Xuanwu district culture

Since the national government made Nanjing its capital, there have been many troops, institutions and schools in this area, and many residents have moved in from other provinces and cities. Because "when in Rome, do as the Romans do", the residents in this area mainly rely on the traditional customs of Nanjing, but also integrate into some customs of other provinces and cities. Before liberation, the people in this area were dominated by traditional customs, and there were many feudal superstitions inside. After liberation, the people's government vigorously advocated changing customs and popularizing education and science and technology. Many stereotypes have been eliminated, and new socialist fashions have gradually taken shape.

spring

"beginning of spring" is around the Spring Festival. People think that beginning of spring is the beginning of the Spring Festival and attach great importance to it, so there is a saying that the Spring Festival is as big as the Chinese New Year. Since ancient times, beginning of spring has had the customs of "Dengaku", "whipping a spring cow" and "biting the spring". "Tianle Village" is also called "Singing Spring" and "Playing Spring". In the old days, it was popular in Xiaolingwei area in this area, that is, two or three people accompanied each other, knocked on small gongs, sang auspicious words and begged for money and food along the door. This custom began in the Ming Dynasty and was rare after liberation. According to historical records, in the early morning of spring, from the front of Jinling Mansion to Dong Jiao Avenue, people gathered to watch the sacrificial activities of Prefecture and County officials led by the prefect to meet the "Mang God". The "Spring Cattle" is clay sculpture painted with colorful colors, which is whipped by the satrap with a "five-colored stick", also known as "playing spring". Beginning of spring, the residents in this area, have the habit of eating "spring cakes", which is called "biting spring". Spring cake is a kind of cake made of flour, which is made of fried leeks, shepherd's purse, winter bamboo shoots and shredded pork. Later it evolved into today's fried "spring rolls".

Living custom

In the process of building houses, we attach great importance to auspiciousness. From site selection, material selection, date selection, column selection, beam selection to completion celebration, we all follow the traditional mattress-laying method. If you choose a place, please ask the "Yin and Yang Master" to set the place and direction with the eight diagrams. On the third day of the first month, the forest was chosen as the pillar on the mountain, and the lower part was surrounded by red paper to worship the mountain god. When logging, the tree can't directly fall to the ground, nor is it stripped on the mountain. No crossing.

Choose an auspicious day to board the beam, put a cross-section on the beam, put couplets on the pillars on both sides, shout "Good luck on the beam" when boarding the beam, set off firecrackers, sing "Song of the beam", and throw steamed buns and red dates down after boarding the beam. After the house is built, some pictures are often drawn on the walls and doors to ward off evil spirits, and some brick gatehouses engraved with historical stories and plant patterns will be built.

Market folk custom

Generally, large temple fairs are held in the off-season, ranging from one day to ten days. During the temple fair, gongs and drums are loud, firecrackers are ringing, and vendors from all walks of life outside the temple sell, juggle and snack. Thousands of people flocked to the temple fair from all directions by boat or on foot. In addition to peddling, vendors in the market also have various inherited blows, such as peddlers shaking leather drums, coppersmith shaking copper strings, sugar porridge beating bamboo poles, fortune-telling drumming gongs, and collecting waste products to ring bells.

Businessmen have more signs, such as the word "dang" written on the high wall, the word "tea" hung in the teahouse, the yellow and white flag curtain hung in the hotel, the red, yellow and blue rotating cylindrical lamp erected in front of the barber shop, and the red lantern hung in the bathroom. On the fifth day of the first month, on the birthday of the God of Wealth, the store set up the Hall of the God of Wealth and held sacrificial activities. It is said that the Buddha of Wealth is Marshal Zhao Gong and the Five-Way God. There is also a set of "jargon" in all walks of life, called "incision" Shopkeepers and employees are the first buyers to negotiate the price with incision, so that the buyers are unknown.