What are the main contents and forms of agricultural folklore

Agricultural folklore is a cultural phenomenon that accompanied the agricultural economic life in ancient China. It is characterized by the seasonal and cyclical nature of agricultural production, and is a cultural product gradually formed by farmers in their long-term observation and production practice, which is both a summary of production experience and a means of guiding production, with obvious inheritance. Therefore, this kind of folklore covers the whole process of agricultural production, specifically including:

A, agricultural farming seasonal, seasonal customs. This part of the custom mainly in the form of agricultural proverbs survive in today's life, the agricultural production plays a role in guiding and admonishing.

Two, accounted for the sky, measuring the custom of agriculture. Our country since ancient times to agriculture as a country, so in the undeveloped productivity of the traditional society, rely on the sky to eat people attach importance to the natural forces of agricultural production in the important role of many proverbs can still be seen in the old days of the custom of the profile; specific proverbs

three, divination of agricultural plentiful and poor, praying for blessings, avoiding the disaster of the custom. People still have a reverence for imaginary natural forces; they often believe that the abundance or failure of agriculture is related to supernatural forces, so people at that time, in addition to hard work, pay more attention to observing the supernatural spirits they have always been.

Four, agricultural taboos, sacrificial practices. On the one hand, this is a reflection of agriculture can not fully understand the laws of nature, on the other hand, but also the accumulation of experience in agricultural production, for example, in some areas, the first ten days of the first month of the wind taboo, you can avoid the wind to get rid of the disaster, the hibernation in the corner of the wall to sprinkle lime, you can avoid the insects and snakes, etc.;

5, the sacrifice of the god of the field, the first farmer and the god of the stove.

6, agricultural production process customs. These customs include the production and use of agricultural production tools, as well as specific production procedures, such as the ancient times, there is a pull up seedlings to help grow the story is to ridicule those who do not respect the laws of agricultural production

Seven, agricultural recreation customs, this custom is the source of labor practices are also accompanied by the production activities of the formation of natural recreation with the nature of entertainment of the folk culture.