The cultural origin of Cantonese culture and what is the essence of Cantonese culture

What is the essence of Cantonese culture:

The representatives of Cantonese culture include "Guangdong**", "Cantonese cuisine", "lion awakening", "Cantonese embroidery", "Guangcai", "Cantonese carving", "Lingnan painting school", "Wok Ear House", "Lingnan garden", "Cantonese opera", "Cantonese opera" and so on.

Cantonese culture is a regional culture in the Cantonese-speaking region, which refers to the culture of the Han residents who use the Cantonese dialect in the Guangzhou Prefecture of the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, and is located in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province and some of the surrounding areas of western and northern Guangdong.

The regional culture of the Cantonese-speaking region also includes the Gaoliang culture in the western part of Guangdong and the Gui culture in Guangxi. Cantonese culture was formed in the Guangzhou area, and is popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau, southeastern Guangxi and overseas Cantonese-speaking Chinese communities.

Cantonese people mainly moved in from the Tang and Song dynasties through Zhuji Lane in the north and south of Guangdong, so Zhuji Lane is known as the ancestral residence of Cantonese people, one of the three major root-seeking places in China, and the birthplace of Cantonese culture, known as "Chinese cultural station, the root of Guangfu in the world".

Since its establishment, Guangzhou has developed economy, prosperous commerce and trade, and flourished culture and education, and is the core area and prosperous place of Cantonese culture, and has always been in the leading position in Guangdong Province.

Cantonese culture is an important part of Chinese civilization, subordinate to Lingnan culture, formed by the Central Plains and Jiangnan immigrant culture, inheriting the essence of Central Plains Han culture, and has the greatest influence in Lingnan culture, and is often used as the representative of Guangdong Han culture in various fields.

<>1, Nanxiong Zhuji Lane.

2. Known as the ancestral home of the Cantonese people, it is one of the three major root-seeking places in China, the birthplace of Cantonese culture, and is known as the "Chinese cultural post slag station, the root of the world's Cantonese people".

3. Cantonese culture refers to the culture of the Han residents who use the Cantonese dialect in the Guangzhou Prefecture of the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong, and the scope is centered on the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province and some of the surrounding areas of western and northern Guangdong.

Cantonese cultureBringing the cultural characteristics of Guangzhou, in the festival customs, there is not only the inheritance of the traditional culture of the Central Plains, but also the local characteristics of the festival marriage, the food culture of Guangzhou is famous at home and abroad, and what are the characteristics of the food customs? What are the characteristics of opera? And the art and craft features?

Cultural characteristics

Wedding in a festive manner. In terms of festival customs, there is not only the inheritance of the traditional culture of the Central Plains, but also its local characteristics. In Guangzhou, there is the Chinese New Year's Eve flower market.

It has existed since the Southern Han Dynasty, and by the middle of the 19th century, the flower market was scheduled to be held a few days before Chinese New Year's Eve, and flowers and trees poured into the city.

Panyu's floating color amusement activities, the lettuce meeting in the Pearl River Delta (the homonym of taking fortune), the Polo Festival, Zheng Xian's Festival, the Golden Flower Festival, He Xiangu's Day, Riniang's Cave Potato Festival, Pangu Queen Mother's Day, Yuhua Festival, Tian Liao Festival, Dragon Mother's Day, etc., are mostly related to the theme of sacrificing local gods and making a fortune and sailing safely.

It reflects the character of the deep structure of Guangdong customs and culture. In terms of marriage customs, the old days accepted the feudal marriage system of the Han nationality, in Guangzhou and the urban and rural areas of the Pearl River Delta, there are still the customs of not leaving the husband's family and combing the girl, the former retains the ancient Yue heritage, after the woman marries, in addition to the New Year's Festival, celebrations, condolences and other red and white ceremonies, generally do not return to their parents' home, but live in the husband's house for a long time.

The latter is the fact that some women declare that they will not marry for the rest of their lives in order to earn a living independently and get rid of the shackles of feudal marriage. This kind of marriage custom is not only a variation of the ancient marriage custom, but also has the color of personality liberation. After the statehood.

Food customs. Guangzhou's food culture is well-known at home and abroad. Cantonese cuisine is one of the four major cuisines in China, which is characterized by being good at innovation in imitation, with a wide range of materials, rare materials, exquisite ingredients, exquisite workmanship, pay attention to "wok gas", pay attention to the image, a wide variety, five flavors, and appropriate shades.

Cantonese cuisine is good at absorbing the strengths of others, and it is transformed according to the climate and product conditions of Guangzhou, reflecting the charm of Lingnan culture.

In Cantonese cuisine, birds and animals, delicacies from the mountains and seas, wild vegetables and mountain flowers can all be included in the dish, the famous "dragon and tiger fight", "chrysanthemum three snake soup", "stewed grass and flower finches in soup", "braised civet cat", "stewed worms in a tile bowl", "open pot dog meat", "baked pigeon with coarse salt", have become recognized delicacies. The chicken dishes are both varied and delicious, and they show the skill of Cantonese cuisine.

Cantonese cuisine arose in Guangzhou at the end of the 19th century, and gradually became a trend in the twenties and thirties of the 20th century, with the rise of popular teahouses, and expanded to towns in the Pearl River Delta and along the rivers in the West and Beijiang basins. The dim sum in the teahouse is exquisite and abundant, such as egg tarts, egg cups, egg powders, dry steaming, siu mai and all kinds of porridge. After the reform and opening up, many western pastries were introduced, making the food more trendy and exquisite.