Festivals of Xuzhou Culture

Spring Festival

Xuzhou area, celebrating the Spring Festival used to be called "New Year", the main customs are:

(a) called fire candles Before the founding of the Republic of China, from the first day of the Lunar New Year (Lunar December), the villages and towns will set up a person to play the night watch. In addition to beating the gong and drums to indicate the hour, while playing and shouting: "be careful of fire and candles, guard the portal", "firewood warehouse to clear, water tank to be full". Remind people to pay attention to fire and theft. Xuzhou city, there are beggars head out, carrying a wooden sign on his shoulder, above the Yamen notice, walking along the streets, shouting "fire and theft" and other police ten days.

(2) send God of Fortune after the twentieth day of the lunar month, beggars to the location of households all over the God of Fortune statue. To the first month (lunar January) before and after the first five, the beggars were holding a wooden plate, go to the home version of the evidence to the family for the annual steamed buns (steamed buns on New Year's Day).

(C) hit the dust into the second half of the waxing moon, the family to. Dust" (commonly known as "sweeping"), that is, a more thorough indoor and outdoor sanitation and personal hygiene sweep. Personal hygiene is generally carried out on New Year's Eve, in addition to bathing, be sure to get a haircut, commonly known as "do not leave the head of the next year".

(4) to do New Year's goods from the second half of the waxing moon began to do New Year's goods, chicken, fish, meat and eggs, and prepare some traditional foods, such as Offer sugar, fried hemp leaves, fried fruit, pills and so on. In addition, we chop up enough dumpling fillings to last several days and steam enough steamed buns to last more than ten days.

(E) steamed buns (steamed buns) is very delicate, there are solid, stuffed, date flowers and other styles. Some edible, some ancestor, for God, some send beggars to feed livestock and so on. As steamed buns steamed more, put a long time to become dry and cracked, commonly known as. Hairy smile". Allegory of a new year of food and clothing, happiness.

(F) send festival gifts send festival gifts more among relatives. It should not be later than New Year's Eve. Festive gift is also a few pounds of cake

Points, sent to the male elders, often add one or two bottles of wine. But new son-in-laws, especially unmarried son-in-laws who are about to get married, are extremely particular about sending festival gifts. Live chickens, fresh carp, pastries, wine is indispensable, each at least 4 (package), as many as 16 (package). The show is also another luxury cigarettes, cash, the woman only received half, the other half back.

(VII) stickers, Spring Festival before the Spring Festival, people have to buy new year paintings to decorate the housing. Symbol of good luck rooster figure, symbol of wealth and prosperity carp figure, etc., generally loved by the people; young women love to "fat dolls" type of New Year's paintings posted in the bedroom.

Posted on New Year's Eve day, written on red paper, pasted on the door and door frame. Another red paper cut off small squares, with a corner up, write "Fu", "life" and so on, pasted on furniture and large utensils. Lintel stickers of various colors of paper cuttings, pray for good luck, so it is commonly known as "Luck Pro (move)". Another useful peach tree branches inserted in the door side, probably a symbol of the ancient peach charm.

(VIII) New Year's Eve celebration In the past, the celebration of the New Year, the family sat around the fireplace, eating a variety of refreshments, wrapped flat food (dumplings), talk about the old talk about the new. Before dawn, it is important to set off a firecracker. Since the popularization of television, the New Year's Eve into watching television, firecrackers also changed to midnight at zero hour.

