What are the folk customs in Shanghai?

Many elders in the family don't sleep on New Year's Eve and watch their old age around the stove. When the rooster crows for the first time, at dawn, every household, men, women and children, puts on new clothes, hats and shoes, and worships heaven and earth and ancestors in the hall where offerings have already been arranged. At midnight, some people will go to temples in the city to burn "head incense" and bump "head bells". Jade Buddha Temple is generally a place to burn people's heads, and Longhua Temple is a place to ring people's heads. ?

2. Shanghai Peach Blossom Festival

Held from March to April every year, Shanghainese have a long habit of appreciating peach blossoms. Nanhui is a good place to enjoy flowers. Many peach trees are planted in Nanhui District of Shanghai. In order to show the beautiful rural scenery and simple folk customs, the Shanghai Peach Blossom Festival has been held since 199 1 when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, so as to further promote the peach blossom culture and promote the development of tourism.

3. Spring Festival

Every day from the first day of junior high school is a time when friends and relatives return to pay New Year greetings. When guests come to bring more gifts, they must be invited to drink "Yuanbao Tea", that is, put olives in the tea or put olives on the tea cover, and be sure to treat them to wine and rice. When Shanghainese arrive at the Spring Festival, they must visit the Chenghuang Temple and take a walk on the Jiuqu Bridge. On the fifth day of the first month, people celebrated the birthday of the God of Wealth (commonly known as "Road God"), and there were moves to pick up the God of Wealth everywhere. ?

4. Lantern Festival

Every family must eat "Yuanxiao", or glutinous rice balls, which also means reunion and good luck. But the prosperity of the Lantern Festival lies in "lights", so it is also called "Lantern Festival". Before hanging lanterns in every household, shops, temples, gardens, squares and other public places, there are big lanterns. At that time, men, women and children will appear in groups. Chenghuang Temple and Xiyuan Garden are also the center of an activity. ?

5. Bath Buddha Festival

In Shanghai, on the eighth day of April, the Buddha washing festival (Sakyamuni's birthday), on this day, temples will dust off the Buddha statues and recite scriptures. There are grand temple fairs in the big temples inside and outside the city, such as Jing 'an Temple and Guangfu Temple on Fangbang Road. During the temple fair, department stores outside the mountain gate will gather together to exchange local products.