What are the traditions of Zherong custom?

Folk paper-cutting is inseparable from local folk customs. In the ups and downs of life throughout the year, people show their precious feelings and public opinions through festivals and customs such as remembering the past, avoiding evil beliefs, and weddings and funerals. Beautifying the living environment in stick grilles has become an important part of the Spring Festival celebrations in eastern Fujian.

When a mouse marries a woman, it is also called a mouse marrying a woman. Among the folk customs in old China, the rat sacrifice held in the first month is very popular in China, which is one of the most influential topics in traditional folk culture. Although the expressions of mice marrying women in folk culture are colorful, the time and popular beliefs of "drama version" and "marrying women" are different in different places.

The most popular version is that a long time ago, an old mouse couple lived in a wet and cold black hole and watched their daughter grow up day by day. The couple promised to find the best in-law for their daughter and let her get rid of this dark life. So, the mouse couple went out to find relatives. As soon as I went out, I saw the majestic sun in the sky. They are thinking that the sun is the most powerful in the world, and any dark ghost is afraid of sunlight. When a daughter marries the sun, isn't she marrying the light?

The sun listened to the request of the mouse couple, frowned and said, "Dear old man, I am not as strong as you think.". Dark clouds can block my light. " The mouse couple was speechless. So, I went to find the dark clouds and asked them to marry me. Wuyun replied with a wry smile: "Although I have the power to block the light, it only takes a breeze to make me' clear the clouds'." The mouse and his wife thought about it and found the wind to suppress the dark clouds. The wind said with a smile, "I can blow away the dark clouds, but only one wall can subdue me!" " "

Mr. and Mrs. Mouse found the wall again. When the wall saw them, it showed a scared expression: "In this world, I am most afraid of you mice. No matter how strong the wall is, it can't resist the mouse hole and eventually collapse. " The mouse couple looked at each other. It seems that our mouse is the best. The two old people discussed who we mice were afraid of. Yes, mice have been afraid of cats since ancient times! So, the mouse couple found the flower cat and insisted on marrying their daughter to the flower cat. Flower cat smiled and readily agreed. On their wedding day, the mice sent off their most beautiful daughter with the most solemn ceremony. Something unexpected happened. The flower cat jumped out from behind and ate his bride in one bite.

When a mouse marries a woman, it is also called a mouse marrying a woman. Among the folk customs in old China, the rat sacrifice held in the first month is very popular in China, which is one of the most influential topics in traditional folk culture. Although the expressions of mice marrying women in folk culture are rich and colorful, the time and popular beliefs of "drama version" and "marrying women" vary from place to place.

The beginning of spring is the breeding season for mice. At this time, every household is not allowed to light up and children are not allowed to talk. Adults also teach children to listen to the mouse's drum, music and flute, and act in unison to pull the mouse out of the hole so that the cat can catch it easily. The paper-cut works of Zherong's "Mice Marry Girls" are compiled as follows: Rats are in groups, beating gongs and drums, decorating lanterns, whipping guns, sedan chairs to marry the bride, and a big banquet is held, which is very lively. Suddenly Elvis Presley appeared and roared. The mice were stunned by the gathering of cats, and their dreams were completely shattered. People hate rats and are most afraid of their reproduction, so they made up this story and publicized it to express their hope of killing rats and pesticides.

Xiaogan local people also said that the fifteenth night of the first month is the day when mice marry women, so the family can't make noise. A woman wants to light a sesame oil lamp under the bed and say, "Look at the lamp, matchmaker." It is said that there will be no bedbug harassment for a year like this. People also throw bamboo baskets from the house to show the richness of cotton. Looking up, you will have a good harvest, but your servant will have a bad harvest.

In some places, the custom of mice marrying women is also used as a blessing witchcraft. For example, in Qianyang, Shaanxi, the fifteenth day of the first month is the day when mice marry women, so every household makes mouse buns every day. It is believed that the new daughter-in-law who went through the door in the past can get pregnant by eating the tail of the mouse steamed stuffed bun; Throw the mouse bun into the new wife's room through the window, and the "mouse" will be born with its back to the sky, and vice versa.

In the north, mice marry women on the night of the 25th day of the first month. That night, every household didn't turn on the lights, and the whole family sat on the kang without saying a word, just eating "mouse claws", "scorpion tails" and fried soybeans made of flour in the dark. No lighting, no noise means to provide convenience for the mouse to marry a girl, for fear of disturbing the wedding ceremony. Eating "rat paws" means that people expect rat paws to itch and get up early to act; Eating "scorpion tail" is to prevent rats from being hurt by scorpions when they marry their daughters out of the hole. Eating fried soybeans makes a crunching sound, as if setting off firecrackers for mice.