(IX) worship God and ancestors, kowtow to the head of the New Year's Eve this day, each family will be steamed jujube mountain, jujube steamed buns, each inserted into the "flower miscellaneous", and flatbread together on the God axis (or Goddess of Mercy, or Guan-Di, God of Fortune, depending on their beliefs) in front of the table, together with chestnuts, white fruit, jujubes, gui yuan, walnuts, five kinds of fruit, known as the "vegetarian". It is called "vegetarian offerings". A square table is placed in front of the offering table, on which there is a lighted copper lamp, a copper pan, and a worship mat in front of the square table. There is another room where a shrine to the ancestors is placed. On the table in front of the shrine, there are five kinds of food, including snacks, fish, meat, meatballs, and dried seafood, commonly known as "meat offerings". Around 8 p.m., the whole family changes into new clothes and burns pine seeds in the courtyard, commonly known as the "Bojiao". At midnight to honor the gods, set up heaven and earth table, for fruit, flatbread, steamed bread, three cups of wine, lighting overnight candles, on a large column of incense, incense burner inserted in the heaven and earth yards, the table in front of the burning Yuanbao (tin foil) I and then divided into young and old kowtow to heaven and earth, gods, ancestors, while sounding the firecrackers, commonly known as the "welcome to the gods" (New Year's Eve, the gods of the lower boundary). After a short break, the whole family then to the ancestral shrine to kneel.

Worship

After the ancestor, the parents sit on the chair, the younger generation in turn kowtow to a head, and then the younger one by one to the elders to kowtow, commonly known as ''kowtow to the head of the New Year's Eve".

(10) New Year's Day morning up, the first big thing is to pay tribute to the New Year. First by the parents rate the whole family to the ancestors to pay homage, and then the whole family to the parents, the younger to the elder one by one to pay homage. Minors can get "New Year's money" when they pay their respects. After the family has finished paying homage, the family will go out to pay homage to friends and relatives, and to the elders in the immediate neighborhood. At this time familiar with the people on the road to meet, will greet each other, with congratulations "New Year's Day", "congratulations on the wealth".

(11) eat vegetarian flatbread Spring Festival day must eat vegetarian flatbread, not allowed to eat meat filling (in the past 10 years, this traditional custom has been broken by young people). Flatbread in a few packages into the copper (later changed to nickel), who ate, said the New Year blessed, everything goes smoothly. The housewives who have a plan often mark on the flatbread wrapped in money, and after cooking, they purposely serve it to the elderly and children to entertain the whole family. As the saying goes, "the first day do not move meat, the second meat squatting", from the second day of the year, eating and drinking, invited to drink will begin.

Five busy

Fifth day of the first month, Xuzhou people called "five busy". Wake up in the morning, first incense for the gods, and then collect offerings in the evening, delayed until the first month of the fifteenth before stopping. Five busy this day, it is forbidden to move the needle and thread. All stores are inventory, liquidation of the previous year's profit and loss, dividends, dividends. In addition, from this day onwards, the suburbs and the surrounding dozens of miles within the people, more to the city of Chenghuang Temple incense, until the first month of the fifteenth.

Lunar New Year's Eve

(a) eating Lantern Festival, big buns on the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Lantern Festival. Xuzhou custom, the Lantern Festival must be boiled yuanxiao, steamed big buns. '

(ii) enjoy the lanterns, enjoy the moon Lantern Festival families make lanterns, everyone enjoys the lanterns. The more characteristic is a kind of noodle lamp, steamed buns steamed specifically, shaped like a bowl, only the upper edge of the pinch into the lotus edge, inside put some soybean oil (sesame oil is better), another new cotton to do the lamp twists (core), the oil burned out, the noodle lamp is also baked yellow, eat crispy and delicious.

Feng, Pei County area, the most famous noodle lamp. Farmers more steamed into twelve kinds of phases or signs of the twelve months of the noodle lamp. Evening lighted and put next to the door, livestock room and chicken coop, stone mill, grain hoard, stove. To the lamp water and lamps in the amount of rain in the months of the year and the year prediction.

(3) Throwing (heng) Brush Broom On the night of the Lantern Festival, Suining in the southeast of Xuzhou, Gupi and the area of brush broom throwing "fire" custom. A few days before the Lantern Festival, children started to collect brush brooms. On the night of the Lantern Festival, the children take the brush broom to the open space, light it on fire, throw it to the sky, and then throw it up again when it falls down. While throwing, they sing: "Brush handle, glazed lamp, old monk hat big hole. Brush handle, glazed lamp, a Panicum (sorghum for small Panicum, corn for large Panicum) hit half a liter".

