Who knows what folk customs in Tonglu?

Spring Festival

Oldly known as the first day of the year, commonly known as the first day of the year. Daybreak firecrackers called "open the door", by the men bubble sugar soup, send longevity noodles to serve women. In the old days, in front of the hall for the ancestral image, parents on the Siangtang ancestral worship, the younger generation to the elders to send egg tea; water area also invited the clan will feast. On this day, there is no sweeping, no use of knives, needles and sharp instruments and other customs. On the second day of the New Year's Eve, we start to pay homage to the New Year.

Lunar New Year's Eve

The fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar was formerly known as Shangyuan. On this day, urban and rural areas around the dragon lanterns, lion lanterns, horse lanterns competing parade, walking in temples and villages and towns. County lights all over the street, all night noisy heard unceasingly. Countryside temples in the countryside before and after the hiring of theater troupe plays, said the Lantern Festival.

Flower Dynasty

The second day of February is called Flower Dynasty, also known as the "birthday of a hundred flowers". In the olden days, peasant women summoned the pit aunt with incense and candles on the night of that day to divine the silkworm flowers and family affairs; men took the auspicious day to plant fruit trees. The county honors this day as the birthday of the city god, play to meet the social fire, lively.

Ching Ming

Ching Ming Festival, there are inserted willow, eat Qingming fruit, the custom of sweeping the tomb. In the cemetery, weeding and cultivating the soil, hanging long money, providing food and wine, lighting incense and candles, and burning paper ingots to offer sacrifices to the ancestors.

Lixia

This day every family at noon on the table there will be so many agreed upon food: eggs, smooth not boil; small bamboo shoots, section of strong; cauliflower, do not hair stasis; broad beans, eyes bright; Wu rice, mosquitoes do not bite. Farmers also have the custom of sacrificing the Bodhisattva of the rice plantation with the pine flower tree.

Duanyang

Commonly known as the Dragon Boat Festival. In the past, there were hanging Puwen leaves in front of the door, indoor with Cangzhu white smoke smoked house, wall roots sprinkled with lime, in the center of the hall hanging Zhong Kui statue, the door sticker seal. On this day, both urban and rural areas will be wrapped zongzi, lunch is to eat "five Guan" (yellow fish, eel, egg yolk, cucumber and xionghuang wine), plus garlic boiled meat. Children hanging bags of incense, eat andrographis beans, and use the andrographis painted on the forehead. The day before the Dragon Boat Festival, grandma's family to grandchildren to send fans, bibs, incense bags and tiger shoes.

Ignorance

The day is commonly known as Tianzhi day, said "June 6, cats and dogs bathing". Countryside children on this day down to the river to play in the water, parents will not say he, wishing him as healthy as cats and dogs. On this day, the family sun-drying books, winter clothes, farmers also have sun sauce.

The seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar

Women wash their hair with molded leaves on this day, while girls play needle threading games in order to be exquisite.

Shenyuan

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, commonly known as the Ghost Festival. Before the liberation of the country, every family offered sacrifices to their ancestors. Cities and towns invited monks and Taoist priests to make Bon to ferry lonely souls, or set off fireworks to "give food". Boat families float water lanterns on the river to pay tribute to the souls of the dead. The event lasts until the end of the month.

Mid-Autumn Festival

Commonly known as Reunion Day. Before the festival, mooncakes are given to friends and relatives, while son-in-laws send mooncakes, chestnuts and cross bladders to their in-laws. On this day, the family will get together to eat, enjoy the moon, eat moon cakes.

Huyang

The Chongyang Festival is a day of wrapping zongzi (rice dumplings), making sesame cakes, and climbing up to the top of the mountain. In the old days, this day Tongjunshan incense market flourished, riverside ships gathered, Fuyang, Xindeng, Pujiang and Zhuji and other places have to go to incense. In recent years has been the Chongyang Festival as a festival for the elderly, to carry out activities to honor the elderly.

Winter Solstice

Also known as the Winter Festival, there is a "winter solstice is as big as the year" said. In the old days, farmers did hemp cake machine stove God, the proverb says: "winter festival hemp Ya rancid, planting not worry." Customary winter solstice night women do not sleep in the mother's home, said in the mother's home "over the winter, the death of the public". On this day, some of them to the graves of relatives "send cold clothes"; moving graves to repair graves are also handled in the Winter Festival.

New Year's Eve

Also known as New Year's Eve. Before the New Year, "Gan San dusting, Ji Si Zaoshen"; families make bean curd, wrapping dumplings, slaughtering pigs, brewing wine, playing the New Year's Eve, and choosing an auspicious day.

"Finishing the New Year's blessing"

The family feast on the 30th night of New Year's Eve was especially sumptuous, and it was called the New Year's dinner. Old and young people at the same table, will be out for those who have not yet returned to the seat; meal fish and round seeds do not eat, in order to show that "year after year, complete as intended" meaning. Pigs, cows, dogs and cats are also served with New Year's meals. After the meal, but also to receive the God of the stove, posting spring couplets, rice barrels and other household chores and pig pens, chicken coops will also be posted red, in order to pray for prosperity. Elders give children a share of the New Year's money, the old custom of wiping their mouths with straw paper, and sticking "children's words, birds and no taboos" note. On this night, children will sleep late, which is called "sitting in the New Year"; sleeping is called "enjoying happiness". Before going to bed, the door with Jiejiegao (sugar cane) according to the door, may the next year open the door to a good fortune.