What are the customs in Luoyang?

Because of its long history as the political, economic and cultural center of China, the history and culture of the ancient capital of Luoyang can be said to be far-reaching and profound, and folk culture is an important part of it. The content of Luoyang folk culture is very rich, whether it is material production, food, clothing, housing, life rituals, festivals and temple fairs, or handicrafts, games and juggling, folklore, dialects and slang, all in all, it is a great sight. There are four main categories: the opera and performing arts represented by Heluo drums, rows of drums, lion dances, dragon dances, dry boats, stilts, shadow puppets, juggling, etc., the festivals and temple fairs represented by Guanlin Temple Fair, Luoyang Folk Culture Temple Fair, Lantern Festival and other traditional festivals, the food and drink represented by Luoyang water feasts and folk snacks (such as battered noodles, hot noodle corners, non-turning soup, various kinds of broths and braised vegetables), the food and drinks represented by embroidery, carving, ceramics, pottery, and other folk arts. embroidery, carving, ceramics, clay figures, New Year's paintings, paper-cutting and other folk crafts. These contents all present a unique personality and moving charm.

The culture of any society can be divided into two kinds of culture: one is the mainstream culture, i.e., elegant culture; one is the non-mainstream culture, i.e., vulgar culture. If people only care about the study of mainstream culture, they will lose the richness of culture. Luoyang folk culture is an important part of the culture of the river Luo, thousands of years has been continuous, in a sense, Luoyang folk culture is the origin and epitome of Chinese folk culture. Su Dongpo said: "Luoyang ancient much soil, customs are still elegant."

(A) Luoyang Tang three-color

Tang three-color is the essence of Tang Dynasty art, more than a thousand years ago. Tang three colors refers to the Tang Dynasty figurines and pottery on the glaze. Three colors is a general term, and is not limited to three colors. Tang Dynasty mostly red, green, yellow-based, so it is called "Tang three colors". In fact, in addition to the above three colors, there are white, black, blue, purple and other colors. This kind of art treasures of the Tang Dynasty was firstly unearthed in Luoyang, so it is called "Tang Three-color" in Luoyang. Tang three-color reproduction and imitation process, in Luoyang has a hundred years of history, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong years, Mengjin South Shishan Gao's family began to copy, through successive generations of artists to develop, so that the production of craft skills and artistic level has reached a certain height, in the national craft product evaluation, ranked among the best. Luoyang Tang Sancai, many manufacturers at present, the product in the market supply is sufficient, has become a gift to domestic and foreign friends and relatives of valuable gifts.

(B) Luoyang lanterns

Luoyang lanterns, a long history, simple and elegant, with strong national and local characteristics. Luoyang lanterns, a wide range of varieties, common white hat square lamps, red yarn garden lamps, hexagonal dragon head lamps, horse lamps, butterfly lamps, two-dragon play beads lamps, Luohan lamps, etc., especially the red lamp is most famous. Luoyang lanterns, beautifully modeled, suitable for books and paintings, support and easy to save. The production of Luoyang lanterns began in the Han Dynasty and has been passed down from generation to generation and is still very popular today. Luoyang old city people Li Wenlin and Zhu became a generation of production of lanterns masters, the production of more than 10,000 lanterns, exported to the provinces and abroad. After the liberation, Beijing Zhongnanhai, the General Assembly Hall, Tiananmen Square, also hung on the Luoyang lanterns. Since 1983, the annual Peony Lantern Festival in Luoyang has pushed the lamp-making skills to a new height, and the mechanized, electrified and automated art of lanterns, which is glorious and admirable, has become a fascinating landscape in Luoyang.

(C) mud inkstone

The Yellow River mud inkstone is one of the four famous views of Chinese history, the Tang and Song dynasties are tributes, the original production of Guozhou, lost. Folk artists in Xin'an County, from 1987 began to dig and study the production process of Chengyi ink stone. After repeated tests, burned into the antique Yellow River Chengyi Kuan, has a beautiful zephyr such as jade, hit like Zhongxin, storage ink does not rot characteristics. The style of the inkstone has changed, from a single ink storage function and for the collection of treasures. The main styles are longevity, dragon, crouching tiger, waking lion, crouching cow and other graphics, into the market, welcomed by domestic and foreign guests.

