What festivals are there in Anhui?

What are the traditional festivals and customs in Anhui? Let's take a look at Bian Xiao's sharing!

1, Spring Festival

Time: the first day of the first lunar month

Introduction: On New Year's Day, everyone puts on new clothes, and the younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders. Everyone pays New Year greetings to their ancestors in turn, and peers also congratulate each other. Pay attention to taboos on this day, don't move knives and scissors, don't take needle and thread, don't fry in the pot (don't make a noise), don't touch the broom, don't splash water outside the door, don't break cups and bowls, and don't beat and scold children. Violating taboos is considered unlucky, and there will be disasters such as breaking money and getting sick this year. Qimen County, Anhui Province also has the custom of "calling Nian". That is, on the first and second days of the first month, the oldest foreman in the village organized young people and boys to form a long snake array and shouted New Year greetings from door to door. At every house, the foreman shouted the name of the party who was paid a New Year call, added a title, or said "Pay a New Year call to Baoting", or shouted goodbye with a title. The worshippers immediately said "thank you for coming", and the young people said "you should come", which was boring.

2. Lantern Festival

Time: the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Introduction: On the fifteenth day of the first month, Yuanxiao is played and every household eats Yuanxiao. In the evening, we should send our ancestors back to the mountains, put wine and food in front of their portraits, burn incense and worship, and hang lanterns in every household. Lantern Festival lanterns are the most popular in Yansi Town, Huizhou District, Anhui Province.

3. The dragon raised its head

Time: the second day of the second lunar month.

Introduction: The second day of the second lunar month is the birthday of the earth god. Ancient Huizhou called it "the dragon looked up". Probably because in midsummer, there is a lot of rain and thunder can be heard, so this statement is made. In rural areas, farmers are forbidden to go to the fields and women are forbidden to do needlework on this day. It is a custom in Jixi County, Anhui Province to cook zongzi wrapped in glutinous rice for a lifetime to worship the land god. February 2 is also the birthday of Baihua, so it is also called "Flower Festival". On this day, the literati decorated flowers, held a Wenchang meeting and competed for poetry.

4. Dragon Boat Festival

Time: the fifth day of the fifth lunar month

Introduction: In central Anhui, southern Anhui, western Anhui and other places, one or two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, monks and nuns in temples often send symbols of the Dragon Boat Festival to nearby families. Symbols are carved on yellow paper, showing the image of an old man holding a sword, as well as "Jiang Shang is here to ward off evil spirits at noon on May 5th" or "Taigong is here to ward off evil spirits" and "Xiong Fei Town House". On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household sticks this symbol on the walls of kitchens and other rooms, and the image of Zhong Kui or centipede will be hung in Xishan area. There is a proverb in Shucheng, Lu' an, western Anhui: "Eat an apricot during the Dragon Boat Festival, and you will not get sick when you are old; Eat a peach on the Dragon Boat Festival, and you won't worry when you get old. "In Huaibei area, during the Dragon Boat Festival, the mother synthesized colored ropes with various silk threads and tied them around the children's wrists, ankles and necks. They are called "tying flowers", also called "tying flowers", "longevity thread" and "playing with red lines". It is said that drowning can be prevented. This line will not be removed until July 7 and will be thrown on the roof. Legend has it that magpies will fly to the sky to build a fairy bridge, so that cowherd and weaver girl can meet.

5. Mid-Autumn Festival

Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.

Introduction: In the past, in addition to eating moon cakes, ordinary people baked cakes and bought fish and vegetables for meals. Pomegranate in Huaiyuan, Anhui Province is the best fruit in Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition to settling the current credit, the store will also give gifts and entertainment to important people in the Chamber of Commerce and people with connections in the society before the festival. After 1930s, it became fashionable to use cigarettes, wine, canned food, canned biscuits and other packaged gifts sold by Simei Tea Shop on Ermayina Road. Rich families in small rural areas usually put on record to burn incense and give moon cakes, pomegranates and other things to worship their ancestors, and the whole family will gather around the bright moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are also young people who choose wax gourd to draw facial features and send them to infertile couples, wishing them an early birth. Some children go to the fields to "steal green" (peanuts, radishes, sunflowers) and have fun while eating. After 1950s, many old customs of Mid-Autumn Festival in urban and rural areas were gradually abandoned or faded, and some habits such as eating moon cakes and improving holiday meals were retained. Young and middle-aged families often give gifts to their parents and have a "reunion dinner" with their families on this festival. If the National Day is near, so are the two festivals.

6. Laba Festival

Time: the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

Introduction: The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is Laba Festival, hence the name "twelfth lunar month". As soon as the "Laba" is over and the Spring Festival is approaching, every household should start cleaning the dust at home from Laba. I ate Laba porridge that day and dried tofu in yi county, Anhui Province and Beixiang, Xiuning County, which is called Laba tofu. After Laba, every family began to kill the pig, and invited each other to eat pig-killing wine, make zongzi, cook rice, stir-fry oil tofu, stir-fry peanuts and broad beans, make sesame sugar and frozen rice sugar. It is also necessary for people to arrange their own wedding activities on this day, so there is a folk saying: "Laba Laba is a good day, how many older women become older women?"

