What are the characteristics of Yiwu?

In Yiwu dialect, when we say "spicy", "hot" and "ice", we will add a word "human" after these words, showing the usage centered on "human".

This shows how meaningful the inheritance of dialects is. Now some parents let their children speak Mandarin and learn foreign languages, but they ignore our most precious traditional culture. It's really sad and regrettable that children can't even speak Yiwu.

Yiwu is rich in customs and culture.

In Yiwu, there are many customs with strong local characteristics, as well as excellent folk performing arts such as Daoqing, welcoming dragon lanterns and writing gongs in Yiwu.

Daoqing in Yiwu is one of the treasures of many traditional arts in Yiwu. It has no fixed tune, and is often played by performers according to their own voice characteristics and rap tunes, with the goal of listening to them. Therefore, there are many schools of Taoism in Yiwu for a long time, and it is unique in the field of Quyi.

Yiwu is also very particular about weddings and funerals. In the old society, it was a great event to get married in Yiwu.

A couple's marriage needs at least half a year and at most three years to prepare the bride's dowry.

There are also many procedures: matchmaker matchmaking, betrothal, giving gifts (betrothal gifts), sending dates, picking fruits (called "picking powder" in Xixiang), saying goodbye, returning gifts, raising wine, seeing off ancestors, getting married, bride getting on a sedan chair, worshiping heaven and earth, having a banquet, and making trouble in a new house (commonly known as "begging for fruit"