What festivals and folk customs are there in Beijing?

The folk culture of old Beijing is very precious, which has both historical value and practical value. Because Beijing is the political and cultural center, it will inevitably have a radioactive impact on the cultural development of the whole country. People gradually realize that the rich and profound folk culture of old Beijing formed with the background of the imperial city is not only a precious spiritual wealth, but also a huge material wealth. So what festivals and folk customs are there in Beijing?

Festive folklore in Beijing 1, Spring Festival in old Beijing: On the first day of New Year's greetings, only men, Buddhist temples offer offerings, set up heaven and earth tables, worship ancestors, worship gods in front of heaven and earth tables, Buddha statues, ancestral tablets and elders kowtow.

2. Laba in old Beijing: Old Beijingers have always regarded Laba as a signal of the coming of "New Year's Eve". In particular, merchants began to post accounts, ready to ask for accounts, so people made a pun: "the messenger's Laba porridge." In folk laba porridge, besides offering sacrifices to Buddha, it is mainly used as a mutual gift between relatives and friends. Secondly, it is Lili Lala Twenty-three for your own amusement. However, those who are "disciplined" mourn for their relatives and do not cook porridge.

3. Dragon Boat Festival in old Beijing: offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors to commemorate the sages, hanging calamus and inserting mugwort leaves to prevent plague and avoid disasters. The most exquisite sacrifices are the most popular rose cakes, yellow rice and jujube zongzi. Put on colorful zongzi to pray for longevity and stick gourd flowers to break the "five poisons".

4. Double Ninth Festival in Old Beijing: Old Beijingers celebrate the Double Ninth Festival, and often pray for peace and health by climbing mountains, wearing dogwood, enjoying chrysanthemums, drinking chrysanthemum wine, eating flower cakes, eating barbecues, boiling mutton and reciting poems. These customs have been passed down to this day. Eating flower cakes is essential for the Double Ninth Festival in old Beijing.

5. Mid-Autumn Festival in old Beijing: The Mid-Autumn Festival in old Beijing is very lively. Yue Bai enjoys the moon, plays with it, drinks reunion wine, eats reunion cakes, and Beijing children dress up as male prostitutes. According to folklore experts, every family in old Beijing should set up a Yue Bai station to offer sacrifices.

6. Welcome Spring in Old Beijing: beginning of spring is also called "Da Chun", "biting spring" and "attracting spring". This festival, like many festivals, has many folk customs, such as the celebration of welcoming spring and shooting cows in spring, as well as the custom of eating spring cakes, spring vegetables and radishes. Since the Zhou Dynasty, celebrating the Spring Festival in spring is an important activity of our ancestors, and it is also a ceremony for emperors and ordinary people to celebrate the Spring Festival.

The above is related to the folk customs of festivals in Beijing.