What are the traditional customs in Shanghai?

1, New Year's Eve: Many family elders don't sleep on New Year's Eve and watch their old age around the stove. At dawn, men, women and children put on new clothes, hats and shoes. In the hall where the offerings have already been arranged, worship heaven and earth first, and ancestors first. At midnight, some people will go to temples in the city to burn "head incense" and bump "head bells".

2. Shanghai Peach Blossom Festival: held from March to April every year. Shanghai people have a long-standing habit of enjoying peach blossoms. Nanhui is a good place to enjoy flowers. In order to show the beautiful rural scenery and simple folk customs, the Shanghai Peach Blossom Festival has been held since 199 1 when the peach blossoms are in full bloom, so as to further promote the peach blossom culture and promote the development of tourism.

3. Spring Festival: Every day after the first day of junior high school is the time for relatives and friends to return to pay New Year greetings. When guests come to bring more gifts, they must be invited to drink "Yuanbao Tea", that is, put olives in the tea or put olives on the tea cover, and be sure to treat them to wine and rice. When Shanghainese arrive at the Spring Festival, they must visit the Chenghuang Temple and take a walk on the Jiuqu Bridge. On the fifth day of the first month, people celebrated the birthday of the God of Wealth (commonly known as "Road God"), and there were moves to pick up the God of Wealth everywhere.

4. Lantern Festival: Every family should eat "Yuanxiao", that is, glutinous rice balls, which also means reunion and good luck. But the prosperity of the Lantern Festival lies in "lights", so it is also called "Lantern Festival". Before hanging lanterns in every household, shops, temples, gardens, squares and other public places, there are big lanterns. At that time, men, women and children will appear in groups. Chenghuang Temple and Xiyuan Garden are also the center of an activity.