What are the customs and characteristics of Huaihua, Hunan?

1, send sesame cakes at Qingming Festival

Glutinous rice is called Ma Shi, and late rice is called rice cake. It is a folk custom for Tomb-Sweeping Day to make sesame cakes and rice cakes on New Year's Day. In the past, Tomb-Sweeping Day had the habit of dividing baked wheat cakes to sweep the grave of the Grand Duke. It's the master's turn to prepare in advance and divide the hemp in front of the grave.

2. Yang Xi

Yang opera is widely spread in the vast rural areas of Chongqing, Hunan, Guizhou, Hubei and other provinces. There are many ethnic minorities living here, such as Han, Tujia, Miao, Dong, Bai, Hui, Yao and Zhuang, and there are a lot of cultural relics and rhymes of Ba, Chu, Xiang and Qian. Brilliant minority cultures and other local operas, such as Tantang Opera and Nuo Opera, have given Yang Opera a special artistic nourishment.

Step 3 dance the dragon

Dragon dancing, also known as playing with dragon lanterns, is a traditional folk cultural activity of the Chinese nation, through which people pray for peace and good luck. Dragon dance originated from the ancient people's worship of dragons. During the festival, people will dance dragons, starting from the Spring Festival, and then "dragon heads up" in February and the Dragon Boat Festival.

Step 4 step on the reeds

Originated from the ancient ritual dance of praying for a bumper harvest before sowing and thanking the gods for giving and offering sacrifices to ancestors after harvest. The dance atmosphere is warm and cheerful, and it has become a self-entertainment and courtship dance for young men and women during the fallow period from rice harvest to spring sowing next year and during various festive festivals, which is called "stepping on the hall" or "stepping on the lusheng".

5, playing drums and hoeing tea

Playing drums and hoeing tea, also known as "hoeing tea drums", is an ancient production and cultural custom that spreads in Miao villages in Huitong forest area, Hunan Province. According to legend, when Miao ancestors lived in the mountains, people beat around their prey, gathered for fun and expressed their joy.