Xinyi County around the "throw brush broom handle" and the game sung by the same song, but the time in the second month of the lunar calendar.

(4) play "of the nymph" "of the nymph" is the ancient Pi area of the saying, due to the spattering of sparks like nymphs and nymphs as small and named. Xuzhou city and Fengpei area, is known as "slippery gold children", that is, take in the hands, a wave of dance, will be scattered a sliver of gold stars. This small fireworks, urban and rural children love to play.

Lichun

Lichun this day, Xuzhou area has two kinds of activities:

(a) painting wall spring this day, Xinyi rural families to use the red soil on the wall painted with a horse fork, sharp, sickle, plough, rake, and oxen, horses and so on. At the same time, the cow's horns painted red, donkeys, horses, mules body

painted with many red spots. Before the spring, the bazaar proprietary this red soil for sale.

(2) bite spring day, people in accordance with the calendar on the spring time, eat green radish, called "bite spring". Commonly known as "bite spring" can make people throughout the year, and that the elderly "bite spring" can be fixed teeth. The spring of this day of the green radish, the price is also more expensive.

February 2

February 2 of the lunar calendar, Xuzhou is commonly known as "dragon head lifting", because from then on the sound of thunder more and more. "There are several kinds of activities on February 2nd.

(A) curse pests February 2 is in the "jellyfish". From then on, all the insects wake up from hibernation and start to move. Therefore, this morning, people wake up, not get up, first with a thing knocking the bed, while knocking and read: "February 2, knocking the bed, incense big sister (bedbugs), under the South Country (meaning go far away)." In the evening, they would take the candles left over from the Spring Festival and light them all over the walls and corners, while reciting the following prayer: "When the candles are lit on the pink walls, the scorpions and centipedes will hide in the earth." After the illumination, take a dipper in one hand, while reciting the incantation: "February 2 knock dipper grater, ten nests of rats nine nests of blind."

(2) sacrifices to the land god on February 2 to the land temple to set up sacrifices on the tribute, because the countryside is often from this day to prepare for spring plowing. In order to show good luck, get up in the morning, the first firewood ash in the courtyard and sunbathing on the barn shape, in which to put a little wheat, grain (city put copper or silver yuan), read a prayer: "February 2, the dragon carries the head, the big barn full, the small barn flow". Around Xinyi, a few "Canglongs" were steamed before the year, and the mouth of the dragon contained a piece of money, two grains of sorghum in its eyes, and the dragon's whiskers were made of sorghum mowers. Bury it in the grain, take it out on February 2, put it in a pot and distill it again, and then the whole family will share the food.

(3) eat scorpion claw Feng, Pei County area, fried sugar beans for children to eat, called "eat scorpion claw". It is said to be safe from scorpion stings. Some will be left in the Spring Festival steamed buns to the elderly to eat, that can be free from back pain; will be left in the Lantern Festival of the noodle lamps to the young and strong to eat, that can enhance physical strength. Engaged men and women more in this day to change the "geng post".

(d) eat sugar beans Xuzhou City, February 2 must pop corn flowers, rice flowers, soy beans and other types of food for children to eat.

In addition, fried with white flour made of sugar snap peas to eat. In recent years, the frying is more often changed to deep-frying.

Floral Festival

The twelfth day of the second month of the lunar calendar, Xuzhou is called the "Birthday of the Hundred Flowers"

Floral Festival. On this day, the literati, especially poets, loved to meet to drink tea or wine and enjoy the flowers and poetry.

Qingming Festival

(A) Ancestor worship, tomb sweeping Qingming Festival is a traditional day to visit the graves of ancestors. After the founding of the People's Republic of China **** and the State, institutions, schools, factories and other collective organization of the custom of sweeping the tomb of the martyrs.

