What are the customs of the Han nationality?

Customs and characteristics of the Han nationality:

1. The staple food of the Han nationality is rice and wheat, supplemented by vegetables, meat and bean products. Tea and wine are traditional drinks of the Han nationality. The main way to eat rice is rice, as well as porridge, rice noodles, rice cakes, glutinous rice balls, zongzi, rice cakes and other foods. Wheat is eaten with steamed bread, noodles, flower rolls, steamed stuffed buns, jiaozi, wonton, fried dough sticks, spring rolls, fried cakes and pancakes.

Han people are very particular about cooking. Han people in different regions have formed different local flavors by frying, roasting, frying, boiling, steaming, roasting and cold salad. Chinese cuisine is generally divided into eight major cuisines, namely, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Anhui, Shandong, Hunan, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.

3, Mid-Autumn Festival, there are many game activities, the first is to play lanterns. Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the three major Lantern Festival in China, so we should play with lanterns in festivals. Of course, the Mid-Autumn Festival does not have such a large lantern festival, and playing with lanterns is mainly between families and children.

Han people also pay attention to the rules of going to dinner. Before and after the seat, the host and guest spoke successively, giving each other humility; After sitting down, the host advised the guests to eat, and then the guests began to eat; During the dinner, don't just eat and drink by yourself, don't gulp soup, don't slurp, don't slurp, don't choose vegetables, don't take vegetables from them, don't stir the soup, don't put the bitten vegetables back on the plates and bowls, don't pick your teeth in public, and so on.

5. Kinship titles are divided into generations, regardless of age. Kinship appellation is also used between neighbors or strangers in society to show kindness and respect. Generally speaking, it is very important to pay attention to the hierarchy and grasp the angle in the use of address. Different age groups have different addresses, especially on envelopes.

Traditional festivals of Han nationality:

1, Spring Festival

China Han people generally eat rice cakes, jiaozi, Ciba, glutinous rice balls, poached eggs, meatballs, whole fish, wine, oranges, apples, peanuts, melon seeds, sweets, fragrant tea and Yaozhuan.

The custom of the Spring Festival is accompanied by many activities, such as dusting, washing bedding, preparing new year's goods, pasting Spring Festival couplets, pasting New Year pictures (Zhong Kui, the door god), pasting paper-cuts, stick grilles, pasting blessings, lighting candles, lighting a fire, setting off firecrackers, celebrating the New Year, giving lucky money, visiting relatives, giving New Year gifts, visiting ancestral graves, visiting flower markets, lighting fires and dancing in Zhong Kui.

2. beginning of spring

Beginning of spring is the first of the 24 solar terms in the lunar calendar and the first day of spring, which marks the beginning of agricultural activities in a year. In China, it has always been valued by the Han people. As early as the Song Dynasty, beginning of spring's customs were already very rich.

3. Lantern Festival

Yuanxiao, originally meant as "the night of Shangyuan Festival", is the Shangyuan Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month in China. Its main activities are eating glutinous rice balls and enjoying the moon in the evening. Later, the name of this festival evolved into "Lantern Festival", which pushed the celebration started on New Year's Eve to another climax.

4. Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival, commonly known as "Ghost Festival", is said to be a place where ghosts are everywhere. There is a folk saying that "in July and a half, ghosts wander". Those who are worshipped go home and are worshipped by their descendants. If you don't worship, please ask Buddhism and Taoism to do things, and don't make it go astray. It can be said that the Mid-Autumn Festival is an ancient festival for the dead in China, which was developed on the basis of the custom of the ancient Mid-Autumn Festival.