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Weifang's New Year Customs

1. It is one of the traditions of Weifang to put red envelopes in new clothes and wear new clothes for the New Year. In the Spring Festival, we should not only prepare new year's goods and buy new flowers to satisfy our appetite, but also pursue new clothes.

And the first stubble of noodles, the whole family steamed cakes, and the annual taste of Weifang was accompanied by delicious cakes. No matter how good the day is and how rich the gifts are, the big cake will always be an indispensable gift for Changyi people to visit relatives and friends in the New Year.

3. Yangjiabu woodblock New Year pictures are a kind of traditional folk prints that spread in Yangjiabu, Weifang. Its making method is simple, exquisite, rich in color and content. Every year, the theme of New Year pictures will be changed, and many new ideas and things will be reflected in New Year pictures immediately after they appear.

4. Hand-painted New Year pictures. Linqu New Year pictures have a long history. Every year before the Spring Festival, ordinary people will go to the market to buy New Year pictures such as Master Chef Wang and stick them on the wall according to traditional folk customs. "But most of them are hand-painted and printed, and every household sticks the same. Ordinary people pay attention to etiquette and affordable prices, not the artistic value of New Year pictures.

Dragon dance is one of the traditional folk cultural activities in Spring Festival and Lantern Festival. The dragon lanterns in Xie Jia Village, Houzhen, Shouguang City are not only unique in binding technology, but also deeply loved by people because of their candlelight lanterns and fireworks.