(2) cold food, trekking Qingming Festival, people in the tomb after sweeping, often trekking spring tour. Lunch is mostly cold, especially like the ancient custom of cold food.

(3) willow Xuzhou custom, Qingming day, the door to insert a few willow branches. Commonly known as: "Qingming not inserted willow, died into a big yellow dog".

(4) kite flying before and after the Qingming Festival kite flying is a traditional custom, but the production process of the kite is not too careful. In recent years, Xuzhou kite enthusiasts have engaged in several friendly kite competitions on Qingming Day.

Duanwu Festival

(A) Eating Zongzi, Eggs and One-Headed Garlic It is customary in Xuzhou to eat boiled zongzi, eggs and one-head garlic on the morning of the fifth day of the fifth month.

(2) Drinking Xionghuang Wine At noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, the whole family gathers to drink Xionghuang wine. Before drinking, must be dipped in some of the wine smeared in the children's nostrils, ears, navel, fontanel, waist ("fate point"), the heart of the hand, foot, etc., that you can avoid the poisonous insects to get rid of all diseases. On this day, children should bring incense purse, wear five poisonous shoes (or tiger shoes), five poisonous clothes (bought from the store, clothes with five kinds of poisonous insects on the pattern).

(C) plug Ai Dragon Boat Festival this day, Xuzhou people must be in the door

Plug a few sticks of Ai. Commonly known as: "Dragon Boat Festival not inserted Ai, died into the old turtle cover",

June first

Xuzhou, north of Peixian area, said the first day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar for the "over the small year", in fact, to celebrate the summer harvest. Families steamed steamed bread, buy fish and meat to improve life, set pick, plum, apricot, large steamed bread in the courtyard on the table, burning incense, firecrackers to honor the gods and goddesses of heaven and earth. Children planted pox, on this day to pay the red.

June 6

June 6 for the "Exposure Festival". Xuzhou city and countryside, people are accustomed to clothes, books and other things out of the sun. As the saying goes: "June 6, sun dragon clothes, wet dragon clothes rotten straw raincoat". If it rains on this day, it is considered a flooded year.

Begging Festival

(a) Begging for coincidence on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Begging for coincidence, according to legend, this day is the day of the Weaving Maiden and the Cowherd will meet. Xuzhou custom, this night, the maidens under the moon with red thread to recognize (wear) needle, race to see who is fast, who is clever; there are bets betting, the winner is called "get color", that the most dexterous.

(2) listen to whispers in the early morning of the eighth (commonly known as the seventh night), the chicken called three times, called the boy and girl in the berry bean flower shed outside the gap, it is said that you can hear the Cowherd's whispers. If it rains on this day, people used to say is the cowherd weaving relative crying tears.

Midwinter Festival

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Midwinter Festival, commonly known as the "Ghost Festival". On this day, we burn foils to offer sacrifices to our ancestors, and in the evening, we hold a Bon Festival, where monks are invited to sacrifice to the altar and chant sutras, so that the souls of the dead can be transcended. People often make lotus lanterns out of paper, light candles, and put them in the river, commonly known as the "River Lanterns".

Mid-Autumn Festival

The 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is second only to the Spring Festival.

(a) steamed moon cakes steamed moon cake patterns, the more distinctive is steamed a large, round multi-layered moon cake, the whole family

people eat, on behalf of the family reunion and happiness. In addition, also steamed some rabbits, hedgehogs, dragons and other shapes of pasta.

(2) moon worship Mid-Autumn Festival night, after the moon rises, it will be facing east to set up a table, light incense and candles, put moon cakes, fruits and other offerings, and then firecrackers, the whole family kowtow to the moon. After worshipping the moon, a banquet is set up under the moon, and the whole family **** drinks reunion wine.

