Where is the custom of shaking your head?

Mid-Autumn Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival cake) is a traditional folk custom popular in Xiamen, Fujian, and one of the national intangible cultural heritages. Shaking one's head and wagging one's tail in Mid-Autumn Festival is an important folk custom of competitive games in southern Fujian with Xiamen as the center. The game activity is to win the moon cakes of the first place, second place, flower exploration, scholar, juren and scholar by throwing six dice. The rules are fair, simple and interesting.

Inheritance status:

After the founding of New China, the Mid-Autumn Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival cake) gradually declined, and almost disappeared during the Cultural Revolution. Since the reform and opening up, due to the extensive participation of the people, the custom of eating Mid-Autumn Festival cakes has been revived in Xiamen and other areas and has become an important activity for people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. ?

Protective measures:

20 19, 1 1, the list of representative projects of national intangible cultural heritage was published, and Xiamen Mid-Autumn Folk Culture Research Association was awarded the qualification of "Mid-Autumn Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival)" project protection unit. ?

In 2022, Mid-Autumn Festival (Minnan Bo Cake Custom) was included in the list of representative items of intangible cultural heritage in Fujian Province. ?