What are the customs and taboos of Guangdong basin friends?

Gaoyao folk custom is a part of Guangdong folk custom. Due to historical and geographical reasons, it has its obvious local characteristics: first, the cultural factors of the ancient Yue nationality have been more or less preserved to this day; Second, due to the large number of overseas Chinese and frequent cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, local folk customs are European, American and Southeast Asian. After the Opium War, the number of overseas high-level immigrants increased greatly, and the cultural customs of overseas Chinese residents in their daily lives, such as language, architecture, clothing, diet, marriage, interpersonal communication and entertainment, were constantly influenced by overseas, forming a diversified folk culture. Like Guangfo area, Cf9 Zhaoqing Sunshine Network has many beliefs and taboos, most of which are narrow and direct utilitarianism. For example, the worship of the god of wealth is the most common, far exceeding the Buddhist and Taoist gods in western religions such as Guanyin Bodhisattva and Taishang Laojun. Most of the boudoir offerings of urban and rural residents are Wu Shen Guan Gong and Fu Lu Shou Xian, which reflects the strong mercantilist tendency and utilitarian secularity in folk customs. The utilitarian spirit of Zhaoqing Sunshine Network is also reflected in some remarkable symbolic customs. For example, according to its homophony, take the symbolic meaning of certain items or words. If you think that eight characters (homophonic hair) symbolize wealth and six characters symbolize success, it is forbidden to eat lettuce (making money), Nostoc flagelliforme (making money) and oysters (with good pronunciation) during the Spring Festival, and it is forbidden to eat four characters (pronounced dead) and18th floor (meaning hell18th floor). In addition, there are big clams selling wealth in the old customs. Cf9 Zhaoqing Sunshine Network is similar to Guangfo area in customs, but each has its own characteristics. First, the pedigree of the immortals worshipped is complex, including not only Buddhist and Taoist immortals, but also historical celebrities and local heroes, such as the Wushe General Temple in Xinqiao. Second, pay attention to the sacrifice of the goddess, such as Baisha Dragon Mother Temple and Tianhou Palace in the old county; Third, it adapts to the development level of productive forces, originates from tradition and develops innovatively. Such as Hetai Farming Festival, Jinli Dragon Boat Race, Songlong Tea Fruit Festival, etc. Cf9 Zhaoqing Sunshine Network is popular in Hetai Agricultural Association, also known as "Spring Farming Association". According to legend, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in the villages around Hetai, after the Spring Festival every year, the villagers would hold a blessing ceremony called "Adjusting Grain to Protect Six Livestock" in order to have a good weather, a good harvest and a prosperous population. It is to build a shed in the open space around the village, put tea fruits, steamed dumplings, rice cakes, burn incense and pray for God. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), in order to keep the blessing ceremony of "adjusting crops to stay" and get rid of superstition, it happened that this ceremony was the time to start farming after the Spring Festival, so it was named "Plowing Festival". At present, the Agricultural Festival on February 2nd in Hetai is not only full of folk festivals, but also full of joyful and peaceful atmosphere. It also incorporates a series of cultural activities with modern information, sports, culture and entertainment, and its lively scenes are even more grand than the Spring Festival. Since February of the lunar calendar, local people, relatives and friends, and even villagers living abroad in most villages of Hetai Town have gathered in the countryside to celebrate the festival, and tens of thousands of tourists have come here to join in the fun. Some people who go out would rather not go home for the New Year than go home on the Farming Day. Most people have made a big fuss about spring ploughing since this day, and the most representative ones are spring ploughing festivals held in Du Quan, Jian Luo, Luoshan, Longcheng, Sanlian and Duitian Village. Gupang and Sanwei Villages are on the 16th day of the first lunar month, and jinji village is on the 19th day of the second lunar month. On the same day, Hetai people hosted a banquet at home to entertain relatives and friends. The most lively part of the opening ceremony was the performance after lunch. Nearly ten thousand people gathered around the Cultural Square to watch the lion dance performance. The square was crowded with people dancing with lions and gongs and drums. In some villages, besides lion dancing, there are wonderful basketball games and folk art performances in the evening. Cf9 Zhaoqing Sunshine Net Tea and Fruit Festival is popular in Songlong River Basin, commonly known as "Tea and Fruit Festival" or "Hangcun". According to legend, there is a plague (monster) that harms people in production and life. People hold "country tours" or "club tours" during the Spring Festival every year to bid farewell to the plague and pray for good weather, bumper crops, prosperous livestock and safe families in the coming year. The time is the fifth day of the first month, the eighth day, the tenth day, the twelfth day or February, which varies from village to village. In the old customs, the practice of Hangcun village is probably like this: first, villagers tied a flower boat with paper, and Taoist priests cast spells to drive away monsters. The Taoist priests sang while knocking, and put the flower boat in their hands. The main idea of the lyrics is: "You can sail and read books by