Customs of Yangzhou

Guanyin Shanxianghui originated in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. According to the lunar calendar, June 19th is the day when Guanyin Bodhisattva attained enlightenment. On this day, the incense on Guanyin Mountain is the most prosperous. It is also the most prosperous temple fair incense in Yangzhou.

2. Spring Festival

In the old society, as soon as the first day of the New Year was over, people rushed to the Earth Temple with three pig heads, incense sticks and firecrackers to burn incense. After burning incense, they went home without sleeping and waited for dawn. At dawn, it is the "financial gate" (gate), lighting incense and setting off firecrackers to celebrate the New Year. Then the younger generation gets up to pay a New Year call to the elder, and the elder sends oranges and cloud cakes to the younger generation. This is called "taking care of the overall situation" and "step by step".

Then have breakfast "Tangyuan and Noodles". After breakfast, young people and middle-aged people go out to pay New Year greetings to their neighbors. They have cigarettes, melon seeds, sweets, cakes and other foods at home, and the elderly receive guests who come to pay New Year greetings. We don't cook new rice at noon, but eat leftovers from dinner on New Year's Eve, which is called "Chen in the coming year" (some people eat until the fourth day of the first month).

After the founding of New China, the custom of burning incense and worshipping God has disappeared in many families. On the first day of New Year's Day, some units held collective worship, and the people also carried out New Year greetings to the families of martyrs and various cultural activities.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day

This morning in Tomb-Sweeping Day, many people ate homemade sesame cakes, some of which were made of tender willow leaves and flour, saying that eating them would not cause disaster. This custom is still visible today. Many families also have Tomb-Sweeping Day's habit of going to the grave for an outing.

4. Double Ninth Festival

Yangzhou people like to climb mountains to ward off evil spirits on the Double Ninth Festival. On this day, many people climb to the heights of Pingshantang, Kannonji or Wenfeng Pagoda to enjoy autumn scenery. People who don't go out to climb mountains will eat Chongyang cake at home to symbolize climbing mountains. In the old Double Ninth Festival, the workshop owner invited the workers to hold a banquet, during which each person ate at least two crabs. The workers ate chong yang wine and worked harder. The old saying "Eat chong yang wine, stay up all night".

5. Marriage customs in Yangzhou

Yangzhou custom calls engagement "tea". Engagement is also called engagement. There are big decisions and small decisions. Xiaoding, also known as "stable marriage", is a form of engagement when men and women are still young. The big decision is a formal engagement. Now free love, as long as both sides agree, the man invites the woman's parents to come to the door to hold a banquet, which is also an engagement.

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