Folk customs in Li Yao town

According to reports, Hu Zu, one of the new martial arts, was born in Pailou Township, Qianshan County, Anhui Province. According to the elders, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, people's lives were poor because of the war. For the sake of bottom-up, Wang Xing and Hu moved to Zhiwugang, Yaoli Township, Fuliang County, to help the rich plant tea seed mountain. Because people are not acclimatized to this place and the population is not prosperous, they go to the Pailou Township in Qianshan, Anhui Province to make incense and lead the lion god to the dock in Yaoli. In the second half of the year, according to the style of lions in Anhui's hometown, lion lanterns were erected. The lion's hair is bound by lycopodium (a Chinese medicine).

On the second day of the first month, dancing lights began. After the dancing lights, everything is safe and people are prosperous. Later, it gradually formed the habit of tying lanterns to welcome guests in the first month of each year. Later, because I was busy, I met at both ends every three years.

Before jumping the lantern, you should cut the chicken to worship the gods, burn yellow paper, put "Fu Li" (that is, fish, meat, chicken and tofu on a plate, insert incense, burn tin foil, worship the gods, and then light lanterns.

In those days, if there was a married family, with the consent of the groom's family, it would cost more than 100 yuan to get a red envelope from his family. If no one answers the light, call the team (village Committee) to say hello, and then call the water light from the lower village to the upper village. It is said that this greeting is auspicious for the village. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the Zhengjiashan Formation in Xinwuxia Village has to tie straw (straw) incense lanterns. It is very strange to just walk around the village. There is another strange place. Zhengjiashan does not welcome lanterns in the first month, nor does he accept dragon lanterns from other villages.

Straw-scented dragon lanterns are divided into nine sections: dragon head, dragon body and dragon tail, all of which are tied into a dragon with straw ropes in the middle. Dragon balls are made of tender pumpkins. Dragon balls and lanterns are filled with incense.

On the evening of the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, after the dragon lantern is tied in the ancestral hall, it is necessary to burn yellow watch paper and light incense to offer sacrifices to the gods. Fill the dragon ball and dragon body with lit bamboo incense, that is, light the lamp. Then, a little boy carried a dragon lantern, opened the way with gongs and drums, accompanied by a small lift (horn), and went door to door to welcome the lantern.

Every time I go to a house, the host sticks incense outside the door, burns yellow watch paper and sets off firecrackers. After the lamp walked around the house, the host sent it with firecrackers. In case of being greeted twice by a new house or bride, the host will entertain the people who greet the lights with snacks.

After the dragon lantern walked through the village, he performed tricks such as turning his belly in front of the ancestral hall and finally met him at the Guandi Temple at the entrance to the village. After the wedding banquet, give the dragon ball to the bride's house and throw the dragon body under the Shuikoukeng to sell lanterns. Lion dance lanterns are lit from the second day of the first month, and lanterns are lit on the Lantern Festival. When you burn lanterns, you should also worship the land of mountain gods. If you light a lantern, the lion god will be attracted to the foot of Zhiwugang Mountain. When you burn lanterns, you will burn them under the bitter tree guy at the entrance of the village and burn them all. In the future, tie the lights and do it again. When playing lanterns, there are four lanterns, two red and two green, the red one is placed on the windward side, and the red card reads "peaceful country and people's safety" and "abundant crops". The green one is in the downwind, and the green sign lamp says "The lion smiles to welcome the new year" and "The lamp receives a bumper harvest year". When dancing lion lights, four brand lights (also called indicator lights) are placed at the four corners of the ground.

Before the lion dance lantern, you should cut the chicken to worship the gods, burn yellow paper, put the word "Fu" (that is, fish, meat, chicken and tofu are put on the plate, incense is inserted, tin foil is burned, and the mountain gods are worshipped), and then light the lamp.

Dance lights have "open four doors", which are divided into double four doors and single four doors. In addition, there are actions such as "lion rolling", "lion jumping off the platform", "lion looking at the moon" and "lion scratching". On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, I took my ancestors home for the New Year, planted three incense sticks, burned papyrus and tin foil, hung a statue, and set a table of rice as a dish (tea, rice, wine, chopsticks, tofu, etc.). ), and then from the gate one by one called the name of the stone stage, I don't know the name. Come back, come back from the gate.

