The custom of hometown in Hunan

The customs in Hunan are: Hunan Flower Drum Opera, Lunar New Year, Lunar New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and the 15th day of the first month.

1, Hunan Huagu Opera

After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the art of Hunan ancient painting and drama has developed greatly. Dramas such as Playing Gong, Toning Pots and Chopping Wood compiled and created by Hunan Theatre are deeply loved by people all over the country. In 2008, ancient paintings and operas were selected into the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

2. Spent a little year.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family has a rest and dinner, which is called "Children celebrate the New Year". Every household is busy preparing new year's goods, making tofu, killing pigs, delivering new year's goods, preparing snacks, frying dry tea, writing Spring Festival couplets and tying lanterns.

3. New Year's Eve

Every household in rural Changsha will burn a maple tree in the stove, which is called "the year is old". Men, women and children gather around the stove, elders give their children lucky money, and the whole family eats stewed radish with pig's trotters, which is called "shou sui". The so-called "money without money, radish for the New Year".

On New Year's Day, people pay attention to it and have many taboos.

On New Year's Eve, someone posted red paper "Wealth" on the seam of the gate, and posted auspicious words such as "Open the door" and "Make money for me" on the eyes. When they open the door, they recite it aloud, which is called opening the door to see happiness. When the sky is clear in Wan Li, watch the wind and the sky and predict the harvest in the coming year.

5, the fifteenth day of the first month

In ancient times, it was called Shangyuan Festival and Lantern Festival. In Changsha Lantern Market, there are many kinds of lanterns made of paper or hung on houses or streets. On this day, every household lights candles, cooks Yuanxiao, and urchins play with lanterns. In addition to lighting candles in the dark corners of chickens in pigsty and kennel, farmers also light fires on the edge of fields to kill insects and pray for a bumper harvest.