What are the customs of Datong?

Customs in Datong:

1, folk paper-cutting

Folk paper-cutting in Shanxi is a very common art of the masses, paper-cutting is so rooted among the people, and people's lives are closely associated with a folk art form for thousands of families to add color and joy. Passed down from generation to generation gradually formed a set of aesthetic meaning, artistic expression of a more complete and mature program.

2, Shanxi folk social fire

Folk social fire is a traditional Chinese New Year during the Spring Festival of the folk self-performance self-entertainment activities, from a long time, from the time of the Shang Gu people on the land and fire surging. Society, that is, the land god; fire for the fire ancestor, is the legendary god of fire. From this folk custom of sacrificing to the community and the fire, and the group year after year passed down to the present.

3. The Wei Feng Gongs and Drums

The Wei Feng Gongs and Drums originated in the era of Yao and Shun, and flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties. According to legend, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty fought Liu Wuzhou's general Yuchigong in Huozhou, and won a great victory with the Wei Feng gongs and drums, which then spread to the people, celebrating ceremonies, rallies, social fires, and welcoming the gods to get rid of evil spirits.

4, raw fire

Datong area is relatively rich in coal resources, it is bound to have a variety of links with the local people's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Therefore, the role of coal in ancient times has been penetrated into the customs and folklore, in which the production of fire is a local custom. Every Spring Festival New Year's Eve night, in front of the courtyard of every house to use a large piece of coal into a tower, called Wang Huo, for good luck, congratulations on the meaning of prosperity throughout the year.

5, tour eight immortals

Tour eight immortals is Datong unique folk activities, began in the Ming Dynasty, every year on the eighth day of the first month of the local people's homes will help the old and the young, gathered in temples and Taoist temples, praying for the coming year's health and peace. There is a saying that "traveling to the Eight Immortals removes all diseases". On the streets of Datong city, crowds rolled through the streets and alleys as people stepped out of their homes to experience the joys of the Spring Festival.

Culture of Datong:

The famous Chinese historical and cultural city of Datong, known as the "famous city outside the city", is located in the northernmost part of Shanxi Province, between the inner and outer Great Wall, and is the second largest city in Shanxi. It is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the Royal River, a tributary of the Sanggan River, runs north and south.

For a long time, people's understanding of Datong stops at the richness of the coal capital, the magnificence of the Yungang, the majesty of the Huayan Temple, in fact, as early as 1982, Datong City, together with Beijing, Chengde and other 24 cities in the first batch of "China's Famous Historical and Cultural Cities", became the only one of the first batch of cities in Shanxi.