What are the traditional customs in China?

"Spring thunder rings, everything grows", and it is a fine sunny day in September, with the temperature rising and the rain increasing. Every year, there are many traditional customs all over China. What traditional customs do you know about scaring? The following are some traditional customs carefully recommended by Bian Xiao, hoping to help you.

Traditional customs all over the country curse finches.

The purpose of scaring and cursing birds is to curse birds on this day. Birds dare not peck grain until it is mature. Although it is nonsense, it is also a manifestation of farmers' love for rice. In Yiwei, Yunnan, children curse finches when they are frightened. They have to cross all the ridges in their home to go home. There is a mantra: "Golden beak finch, silver beak finch, I will curse to eat my rotten millet shell."

Sprinkle lime

It was a shocking time, and there were many ways to drive away insects among the people. Nanchang, Jiangxi fried beans on this day, called fried insects; Lime will be removed near the cornerstone of the pillar in the b# stream area, and it is said that there are no insects and ants. Every household in Tai Po, Guangdong Province repeatedly fried soybeans or wheat in spring to drive away insects and ants. In Tianmen, Hubei, children beat drums and sticks, singing and marching, which is called catching frogs; Enshi, Hubei, spread lime all over the ground to draw a bow and arrow shape, which is called shooting insects. Jiangsu fried chestnuts on this day, which was called insect explosion; Changshu residents wrote the words "February 2nd, insects and ants go straight to the ground" on white paper with a red pen and pasted them on the feet of tables and beds to drive away insects and ants. Zhenjiang and other places use the remaining candles to illuminate insects; Songjiang has the custom of burning snake king incense.

In the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the southeast coastal provinces in China, the temperature exceeds 17 degrees Celsius for more than six months every year, and it is often above 3 degrees Celsius in winter, with a warm climate and more rainfall. The air in each season is also extremely humid, which is most suitable for the reproduction of various parasites. Among them, the most harmful ones are Anopheles mosquitoes, lice, fleas, hookworms and bloodshot worms. The constitution of southerners is far less than that of northerners, which is also a big reason. Therefore, pest control in South China is more important and urgent than in North China. There is a proverb in Fujian: "If you are afraid, you will not kill insects, and you will be poor until May."

Lime is pungent in temperature and slightly toxic, which can absorb moisture and make objects dry, solid and non-corrupt. This is its characteristic. In medicine, it is mainly used to treat malignant sores and epilepsy. When used with salt, it can also heal wounds, coagulate blood and stop bleeding. Storing lime in a crock and collecting food can prevent moisture, corrosion and insects. "A Thousand Women's Moon Order" says that on the day of fright, removing the lime on the threshold can completely drive away insects and ants.

Sprinkle charcoal

Slugs are the general name of mussels in water, and all kinds of mussels and oysters belong to slugs. Burning the shell of salamander to ashes is called salamander charcoal, which can kill insects and prevent moisture, and has the same effect as lime.

Since ancient times, people have used charcoal to prevent diseases and protect coffins. According to "Zhou Li Qiu Guan", "the palm of red hair tore down the wall house. Attack the house with charcoal, sprinkle poison with ash, and remove raccoons and insects from every gap. " Beavers are fleas, lice and the like, all of which are vectors of infectious diseases, so it is necessary to scatter charcoal and water everywhere in the house to kill lice and fleas. "The Book of Rites: Planting Bows" says: "There is a danger of tile coffins, and there is no need to pay at the beginning. It's plastic, supported by a coffin and made of charcoal. " Another "Zhou Li" contains: "Palm degree, palm convergence Z things, for the purpose of expansion." Zheng Xuan noted the day: "Those who exchange things belong to the genus Clam. Between, plug also. Expand, wear also. Before burial, the house should be filled with ashes to prevent moisture and make the coffin immortal. "

Lime did not appear in the Zhou Dynasty, so charcoal was cherished by people and could only be used by nobles and rich families. "Zuo Zhuan Cheng Gong Two Years" records: "When Song Wengong died, he was buried with thick charcoal." Note: "Burn clams as charcoal." Burning clams to ashes and filling coffins was a method used by governors at that time, and it was a reburial. This shows the value of charcoal is precious. Now, in areas near the sea and rivers, a large number of clams are produced, and a large amount of charcoal can be used to cool down and repel insects.

