What are the customs and special festivals in Fuzhou?

In the traditional seasonal festivals and customs in Fuzhou, welcoming the new year vividly reflects the traces left by ancient Yue. Traditional weddings and funerals, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, marriage and engagement in birthday customs, and birthdays, won birthdays, Kuixing birthdays, land birthdays and Luban birthdays in folk customs are obviously influenced by the Central Plains culture and are living fossils of ancient Central Plains culture.

The worship and belief of Fuzhou folk to Niang (Mazu, commonly known as Mazu) and the land goddess Chen Jinggu (called Mrs. Chen, the queen mother of the waterfront, commonly known as Shuinai) shows the profound influence of Taoism on Fuzhou folk customs, especially Shuinai, which has been regarded as the patron saint of women and children in the folk for hundreds of years, has penetrated into almost every household in the folk.

Believing in Guanyin's birthday and Dizang's birthday in folk customs fully shows the penetration of Buddhism. Buddhism and Taoism are worshipped by believers in Fuzhou folk customs, which is often the same as offering Buddha and Taoism. Relatively speaking, Islam has little influence on the customs of Fuzhou.

In modern times, living habits in Fuzhou have also been influenced by Catholicism and Christianity. Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, etc. It vividly reflects the tradition that Fuzhou people are good at absorbing foreign cultures and learning.

All folk customs are "handed down by predecessors" (Fuzhou proverb). On the one hand, we inherit the folk cultural heritage of our ancestors, on the other hand, we create new folk culture for the next generation. In addition, all kinds of cultures, including folk culture, are unprecedentedly active, and old and new folk customs appear alternately. Fuzhou is no exception. For example, Taiping eggs get smaller and smaller as you eat them. Because duck egg is homophonic with "suppressing chaos", Fuzhou people call it "Taiping egg". When you meet a wedding reception, birthday party, farewell party, and over nine (those who meet nine in vain), you should eat flatly. However, with the improvement of living standards, people's appetite is getting smaller and smaller, and they feel that they can't eat the giant eggs in the banquet. For this reason, the chefs racked their brains and finally replaced it with quail eggs and pigeon eggs, which were elegant and innovative, and gradually became a new custom. Moreover, quail is homophonic with safety, which is quite meaningful and quickly accepted by the masses.

Bole Festival encroaches on traditional festivals. In recent years, Mother's Day, Valentine's Day, Christmas and other imported festivals have become the trend of this city. Fuzhou has the tradition of "Boiling Wine Festival". Married daughters should make "boiled wine porridge" on the 29th day of the first month, and send it back to their parents as soon as possible to honor their parents. Up to now, the suburban counties of Fuzhou still maintain this custom, but the "Aojiu Festival" in the urban area has gradually been replaced by "Mother's Day". Speaking of this festival, the flower shop business is particularly good. You can also see your parents' party in the restaurant. In addition, Valentine's Day and Christmas are also invading. Recently, Fuzhou Hotel plans to hold a traditional Valentine's Day event in China on July 7th this year. I wonder if I can catch my lover's heart.

"One more person" should become a full member. At a traditional banquet, the oldest person should sit for a while. Take the Eight Immortals Banquet (Table) in the lobby of old houses as an example. The one on the left is the table, and the one on the left is the one inside, which means "one is longer". Only those with the longest experience and the oldest qualifications are eligible to participate. But now the "long one" has turned positive. No matter what kind of house it is, whether it is a square table or a round table, the one facing the door in the middle of the table is the largest. The person who sits in the largest position is the host, followed by the person with the highest status, and the third is the "head person" among the distinguished guests; According to age and seniority, there are only family banquets and rural customs activities. From a table on the left to a "middle" one, it is easy for young people to understand, and of course they have to turn to the end.

Rebate instead of wine package. There is a custom of "carrying wine bags" at traditional banquets in Fuzhou, that is, in addition to satisfying the guests (Fuzhou custom), the caterer also asks you to bring a big bag of wine back for parents or wives and children to enjoy, which is very meaningful in the era of food shortage. But on today's Fu Ri Festival (Fuzhou proverb), wine bags have become the burden of the party, so no one takes them back and has to throw them away. To this end, people have come up with many reform methods. First, replacing wine bags with aluminum barrels and thermos bottles makes this kind of wine bags in the homes of frequent diners a disaster. However, the custom of wine bags cannot be abolished. In desperation, we have to use cash rebate instead. Now go to the wedding reception, you give a big red envelope and the host gives you a small red envelope. 10 yuan, 30 yuan. The guests got rid of the drag of the old wine bag and had a "wine bag" that could be put into their pockets. Why not? In all these cases, many new folk customs are replacing the old folk customs, and the old and new folk customs coexist alternately, with many innovative contents.

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