Folk customs in Tongxiang

1, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month-send it to the kitchen king.

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is Lunar New Year's Eve, commonly known as "Cooking Day". Every household sends the Kitchen God to heaven, hoping that he will "speak well in heaven and keep peace in the lower world". After New Year's Eve, the kitchen god in the sky will be picked up in the early morning of New Year's Day, commonly known as "grabbing the kitchen".

On this day, every household cooks red beans and glutinous rice. First, the Kazuhiro Mori bowl is served in front of the kitchen king, and then the whole family comes to eat it. After eating, at dusk, everyone bowed down. After the worship, please take the idol of Kitchen God off the stove and put it on the chair in the kitchen.

2. The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month-sweeping dust.

A folk proverb says, "On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, dust and sweep the house". To welcome the new year, the most important thing for Tongxiang people is to "sweep the dust" and "worship the ancestors". Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "getting rid of the old and not being new". It means sweeping away all "bad luck" and "bad luck" and welcoming the new year with a new atmosphere.

3. The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month-grinding bean curd.

The folk proverb says, "On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, push the mill to make tofu." In some places, there is also the custom of eating tofu residue before New Year's Eve. It is said that after the Kitchen God went to Beijing, the Jade Emperor would go to the lower bound to see if every household was acting like the Kitchen God. So every household eats tofu dregs to show their hardship and avoid the punishment of the Jade Emperor.

4. twelfth lunar month-making rice cakes.

During the Spring Festival, rice cakes are essential. Especially in rural areas, besides chicken, duck, fish and fruit, there must be rice cakes on the sacrificial table. During the Spring Festival, when people go to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings, they often bring a few pieces of rice cakes, which means "getting taller every year".

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Tongxiang is the main sericulture producing area in the south of the Yangtze River, and its countryside has rich sericulture customs, among which Qingming silk rolling is the most representative activity.

In the 20th century, with the rise of chemical fiber fabrics, sericulture economy and silkworm flower temple fair were affected and almost disappeared. After the reform and opening up, the state has paid more and more attention to the protection of folk customs. In 20 10, Tongxiang sericulture custom, as a sub-project of sericulture and silk weaving technology in China, was listed in the "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO.

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