What are the customs and habits in Huzhou, Zhejiang?

There are rich sericulture customs in the vast rural areas of Huzhou, and people regard Hanshan as a "sacred place for sericulture". Every year in Tomb-Sweeping Day, sericulture farmers in the four townships are crowded with ants and mountains, which are called "rolling silkworm flowers". "Silkworm Flower Rolling" is a manifestation of the worship of the silkworm god in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also an organic part of China silk culture. The legend of "White Horse Silkworm" in the silkworm town of northern Zhejiang is the most widely circulated. The folk regard Hanshan as the birthplace or destination of the silkworm god, and the folk custom of "rolling silkworm flowers" in Hanshan Qingming comes into being. The traditional activities of "rolling silkworm eggs" in Hanshan mainly include: carrying silkworm eggs, hiking up the mountain, buying and selling silkworm flowers, wearing silkworm flowers, offering sacrifices to silkworm gods, performing water sports and so on. The folk activity of "rolling silkworm flowers" in Hanshan retains the local cultural customs of Hangjiahu silkworm town, which has sociological and folklore value. In May 2007, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture recommended Hanshan silkworm flower (including Deqing New Town silkworm flower) to declare the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative list.

The myth of windbreak is a valuable cultural heritage of the ancient civilization of the Chinese nation. Jiajing's Preface to Wu Kang County Records: "The ancient country of Fangfeng is in a corner, that is, the land of Wu Kang today". "Fengjiao" refers to the windbreak mountain located in Sanhe Township, Deqing County today. Fang Feng's myths and legends were first seen in Mandarin? In Lu, Confucius said in a conversation when answering a guest's question: "I heard that in the past, Yu made a group of gods on Huiji Mountain, and they came home from the wind and killed them. Their joints were special." He also said: "The spirit of mountains and rivers is enough to discipline the world, and it is also a god." The guest asked "how to keep the wind", and Confucius replied "Those who keep mountains and close them off are also". The quotations of scholars in past dynasties are also based on this. The windproof myths collected and discovered around Sanhe Township in Deqing in 1990s filled the historical vacancy of windproof myths, which were extensive in content and rich in imagination, far exceeding the stereotype of literati and more deductive than the ancient myths in China. In April, 2007, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture announced "Wind Myth" and "Wind Temple Fair" as the second batch of Zhejiang intangible cultural heritage lists. In May, it was recommended as the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative list.

Autumn Festival at the southern foot of Fangfeng Mountain is a temple fair of Fangfeng family, which was held on the day before and after August 25th (that is, 24th, 25th and 26th) in the old calendar, and was highly valued by officials and people in past dynasties. The autumn festival was first offered by officials, and then after the ceremony of "burial", "lifting" and sacrifice, they went out to patrol the temple. All the clubs are in their positions, waving flags and shouting, and gathering in the temple fair square; The old dragon is in front, the green dragon is behind, and pavilions, stilts and lanterns are spread out; There are hard card deacons in front of the "four brothers"; The steel fork clears the way and the gong fires; There are all kinds of dragon lanterns, fishing lanterns and lanterns in the parade, which is called "Dragon Lantern Festival". There are three boxing clubs in the street, performing steel forks, top cylinders and various martial arts. Visit the Osmanthus fragrans Hall, and then "sit and offer tea" with the local smoked bean tea; In some places, we have to take the pontoon bridge. After performing three social dramas in a row, villagers have also visited the village these days, "being guests" and drinking "baked bean tea". Vendors and vendors set up stalls, all over the street, crowded with people, very lively. Throughout the temple fair, the villagers were "guests"

Characteristics of ancient dwellings

Huzhou has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, and there is a hot and humid rainy season in summer. Therefore, houses are built facing south and facing the water. There are four famous houses in Huzhou on both sides of Ruoxi River.

In the Song Dynasty, the "mixed street" in the north of Pangong Bridge was a famous grain trading market in China, with many houses. Now it has been transformed into a "riverside residence" residential area.

Ma Junxiang was named after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom stationed troops here and raised military horses. The new residential area follows the residential characteristics of the whitewashed tiles in the Jiangnan water town.

Clothing street, named after many clothing stores, was a very concentrated place as early as the Tang Dynasty, with many rich houses. Here, the land and water transportation is convenient, the business is prosperous, and the Yanhe Inn is the place where the butlers of past dynasties stayed.

The houses in Xiaoxi Street, facing Shimen Street, the pavilions and pavilions near the river, the port near the river and the white wall of Dahe, have always been places where famous families live together.

Deqing, a wandering culture festival in China, is the hometown of Meng Jiao, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. His Wandering Songs have been widely read for thousands of years. China Youzi Culture Festival, with the theme of "Promoting Youzi Culture and Telling the World about Youzi's Love", has become a unique human resource in Deqing.

Time: April every year

The folk custom of Dragon Dance in Gan Yuan Town, Gan Long has existed since ancient times and has been extremely popular since the Southern Song Dynasty. Up to now, there are dozens of folk dragon lantern teams active in Deqing, which retain simple and rich traditional folk culture. Since 200 1, Gan Yuan Town has held the Dragon Lantern Festival every year, with increasing influence.

Time: Lantern Festival every year

The silk flower Temple Fair in the New Town of Deqing County originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. According to legend, the state of Yue sent Beauty Stone to Gusu, passing through the new town, and sent flowers to the girl and sister-in-law who raised silkworms, wishing them good weather and a good cocoon harvest. Since then, the sericulture farmers in Baili have held a grand silkworm flower temple fair in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year to commemorate the teacher. Visitors can experience the unique folk culture of sericulture.