There are many kinds of folk customs in Xiaqian Lake.

The area where Xiaqian Lake is located is inhabited by She people, and Jingning She Autonomous County is the only She Autonomous County in China, which is known as "the hometown of She people in China".

She nationality is one of the ethnic minorities with a small population in China. She nationality has its own language, which belongs to Miao and Yao language family of Sino-Tibetan language family, but it has no own writing. It is common to sing She nationality songs in Chinese, and She nationality songs are the source of Chaozhou ballads. She people call themselves "Shanha", that is, guests who have moved from other places to the mountains.

Legend has it that the She nationality has four surnames: Pan, Lan, Lei and Zhong. According to genealogy and mythology, the ancestor Long Qiwei was named Princess Sancui and gave birth to three men and one woman. The emperor gave his eldest son "panzhuang" the surname of Pan, and named him "Zhou Hou" in Nanyang County. The second son, Basket Bao, was named Lan, with a glorious name, and was awarded the title of "protecting the country" in runan county. The third son, "Lei Gong's head is ringing, taking Lei as his surname", was named Juyou, and was named "Wuqihou" in Fengyi County; A woman named, whose husband's surname is Zhong, was named Hou in Yingchuan County.

She nationality has a special marriage custom of "marrying a man", which has been passed down from generation to generation, which embodies the simple folk custom of advocating equality between men and women and solves the problems of insufficient family labor force, supporting the elderly and single gender. Every year, the third day of the third lunar month, that is, "March 3", is a traditional festival for the people of Shexiang. She people gather in the ancestral hall from morning till night, singing songs in memory of their ancestors and cooking black rice, also known as the "Black Rice Festival". Qingtian county is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China with a history of more than 300 years. It is the place with the longest history of overseas Chinese in southern Zhejiang. Up to now, Qingtian people have180,000 people, distributed in more than 10 countries and regions, and are famous for ranking first in foreign exchange reserves at the county level in Zhejiang Province.

In recent years, among the overseas Chinese in Qingtian, overseas Chinese in Western Europe have risen rapidly. At present, about 30,000 people are engaged in international trade, with an annual trade volume of $3 billion. The construction of overseas Chinese foreign trade clothing industrial park, the rise of overseas Chinese real estate and the comprehensive development of new urban areas have made Qingtian grow taller and more beautiful. Qingtian county's Tenth Five-Year Plan clearly puts forward that the overseas Chinese capital should be the link and the export-oriented economy should be the leading factor, so as to create an overseas Chinese capital economy with regional characteristics ... The framework of a modern riverside tourist city with rich customs in the hometown of overseas Chinese has basically taken shape.

Wu Gankui (1873- 1937)

Wu Zhongqi, a native of Longxian Village in Fangshan Township, is the representative of the first generation of overseas Chinese in Qingtian. When selling tea to Brussels, Belgium, he was awarded the King's Medal for curing infectious pink eye with tea. After that, he went to the United States to develop and brought Qingtian stone carving into several expositions, winning numerous awards. From 65438 to 0930, I went back to my hometown in my clothes, and my life was still very simple. He used the money to build his hometown, pave roads and bridges, open schools and benefit his neighbors.

Sun Yanchuan (1880- 192 1)

Sun Yanchuan is a native of Sun Shan Village, Renzhuang Township, qingtian county. In my youth, influenced by international thoughts, I went to Russia to do business and take an active part in revolutionary activities. He used to be the director and secretary of the Federation of Chinese Workers in Russia, and was responsible for editing Datong Daily of Chinese Workers in Russia. On Sunday, Sun Yanchuan went to the arsenal to preach Marxism-Leninism and had dinner with Lenin, who affectionately called him Mr. Sun.

Lin Zicai (1885- 1953)

In the early years of the Republic of China, he went to Europe to sell Qingtian stone for a living and once settled in the Netherlands. After beatrix wilhelmina armgard received it, he sent the Qingtian stone carving to the Royal Palace in the Netherlands and gave a precious multi-color frozen seal to beatrix wilhelmina armgard. Since then, his luck has been getting better and better. After returning to his hometown by boat, he worked in Taizhou, Wenzhou Public Security Bureau, Xing Wu, Jiaxing, Changxing and other counties, and was well received for his insight into the case.

Lin Sanyu (1902 ——1987)

People from Luoxi Village, Renzhuang Township, Qingtian, have lived in Japan all their lives, from handyman to overseas Chinese industrialist, and have dedicated all their hard savings to their motherland and hometown elders. He is a famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader in Japan, the executive director of the Overseas Chinese Association in Tokyo, Japan, and the vice president of the Overseas Chinese Association in Zhejiang, Japan. 196 1 year, he returned to China for the first time to participate in National Day activities and was received by leaders such as Zhou Enlai and Liao Chengzhi. 1980, donated money to build Zhejiang Overseas Chinese Building. 198 1, funded Qingtian Overseas Chinese Hotel. 1983 ——1986 Established the Revitalization of China Scholarship in Qingtian Middle School, Wenzhou University, Lishui Teachers College and Luoxi Patriotic Primary School, and donated money to build the Sanyu Auditorium in Qingtian Middle School.

Wu (1900- 1988)

Qingtian Renzhuang, Zhejiang, was honored as "Qingtian Gong" by later generations, and was the first name of "Wu" in Brazil. He is engaged in the "package" business, and has established a huge customer base with his honesty, tolerance and sympathy of China people. During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Wu bought $ 1000 "national salvation bonds" and organized donations from overseas Chinese around him. "The motherland is not rich and strong, and overseas Chinese come forward? ! "He taught this truth to the next generation and educated them to become China people with backbone and ambition. Qingtian Stone, produced in qingtian county, Zhejiang Province, is one of the traditional "Four Yin Zhangshi" in China, and is also called "Four Famous Stones" in China together with Balin Stone, Shoushan Stone and Feldspar Stone. Qingtian stone has moderate hardness and rich colors, including red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple. The stone is fine, clean, moist, warm and transparent, which can be carved, carved, played and rewarded with five virtues. The famous products are light jelly, fish brain jelly, soy sauce jelly, door seal jelly, scenery jelly, mint jelly, Mo Tian, Tian Bai and so on.

Qingtian, the origin of Qingtian stone, has also become the hometown of stone carving in China with a history of more than 3,000 years. Many overseas Chinese in Qingtian started by selling Qingtian stone products overseas, and stone carving also created the glorious history of Qingtian overseas Chinese hometown. In recent years, the price of Qingtian stone carving raw stone has been rising continuously, and the carved fine products are more precious. There is a saying in China arts and crafts circles: "Gold jewelry is easy to get, but fine stone carvings are hard to find".

Qingtian stone carving was once a tribute to the national treasure, and many modern Qingtian stone carvings were selected as the national gifts of the heads of state of the United States, Japan, North Korea, Singapore and other countries. 1992 At the first Qingtian Stone Carving Culture Festival, the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications issued a set of four Qingtian stone carving stamps. 1996 qingtian county was named the hometown of Chinese folk art by the Ministry of Culture and the hometown of China stone carving by the the State Council Development Research Center. Today, Qingtian stone carving has four national masters of arts and crafts, 1 Zhejiang master of arts and crafts, more than 30 artists of arts and crafts and 20,000 stone carving practitioners, who devote eternal art to the world day and night.