Hefei Traditional Customs

Traditional Hefei customs:

Small New Year The 23rd day of the Lunar New Year (the twelfth month of the lunar calendar) is the Small New Year, and the evening of that day is called the "Small New Year". The small year means that the year is coming to an end, from this day onwards, people began to prepare for the arrival of the new year, the folk have the custom of sacrificing stove, sweeping the dust, picking up new year's goods. The folk song "twenty-three, a small New Year; twenty-four, sweeping the house; twenty-five, grinding tofu; twenty-six, slaughter pork; twenty-seven, wash a wash; twenty-eight, stick windowpane; twenty-nine, go to play wine; year thirty, sticker pairs" is a vivid portrayal of the New Year's Eve customs in Hefei. "Lunar New Year's Eve 23, dusting and sweeping the house", every day, every family has to clean the room, clean up all kinds of things at home. Zaosai, the custom of sending the god of the stove to heaven.

Spring Festival The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar for the Spring Festival, commonly known as "New Year", "the first day of the year". Into the waxing moon, Hefei country people slaughter livestock curing bacon, boiling sugar to make fried rice candy, processing rice cakes, tofu, buy incense, candles, tickets, firecrackers, cigarettes, alcohol and tea, pastries, couplets (there are also handwritten), lanterns and so on. Commonly known as "playing New Year's goods". New Year's Eve posting spring couplets, New Year's paintings. The new period, young people often posted movie and television dramas and images of stars. The city mostly to landscape painting instead of New Year's paintings.

Lunar New Year's Eve Hefei area on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar for the Lantern Festival, also known as the Festival. Rural areas are also commonly known as the "small year". There is a small New Year's Eve dinner and firecrackers custom. Eating Lantern Festival is very popular. Playing lights, playing lion and other customs in the city has been growing, the government's cultural sector often organized riddles, ball games, chess matches, temple fairs and other activities.

Qingming Festival, also known as the "Green Festival", the time in the lunar calendar in March, that is, around the fifth day of the fourth month of the Gregorian calendar. In the old days, the main customs of the Qingming Festival were: willow planting, tree planting, grave sweeping, trekking, etc. On this day, men and women, young and old, folded willow and planted trees. On this day, men and women, young and old, folding willow branches, carrying firecrackers, paper money, coins and offerings to the grave sweeping, ancestor worship, in the grave on the soil hanging money, in order to show the memory of the ancestors.

Duanwu Festival The fifth day of the fifth lunar month for the Dragon Boat Festival, commonly known as the "Dragon Boat Festival" "Duan Yang", folk have eaten zongzi, drink xionghuang wine, rowing the dragon boat and other customs. Wrapped dumplings are very delicate, red bean dumplings, ham dumplings and so on. Most of the urban food in the market to buy, many villages and towns farmers become wrapped in dumplings sold by professionals. Folk put calamus, mugwort inverted in the windows and doors above. Acorus calamus shaped like a sword can avoid evil spirits, Ai can be used as medicine to dispel diseases. Indoor dark place with moxa smoke can avoid the plague and get rid of poison. Sun-dried Artemisia absinthium can be used for children's baths.

Mid-Autumn Festival Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the "Mid-Autumn Festival" "half of the 8th month". The night of the day, the family sat down, sharing moon cakes, *** enjoy the freshness of the lotus root. Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival for family reunion. Since the reform and opening up, people outside the commonly used phone calls, text messages, emails and other forms of blessings and greetings to family members. Daughter, son-in-law has the habit of feeding moon cakes to parents-in-law, organizations, units often buy moon cakes to send employees.

Winter Solstice Lunar November 22 for the winter solstice, is the day "into the nine". Farmer's proverb has "eaten the winter solstice noodles, a day long a line" said (that is, the day long and the night began on this day). Folk have winter rituals, burials, picking up, ancestor worship customs, and eat pumpkin poop, eat dog meat and other customs.

Lapa Lapa The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is Lapa, commonly known as "Lapa Festival". Folk to glutinous rice, beans and other grains and jujube, cinnamon, lotus seeds and other dried fruits cooked into a porridge, the name "Laha congee", the whole family eat good luck. Existing meeting to the temple to eat Laha congee habit.