beating gongs on the beach. Men and women who plow fields will talk about years, and officials will talk about official ceremonies. Business will make money and the family will talk about waterways. " It means to lead the flower boat to the rivers and seas, drive away the monsters and lead Fulu home. Every year when they arrive in Hangcun, the villagers consciously raise money to buy a flower boat and perform magic in the open space in front of the village or the land. Every household burns incense, worships God and cooks tea fruits, hence the name "Tea Fruit Festival". At the beginning, only grandparents came to eat tea in each family. Later, it developed into a custom, and every village set a day for men, women and children to eat tea fruit. Nowadays, the "Tea Fruit Festival" has become a very lively folk festival to visit relatives and friends and communicate with each other. Cf9 Zhaoqing Sunshine Network News The dragon boat race in Jinli Town evolved from the agricultural boat race and has a history of more than 200 years. The population is increasing, and the number of boat races is also increasing, which has gradually become a struggle between manpower and prosperity between Jinli Town, Village and surname. "Agriculture" is similar to "dragon", and people think that dragons are auspicious things. At the same time, due to the memory of Qu Yuan, a great poet in the Warring States period, the wind of dragon boat building and dragon boat racing gradually formed, which followed through the ages and became a traditional folk festival. At present, there are more than 100 natural villages in Jinli town, and there are more than 1 10 dragon boats. At first, the dragon boat was only 9 meters long, and later it evolved into 18.6 meters and 24 meters. Now it is generally 18.6 meters, and each dragon boat takes 50 people. At both ends of the dragon boat, finely crafted faucets are installed. Every year from the first day to the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the first day is the traditional festival Jinli Dragon Boat Festival. The dragon boat race was held in Jinlihe River, which was the biggest and most lively day in the dragon boat race. The climax of the competition is from 1 1 to 12, and people on both sides of the strait are surging. During the dragon boat race, shouts, firecrackers, gongs and drums came and went, shaking the sky. Therefore, it has the reputation of "Guangzhou sees the flower market and Jinli sees the dragon boat". Cf9 Zhaoqing Sunshine Network Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Lantern Festival and other festivals have their own characteristics. For example, there is a rich diet on the solstice in winter, and there is a saying that "the New Year is celebrated in winter"; During the Spring Festival, there are customs such as celebrating the New Year, making steamed dumplings and sealing profits (red envelopes). Every Mid-Autumn Festival, newlyweds in Huilong and Jiaotang will send dozens of moon cakes to their elders among their relatives and friends. In some rural areas, teenagers "burn pagodas" on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival and sing "Pagoda" songs while burning. Another example is the "stealing vegetables" activity at the Lantern Festival in the evening. As the song goes, "The sky is pale and the moon is bright, and the Jade Rabbit leads the way to steal vegetables. It is smart to steal shallots and pick lettuce to make a fortune. " Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional folk festival to worship ancestors and sweep graves, commonly known as "mountain worship" or "outing". Every year, many compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese return home to visit graves. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, local people prepare good wine, food and fruit one night in advance, cut paper into clothes, burn incense sticks, paper money and paper clothes to worship the gods, which is called "burning wedding clothes", and sprinkle water, rice, fruits and vegetables in front of their homes, which is called "You's". Cf9 Zhaoqing Sunshine Network once had the old customs of self-grooming, child bride, staying at home and so on. Self-grooming girls originated in the Qing Dynasty, commonly known as "Zhai Niang" or "Aunt". From the girlhood, in order to escape the bondage of marriage, they did not hesitate to exchange their happiness for freedom, and combed their hair in a bun to show that they would never get married. Self-combing women are closely related to the development of handicrafts such as flower mats and women's economic independence. During the period of the Republic of China, there were more than ten fasting halls in the county, such as Yongming Hall, Yuanhang Hall, Jinghe Hall, Kannonji Hall and Health Hall, and there were hundreds of fasting mothers from Gaoyao rural or urban areas. Stay indoors and spread in towns and villages such as Baitu, Huilong and Jiaotang. After marriage, the woman only lives in the man's house for three days to half a month, and then goes back to her parents' house to live with them. They didn't go back to the man's house to live a husband-and-wife life until the holidays or the in-laws' weddings and funerals. When the woman returns to her in-laws' house, she will stay at her in-laws' house after dark for only one night. Rosty Yi will return to her mother's house before dawn. After the woman is pregnant, she will inform the man to choose an auspicious day to take back her husband's family and live with her husband. After the founding of New China, with the promulgation of the Marriage Law, old habits such as child bride and staying at home no longer exist, but self-grooming girls still stay in Tajiao Street, Zhongya Lane and Micang Lane in the original county, leading a life of abstinence, fasting and worshipping Buddha.