Spring Festival Customs in Qingtian (5 kinds)

1, Qingtian tea picking lamp Qingtian dialect commonly known as "playing tea picking", generally 6 people: aunt, sister-in-law, the great sage, the book boy 1 person, Meixiang (Qingtian dialect, that is, refers to the maiden) 2 people. The performance is divided into three sections: picking tea, selling tea and serving tea. Singing is combined with the "Walking Formation", and the tea-picking lantern dance is performed in the streets and lanes to cheer up the Lantern Festival.

2, Qingtian fish lantern

Fish lantern is Qingtian's most traditional, the most representative and local characteristics of the lantern dance, but also a representative of Zhejiang Province, fish lanterns traditional folk dance. Qingtian fish lanterns have a long history, props are beautifully crafted and realistic, the accompanying music is powerful, the dance movements are rough and unrestrained, and the performance style is warm and simple. When the Qingtian fish lanterns are performed with "red beads" in the lead, each person holds a fish lantern in his hand, then the gongs and drums are loud, the lights are brilliant, and the voices are thunderous, which makes the scene grand and spectacular. It is known as "the first fish in the world".

3, Qingtian sugar cake?

Qingtian unique kind of rice cake, is the first traditional product of Qingtian, has a long history. Spring Festival or marrying family are essential food and bride price. Qingtian sugar cake is a native product of the mountainous area of Qingtian, which is a bit difficult to make in the city because it takes a long time to steam the cake and requires a lot of firewood. Sugar cake is a product of the farming era, it can be kept for a long time and is easy to store. At the same time, it was easy to carry. Farmers who went to the mountains to plant and cut firewood often took a piece of it with them as dry food.

4, Qingtian drum words

Qingtian drum words for the popular Qingtian territory of a variety of music, by the Sui and Tang dynasties, "change the text" evolved, the Ming and Qing dynasties have seen the circulation of Qingtian commonly known as the "singing words", sung in the local dialect, the singers are mostly blind. Most of the singers are blind. Qingtian drum words in the county territory up to Zhenbu Township down to the east coast of Wenxi Town are distributed, the existing drum words about 300 artists.

5, Qingtian mountain flour dumplings

Mountain flour buns mochi Zhejiang Province specialty, Lishui City, Qingtian County, local snacks, is the winter solstice, the Spring Festival or usually a good snack for guests. Qingtian people on New Year's Day or the first day of the New Year, more to the mountain flour dumplings to entertain guests. Sweet potato starch, also known as mountain flour. The dumplings are made by peeling taro after boiling and mixing it with potato starch (sweet potato flour).