Xuzhou Spring Festival custom

The unique custom of Xuzhou Spring Festival is called burning candle, eating fried hemp leaves, fried meatballs and so on.

Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, from the beginning of the twelfth lunar month (twelfth lunar month), every township in Xuzhou had to assign special personnel to work overtime. When playing the night shift, in addition to beating gongs and drums to indicate the time, you should also shout, "Be careful with candles and watch the door. Eat fried hemp leaves and fried meatballs. Xuzhou New Year's Eve must have fried sesame leaves, fried meatballs and thousands of children, as well as pork dumplings that you can't miss. Watch the Spring Festival Gala, New Year's Eve package jiaozi. Whoever cuts jiaozi will be happier in the new year. And Xuzhou is the only place in Jiangsu that only eats jiaozi.

Xuzhou is one of the Kyushu in Chinese culture. There is only Xuzhou in the sea, Dai and Huai. According to legend, when Dayu controlled the water, he divided the world into Kyushu, and Xuzhou was one of the Kyushu in Xia and Shang Dynasties. As a geographical area, Xuzhou is located in the north of Huaihe River, south of Mount Tai and west of Yellow Sea, involving northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui and southern Shandong, with red clay as the main material. "Gong Yu, Shangshu" records.