Folk customs in Rizhao

1. New Year's custom

There is a difference between the seaside and the western mountainous areas. Basically, it is a family that pays New Year's greetings one by one. At 24 o'clock, the men of the whole family set off firecrackers from the oldest elder in the family to burn sesame stalks one by one. After distributing sesame seeds, they went home to jiaozi, and the whole family ate New Year's jiaozi together.

2. Buy new year's goods

Before the Chinese New Year, you should make a lot of preparations and buy a lot of things, including food, food, clothes, clothes, toys, food, dry, fresh, raw and cooked. The unified name is called "New Year's Goods".

3. Watching lanterns

The traditional folk custom of putting lights on Lantern Festival developed into an unprecedented lantern market in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, Chang 'an, the capital of the city, was already the largest city in the world with a population of one million, and the society was rich. Under the emperor's personal initiative, the Lantern Festival became more and more luxurious.

4. Vegetable Stealing Festival

On this festival, girls will steal other people's vegetables in droves. It is forbidden to steal from their own family or friends with the same surname, because stealing vegetables is related to their marriage.

5. Lion Dance

Lion Dance originated from exorcism. In ancient times, the ancients invented Nuo. "exorcism" gradually evolved into a modern lion dance. Apart from performing in villages, Nuo lion dances are mostly performed in people's homes. While exorcising epidemic ghosts, they also add the tasks of sending blessings and praying for blessings.