What folk customs are there in Henan?

Baijiayi and Baijia Rice: Baijiayi is a kind of baby clothes, made of 100 pieces of cloth contributed by families, hence the name Baijiayi. Generally speaking, the size and color of cloth pieces are not very particular, but blue is the best. Because the homonym of "blue" is "stop", as long as there are blue pieces of cloth, monsters can't take the children away. In addition to wearing hundreds of clothes, there is also the custom of giving children hundreds of meals. Anyone who dotes on children, on the first day of the first lunar month, grandpa will hold his grandson under one year old, pretend to be a beggar, and beg along the street with a broken bowl in his hand. 100 is suitable for beggars. They stew steamed bread, vegetables and rice together to make porridge for the children. It is said that in this way, hundreds of families can provide shelter for children.

Red eggs give good news: In some areas of the Central Plains, after a baby is born, the baby's father can't wait to tell his grandmother the good news, which is called giving good news. Bring gifts when reporting good news. These gifts are also information signs for reporting good news. When you report good news, you always bring red eggs. Whoever gives birth to a child will paint the boiled eggs red.

When making trouble in the bridal chamber, the usual activities are biting apples, candy, walking on a wooden bridge, singing with the woman and so on.

Dragon Head Lift Festival, the second day of the second lunar month, is a traditional festival of the Han nationality. People think that this day is the day when the dragon will ascend to heaven, so it is called "Dragon Head Lifting Festival" or "Qinglong Festival". On this day, women in rural areas of Henan generally don't move scissors or do needlework because they are afraid of cutting the dragon's body with a knife. . In this festival, people go to the fields to pick wild vegetables, wrap jiaozi, fry pancakes, fry soybeans, fry bacon and steam jujube buns to improve their lives. Among the numerous food customs, there are the most people who spread pancakes and eat fried beans on this day. Folk believe that this day is the birthday of the Dragon King in the East China Sea, and pancakes are the dragon king's afterbirth. Eating pancakes is to gnaw at the dragon king, and throwing pancakes is to bury the dragon king's fetus.

Zhongyue Temple Fair lasts for 65,438+00 days every year from the 10th day of March to the beginning of October in the lunar calendar. The theme of the temple fair is the local popular beggar custom, commonly known as "tying dolls". Most infertile women after marriage will take part in this activity during the temple fair.

The "Hundred Buddha Top Lights" in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province performed before and after the Lantern Festival.

The grand Taihaoling Temple Fair in Huaiyang lasts for one month every year from 1 February 2 to March 3.

Pangu Temple Fair, every March. The main purpose of offering sacrifices to Pangu in the local area is nothing more than praying for rain, children and peace. Legend has it that Master Pangu has the right to have three private rains. Therefore, when people need rain, they just need to beg from Pangu, and Pangu can satisfy people's wishes. There is also a saying among local villagers that Grandpa Pangu loves cleanliness. After the temple fair on March 3rd, he will clean Shan Yu next time to wash away the filth people left on the mountain. During the temple fair, people asked Pangu for children, because Pangu's grandfather, Pangu, milked clay figurines and gave birth to human beings.