Chrysanthemum Festival

Chrysanthemum Festival is held on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. Xuzhou people, especially the old people, cultural people, often join together to ascend (climbing), and choose the place where the rocks are leveled, set up food and wine, burning weeds hot wine, drink until late at night before returning. Historically, the literati love to climb Xiang Yu Juggling Horse Platform, on this platform, looking up to enjoy the sky high and cloudy cool fall, looking down to overlooking the city's scenery. The Southern Song Dynasty, Wen Tian-like has also been in Xuzhou on this day on the stage and poems.

On this day, Xuzhou drink chrysanthemum wine a lot of people, the hotel also sells more fried chrysanthemum snacks, insert cornelian cherry, but not yet customary.

The Chongyang Festival filial piety and respect for the elderly, is the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee since the emerging fashion. In recent years, many people call this day "respect for the elderly day", "Old People's Day".

Moon Dangtou

The fifteenth day of the eleventh month of the lunar calendar is known as "Moon Dangtou" in Xuzhou. Near this day, the hotels put up couplets: "All things are better than a cup in hand, a few times a year to see the moon on the head." Because the moon hangs almost vertically in the sky at midnight on this day, it is difficult to see the shadow of objects on the ground, and the reflection of the moon can be seen even in a very deep well. People to watch this spectacle, they set up a banquet, slow drink long talk, waiting for the arrival of this moment, commonly known as "drink when the head of the wine". Drinking, often erect a bamboo pole in the side, so that with the ground perpendicular to view the moon to the sky, bamboo shadow gradually? The landscape of the Xiao lost.

Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice this day, Xuzhou called the "LiDaDong", commonly known as "LiDaDong, long a onion" (meaning that since then the daytime gradually long). Xuzhou custom, this day to eat "winter lumps" (also known as "cat ears", a kind of dumplings shaped like cat ears). It is believed that eating winter pimples, winter will not have frostbite.

La Ba Festival

The eighth day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar is the "La Ba Festival", and La Ba congee is eaten on this day. Laha congee is divided into two kinds of sweet and salty, sweet more cast melon nuts and preserved fruits, into the into the tofu skin, dried shredded incense, diced mustard greens, winter vegetables, bamboo shoots, shredded meat and so on. After the porridge is cooked, we should be on some of the first to send relatives and neighbors, there are children's families let the children eat more friends and relatives to send the porridge, thought you can "Raba Raba" (Xuzhou language "Raba" has the meaning of help and carry).

La Ba Festival originated in Buddhism, this day, the monastery nunnery to cook porridge in a cauldron, sent to the giver's home, in order to ask for alms.

Sacrifice stove

Late in the month of Lunar New Year, there is a sacrificial stove activities, commonly known as the "official three people four, the king of twenty-five" (meaning that twenty-five and then sacrificial stove, is the manifestation of the lack of understanding of etiquette). Stove this day, the first please Zaojun code (i.e., buy Zaojun like, code for red, green, yellow color printing), the evening pasted on the stove, both sides plus couplets for: ''the word on the sky is good, the lower world to protect the peace", the forehead write: "the head of the family", at the same time reads: "the official three people four, Wang eight twenty-five" (meaning that twenty-five and then sacrifice stove, is not a manifestation of etiquette). At the same time read: "Zao Wang Zao Wang, please eat sugar, say good things in heaven, back to the Palace of descending auspicious", or "Zao Laozi to heaven, say more convenient, less right and wrong, the whole family peace". I thought that Zao Wang ''ate people's mouth soft", will not say bad things.

When honoring the god of the stove, the whole family bows down in order, opens the cereal sugar to offer, and smears a little on the mouth of the king of the stove. After the second shift, the whole family ate the candies. In addition, you have to eat pot helmets. City resistance temple fair

Every lunar first month, Qingming, July 15 and the first day of October, New Year's Eve, there will be a city temple fair. Take the beginning of the year as an example. After the second shift on the fifth day of the first month, Taoist priests hit the magic weapon chanting sutra. On the sixth day, commonly known as the city god Qiyin see things day, urban and rural people have come to incense, until after the Lantern Festival only gradually stop. During the festival, the temple lights, smoke, the city streets on stilts, rowing dry boat, play big head, lion dance you come and go, lively and extraordinary.

