Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - Shaoguan Folk Festival

Shaoguan Folk Festival

1, a traditional festival

Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Nianwei Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Winter Solstice Festival.

2. Religious temple fairs

Farming Festival The ancients took the fifth day after beginning of spring as the Spring Festival, and began farming after the Spring Festival, so the Spring Festival was the opening day. On this day, farmers in every household make Ciba, grind tofu brain, go to the land temple to worship God, and even go to the wild to worship the rich peasants and pray for a bumper harvest.

South China's birthday is on the eighth day of the second lunar month.

Uncle and aunt, pray for a bumper harvest.

The eighth day of the second lunar month is the birthday of Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism. This is an important celebration of Buddhist culture. Many kind men, women and tourists go to the ancestral hall of Nanhua Temple to worship. After 1980s, when the South celebrated its birthday, many Buddhists from Japan, Southeast Asia and other places, as well as overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, came from thousands of miles away, and the tourists came in an endless stream, which was very lively.

Before the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC), all crops were harvested in the countryside in early winter. Beginning of winter, usually on the 7th or 8th of the Gregorian calendar 1 1 month. On this day, winter games are held all over the country, and gods are appreciated in the land temple to celebrate the harvest. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, farmers should not only engage in superstitious activities, but also make zanba and grind tofu brain, visit relatives and friends, and celebrate the winter party.

3. Modern festivals

Women's Day, Arbor Day, Labor Day, Youth Day, Children's Day, Army Day and National Day.