What is the emphasis on white things in northern Shaanxi?

The folk customs of white things in northern Shaanxi are as follows:

The people of northern Shaanxi who live on the Loess Plateau have lived on the loess for generations and were buried in the loess after their death. The traditional burial custom also continues in all parts of northern Shaanxi, which is the etiquette custom for the dead. When the average old man is over 60 years old, he starts to buy coffins and make shroud.

Coffin is commonly known as "Shoumu", and pine and cypress are the best; Shroud, commonly known as "old clothes", is made of blue, red, yellow, brown and red satin; There are mattresses, quilts, trousers, robes, jackets and so on. , usually 7 yuan. Young people die young (called "small mouth"), and there must be no more than three sets. The funeral of the old man is called "white matter", and the grave (ground) is called the mausoleum (ground).

When the old man died, he rolled up his clothes and used bedding and hung them on the wall. Outside the gate, the "age paper" (a piece of paper cut into strips according to the age of each year, and a long red note tied into a bundle) reports the funeral to the world. The dutiful son wears mourning clothes, that is, a gown made of white gauze, a hemp rope around his waist, a white gauze hat on his head and white shoes on his feet.

Filial sons are forbidden to wear red clothes, and when they see people kneeling and kowtowing, they say that they are "excusing the elderly." Then ask the elders in the room to preside over the funeral and call the manager. The general manager immediately organized family members to report the funeral to their relatives.

Brief introduction of folk customs in northern Shaanxi;

Folk songs in northern Shaanxi

Folk songs in northern Shaanxi are the crystallization of the spirit, thoughts and feelings of the working people in northern Shaanxi. They are the closest companions of the working people in northern Shaanxi and the most direct reflection of their lives. Northern Shaanxi is a place where folk songs gather. There are many kinds of folk songs, which are commonly called "folk songs" or "sour songs" locally. There are mainly more than twenty kinds of Xintianyou, minor, wine song and Yulin ditty, among which Xintianyou is the most distinctive and representative.

2. storytelling in northern Shaanxi

Storytelling in northern Shaanxi is a very important form of storytelling in Quyi in northwest China, which is mainly popular in Yan 'an and Yulin areas in northern Shaanxi. At first, poor blind people sang some legendary stories with folk songs in northern Shaanxi. Later, it absorbed the tunes of Hu Mei, Qinqiang, Daoqing and Xintianyou, and gradually formed the storytelling form of rap performance.

3. Northern Shaanxi Yangko

Northern Shaanxi Yangko is a traditional dance with extensive mass and representativeness, which spreads in the northern Shaanxi Plateau.

Dancing is also called "making fire", "making yangko", "making social fire" and "making yangko". Mainly distributed in Yulin, Yan 'an, Suide, Mizhi and other places in Shaanxi Province, it has a long history, rich content and various forms. Among them, Suide Yangko is the most representative.

4. Daoqing in Northern Shaanxi

It is a local opera with Sui and Mi dialects in northern Shaanxi as the standard pronunciation, Taoist chanting music as the aria, and Shaanxi folk tunes as the absorption. Formed in the middle of Qing Dynasty, it was popular in Yu and Yan areas. The Daoqing singing in northern Shaanxi is Qupai, and the board cavity coexists.

Its vocal cavity includes [Flat Tone], [Cross Tone], [Children's Play], [Cool Tone], [Plum Blossom], [Plum Blossom Tone], [Inscription] and [Wuhua Tone]. There are four types of soundboards: [big board], [flat tone] (including four types), [sharp board] and [rolling white]. Qupai is more flexible and free in application.