(D) antique bronze

Luoyang is one of the earliest areas of China's bronze production, in Luoyang, east of Erlitou summer cultural heritage, not only unearthed bronzes, but also found a bronze workshop. Luoyang antique bronzes not only reproduce the historical appearance, but also have become exquisite handicrafts. The main varieties of bronzes are horse treads, rhinoceros, drunken evil, square Yi, car and horse figurines, figure figurines, galloping horses, wine vessels, knives and swords, all of which have a realistic image, reproducing the style of ancient times.

(E) Luoyang Dukang Wine

Historical records show that Dukang Wine is the traditional famous wine of Luoyang, and also the national famous brand wine. Dukang is the creator of Chinese grain wine and is known as the Sage of Wine for more than 3,000 years. Throughout the ages, the touching stories of "The Eight Immortals of Dukang Wine" and "Dukang Drunken Liu Ling" have been widely spread among the people, and Dukang has become synonymous with fine wine. Cao Cao in the Jian'an period wrote in his "Short Songs", "What can relieve my worries? Only Dukang."

When Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka visited China in 1972, Premier Zhou Enlai hosted a banquet in his honor, and Tanaka praised him, saying, "Only Dukang is the best wine in the world." He hoped to drink it the next time he came to China. And he hoped to drink Dukang wine when he came to China next time. The news spread, the ancient Dukang brewing place of Ruyang, Yichuan in the "revival of Dukang, for the glory of the country"

the call, after several tests, so that the lost Dukang wine revival. Since then, Dukang wine has become famous at home and abroad, and has been honored as a national quality wine for many times.

(F) Luoyang spade

Luoyang tomb a lot, there were "Mangshan no lying cattle land" said. Some of the old Chinese Luoyang people, digging tombs for a living, according to their experience, made a kind of half a garden-shaped long tube shovel, this spade was half a cylinder, installed on the long wooden handle, hand-held under the exploration, drilling and probing sharp, with the amount of soil, out of the soil, but also to maintain the original soil quality unchanged, easy to use, accurate judgment. After liberation was adopted by the cultural relics department, named "Luoyang spade". Before the liberation, Luoyang has four production of this kind of spade, and the quality of the Yanglin family production for the best, so also known as: "Yanglin spade". 1955 Luoyang was designated as a national key construction city, the use of Yanglin spade, in Luoyang, to explore thousands of ancient tombs and ancient ruins, and later by the state cultural relics department of the affirmation and pull the promotion of the whole country, and then to the Soviet Union, Eastern Europe and countries in Asia, and to the Soviet Union, and the United States. The city of Luoyang was designated as a national key construction city, using the Yanglin spade to explore thousands of ancient tombs and sites in Luoyang.

(VII) Luoning Bamboo Curtain

Luoning Bamboo Curtain, originated in the Ming Dynasty. Luoning abundance of bamboo, engaged in the preparation of bamboo curtains of thousands of people, most of the skillful, exquisite modeling. Luoning bamboo curtains are mainly door curtains, window curtains, building corridors, pad curtains. According to the situation of bamboo knots, the compiler skillfully arranged, made a variety of beautiful patterns, attracting great interest from domestic and foreign merchants. Luoning bamboo curtains in Japan is the most popular, the annual export of Japan is often in 400,000 hang.

When it comes to folklore, most of the customs are the same as those of the Han Chinese. There are also some local specialties.

For example:

Women's marriage Crying for marriage

If someone in the family dies, how to hang the couplets within three years, there are rules. In the first year, no couplets are posted, in the second year, purple couplets are posted, and only in the third year, red couplets are posted

If someone dies in the family, there are rules about how to go to the relatives on New Year's Day, and in the first year, you are not allowed to go to the relatives.

A woman returns to her mother's house three days after she gets married

Bringing a three-color gift back to her mother's house

Babies have to wear kitten shoes on the first full moon

Enjoying peonies in mid-April

Additionally the twenty-four festivals of the Chinese Lunar Calendar are based on the farming seasons in the Luoyang area, and each of these festivals is marked by certain farming activities and other celebrations.