What are the customs of Xuzhou

Light Appreciation on the 15th day of the first month: light appreciation on the 15th day of the first month, Xuzhou city lights, firecrackers, point "slippery gold". To the east to Gupi, Pixian area, firecrackers and lights less, more "throw broom" torch games. Further east to Xinyi area, the activities and Pi County, slightly the same, but the time to play the torch, but in the second day of February.

Marriage customs: on the day of the marriage, the woman must arrive at the man's house before 12 noon in Xuzhou, but in the townships northwest of Fengxian and southeast of Xinyi, the woman must arrive at the man's house after sundown.

Laha congee: On the day of Laha, people have to eat a meal of Laha congee, which is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years. The so-called Laha congee, is to glutinous rice and red beans, jujubes, cinnamon, lotus seeds, peanuts and other grains and fruits boiled into a porridge. Folklore calls this day "Little New Year". Lapa congee has such a component is in line with the farmers wishing the next year the intention of a bumper crop.

February 2nd Dragon Heads Up: February 2nd Dragon Heads Up day, Xuzhou city sacrificed to the God of Fortune (landlord), popcorn, fried sugar snap peas said hibernation thunder. With firewood ash circle warehouse, the warehouse put copper yuan, in order to pray for wealth and prosperity, and knocking bed arenga, shine candlelight way to curse the poisonous insects. Pi County area, with grass ash circle barn, the barn buried grains and cereals, praying for grain abundance, fried rice flowers, sugar beans that fried pests.

Fuyang Festival: It is a traditional Chinese food festival, which starts on the day of the first ambush in the traditional lunar calendar every year and ends at the end of the last ambush, lasting for one month. "The festival has a long history in Xuzhou, dating back to the time of Yao and Shun. Xuzhou region folk have "a bowl of soup, without the doctor to prescribe medicine," said.

Expanded Information

The development of the festival has had a far-reaching impact on society. First of all, the reason why the festival has been formed and widely responded to by all parties in society is that it has taken on the significance of historical inheritance and ethnic identity. Xuzhou has given its own emotional content to this long-standing tradition and has developed a strong sense of identity, thus demonstrating cohesion and centripetal force in the process of transformation and innovation.

While the festival is not comparable to Xuzhou's intangible culture in terms of cultural connotation, it plays a very important role in maintaining Xuzhou's culinary traditions and creating a brand-new culinary culture in Xuzhou, i.e., not only does it allow the general public to actively participate in a variety of practices that are rich in culinary characteristics, but also makes the public y aware of Xuzhou's culinary heritage through the form of festivals. The form of the festival enables the public to deepen their understanding of Xuzhou's food culture and customs charm.

Secondly, the local festival helps to build Xuzhou's city image. In such a competitive society, Xuzhou's status as the cultural center of the two Han dynasties is facing various challenges, and in order to continue to insist on the city's characteristics, it is necessary to discover something more innovative and valuable, so the search for folk traditions endowed with regional characteristics reflects the extraordinary value.

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. p>Baidu Encyclopedia - Foo Yang Festival