What are the customs in Shandong?

As a whole, Shandong's daily diet customs belong to the northern type, and its distinctive personality, unique diet and cooking skills occupy an important position in China's diet culture. Among them, the flavor of dishes is known as one of the four major flavor cuisines in China, which is called "Shandong Cuisine" and enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.

Shandong's daily diet and time-saving customs have profound cultural connotations, especially the daily diet customs, which are the intangible cultural heritage matters closest to people's lives.

Step 2 be alive

Shandong residents have scattered, quadrangles, three-way houses, luxury houses, manors and other forms of living. The scattered courtyards have no walls and gates, and are not connected with neighbors, but there is one for each household, with clear boundaries between households, and each room is an independent courtyard. This kind of scattered hospitals are more common in the Yellow River beach area and the northwest plain area of Shandong Province.

3. Dialect

Shandong dialect is a unique cultural heritage of Shandong people. Although Shandong dialect belongs to the northern dialect, it has its own unique pronunciation, which is very different from the northern dialect represented by Beijing dialect and Northeast dialect.

Shandong New Year custom

1, magnetic stove

Like other regions, Shandong people's "New Year" begins with the "small year" on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In the past, "off-year" was called "No Cooking Day". Legend has it that this day is the day when Kitchen God reports his family background to the Jade Emperor. Therefore, on this day, people should "worship the kitchen god" at home, set up an altar to worship the kitchen god, and send him to heaven to report on his work in order to pray for happiness.

On this day, there will be a comprehensive cleaning at home, which is called "sweeping the dust". "Sweeping the dust" means sweeping away all the old "bad luck" and "bad luck", thus welcoming the New Year's wishes with a brand-new look.

2, paste Spring Festival couplets, paste blessings

It is a tradition of China people to post Spring Festival couplets and blessings in the New Year, and Shandong is no exception. On New Year's Eve, from the moment I get up in the morning, various annual activities begin in turn, which is the busiest and happiest day of the year. In Shandong, posting Spring Festival couplets and blessings is usually done on the morning of New Year's Eve.

3, please family hall

After a busy day on New Year's Eve, in the evening, the highlight of the day began-inviting family members. "Inviting a family" means holding a ceremony to invite the deceased ancestors and relatives to go home for the New Year. In Shandong, this is the biggest and most serious annual event in 30 years.

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Religion:

There are five major religions in Shandong Province: Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Christianity.

Buddhism and Taoism have been in Shandong for more than 1000 years, and Islam developed mainly after Hui Muslims moved to Shandong in13rd century. Catholicism and Christianity spread rapidly mainly after the Opium War.

From 65438 to 0990, there were10.2 million religious believers, 3,040 places for religious activities and 2,578 religious teachers in Shandong Province.

Diet:

Shandong cuisine is an important part of China's food culture and one of the eight major cuisines in China. It is famous at home and abroad for its freshness, saltiness, crispness, tenderness, unique flavor and fine production. There are great regional differences in the province, thus forming three systems: coastal Jiaodong cuisine, inland jinan cuisine, and self-contained Confucian cuisine. After the Song Dynasty, it became one of the representatives of "Northern Cuisine". From Qilu to Gyeonggi, from the inside of Shanhaiguan Pass to the outside of Shanhaiguan Pass, its influence has reached the Yellow River Basin and Northeast China, and it has a broad mass base in diet. Shandong cuisine is one of the most extensive local cuisines in China, covering Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu and three northeastern provinces.

Reference: Shandong-Baidu encyclopedia