Traditional food fried sesame cake

Sesame oil is sesame oil, which is a fatty oil extracted from sesame seeds. Sweet, slightly cold, light yellow or golden yellow oily liquid. Exposure to air does not evaporate easily. It is mainly used to treat dullness and dredge small intestine, and can also be used to treat various malignant sores, insects and baldness. Compendium of Materia Medica says that sesame oil can clear away heat and detoxify. The food fried with sesame oil is fragrant and can make the insects on the stove extinct. On this day, there is a custom of frying cakes everywhere. Commonly known as smoked insects.

Eat leek pie

On this day, leeks are made into pies because they are pungent and slightly sour, and contain volatile oil, which can dispel fatigue and promote blood circulation, warm middle-warmer and lower qi, tonify deficiency and strengthen yang, and have a disinfection effect on intestines. Leek juice can be used externally to relieve the poison of various snakes, scorpions and evil insects. If there are bugs crawling in people's ears, you can give people leek juice to drive them away.

Stir-fried thorn

In Tai Po, Guangdong and other places, every household will fry soybeans or wheat grains day and night every year, and then fry them in the spring, repeatedly saying, "Stir-fry the yellow ant claws; Spring, spring, spring, yellow ant. "This is because there is a yellow ant in the local area. As long as someone hides something like candy, it will attract a large number of yellow ants to eat, which is extremely disgusting to the locals. As a result, the custom of bombing and shaking spread. People think that this can reduce the harm of yellow ants, and there will be no ants at home that year.

Eat fried insects

When insects are shocked and thundered, all insects "run away" and come out of the soil and caves, so insects and ants begin to move and gradually spread all over the countryside and home, or hurt crops or disrupt life. So during the panic, people all over the country had different extinction ceremonies.

Farmers in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province regard the fright as "Insect Sweeping Festival". They hold a ceremony to sweep insects in the fields with brooms, which is a metaphor for "sweeping away" all pests. When encountering pests, every household in Jiangsu and Zhejiang will put brooms into the ground one after another, and ask the broom god to help eliminate pests.

Hakka people use the method of "frying insects" to achieve the purpose of expelling insects. On this day, Hakkas in Gu Ting, western Fujian, will cook hairy taro with hot water, or fry beans and rice grains. People think that this can kill many kinds of insects, so there is a saying that "the fried insects are fried thoroughly and the cooked insects are smashed thoroughly".

It was the time when hibernating insects began to revive, so Hakka ancestors advocated early extinction. On this day, Hakka people in Tingzhou also have the custom of eating taro rice or taro jiaozi, which symbolizes "caterpillar", meaning eating taro kills all insects.

In the morning of the Hakka people in Shangyou, Chongyi and Suichuan, Ji 'an, farmers put a handful of seeds of cereals, beans, pumpkins, sunflowers and various vegetables into a pot for dry frying, which is called "fried insects". After frying, give it to your own children or neighbors. It is said that this can ensure a bumper harvest and crops will not be damaged by pests.

Dapu county, Meizhou, East Guangdong also has the custom of bombing and shaking. A book records: "There is a strange custom in Tai Po called Miao Jing Zhe. Every year on this night, every household takes out soybeans or wheat, fry it in a pot, mash it, and then fry it again, repeatedly for more than a dozen times. The reason is that in Tai Po, there is a small yellow ant, and the candy and other foods hidden at home will be eaten by bees. People think that yellow ants can be removed by frying beans and wheat on this night. When frying soybeans and wheat, read aloud:' Fried, fried yellow ant claws; Spring, spring, spring, yellow ant male'. "

Yao people in Jinxiu county, Guangxi, want to eat "fried insects" on the day of fright. After the "worms" were cooked, they were placed in the hall. The whole family sat around and munched, and even shouted while eating: "Eat fried worms, eat fried worms!" When we have fun, we must compete. Whoever eats fast and chews loudly will be congratulated for his contribution to eliminating pests. The so-called "worm" is replaced by corn.

