What are the customs in Shanxi?

Shanxi folk activities mainly include social fire, paper-cutting, shadow play, burning incense and worshipping Buddha, percussion, dough sculpture, New Year pictures and Tang Hua.

1, Shehuo: Also called Honghuo, it is one of the oldest Han folk cultural activities in Shanxi Province. Shehuo refers to various performances organized by village clubs, guilds and temple fairs in various places during the first month of the lunar calendar or other festivals, including dragon and lion dances, roller boating, tightrope walking, acrobatics and shadow play.

2. Paper-cutting: Paper-cutting is one of the most representative folk arts in Shanxi Province. Paper-cutting is the art of cutting various patterns on paper with scissors or blades, which is often used to decorate windows, lintels and walls.

3. Shadow play: Shadow play is one of the oldest forms of opera in Shanxi Province. Shadow play is an art in which characters or animal images made of cowhide or sheepskin are used to perform stories on a white cloth screen under the illumination of lights.

4. Burning incense to worship Buddha: Burning incense to worship Buddha means that believers light incense in temples or Taoist temples to worship Buddha statues or gods and pray for peace, health, happiness and wealth. Burning incense and worshipping Buddha is a way for Shanxi people to express their awe and gratitude to the gods, and it is also a spiritual sustenance and purification.

5. Blowing music: Blowing music is one of the most distinctive folk music in Shanxi Province. Percussion refers to a band composed of percussion instruments and percussion instruments, playing all kinds of music.

6. dough sculpture: dough sculpture is one of the most exquisite folk crafts in Shanxi province. Dough modeling is a kind of dough made of flour and other auxiliary materials. After kneading, cutting, stamping and other processes, various images are created.

7. New Year pictures: New Year pictures are one of the oldest folk paintings in Shanxi Province. New Year pictures refer to paintings with auspicious patterns or story scenes posted on doors or walls around the Lunar New Year.

Tang Hua: Tang Hua is one of the most lovely folk crafts in Shaanxi. Tang Hua is the art of quickly drawing various patterns on the iron plate with boiled sugar.