What are the folk customs in Jixi, Anhui?

1. Jixi, the biggest thing in Chinese New Year is to kill pigs. No matter rich or poor, every household must kill pigs for the New Year, otherwise it will be shabby and embarrassing. Therefore, the custom of pig year in Jixi shows the division of labor and labor achievements of men and women in traditional villages.

2. Jixi Mid-Autumn Festival children play Mid-Autumn Festival firecrackers. Mid-Autumn Festival firecrackers are braided with straw, picked up and smashed stones after soaking, making a loud noise, which is a custom in Youlong. A fire dragon is a dragon made of grass with incense in it. When you visit the dragon, there are gongs and drums teams. They tour the village before being sent to the river.

3. The custom in Jixi County is to prepare the seasoning of Laba porridge before Laba in the lunar calendar, mainly white rice, mixed with corn and beans.

4. Dragon Boat Festival.

5。 Sai Qiong Bowl-the Sai Qiong Bowl on the 18th day of the first month, is an annual activity of Jixi folk, and it is also a typical folk Anhui cuisine meeting. The Sai Qiong Bowl was originally held in memory of Wang Hua. Hua Wang, a native of Jixi, was the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Sui Dynasty. He successively captured Iraq, She, Wu, Mu, Hangzhou and Rao and became the king of Wu. Later, he surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and was named King Yue. People in six states have not forgotten Hua Wang's contribution to protecting villages, and felt the merit of "protecting the environment and ensuring people's safety", and built a temple statue for future generations to sacrifice. According to legend, the 18th day of the first month is the birth day of Hua Wang. At first, wang xing people in Jixi initiated the organization of sacrificial activities, and later it spread to his surname family. From the 18th day of the first month to the 25th day of February, the flower show is held in the ancestral hall and the village temple in turn. In the early days, there were lanterns, gongs and drums, firecrackers, pigs, sacrifices, chanting sacrificial words, burning incense and worshipping the king's meeting. Later, due to more and more offerings, the scale is getting bigger and bigger, and it has developed into the offerings of Saiqiong Bowl. During the activity, besides red candles as thick as broken columns, Hui pigs as strong as bulls, green tea, fine wine and fruits, there are all kinds of exotic dishes and dishes, as well as all kinds of delicacies refined from agricultural products, which symbolize "bumper harvest", "auspiciousness", "infinite prosperity" and "longevity". In order to make their offerings more beautiful and eye-catching, pious county people will make full use of the tender yellow of winter bamboo shoots, the jade white of tofu, the gray brown of mushrooms, the blue purple of bracken and the bright red and golden yellow of peppers to cook colorful dishes, so as to improve people's appreciation of offerings and form the concept of "heavy color" for dishes. The largest sacrificial ceremony, there are at most 24 rows 12 plates (bowls) on the table, totaling 288 plates (bowls). These precious offerings express people's worship of the gods, just like exquisite works of art, which are not only delicious, but also pleasing to the eye. On this day, a liter of glutinous rice dumplings are wrapped to worship the land god, and frozen rice, soybeans and straw hearts are fried together and mixed together to worship the land god.