Various Customs in Jinan

The Lantern Festival is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the "Lantern Festival", also called the "Lantern Festival". In Jinan, the annual Lantern Festival is a spectacular event. On this day, it is customary to eat Lantern Festival in every household. In addition, before and after the Lantern Festival, the streets and alleys of Jinan are full of stilt walkers, dry boat runners, dragon lantern dancers and lion dancers.

"Dragon head" on the second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, the Spring Dragon Festival, commonly known as "Dragon head", meaning that the Dragon Xing rule rain, wind and rain. Old men and children have a haircut to see the spirit, exempt from disasters and diseases.

Every year on the ninth day of the ninth month of the summer calendar, the Chongyang Festival, people want to go to the thousand Buddha Mountain climbing, standing in the "chrysanthemum rock" on the chrysanthemum. There are also folk art groups from inside and outside the province performing acrobatics, circus, songs and dances at the temple fair, which is very crowded and lively.

After the festival below we say eat it, Jinan people have to eat lotus petals 'custom. The "fried lotus petals" is Jinan's unique summer dish. Will be fresh, complete, clean lotus petals after washing, hanging a thin layer of egg batter, and then put into the frying pan fried, fried and sprinkled with sugar, eat in the mouth, fragrant and tasty, aftertaste, very people love.

There is also "sweet and sour Yellow River carp" is a traditional dish in Jinan, Shandong Province. Jinan is near the Yellow River in the north, so the carp used in cooking is the Yellow River carp. This fish grows in the deep water of the Yellow River, its head and tail are golden yellow, the whole body is brightly scaled, and the meat is fat and tender, so it is a good product for banquets.

The oil spinning is the traditional fine flavor of Jinan. Because it is shaped like a spiral, the surface is moist and golden yellow, so it is called oil spin. Its outer skin is crispy, the inner flesh is tender, and the scallion smells through the nose, so many people love to eat it.