterns and lions. People put some myths and legends, historical stories, strong love and hate, and good wishes into this folk art rich in national traditions, adding to the festive atmosphere.

"the dragon looks up"

On the second day of the second lunar month, the Spring Dragon Festival is commonly known as "the dragon looks up", which means that the dragon is prosperous and controls the rain, and the weather is good. In Zhu Yizun's Textual Research on Old Stories of Sun in Qing Dynasty, it is said: "Everyone calls February the leader." On this day, citizens get up early and fry "scorpion claws" (that is, after the beans are pickled) to prevent insects from biting scorpions; Old people and children have haircuts to see if they can avoid disasters; In rural areas, it is popular to "smash" with furnace ashes to wish a bumper harvest. These customs have been continued by people to this day.

Clear customs

Qingming is the fifth of the 24 solar terms in China. The ancients attached great importance to this solar term and left many interesting customs. In Jinan, there are "hiking", "sweeping graves", "swinging", "inserting willows" and "planting trees".

Taqing

In ancient times, it was also called hiking or going far, but now it is called spring outing or outing, which is the main custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In ancient times, on this day, people got together to make friends, help the old and bring the young, play in the spring suburbs, then sit around for a picnic and return at dusk. Jinan has beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. Every time I go to Tomb-Sweeping Day, the spring is bright and the weather is sunny. People visit Qianfo Temple in the south and Huming Lake in the north, and there are many tourists. This custom of spring outing has been preserved until now.

pay tribute to a dead person at his tomb

Tomb-Sweeping Day visited the grave. On the fifth and sixth day of April in the solar calendar, citizens bring paper, incense and offerings to the grave to pay homage to their ancestors, add soil to the grave and remember their ancestors. It is said that this custom has a long history, starting from the Qin dynasty, and the inheritance of the Qin system in the Han dynasty has not changed. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that grave-sweeping activities were held in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote in Cold Food and Wild Hope: "Outside the Guo Gate.