What are the festival customs in Lingnan

Duanwu Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month, is one of the three major festivals in China's folklore, especially in the south of the Yangtze River around the most grand. Dragon Boat Festival is actually a lot of celebrities *** with the same anniversary. In modern times, it is exclusive to Qu Yuan. This is because among these celebrities, he is one of the most worthy of being honored. Racing dragon boats and eating zongzi are the main features of the folk customs of the Dragon Boat Festival.

Foshan region is located in the Pearl River Delta river network area, people in the Dragon Boat Festival are favorite dragon boat racing. Foshan is a guest, most people in the past to go to the South China Sea folded Kau to see the dragon boat, but the dragon boat are generally paddled out of Foshan Chung (Fenjiang River), in the more open river (such as the surface of the Loshui River surface of the Dajiang River) race dragon boat, followed by the "dragon gathered in the sky lake" known as the top of the South China Sea Xiqiao, held a dragon boat race; and in the Foshan people involved in the planning of GuaBu flood (Dali, XieBian) paddling dragon boat. Dali, Xiebian) dragon boat paddling; and Sanshui's Jiushui Jiang village, there was the eighth of April to the Dragon Boat Festival as the traditional activities of the month of the dragon.

China's folk in the Dragon Boat Festival favorite food dumplings. Zongzi varieties are many, according to the shape of: triangular, quadrangular, conical, rhombus, small feet zongzi, pillow zongzi, pagoda zongzi, tube zongzi, pen zongzi, seven son of zongzi; according to the classification of materials: pure rice zongzong, stuffed zongzong, bean zongzong, clip fruit zongzong, fruit zongzong, meat zongzong, jujube rice zongzong, alkaline rice zongzong, Ai Xiang zongzong, sauerkraut zongzong, spicy rice zongzong, honey rice zongzong, fire plucky rice zongzong, and so on. Foshan zongzi varieties are also many, in addition to fresh meat zongzi, bean paste zongzi, red bean zongzi, eyebrow bean zongzi, salty Danhuang zongzi, steamed zongzi, alkaline water zongzong, there are chicken, roast duck, barbecued pork, roast meat, mushrooms, green bean paste and other ingredients for the filling of the assorted zongzong, the flavor is very good. In recent years, restaurants, food stores compete to create a brand-name dumplings to attract customers, to spin Palace Hotel, Overseas Chinese Hotel, Foshan Hotel dumplings for the most famous.

The Dragon Boat Festival across Lingnan has many interesting customs, such as the fifth day of May, each family in front of the family lintel hanging calamus grass and dragon boat flowers; at noon, lighting the wormwood to drive away the evil spirits; with red, yellow, green, black and red beans and congee for the family to eat; sand ginger as the core production, figures, such as the intention of money, money, gold melons, rhombus, and other models of incense packets, to the child hanging on the lapel head; midday, the use of brushes in the child's hall of India, red Zhu (vermilion) in the middle of point. At noon with a brush in the middle of the child's hall of imprints point red Zhu (cinnabar); some places have hung Zhong Kui statue, drink andrographolous wine custom. These customs are said to ward off evil spirits.

The following recording of two Lingnan Dragon Boat Festival custom song as evidence:

"In early May, pouring wine, lychee red cooked to taste the new, dragon boat flower *** grass grass cattail grass, every tie before the street to sell a few Wen, winter leaves to buy Qi wrapped dumplings, mosquito smoke pointing to repel mosquitoes."

"The fifth day of the month, is the Danyang, Zhu sand yellow paper writing chapter, incense packet hanging on the lapel head, silk shirt good in line. See the dragon boat captain ten feet, brocade umbrellas are very brilliant, drums vibration rushing waves, water color delicate boat inside the suit. The Purple Hole boat is taut with a cloth tent, and the man who travels the river sits in the boat warehouse. The ferry is crowded with people coming and going, lively and luxurious another game.