Folkways and customs of Quxi Town

Quxi Town is known as the ancient town of South Zhejiang, with beautiful scenery, convenient transportation, developed industry and commerce reputation, Quxi three sides of the mountains on one side of the plains of the water town, the geographical area is unique, "the day in the peaks of the lack of bright, mountainous terrain in the river River River," is a place of the throat, the key to transportation, distribution center of materials, Quxi February 1st fair is famous for the South of Zhejiang, every year, the first day of February of the lunar calendar as a traditional festival, as many as more than 100,000 people gathered merchants and traders. The first day of February in the lunar calendar for the traditional festival, merchants gathered, up to more than 100,000 people, the impact is quite wide.

Famous in southern Zhejiang, the first day of February is a traditional festival in Quxi, which is rumored to have a history of more than 200 years, and was initially dominated by toilet paper, bamboo products, and agricultural tools. In the Qing Dynasty before the Daoguang, commercial activities in the back of Lantau Street, the first year of Tongzhi Taiping Heavenly Kingdom volunteers entered Wenzhou, and the Qing army, the back of Lantau Street went up in flames, since then the commercial concentration of Quxi Street, to the middle of the Tongzhi, the first day of the second month of the lunar calendar each year for the fair period, has a hundred years of history. On the first day of February, the day just dawned, from Wenzhou city, Ouhai townships and Yongjia, Yueqing, Rui'an, Pingyang, Cangnan, Qingtian and other counties of traders, customers, tourists, sightseers, visiting friends and relatives are coming, endless, the streets and alleys, tourists shoulder to shoulder, every household door open, joyful, set up banquets, and theater, storytelling, drums, magic, circus, movies and other kinds of entertainment. The city's history has been a source of great amusement for many years.

After the founding of the country, the first day of February fair, has gradually changed into a material exchange conference. Ten years of turmoil, was considered a black market, had been cold for a while. Since the reform and opening up, February 1st fair scale and year by year to restore and expand. Every day, Quxi bridge, under the bridge, up and down the beach, rocky door angle, Tangkan angle, Changchun Pavilion has been to the red bridge, the head of the River Street, full of bamboo and wooden farm equipment and furniture, even usually difficult to buy wooden plows, small bamboo chairs, have everything. People can view, familiarize themselves with, touch or choose at will. New Street, is full of needles and cotton fabrics, non-staple foods, daily necessities, clothing, shoes and socks, copper and iron hardware, electrical appliances and ceramics, as well as children's toys and some of the usual particularly popular commodities, especially fashionable commodities or just developed goods, are also organized by merchants to QuXi to. The bazaar continues until the third day of the month.

Quxi's grand bazaar was formed by the masses themselves according to custom. Since Quxi borders on Yongjia, Qingtian and Rui'an, it is the source of three streams (Quxi River, Xiongyi River and Xianmen River) and the general meeting point of Shanghe Township, which has traditionally been the scattering place of Nanping paper (toilet paper), mountain goods and timber. Whenever the lunar calendar enters the month of February, people's leisure period is nearly over, and the period of hard work to prepare for plowing is approaching, and the family's farming tools, plowing oxen, mountain goods, clothes, and seeds have to be sold or prepared. Over time, the market was formed. With the expansion of commodity exchanges, the number of people to and from the market increased, gradually increased entertainment, folklore, welcome the content of the gods. With the further deepening of reform and opening up and the further improvement of people's living standards, the first day of February, the content of the fair will be further colorful.