What's Fuzhou dialect for, but it's not a festival, and many people are invited to dinner?

Generally written as "half denier". A popular folk village celebration in the suburbs of Fuzhou and Minhou County, the more friends and relatives invited, the more face the host has.

"Since September, I won't buy rice." This is a popular folk proverb in the streets of Minhou County, Fuzhou. It says that the local "half-denier" wind prevailed in September, so you can invite me to invite you, so you don't have to buy rice at home. In different villages, the date of "half-day" is different, so relatives and friends from different villages invite each other and don't accept red envelopes and gifts (but now invited friends also give some small gifts and fruits, so some people sell the fruits of this day at the entrance of the village during the "half-day" season).

My hometown is in the suburb of Fuzhou. When I was a child, my family also worked as a "semi-denier" and went to other homes with my parents. The main memory is mixing flowers, eating and drinking. O(∩_∩)O~

—————— The following excerpt is from Baidu knowing "What is Fuzhou?"

Tracing the origin of "semi-denier"

When did "Bandan" originate? Why is there a "half denier"? With this question, the reporter interviewed Pan Yangon, deputy director of the county cultural center, who has a good knowledge of our county's folk customs, on June 24, 65438. Director Pan told reporters that "half-denier" is actually "half-denier", also called "half-born fate". Bandan is just a transliteration of Fuzhou dialect. The so-called "half a foot" means "five feet". "Five feet" is a homonym in Fuzhou dialect, which means "eating and drinking". Most of the villages in our county are descendants of ancestors who moved from the Central Plains to settle down, so they are often named after one village. People with the same surname regard the first ancestor who moved to the local area as a god. Every year, on this ancestor's birthday, the whole village sacrifices "God's birthday" to ensure peace. At the same time, the land is also used to celebrate the harvest.

The custom of "semi-denier" has a long history in China. In the era when the concept of consanguinity is strong, when doing "semi-Dan", it is generally organized by the respected elders in the clan to worship their ancestors in the ancestral hall. The ceremony also greeted the ancestors' gods, toured the main roads in the village, and finally welcomed them back to the ancestral temple. The long procession of greeting the gods knocked and beat along the way, and various folk dance performances were interspersed, which was very lively. At this time, every household in the village will set up incense tables along the way, and when the procession to meet God passes by, they will burn incense, burn paper and set off firecrackers to worship their ancestors and pray for peace. Today, such activities are still organized in villages with strong clan concepts. The difference is that slogans such as "peaceful country and peaceful people" and "good weather" were added in front of the parade to avoid the suspicion of "engaging in feudal superstitious activities". However, with the continuous development of society, it is quite different from the original intention to have a "semi-denier" now.