Traditional customs and habits in Jinan

There are four special customs in Jinan:

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is commonly known as the "Broken Five" Festival. This doesn't include women parking, which is unlucky. Eat jiaozi every day for good luck. Today, although people no longer abuse women, it has become a habit to eat jiaozi every day. exist

Lantern Festival Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Lantern Festival", also known as "Lantern Festival". In Jinan, the Lantern Festival is a spectacular sight every year. At this time, all kinds of lanterns are hung in parks, factories, mines and streets. At night, lanterns, gauze lanterns, fish lanterns, flower baskets, lanterns, horse racing lanterns ... are great success and beauty. Baotu Spring is the annual Lantern Festival, which is unique. All kinds of lanterns, birds' lanterns, merry-go-round, story lanterns and riddles are gorgeous, simple, smart and unique, with distinctive local colors. On this day, every household's popular food is on the Lantern Festival. In addition, after the Lantern Festival, diaojiao buildings can be seen everywhere on the streets of Jinan, and a solemn dragon and lion dance ceremony will be held. Some myths and legends, historical stories, and a deep love, hate and good wishes are all rich in traditional folk art, adding a cheerful festive atmosphere.

"Dragon heads up" is on the second day of the second lunar month, Spring Dragon Festival, commonly known as "Dragon heads up", which means good rain and good weather. On this day, people get up early and eat fried scorpion claws (fried with bean juice) to avoid mosquitoes biting scorpions; The old people and children with haircuts, as well as the fighting spirit of "reborn from the fire", have eliminated the plague prevailing in rural areas; Pit, wish a bumper harvest. These practices have continued to this day.

Of the 24 solar terms in China's five-day Tomb-Sweeping Day. The ancients attached great importance to solar terms and left many interesting customs. The outing, earnest, swaying, willow planting and hiking in Jinan: hiking, also known as hiking or traveling in ancient times, is now called outing or picnic, which has always been the main practice in Tomb-Sweeping Day. In ancient times, people would gather close friends, young people and old people to play outside in the big spring every day, and then sit around and have fun. In the evening, they go to Jinan, where the scenery is beautiful. During the Qingming Festival, the spring is bright and sunny, and people go to famous lakes, famous mountains and famous springs in Peking University. Tomb: On the fifth day of Tomb-Sweeping Day in the solar calendar, on April 6, citizens brought paper, incense and sacrifices to the graves of their ancestors to add soil to commemorate them.