What are the distinctive cultures in Xiamen?

The unique cake culture in southern Fujian promotes folk activities.

This is a game for entertainment during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Participants' prizes are determined by the combination of six dice rolls.

Traditional prizes are moon cakes of different sizes, called warrior cakes. According to legend, this game can predict people's luck in the coming year.

2. Avoid paying New Year's greetings on the third day of the first month.

On the third day of the first month, New Year greetings are prohibited. The traditional custom in Xiamen is not to visit at home on the third day of the first month, but to worship the dead at home.

There is a saying that "the first day is early, the second day is early, and the third day is full of food and clothing", which means that there are no guests at home on the third day, and it is okay to get up late.

3. Gaojia Opera

Gaojia Opera originated in Quanzhou, Fujian, also known as Ge Jia Opera, Jiujiao Opera, Daban Opera and Tuban Opera. It is the local opera with the widest broadcast area and the largest audience among all kinds of operas in southern Fujian. It originated from a costume that was popular in rural areas of southern Fujian in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, dressing up as a Liangshan hero and performing martial arts skills.

4. Taiwanese opera

Taiwanese opera (pronounced as Taiwanese opera, or Taiwanese opera, which is more popular in Taiwan Province Province) is a traditional opera that originated in Zhangzhou in the early 20th century, so it is also called xiang opera, and later spread to Taiwan Province Province and further developed.

"Gezi" means ditty and folk song. Taiwanese opera is mainly mixed with classical Chinese, which exposes the public to elegant vocabulary or stories of loyalty, filial piety and righteousness. It became one of the important entertainment activities in southern Fujian and Taiwan Province Province in the early days.

5. Lacquer line carving

Lacquer line carving is a traditional craft in southern Fujian and one of the artistic treasures in the treasure house of Chinese lacquer art culture.

It was formed in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties and gradually matured in the late Qing Dynasty.

Lacquer line carving is applied to the decoration of Buddha statues, commonly known as "Buddha ornaments", which has been widely circulated as a special industry for a long time.

Lacquer line carving is exquisite and elegant in craft, vivid in image, simple and solemn in style and lifelike in picture. It is a wonderful flower in art gardens and a must for China.