The Qingming Festival (Upper Yuan Festival), July 15 (Middle Yuan Festival), October 1 (Lower Yuan Festival) for the city god patrol day, by the temple Taoist priests to organize a crowd of people lifted the city god's big car (statue) out of the patrol.

Fire God Temple

The seventh day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Fire God Temple. In the past, the old city of Xuzhou, four gates have small fire temple, unification of the street west of the payroll pavilion there is a "payroll temple", for the fire god, the solemnity of the atmosphere. On the day of the session, people have come to burn incense and wish, hoping to avoid fire. Now the temples have long been gone.

Yanwang will

The first eight days of the first month of the lunar calendar is Yanwang will. This was the grandest temple fair in the city of Xuzhou in the past. Although Fan Zeng tomb (now known as the tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty) south slope of the "Ten Kings Hall", for the ten Yanluo tablets, but the temple fair was held in the City God Temple. On this day to catch a lot of people, a lot of people often can not squeeze into the corridor room, they will incense, tin foil into the courtyard tripod, kneeling down to kowtow to the matter.

Jade Emperor Temple

The ninth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the Jade Emperor Temple. Legend has it that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. Xuzhou's Jade Emperor Temple is in the northwest of Xiguan School, and there are many people who come to watch the dojo and play during the session.

Renzu Temple

The first month of the lunar calendar, the thirteenth is the Renzu Temple. Human ancestor temple in the west end of the Kui Xi Lane, the temple for the human ancestor - Pangu's statue. During the Republican period the temple has no temple owner, during the session by the poor families living in the temple care.

Huanglu Hui

Huanglu Hui is held on the 16th day of the first month. Huanglou was built in the Song Dynasty and houses the statues of Su Shi, the governor of Xuzhou, and his daughter, Su Gu. Song Xining ten years (1077), Xuzhou flood, according to legend, Sugu to save the people of Xuzhou, throwing himself into the water before the water receded (in fact, Su Shi rate of the whole city people and soldiers to fight the flood). Build yellow building is not only to commemorate Su Gu, but also according to the "five elements", yellow earth to suppress the meaning of water. The day of the session, girls and elderly women to catch a lot of meetings.

Fu Shen will

The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is Fu Shen will. Xuzhou people say that the God of Fukujin is the "Land Master". The shrine is very small, from the first night,

local residents will come to incense, burning candles, firecrackers. After the offerings, neighbors will gather together for dinner, and after dinner, they will play the gongs and drums, and make a lot of noise, which is commonly known as "warm life" for the land master. The first thing in the morning of the second day of the year, and then come back to the incense bowing.

Yunlongshan will

The 19th day of the second month of the lunar calendar is Yunlongshan will, according to legend, this day is the birthday of the Goddess of Mercy, also known as the "Goddess of Mercy". Yunlong Mountain in the southern suburbs of the city, Xuzhou is the most prestigious tourist attractions. So a lot of people will catch, second only to the size of the City God Temple and Taishan will. Some people come to seek children during the session. Down the hill, a variety of souvenirs, handicrafts, traditional flavors and snacks are very much.

The Peach Festival

The third day of the third month of the lunar calendar is the Peach Festival, which is said to be the birthday of the Queen Mother. On the day of the Peach Festival, instead of worshipping the Queen Mother, it is better to participate in the exchange of materials. Square in front of the temple to the largest livestock market, followed by agricultural equipment market. In addition, there are also common household utensils JL children's toys and so on.

Jizang Wang will

The eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar is the Jizang Wang will. The city's West Pass original Jizang Wang Hall. Before the session, the hall with large red paper printing "will post" widely distributed, notification of the session. The people who go to the meeting to burn incense are mostly elderly women.

Taishan meeting

Taishan meeting is on the 15th day of the 4th month of the lunar calendar. This is the largest event centered in Xuzhou, within a radius of hundreds of miles. It lasts for about 20 days and has a lot of activities.

