Local customs about Lufeng

Lufeng region's folk arts and culture in a variety of forms, colorful, with a long history. Lufeng fishing songs, Hakka songs are widely sung; acrobatics, shadow play, has a long history; local expatriates of Indonesian dance is unique. Zhengzhi Opera, Baizhi Opera is a rare type of drama in the country, but also with its unique style of performance and deep artistic heritage and reputation of Lufeng, known as the living fossil of the theater world. Yingge Dance, Money Drum Dance, Qilin Dance, Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, etc. are popular folk dances among local people; Temple Fair, Ancestral Temple Fair, Dragon Boat Race, Fisherman's Marriage and other folk activities reflect the colorful and distinctive features of Lufeng folk culture, and the positive, optimistic and open-minded character of the people of Lufeng, as well as their ardent desire for a better life.

Yingge Dance is a kind of Guangdong Han folk dance, represented by the Yingge of Puning Dasanshan Mountain in Guangdong Province, Yingge of Chaoshan and Koshi Yingge of Lufeng City. Jizi Yingge has obvious characteristics of Southern School Gong performance in Yingge Dance, which is both strong and bold, with 107 actors constituting the dance queue, based on the story of 107 good men of Liang Shan Po who fought their way into the Da Ming Mansion in disguise to rescue Lu Junyi, who was captured and banned by the imperial army, and created and performed the dance.

The Rolling Dragon is a form of folk dance, represented by the Lufeng Daan Rolling Golden Dragon. During the performance, two people get into the [dragon quilt], with their feet facing each other to operate the dragon's head and tail, and roll over on the ground to imitate the dragon's dynamics.

The Unicorn Dance is a popular folk dance in the Hailu Feng area. Its performance is divided into three levels: one is by the one-horned lion as a parade to the gods and other performances, with a big head of the monk, Liu Cui-niang, the monkey for a variety of witty and playful performances; the second is by the big head of the monk, the monkey for jumping on the table, through the ring of fire, wear the circle of force, high platform hand, turn over the ground and other acrobatic performances; the third is by the one-horned lion for the end of the ceremony to return to the performances. The performance is accompanied by a band playing music.

The money drum dance is one of the Han folk dance in Guangdong Province, Hailu Feng money drum dance is characterized by the combination of music, song and dance, mainly dance, accompanied by singing and accompaniment to play a supporting role.

Shanwei is like a peacock with an open screen, attracting people from all directions with its strong folk art characteristics and unique folk culture.

During the traditional festivals, Lufeng Jizi Town has specific food and drink, which can be described as no food (eat) no festival.

The first day of the New Year to eat spinach fans turnip balls and dried tofu

Koshi folklore in the first day of the first month to eat fasting vegetables. Spinach Koshi language called "Fei Ling", "Ling" and "dragon" homophonic, so there is "food Fei Ling, health over the dragon" said The first thing you need to do is to make sure that you have a good meal. White radish rubbed shredded potato flour mixed with fried and mashed peanuts, ball into balls, steamed. This is a delicious dish made from common ingredients, and it has a good meaning - reunion and endless life. As for the vermicelli and dried bean curd, they respectively symbolize the wish for a long life and a promotion to an official position (the word "kan" in Koshi language has the same sound as "kan" in Chinese), praying for a year of peace and good fortune.

The seventh day of the first month to eat "seven kinds of vegetables"

The seventh day of the first month of the first month of the human day, to eat "seven kinds of vegetables". Seven kinds of seasonal vegetables are generally thick Hop (Junda vegetable), garlic, kale, cabbage, true beads of vegetables, cilantro, cabbage core, of which the thick Hop is essential for women to eat seven kinds of vegetables, said that "eat the thick Hop vegetable, people do people, get the love of all people"; because of the thick Hop is also known as "lily

Eating sugarcane on the 15th day of the first lunar month

Eating sugarcane on the 15th day of the first lunar month without eating dumplings is a custom unique to the Koshi area. Firstly, sugarcane is a local specialty (it is rarely grown locally nowadays), and from the point of view of health maintenance, eating sugarcane can strengthen the teeth; secondly, sugarcane has the symbols of sweetness and honey, rising higher and higher, which symbolizes the people's desire and expectation for a better life. After the third, Wei and Jin, the festival was designated as the third day of March. In ancient times, people went out on this day to walk in the green, the literati and elegant people goblet wind banquets. According to records, the Spring and Autumn period on the Si Festival has been popular. On the Si Festival is held in ancient times "purification bath" activities in the most important festival. The Analects of Confucius: "Twilight spring, spring clothes have become, the crown of five or six people, children six or seven people, bathing in seven Yi, wind and summer dance, singing and return." This was the situation at that time. Du Fu's poem, "March 3, the weather is new, and there are many beautiful people at the water's edge in Chang'an," is a depiction of the festival in the Qujiang River scenic area in Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty.

Warding off evil spirits and praying for good fortune is the main content of this festival, and the custom of the festival in the Koshi area is to go to the fields to pick the young leaves of herbs (chicken shit vine, elongated vine, bitter thorns of the heart, stinking grass heart, waxed plum leaves, and four sides of the branch of the neem leaf, etc.), wash, chop, fry, and on boiled rice, which is to get rid of all kinds of illnesses of the "green grass rice". With the improvement of living standards, people also add lean meat, shrimp, mushrooms, squid, dried shark fins and other condiments, so that the "grass rice" more delicious, nutritious.

There is also a saying that the custom of eating grass rice on March 3 in Koshi originated from the She ethnic group's March 3 eating Wu rice. The ancestors of the Koshi area, "the top of the mountain for the She, the water for the boat-dwelling", by the influence of the She culture is very reasonable.