What are the folk customs of northern Shaanxi and what are the customs of Shaanxi

The customs of Shaanxi are:

1. Ansai waist drum.

Ansai waist drum is a traditional folk dance in Shaanxi Province. The performance can be carried out by several or thousands of people together, and the majestic momentum and exquisite expressiveness are intoxicating, and it is known as the first drum in the world. In 1996, Ansai District of Yan'an City was named the hometown of China's waist drum by the Ministry of Culture.

The folk songs of northern Shaanxi have her distinctive regional characteristics: rustic, atmospheric, and beautiful, and the soil is scum, big, and beautiful.

2. Huayin old dialect.

The old cavity is a kind of plate cavity opera, is a kind of shadow puppet play, the singer is a shadow puppet play in the background, and the singer runs to the front desk to shout and sing, which is mainly popular in Shuangquan Village, Huayin City, Shaanxi Province. Huayin City is bordered by Tongguan in the east, Huaxian County in the west, Qinling Mountains and Luonan County in the south, and Dali County across Weishui in the north.

3. Folk songs of northern Shaanxi.

Northern Shaanxi is a place where folk songs gather, and there are many types of folk songs, which are commonly known as "mountain songs" or "sour songs". There are more than 20 kinds of Xintianyou, Minor, Wine Song, Yulin Song, etc., among which Xintianyou is the most distinctive and representative.

4. Shaanxi Shehuo face.

The Baoji area of Shaanxi, known as Xifu, is one of the representative areas of Shaanxi Shehuo face art. In particular, the Shehuo face mask of Longxian County and Baoji County has a long history, the face mask has a peculiar shape, the color is simple and bright, the decoration is strict and exquisite, and the spectrum is many and complete, representing the highest level of Xifu Shehuo face mask.

5. Yangge in northern Shaanxi.

Also known as "Troubled Red Fire", "Troublesome Yangge", "Troublesome Social Fire", "Troublesome Yang Song", etc., it is a kind of Han traditional dance that spreads in Shaanxi and northern Shaanxi Plateau with a wide range of masses and representatives. Yangge in northern Shaanxi has a long history, rich content and diverse forms, with "Suide Yangge" being the most representative.

The customs of Shaanxi are: eating dumplings, visiting the temple fair of Tang West Market, steaming flower buns for the New Year, and social firePapa head cover.

1. Eat dumplings:

In Chinese folklore, eating dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve is an irreplaceable feast for any mountain and sea delicacies. Dumplings are also known as Jiaozi or Jiao'er, people from afar will trek back to their hometowns and families to eat dumplings during the winter festival to show that they have a happy home.

2. Visit the Tang West City Temple Fair:

Xi'an Tang West City Temple Fair is one of the largest temple fairs in China during the Tang Dynasty, after a thousand years of interruption, it finally met with the citizens of Guangting Qiaoda again, integrating Chinese and Western customs, elegant and vulgar appreciation, and has become a cultural feast during the Spring Festival in Xi'an.

3. Steamed flower buns for the New Year:

Steamed flower bun is one of the folk customs in the northern region of our country, according to the custom, from the 23rd of the lunar month to the 15th day of the first month, every household begins to steam the flower bun, so that the ordinary wheat flour steamed bun is transformed into a handicraft.

With the development of society, the ritual of making a sacrifice to the fire has gradually increased the element of entertainment, and has become a large-scale and complex folk entertainment activity.

5. Papa's head cover:

This habit is now remembered by people over 50 years old, and it is generally a handkerchief on the head of the old lady in the countryside, which can not only prevent dust, rain and sun, but also be used to wipe sweat or wrap things, which can be described as a multi-task. Nowadays this custom is almost invisible, and it is more popular to wear fashionable sunhats.

Make pasta, make thimbles, twist limbs and recite Yangge. Push the flour to press the cake, catch up with the donkey to grind tofu, steam the yellow bun, make rice wine, roll the mixed noodles, fry the oil cake, and the New Year's food must be prepared before the year.

There is also a custom here that the New Year is hungry to make a "jujube brand" for the child.

Here, you can also see some people's families wearing red thread to make needlework "thimble" and hanging it on the child's neck, which is also a blessed mascot, called "thimble for increasing the year".

One more per year until the age of twelve.

Yangge New Year's greetings are a unique style in northern Shaanxi.

During the Spring Burning Festival, the villages and villages organize Yangge teams to visit the New Year door to door, which is commonly known as Yanmenzi here.

Yangge New Year's greetings are first to pay homage to the temple, worship the gods, pray for a year of good weather and abundant grains, and then go to every household to pay New Year's greetings.

1. The waist drum is a form of folk encouragement widely spread in northern Shaanxi, especially in Ansai County, Yan'an Region, Hengshan, Mizhi, Yulin and other places in Yulin Region, which is one of the most influential dances in Shaanxi folk dance. Ansai waist drum is a representative one of the waist drums in northern Shaanxi, mostly performed in major festivals, celebrations, temple fairs, in 2006, "Ansai waist drum" was selected into the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

2. Shaanxi folk songs are divided into northern Shaanxi folk songs, southern Shaanxi folk songs and Guanzhong folk songs according to regional characteristics and artistic characteristics. There are many kinds of folk songs in northern Shaanxi, commonly known as "mountain song" or "sour song" in the local area, there are more than 20 kinds of songs such as Xintianyou, Minor, Labor Trumpet, Yulin Xiaoqu, Northern Shaanxi Suite, etc., among which Xintianyou is the most distinctive and widely spread. Southern Shaanxi folk songs are rich in content and diverse in form, Ziyang folk songs are the most representative types of folk songs in southern Shaanxi, and the representative repertoire includes "Lang Sings Mountain Song at the Opposite Door" and "Nanshan Bamboo".

Guanzhong folk songs include boatmen's horns, tamping horns, carrying horns and other tunes and various minor tunes.

3. Shaanxi shadow puppet theater originated before the Han Dynasty, originated in Huaxian County, and flourished in the Tang Dynasty, also known as "shadow play" and "shadow play", which spread among the people, retained the historical traces of folk storytelling, and was the predecessor of various operas in modern Shaanxi. There are dozens of kinds of singing tones, with the five major tones of the old dialect, the bowl cavity, the Aguan cavity, the string plate cavity and the Qin cavity are more common, supplemented by various Taoist feelings in northern Shaanxi, southern Shaanxi and Guanzhong. The traditional repertoire of shadow puppet shows include "Visiting the West Lake", "Nezha and the Sea", "Ancient City Meeting", "Recruiting Relatives in the Array" and so on.