The Folk Culture of wuyue Nationalities

"Sui Zhi" records that "Jiangnan customs are rich in fish and rice, not worried about hunger, believing in ghosts and gods, and loving sex." In other words, Wuyue people are a people who like to worship prostitutes, and have formed their own unique folk customs in many sacrificial activities throughout the year. Wuyue is the first nation to tame wild rice, so they have a kind of attachment and worship to rice. In many sacrificial activities, rice occupies a high position:

1. From the beginning of the New Year's Day, Yuanxiao is a sacrifice to heaven and earth, with Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, uncooked rice for flowers in February, jiaozi in Tomb-Sweeping Day in March, and zongzi on the fifth day of May ... Until the 30th anniversary of New Year's Day, rice or food made from rice disappeared from the offerings of four seasons and eight festivals.

2. Weddings and funerals are important events in life, and Wu Yue people who like sacrifice will make great sacrifices. In such an important activity, rice is regarded as an important sacrifice. Take marriage as an example. When the bride and groom worship heaven and earth, they should put a grain plate in the middle, enlarge rice in the middle, and scatter wheat and beans around.

Vietnamese people attach great importance to rice, and there are many taboos such as bamboo baskets that will be thundered by heaven and earth when watching it. 4. In the rice-producing areas of Wuyue Mountain, every process, from spring ploughing and sowing to transplanting and fertilizing, to autumn harvest and winter storage, has a simple or complex sacrificial ceremony, among which transplanting is the most important: transplanting is called opening the seedling door. From the day the seedling gate was opened, except for offering sacrifices to mother and ancestors, it was forbidden for husband and wife to say obscene words at home and in the field, and to close the bed door in the same room. When transplanting rice seedlings, it is forbidden to insert the seedlings into the yellow straw that binds the seedlings, which means "the child bullied his mother and was struck by lightning". When these sacrificial activities were held, Wu Yue people did not pay attention to complicated etiquette, and they all arrived with courtesy and stopped with heart. Unlike the Central Plains people, they are step by step and meticulous. Besides rice, they also put the other offerings, which are called "gathering flowers". This way of offering sacrifices embodies the casual character of Wu and Yue people. Extending from the attachment and worship of rice is:

1. Worship of birds: It is said that birds fall from the sky and bring rice seeds, and they have love for birds, especially for swallows. Every family is proud that swallows build nests. There are many legends about swallows and people.

2. Frog worship: Frogs and toads are the most common frogs. There are folk legends about frogs getting married, and there are children's songs and folk songs aimed at protecting frogs.

3. The cultivation of rice is based on soil, so Wuyue people sacrifice to the couple in the land and the couple in the field.

The land in-laws in each village are all self-styled by local people, which was beneficial to the public before their death. Their temples are also located at the head of the village or on the roadside. As for tiangong tianpo, there is no temple, and the offerings to tiangong tianpo and tiangong tianpo are not punctual, and they are not too particular about offering only incense sticks. 4. Worship of water gods: rice is dominated by water, and there are many floods in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, since the continuous tattoo waterproof, Wuyue people have a series of sacrifices and taboos on water. A "wow" baby, from the river to death, has to ask relatives to buy him water to earn money from the water god. Wu Shuo "No food is better than no water", because there are many sacrifices about the water god, so I have to stop here. Some people say that Wu and Yue people are slender and sensitive, and they use their feelings with their hearts, which is most obvious in customs and human feelings. For example, it is good for birds, frogs, land and fields, and water gods. Every sacrifice is based on sincerity and affection, unlike Zhongyuan people. This is that even the people of wuyue are so free and easy to God.

There are many kinds of folk customs in wuyue, so I can't tell you one by one at the moment. I can only choose a few representative ones. Ancient Wuyue people "used trees as their nests to avoid insects", and later they were called "people who lived in" dry fences ". Among the architectural styles of wuyue nationalities, the bridges in Shaoxing and the gardens in Suzhou are the most representative. The winding cloisters, small pavilions and colorful arched stone bridges not only reflect the wisdom and dexterity of wuyue people, but also their sleek, flexible and humorous characters. Different personalities of different nationalities. The heavy and dignified style in the north and the exquisite and smooth style in the south are obviously different in these buildings.