The unique customs of the motherland, the customs of various places

Fengtu Renqing ( fēng tú rén qíng), synonyms customs and customs, refers to the natural environment and customs, etiquette, and habits unique to a place.

Lantern Meeting:

The lantern festival is the most characteristic folk art entertainment activity in Jinhua, people through the welcome, the lamp, in order to show the exorcism and plague, to pray for the blessing of disasters, to pray for a bumper harvest of grains, the safety of people and animals. The lantern festival is held during the Lantern Festival, so the Lantern Festival is also known as the "Lantern Festival". Generally, the lights are lit on the tenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and the lights are scattered on the day of Gan, ten.

Four, ten. May and 163 are the most exciting.

Jinhua lanterns are varied, the shape is wonderful, gorgeous and colorful. The dragon lantern is the main light of the lantern festival, and the most representative number of the dragon lanterns are the "bridge lanterns" (Jinhua and Lanxi are called "bench dragons", and Pujiang is called "long lanterns"). Generally, there are more than 100 bridges (one section is a bridge), hundreds of bridges for the elderly, or even more than 1,000 bridges.

The bridge light is divided into two parts: "dragon head" and "light bridge". The head of the dragon is supported by a wooden plank, and a bracket is built on the top, and a bamboo hoop is tied to the board frame to form a spinosaurus shape. Outside the school cotton paper, depicted with colored dragon phosphorus, clouds) cheeks pick dragon whiskers, mouth dragon balls, four branches.

All kinds of lanterns, several flags are planted on the back, "sky lanterns" are hung on the top, and "ground lamps" are hung below, and the production is extremely fine. Candles are lit inside the lamp, and the colors are bright and eye-catching. Each board is 2 3 meters long, 18 centimeters wide and 5 centimeters thick, and there is a hole at each end of the board, with a spacing of 70 centimeters, for receiving lights.

There are light stands on the board, two sticks per board. The dragon's tail is the last bridge, in the shape of a dragon's tail, draped in a satin rainbow. The main formations of the bridge lights are:

Qin Suo Hoop", "Belly Roll", "Green Snake Slip", "Wheat Cake Pick", "Lotus Swirl", "Scissor Strands".

"Double door", "around the pillar" and so on are extremely exciting and thrilling.

In the old days, the dragon lantern was cumbersome and elaborate, and there were many taboos. To tie the bamboo of the dragon's head, it must be "stolen". Its "stealing" method, the application of the bamboo queen, until the night to gather people to cut it.

After chopping, put a red envelope at the root of the bamboo and fire the cannon away. The same is true for the "stealing" method of the newly made faucet board and bridge light board. The stolen person receives a red envelope, regardless of the compensation, which is auspicious and never blamed.

The dragon head is carefully pasted and painted, with two small red paper barriers, waiting for the day of the lamp, the "out of position" ceremony will be carried to the hall, the case is dedicated to the five grains, candy, pastries, by the Taoist priest "please the dragon god", only to open the little red paper, said "open the eyes". After that, the villagers worship with incense and candles. Those who welcome the dragon lantern must take a fire bath and clean themselves, and then carry the lamp bridge, and set off the cannon to "go out" to the open field, so that the whole village lamp bridge is connected, and the whole dragon and lamp are complete, and then set off to go to the temple, which means that the gods will be met.

The larger the village, the more light bridges, and the longer the lantern queue. After that, follow the customary route to swim the dragon. When swimming in the dragon, the front of the team is a respected old man, holding an incense plate and a butterfly incense burner on the top, the second is the one who picks the "artillery burden" and "candle bearer", and then the one who carries the "double-headed gong" and "tiger head card", and then the dragon head.

The children of high fish, shrimp and crab scattered lanterns are not forbidden and unrestrained, they can occupy the front of the incense, they can accompany the side of the lamp bridge, and they can also follow the tail of the dragon, which is called "the dragon travels, the shrimp soldiers and crabs will open the road and escort", and the dragon lantern travels in the field, called "stepping on the green" and "Chamai". The road is narrow, and it is inevitable to step on the wheat seedlings, but no one blames them. When swimming in the dragon, it is necessary to "jump the lamp" and "group lamp".

In addition to the introduction, it is divided into three parts: the upper part "Chinese Folk Customs" mainly introduces Chinese food, residential architecture, and national costumes; The "Chinese Family" mainly introduces Chinese family consciousness and Chinese religious traditions. The following part, "The Psychology of the Chinese", mainly introduces the characteristics of Chinese people, such as weak religion, strong ethics, and deep-rooted moral concepts.