What are the unique holiday customs in Beijing?

1. Send cold clothes: In the early years of the Republic of China, most Beijingers followed the old customs. Before the first day of October, they will go to Nanzhi Store to buy cold clothes paper. It is made of colored wax paper and a mourning dress, and cut into cloth. Generally, a piece of paper breaks three or four. Pink ones are printed with white patterns; The white one is printed with violet patterns; The yellow one is printed with a red pattern. There is also plain paper.

2, scattered lanterns: Chinese folk beliefs believe that everyone has a year's star value, and the fate of a year is in the hands of stars. On the eighth day, the stars gathered to worship the star king. Light a lamp at night, make an offering, and then scatter lanterns. Residents in Beijing are used to visiting the Star King in Baiyun Temple on this day.

3. A custom in old Beijing. Give beans and become attached.

"Yanjing Years Old" records: "On April 8, those who are kind dare to raise several liters of green beans and proclaim the Buddha's name. When cooked, it is called Sheyuan bean. Pre-knot the afterlife

4, evil May: In May, the weather is getting hotter and it is easy to get sick. People in Beijing call it "evil May", so there are many taboos this month. For example, it is forbidden to dry the bed and repair the house; On the first day and the fifth day of the first month, we don't draw water, move houses, paste windows or shave our heads.

5. Birthday of Heaven and Earth: The ninth day of the first month is the birthday of Heaven and Earth. Slaughtering is prohibited. Xuanzang Daxiong Hall has an imperial altar, and each Taoist temple has a temple.

Extended data

The traditional festivals in China are diverse in form and rich in content, and they are an integral part of the long history and culture of the Chinese nation. The formation of traditional festivals is a process of long-term accumulation and cohesion of national or national history and culture. Most of these festivals in ancient China were related to primitive beliefs, astronomical phenology, calendars, mathematics and the solar terms divided later.

reference data

China Traditional Festival _ Baidu Encyclopedia