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According to the general structure of the folklore essay is to write anhui

Anhui Folkways and Folklore --- Festivals and Customs Lahai: The eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is the Lahai Festival, because the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is called "Lahai", so the name. "Lahai" a pass, the Spring Festival is approaching, families from Lahai this day, clean house dust. The day to eat Laha congee, Yixian County, Xiuning County, North Township area also sun-dried tofu, said "Laha tofu". After Laha, families began to slaughter pigs, each other to eat pig wine, wrapped in glutinous rice dumplings, make rice 馃, fried oil tofu, fried peanuts, fava beans, do sesame sugar, frozen rice candy. But also people will arrange the marriage activities held on this day, so there is a ballad: "Lapa Lapa days good, how many big nuns change sister-in-law". Lunar New Year's Eve: The 24th day of the 12th lunar month, commonly known as "Lunar New Year's Eve". Late at night on the day before, every household sacrifices to the stove, offering to send "Jiu Tian Dong Kitchen Si Shi Shi Zaojun" up to the sky to do his work, commonly known as "sending the stove". Prayer Zaojun in front of the Jade Emperor to say more good words, blessing the family animal peace. On the day of the Lunar New Year, the ancestors' paintings were hung in front of each house, on which the names of the ancestors were recorded, or the remains of the ancestors were drawn. Set up candlestick incense, set tribute, to receive the ancestors to the home for the New Year. From this day onwards, families clean their furniture, take down their bedding, sweep away the dust, and welcome the New Year in a clean and tidy manner. New Year's Eve: Proverb "rush thirty nights, leisure first day". There is a New Year's Eve dinner and firecrackers are set off at midnight, which is not too different from the rest of the world. Spring Festival: On the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone dresses up, the younger generation pays homage to the elders, everyone pays homage to the ancestors in turn, and peers congratulate each other. On this day, the taboo, do not move the knife and scissors, do not take the needle and thread, do not fry in the pot (avoid noisy), do not dip the broom, do not splash water outside the door, do not break the cups and bowls of utensils, do not scold the children. That taboo for the inauspicious, this year there will be broken, sick and other calamities. Qimen County, there is a "shouting" custom. That is, on the first and second days of the first month, by the highest village for the foreman, the organization of young people and boys, lined up in a long serpentine array, shouting from home to home to pay homage to the New Year, each to a household, by the foreman shouted the name of the party being paid homage to the New Year and add the appellation, or: "to the Hall of Treasure to pay homage to the New Year," or the appellation of the call to pay homage to the worship. The person to be worshipped immediately responded to say "thank you for coming", shouting the New Year's people repeat: "should come". There is a special meaning to it. Lantern Festival: On the 15th day of the first month, every family eats Lantern Festival. At night, but also to send the ancestors back to the mountain, in front of the ancestral portraits of food and wine, incense worship, families also want to hang colorful lanterns, Huizhou District, Rock Temple Town, the most prevalent lanterns Lantern Festival. February 2: The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the birthday of the land master, the ancient Huizhou known as "dragon head-raising". It is about the time of midsummer, when there is more and more rain, and thunder can be heard, so there is such a saying. In the countryside, this day farmers avoid going to the ground, women avoid taking the needle and thread idle day. Jixi County, the rules of this day, there are wrapped in a lifetime of glutinous rice a zongzi boiled, to worship the land god. February 2 and for the birthday of the flowers, it is also known as the "Flower Dynasty Festival", this day, the literati display flowers, Wenchang will be held, competition poetry. Other festivals such as Qingming, summer, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc., Huizhou region also has a strong regional ethnic characteristics