(A) kowtow big head to come to burn incense, from the northern foot of the mountain CaoShanTing start, every step up will be kowtow a head, in order to show piety, known as "kowtow big head of".

(ii) cultural and artistic activities during the session of various types of theater troupes, acrobatics, circus, opera and folk juggling, dancing, each with its own venue.

(3) material exchanges from the beginning of April onwards, the various industries and folk craftsmen that have brought their goods to the mountain, set up stalls. Like the bamboo city, wood city, iron city, stone city, livestock city (with the slip of livestock field), reed mat city are very prosperous. Because of the large number of people in the meeting, the meeting period is long, the Republic of China. Police stationed at the meeting to maintain order.

After the establishment of the Chinese People's **** and the State, Taishan will be used as a material exchange conference many times. In the Cultural Revolution, Taishan Temple was razed to the ground, the temple will be abolished. 1977 after the temple will be slightly restored, but not as good as before.

Wu Poison Temple

The fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar is Wu Poison Temple. Five Poison Temple in the city's east off the dam head north of the old Huanghe River, the temple to honor the "Five Poison Master" (i.e., the God of the Plague), the temple is usually in charge of the nuns. Temple East Willow Grove is extremely spacious, temple fair when all kinds of music, divination, jiangyi drug sales, selling art in the stalls.

The Temple of the Five Poisons is located on the banks of the Yellow River, will be, there are all kinds of ferries in the river, both for ferrying, but also for fun. Both sides of the river stalls up and down everywhere are all kinds of amusement park. Cultural Revolution, the temple was demolished, the temple will stop. In recent years, the temple was rebuilt, the temple fair is slowly restored.

Guandi Temple

The 13th day of the 5th month of the lunar calendar is the Guandi (Guan Yu of the Three Kingdoms) Temple. Xuzhou Guandi Temple is more, only one under the Yunlong Mountain is larger. In addition, the Guandi Temple is also provided with Yue Fei's tablet. According to legend, May 13th is Guan Yu's birthday, because successive rulers have used Guan Yu to promote "loyalty and righteousness", and often sent officers to various places to pay tribute. Xuzhou Guan Di Temple session is very lively, martial arts practitioners, gangs of people have come to catch the meeting.

Liu Hou Temple

May 18 of the lunar calendar is the Liou Hou (Han Zhang Liang) Temple.

This day is said to be the birthday of Zhang Liang (Zifang). According to the legend, Zhang Liang once flew a kite on a small hill, sat in the kite himself, and when the kite drifted over the Chu camp, he blew the Chu music with a xiao, which dispersed the morale of the Chu army. Therefore, the mountain was named Zifang Mountain. There is a Liuhou Temple on the mountain, and on every meeting day, the participants tend to symbolically fly kites.

General Liu Temple Festival

The first day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the General Liu Temple Festival. Legend has it that a long time ago, Xuzhou was plagued by locusts, thanks to General Liu, who led his soldiers to fight them day and night. After the locust plague, General Liu died of overwork. The people of Xuzhou built a General Liu Temple (also known as "Grasshopper Temple") on the east slope of the back of Yunlong Mountain in his honor. Because Xuzhou in the past more frequent locust plague, so every session, the local government also sent special people set up sacrifices, the people to burn incense more. 1922, the temple is more dilapidated, the temple will gradually stop.

Dongyue Temple

The fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar is Dongyue Temple, the temple site in the "General Liu Temple" south. Taoist saying: Dongyue Da Di in charge of people's life and death. Therefore, where there is a seriously ill person at home, often looking for friends and relatives in the young people to burn incense to "keep life". The so-called life preservation, that is, by burning incense to make a wish, will be their own life to borrow a few years to the patient, so it is also known as "borrow life". The day of the session, from morning to night crowded with people burning incense ''borrow life". 1931, this temple gradually abolished.