Introduction to Anhui customs

1, Anhui is known as the hometown of China opera. Anhui drama performance art has a long history, a wide variety, and famous artists come forth in large numbers. There are more than 30 kinds of local operas, including Huangmei Opera, Huizhou Opera, Lu Opera, Sizhou Opera, Pendant Opera, Huagu Lantern, Tui Opera, Heizi Opera, Wennan Ci, Mulian Opera, Bow Opera, Siping Tune, Hongshan Opera, Taihu Quzi Opera and Huaiqiang Opera.

2. Lunar New Year's Eve: December 24th of the lunar calendar, commonly known as "New Year's Day". Late the night before, every household had to offer sacrifices to stoves, commonly known as "sending stoves". Pray for the Kitchen God to speak well in front of the Jade Emperor and bless the family.

The staple food of Huizhou people is rice, and they prefer indica rice to rice. Farmers living in mountainous areas mostly take wheat and corn as staple food, supplemented by rice, sweet potatoes, edamame, eggplant, lentils, loofah, pumpkin, shepherd's purse, leek and other side dishes. In December, everyone kills pigs, pickled ham and dried bacon in spring.

4. Three meals a day: Huizhou people eat three meals a day, which is different between urban and rural areas. People in the city are used to eating porridge in the morning and evening and dry rice at noon, because Huizhou is a land short of food and has long formed the habit of frugality. In the countryside, they eat harder in the morning because the day's work lies in the morning.

5. Anhui province belongs to the transitional area between warm temperate zone and subtropical zone in climate. The north of Huaihe River has a warm temperate semi-humid monsoon climate, and the south of Huaihe River has a sub-humid monsoon climate. Its main characteristics are: the monsoon is obvious, the four seasons are distinct, the spring is warm and changeable, the summer rain is concentrated, the autumn is crisp and the winter is cold.