Expanding knowledge: large-scale festivals

1, daughter-in-law day

Time: the seventeenth day of the first lunar month

Venue: Hefei

Introduction: The dialect is used to calling women "Grandma", so it is also called "Grandma's Day". In the past, traditional folk customs lasted from the Spring Festival to the 15th day of the first month. During this period, all housework such as washing clothes and cooking will be undertaken by the daughter-in-law. After the fifteenth day of the first month, the daughter-in-law will be busy for half a day. It's time to have a rest and relax. Therefore, on the day of Daughter-in-law's Day, cooking at home and so on is undertaken by men.

2. Bath Buddha Festival

Time: the eighth day of the fourth lunar month

Venue: Tanyuan Temple

Introduction: On the birthday of Sakyamuni, Buddhists celebrate Buddha's birthday on this day, which is the biggest festival in Buddhism. When Sakyamuni was born, a dragon showered with incense. Therefore, on the day of Buddha's birthday, monks and nuns of Jiuhuashan Temple gather in the Hall of Ursa Mahayana, offering sacrifices to the Buddha and chanting scriptures, and washing the Buddha statue of Sakyamuni with fragrant soup, which is called the Bathing Buddha Meeting. During the bathing Buddhist meeting, the temple will not only provide vegetarian food for monks, but also hold activities such as turning people over (setting fire to burners and burning boats).

3. Self-indulgence

Time: the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

Venue: Jiuhuashan Scenic Area

Introduction: It is another important festival of Buddhism, also known as the Kasahara Festival. Check your practice in the past year. During this festival, the monks and believers in Jiuhuashan Temple not only have to offer sacrifices to Buddha, make confessions and indulge themselves, but also offer sacrifices to the ancestors and turn over ten hungry ghosts.

4. Jiuhuashan Temple Fair

Time: July 30th of the lunar calendar (auspicious birthday of Tibetan Bodhisattva), which usually lasts for one month.

Venue: Tiantai Mountain (Tiantai Temple) and temples.

Introduction: Since 1983, Jiuhuashan, a golden treasure-house, has held various grand activities including Buddhism, tourism, culture and entertainment. Among them, the major temples on the mountain have successively held Buddhist activities such as "opening the Buddha statue", "ascending the abbot's throne", "hiding seven lands", "playing seven buddhas" and "land and water dharma". Believers and pilgrims from all directions gathered in Jiuhua Mountain to worship incense, pagodas and rooftops. Many mountaineers and craftsmen take this opportunity to do business with each other, and folk artists also come here to perform. There is also an exhibition of Di Chin Tibetan life stories and tourism products.

5. Jiuhuashan Tibetan Law Society

Time: July 30th (29th) of the lunar calendar, which usually lasts for seven days.

Venue: Huacheng Temple, Body Hall

Introduction: On that day, temples in Jiuhuashan will hold a grand ceremony to chant the original wish of the Bodhisattva Dizang and guard the body tower of Dizang, which is called the Dizang Dharma Meeting, and generally lasts for seven days (from July 30th to August 6th). During the Dharma Festival, pilgrims also organized a meeting of ancient philosophers to make a pilgrimage to the mountains. The Association of Ancient Philosophers in China is automatically organized by kind men and women. They are devout vegetarians, holding flags, beating gongs and drums to chant Buddhist scriptures, and going in and out together. People with more than 100 form a meeting or group, which is called the Hundred Philosophy Association; When it reaches 200 people, it is called the Double Hundred Philosophers Club. But there are also groups of 20 or 30 people, which are called the Small Hundred Scholars Association. It is said that Jin Qiaojue, a monk in Silla, also became a monk on this day.

6. International Poetry Festival

Time: the ninth day of the ninth lunar month

Venue: Maanshan City

Introduction: In order to carry forward the excellent national culture, inherit and carry forward the legacy of Li Bai, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, enhance international friendship and cultural exchanges, and promote local economic development, Maanshan City, Anhui Province has held the annual China International Poetry Festival during the Golden Autumn Double Ninth Festival since 1989. From 1995, the "China International Poetry Festival" was changed to be hosted by the Anhui provincial government and co-organized by Maanshan City, which improved the specifications, expanded the influence, highlighted the rich cultural heritage and greatly promoted the romantic poetry style and excellent national culture of this ancient great poet.

7. Fuyang torch festival

Time: August 15th of the lunar calendar.

Venue: Fuyang City

Introduction: Fuyang Torch Festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival in Fuyang. It is a torch tour in the countryside in the evening to commemorate the Red Scarf Army uprising led by Liu Futong. According to legend, Hanhe organized peasant uprisings, and they responded with their torches one after another, taking the lead in launching them in Yingzhou. There is a nursery rhyme: "The city is on fire and the government is scattered; There is no one in the city, and the red scarf sits on the bench. " Shortly thereafter, every Mid-Autumn Festival night, young people in Yingzhou imitate the Red Scarf Army, wrap straw with straw and sunflower stalks, burn them in the wild and shake them around until they are burned out. The local custom is called "burning a fire" and it has never failed.

