What are the folk customs in Putian?

Putian has the following two local customs: (1) One year past two years, the former Putian County was the fourth day of the lunar calendar, and Xianyou County was the fifth day of the lunar calendar. It's hard to find a custom of two years in China. Besides, people don't visit their friends on the second day of the new year. In order to warn the Japanese invaders during New Year's Day, the local people stipulated that they should not visit their friends on the second day of New Year's Day, and they have always followed this rule.

(2) Putian Lantern Festival has a long time span, from the 6th day of the first month to the 29th day of the first month, which is the longest Lantern Festival in China. During this period, there are many lively folk activities to celebrate the Spring Festival.

Extended data:

Puxian folk customs are rich and colorful, and the same custom has changed in different regions. For example, the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival have different dates, and the content, scale and form of the project are also different.

During the Lantern Festival, it is typical for people in the plains to hold lanterns and play lanterns in the wind pavilion. On the Lantern Festival, people along the coast hold fugue, set up religions and perform programs. There are countless temples in Puxian, and the temple fair activities held in temples vary widely.

But their functions or properties are basically the same, but they have a common desire-happiness, well-being, peace and good luck, prosperity for future generations and all the best. Folk customs are not only festivals, but also popular unwritten lifestyles. Due to the influence and restriction of regional culture, folk dialects or ordinary behavior habits have also produced many distinctive local customs.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Putian