Eat fried beans

In some places in Shandong, farmers will burn pancakes in the middle of the yard on the day of fright, which means smoking to kill insects. In Shaanxi, some areas have the custom of eating fried beans. People soak soybeans in salt water, then stir-fry them in the pot, making a loud noise, which means the sound of insects jumping when they are heated and tortured in the pot. In Yanbei, Shanxi, farmers eat pears on the day of fright, which means saying goodbye to pests.

Special customs are covered with drums.

Fear is caused by thunder. The ancients imagined Thor as a great god with wings and a beak. He held a hammer in one hand, and struck the drums around him with the other hand, making a rumbling thunder. On this frightening day, there was a thunder god beating drums in the sky, and the world also seized this opportunity to cover the drums. The article "Swinging People" in Volume 40 of Zhou Li said: "Whoever beats the drum starts to stab it." (Note: even in Meng Chun, the sting insects begin to move at the sound of thunder; Drum, like also beat; Risk, in the dark. It can be seen that not only the ecology of various insects is consistent with the operation of the four seasons, but also human beings, as the spirit of all things, should adapt to the weather, so that everything can get twice the result with half the effort.

Eat pears in horror.

There is a folk custom of "eating pears in surprise". There is no trace of when pears were eaten, but there is such a story circulating among the people in Qixian County. According to legend, Qu Ji, a well-known Shanxi merchant at sea, is the eldest son of Shangdang County. In the early years of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, he took his two sons, Xin and Yi, and traded the Party's pears for coarse cloth and red dates in Qixian for profit. Over time, he had savings and settled down in Qixian County. During the Yongzheng period, the Fourteenth Canal reached the west exit, which was the day of surprise attack. His father took out pears for him to eat. He said that his ancestors sold pears to start a business and settled in Qixian after hardships. Today, you went to the west exit in surprise. Eating pears is to make you not forget your ancestors, work hard to start a business and honor your ancestors. Qu Baichuan went west to become rich in business and named the shop name "Changyuan Hou". Later, westerners followed suit and ate pears, mostly with the intention of "leaving home to start a business". Later, they were shocked and ate pears, and they also had the idea of "trying to honor their ancestors."

Eat scorpion poison

Soybean is a light yellow soybean, an annual cereal plant, sweet in taste and warm in nature. If eaten, it can be made into tofu, soybean oil, soybean milk and soy sauce, which are rich in vitamins; Taking medicine can relax the middle-jiao and lower the qi, and benefit the large intestine. Eliminate water swelling and swelling.

Scorpion is a spider, about three inches long, blue and black, with a pair of tentacles on his forehead, like a crab. Scorpions have a short head and chest, thirteen knots in the abdomen and a poisonous hook in the tail. It can kill people by injecting poisonous juice, live in dust and catch spiders and insects as food. When the spring thunder rings, the dormant insects are awakened, and this scorpion will also be dispatched, so the whole family will be fried with soybeans on this day. It is called eating scorpion poison. People believe that if you eat all its poison, you can avoid being stored by scorpions.

Shaanxi Fengxiang cooks Yuanxiao, called jiaozi Scorpion; The dry cakes made at the beginning of fishing in Shaanxi are taken out and distributed to everyone at this time, called biting scorpion tails; Pei county, Jiangsu province will add sugar to the fried soybeans for children to eat, so as not to give birth to scorpions. This is called eating scorpion claws. These customs are intended to alert people to the dangers of scorpions. Scorpions are the most common in northern China, so the custom about scorpions is quite popular. The same is true in the northwestern frontier areas such as Turpan, Xinjiang. The local scorpion is extremely harmful, and the story of scorpion essence is still circulating among the people.