8. Buddhist Taoist Festival

Time: the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

Venue: Jiuhuashan Scenic Area

Introduction: Buddha's birthday is the day when Sakyamuni converted to Taoism. Jiuhuashan people have the habit of drinking Laba porridge on this day, cooking porridge with red thorns, longan, mushrooms and beans, or eating or giving alms to show their gratitude to the Buddha.

9. Chaohu Peony Festival

Time: April every year (depending on the flowering period)

Venue: Chaohu City

Introduction: The biggest attraction of Chaohu Peony Festival is the wild Bai Mudan, which is located on Silverscreen Mountain in Chaohu Lake and is called "the first exotic flower in China". This kind of peony has lived for thousands of years, and the number of flowers varies every year. It is said that the general climate of this year can be accurately predicted according to the number of flowers, which are also called "divine flowers". By the end of 2006, Chaohu Peony Flower Festival has become a tourism festival integrating flower viewing, tourism (red tourism), entertainment, business and other functions, and the festival content is more abundant. In addition to flower viewing, there are more than 20 activities such as "Peony Flower Lantern Festival" and "Ten Thousand People Climbing the Mountain to Watch Flowers Competition".

10 Tongling Bronze Culture Festival

Time: September to 10 every year.

Venue: Tongling City

Introduction: Tongling is the copper capital of China. In order to promote copper culture and develop copper economy, 1992 held the first China Tongling Bronze Culture Festival. Festival activities include opening ceremony, cultural performances, cultural activities, bronze cultural relics exhibition, auction of copper treasures, international trade and investment fair, patent technology and product exposition, etc.

1 1, Huangshan International Tourism Festival

Time: every year 10 month.

Venue: Huangshan City

Introduction: The activities of Huangshan International Tourism Festival include Huangshan scenery tour, Huangshan ancient residence tour, Shexian tour, Yun Qi Mountain tour, Taiping Lake-Qiandao Lake winning water tour, Huizhou folk performance, Huangshan calligraphy and painting exhibition, Huangshan tourism photography exhibition, Anhui famous and famous specialties, local products and tourism products joint exhibition.

12, Xuancheng Four Treasures of the Study Cultural Tourism Festival

Time: every year 10 month.

Venue: Xuancheng City

Introduction: In order to strengthen the overall planning and promotion of Xuancheng's tourism image, Four Treasures of the Study Cultural Tourism Festival is held regularly to further expand the influence of the event. Excavate rich human history, strengthen publicity through modern media, innovate tourism promotion methods, and strive to expand overseas markets. Domestic tourism promotion activities are mainly organized in the Yangtze River Delta region to enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of tourism promotion and marketing. Promote the construction of tourism informatization, strengthen cooperation with communication service providers, portals and other marketing channels, and enrich online publicity forms.

13, Bright Boat Meeting

Time: Lunar leap month every year.

Venue: Yuliang Village, Huicheng Town, Shexian County

Introduction: At that time, the boat people in Yu Liang, Shexian County will be paired with two wooden boats, with the awnings removed, bamboo frames wrapped in gauze and tied into pavilions, towers, buildings, pavilions, archways and carp. , and light candles inside. Next to the lamp is a band playing songs and gongs. There are six pairs of bright boats, followed by several wooden boats. The meeting will be held in the upper and lower reaches of Yuliangba Lianjiang River, each for one night. The sparkling lights and shadows are spectacular. Bright boats are also called water tours, and there are also dry tours, in which villagers on the shore play with lights and worship various bodhisattvas. On the bank of the river, the water tour and the dry tour reflect each other and are full of fun. People from the four townships gather together to watch, which is very lively.

14, Huangmei Opera Art Festival

Time: once every two years (165438+1October)

Venue: Anqing City

Introduction: Anqing successfully held two Huangmei Opera Art Festivals as early as 1992 and 1995, which produced a number of influential works nationwide, effectively expanding Anqing's popularity at home and abroad and promoting local economic development. Therefore, the art festival has become a window for Anqing to open to the outside world and a platform for attracting investment. Now, Anqing municipal government has decided to continue to make Huangmei Opera Art Festival better, which has become an opportunity for the further development of the city.

15, Huangshan yi county Rural Tourism Photography Festival

Time: every year165438+1October.

Location: Yixian County.

Introduction: It is held every year from165438+1October 8th to 9th, which coincides with the best photography creation opportunity of Tachuan Autumn Color, one of the three major autumn colors in China. Sapium sebiferum is red and the forest is dyed red. During the photography festival, there will be a grand opening ceremony, folk performances, and film screening with the theme of "Charm of Ancient Bamboo", and 200 photographers will be organized to participate in the large-scale photography creation competition of "Village in Painting".