Folk customs in Harbin

Daily Eating Habits Harbin residents are mainly Han people, mostly immigrants from Shandong and Hebei provinces. In Harbin in the past, foreigners accounted for a large proportion, of which Russians accounted for the majority. The lifestyle and customs of foreigners have a certain influence on Harbin people's culture and eating customs. People in Harbin used to eat big cakes (tortillas) as their staple food. It turns out that local residents like to eat big prickly heat, small rice and stew; Shandong people like to eat pasta and fish; People in Hebei like rice and sorghum rice porridge. Influenced by the dietary customs of ethnic minorities, Harbin people like to eat sticky cakes and sticky bean bags, "Leba" (a kind of big bread), sausages and so on. And I like to drink "Su" wine.

Influenced by the tradition of nomadic people in the north in history, as early as the 1990s, Harbin had the custom of outing. After liberation, the wind of outing became more and more popular. Many units organize employees to go out for outings in spring, summer and autumn, and some take family outings as units. With the improvement of people's material and cultural living standards, Harbin people's outbound tourism is developing into a larger-scale tourism activity and an important content of cultural entertainment in life.

Picnic in Harbin, any organization or outing is inseparable from picnics. The picnic in Harbin has a historical origin. Influenced by the eating habits of northern minorities and the lifestyle of European immigrants in the later period, Harbin people gradually formed the custom of picnicking from the 1990s.

Drinking Beer Harbin has already produced beer as early as the early 20th century, and Harbin Brewery has a history of one hundred years. Harbin's annual beer consumption is more than 300,000 tons, and the per capita beer consumption ranks first in the country. The main brands are "Harbin" and "New Samsung". People in Harbin like beer very much. Many people regard beer as an ordinary drink, and some people use drinking to show the heroism and enthusiasm of northerners.

Yangko Dance originated in the northern rural area of China more than 200 years ago and is a traditional folk dance of Han nationality. In the 1990s, it became a mass fitness activity for self-entertainment.

Winter swimming is a sports activity with its own cultural characteristics in Harbin, which shows the strong physique and strong will of Harbin people who are not afraid of the cold. In winter, the outdoor temperature in Harbin drops to MINUS ten or twenty degrees. Winter swimmers cut ice on the Songhua River and built an ice swimming pool. The launching time of winter swimming is mostly around 5-6 o'clock before sunrise, and the performance time of winter swimming is between 10- 14 o'clock.

Seeing Ice Lantern The ice lantern in Harbin began in the early 1960s and was developed on the basis of traditional folk art forms. It relies on garden art, takes architecture and sculpture art as the expression method, and takes electric light as the light source to make all kinds of ice scenes. In the second half of last century, ice lanterns gradually developed into a representative ice and snow culture and art in Harbin. The annual Ice and Snow Festival and Ice Lantern Expo have become a grand view garden of ice lantern art, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit.

Ice wedding Ice wedding is a favorite wedding form for young people in Harbin. The wedding on ice is hosted by Harbin Youth Palace and held collectively, becoming an integral part of Harbin's annual ice and snow festival.

Ice and Snow Banquet 1985 The first ice and snow festival, Jiangnan Spring Hotel held the first ice and snow dish technology competition, which opened the prelude to the ice and snow food culture. The novel, exquisite and exquisite ice and snow meal art shows the exquisite skills of ice city chefs. The guests tasted the unique cultural characteristics of Harbin in the ice and snow feast with distinctive regional characteristics.