What is the origin of the Tea and Fruit Festival in Bai Tu Town, Gaoyao City?

Included in the first batch of municipal intangible cultural heritage representative list of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, "Tea Fruit Festival", also known as the "village festival", is a traditional festival in most villages in the southwest area of Gaoyao City, Guangdong Province. Every year in the first month of the lunar calendar, or on the fifth, eighth and tenth days of the second month, the village people make tea and fruits, and friends and relatives get together in a joyful atmosphere. Every family wants guests to come to "eat and drink for free", because the more guests come, the host family will have more face.

Gao Yao "Tea and Fruit Festival" originated from the end of the Tang Dynasty, more than 1,000 years ago. Legend has it that many people from the Central Plains escaped the war and migrated to the Songlong River Basin in the southwest of Gao Yao. Due to the place of residence every year floods, drought, plague and other disasters, the villagers in the first month of the lunar calendar or the first five, eight, ten, twelve, thirteen and other days of the first month of February each year, with rice flour steamed and made into a snack called "tea fruit", enshrined in the spirit of God, praying for the gods to drive away the demons, blessing the village people well-being, the six animals flourish, long time, "Tea Fruit Festival" originated in the late Tang dynasty, now more than 1,000 years old. The "Tea Fruit Festival" has become a custom

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