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What are the folk customs in Jieyang?

Spring Festival is the first day of the first lunar month, which is called "Chinese New Year" by folk customs. Chaoyi attaches great importance to this festival. Early in the morning, people visit relatives and friends, which is called "Happy New Year". Most people always bring "Daji" (that is, oranges are bigger than oranges, so it is called "Daji"), and the host of the interview should also bring "Daji" back to show * * * good luck, and exchange "Happy New Year", "Happy New Year" and "Congratulations on getting rich" to show good luck. On New Year's Day, according to Jieyang tradition, most people have breakfast to show their respect and sincerity to the Buddha. During the Spring Festival, both cities and rural areas organize recreational activities, such as lion dancing, guessing games, walking scales and Chaozhou gongs and drums. In addition, adults will also give "lucky money" to the elderly and children. On the seventh day of the first month, people win the festival. From the custom of Kimichiro's Q&A, Dong Xun, "The first day of the first month is a chicken, the second day is a dog, the third day is a pig ... and the seventh day is a person". On that day, people cooked seven kinds of vegetables together into soup, saying that eating seven kinds of vegetables would lead to prosperity. This custom is still popular today. Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival, falls on the 15th day of the first lunar month. Jieyang folk custom should worship ancestors today. In some villages, there is also the custom of "ding wine" (note, families who gave birth to boys in those days will hold a banquet for their neighbors on this day. There are usually lanterns, fireworks, lion dances and other customs in county towns. In rural areas such as Puning, there is also the custom of "writing four sentences at the sight of the bride" at midnight. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar. Usually at the beginning of April every year (usually April 5). Around Tomb-Sweeping Day, it is time for people to pay homage to their ancestors and cherish the memory of martyrs. Dragon Boat Festival, commonly known as May Festival, is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. According to legend, in memory of the patriotic poet Qu Yuan, he threw himself into the river and died. On that day, most families ate zongzi. Jieyang still has the custom of "lifting dragons requires water" and "washing dragons requires bathing". It is said that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the water in the river is "dragon beard water", which can ward off evil spirits if eaten or washed. In addition, some places also hold "Dragon Boat Race" activities. In Jieyang Chaozhou-speaking area, men and women aged 15 usually hold a ceremony of "leaving the garden" on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month to show that they have grown up. Similar to the modern "Adult Festival". When leaving the garden, grandpa's family gave his grandson a "garden ceremony". Generally, there are red rooster, Tilia amurensis and yeast. @ Wait. Prepare more cloth or meat and eggs for the neighbors. The Xi family held a ceremony of "worshipping in-laws and mothers". On that day, children will eat sweet meatballs and eggs and sweet pork liver, which means that they have made great progress. The Mid-Autumn Festival is the 15th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "July and a half" and also called "Ghost Festival". There are ancestor worship activities in all parts of Chaozhou. One or two days before and after the festival, all kinds of good churches and temples also have "stone drums" relief activities. August 15th of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Families get together to eat moon cakes and enjoy fruits and the moon. There must be three kinds of folk Mid-Autumn Festival products in this area: moon cakes, taro and grapefruit. According to legend, in the early Yuan Dynasty, the rulers forced every Han family to have a Yuan soldier. Yuan soldiers were dissatisfied with their oppression, so they borrowed moon cakes to pass books, and agreed that each family would kill their Fan Yuan at some time on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, which was a success overnight. At that time, the Han people called Yuan Bing "Tartars", so peeling taro in Mid-Autumn Festival was called "peeling ghost skin" and peeling grapefruit to eat meat was called "eating ghost meat". There are also activities such as "Yue Bai", swinging, and burning tile towers. Overseas Chinese also like to visit relatives and reunite with their families during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

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