Then insert a stick of incense every day, put a bowl of rice and put it on the coffee table with a coffee table; There is no coffee table. It used to be put in a censer with the names of all the dead written on it. It is shaped like a bust and carved out of wood. Yaoli area is often dry in autumn, and every village has its own custom of begging for rain. The custom of asking for rain in southern China is very distinctive-drying stone walls.

There is a rock cover on the back hill around Nancun, and there is a slightly longer stone below. The villagers around Nancun respectfully call him a master Buddha. After beginning of autumn, the weather is dry, praying for rain. The villagers first went to the master of the stone Buddha to burn incense and ask for help. If the master indicated that he was willing to leave for rain, he asked to make a phone call and set a date to invite Master Shi Buddha. On that day, prepare a bamboo chair (now a bamboo chair), and first ask the strong men to carry the Buddha out from under the covered rock. At the foot of the mountain, the master Buddha was invited to sit in a sedan chair and play drums, and sent to Paijiatan in the northwest of the village to bask in the sun on the sunny stone wall. The master who basks in the stone Buddha sweats (water flows out of the stone). It must rain, and it will work. After the rain clears, send drums and music together, and ask the master Buddha to rest in his place. 1999 autumn drought, so did the villagers, and it rained cats and dogs. Strangely, I went up to Dongyuan Pass, but I didn't go down to Shijia North Bridge.

Legend has it that this stone is the nephew of the Jade Emperor. This nephew idles around all day, knocking at the door outside Yuqing Palace and talking nonsense. The Jade Emperor was very angry and kicked him out of the fairyland. Later, the Jade Emperor remembered his family and turned him into a stone covered under a rock to punish him, helping the villagers around the south to tide over the drought, coordinating relations, benefiting the villagers around the south and enjoying human sacrifices. First, treat women with wine.

Get a table of wine at home and set up a square table, accompanied by our unmarried women. Vegetables include pork, fish, eggs, tofu, vegetables and so on.

Second, resign and get married.

Give parents a big gift first (bow down), then brother and sister-in-law, and then relatives.

1. The soon-to-be-married daughter expressed her gratitude to her parents for bringing her up.

2. If the elder brother and sister-in-law are not harmonious with their parents, they will be told that they will be better to their parents after marriage.

3, elder brother sister-in-law gave a red envelope, about 2-4 yuan.

Third, get on the sedan chair

The sedan chair is cold for two. After resigning and getting married, the brothers will carry the woman on the sedan chair. Sister-in-law hangs the sedan chair. I hung up for a while, and the man gave me a red envelope before I got it. Red envelope 2-4 yuan (RMB).

Fourth, pick up relatives

Usually five people, come back six. It means odd and even numbers go in, and the sedan chair is taken by the man, excluding five people, so it is called a treat.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) full moon

That woman's brother is my uncle. Vegetables include braised pork, chicken nuggets, fish nuggets and salted food. Peanut, sunflower seed, fruit candy, etc.

Sixth, return to the surface.

The third day after the wedding (including the wedding day) is called "Three Dynasties". After the married woman pays homage to the man's relatives, the groom will go to her mother's house to be a "repeat customer", and the daughter will "report" to her mother, who will teach her how to honor her in-laws, how to deal with the relationship between her in-laws and husband and wife, and how to serve her husband.

Supplementary part of marriage custom (the same part as marrying a woman is omitted)

First, bring a gift.

If someone in the village gets married, the whole village will generally give a gift, that is, a 20-30 yuan bride price for each household, which will be collected by the village committee and given to the married family. At the same time, the village Committee will also send a pair of wedding couplets. When a married family receives a gift, it must pick it up with firecrackers.

Second, please uncle.

If the nephew gets married, the man and uncle are the most honorable. When you invite your uncle, your parents or elders must greet you at your uncle's house with wedding candy and firecrackers. After the invitation, we will be accompanied by the elders at home. At any banquet during the wedding, my uncle will sit at the top of the main table, and the most prestigious elders in the man's family will be around. The other guests at this table are also high-level figures, and the average guest is not qualified to sit at the same table with my uncle. Whether my uncle is drunk is one of the criteria to test whether his companion is qualified. If you are not drunk, it means that everyone is not with you and my uncle is unhappy. At the same time, my aunt took the first place on the table next to my uncle, accompanied by some old women of her own family, and her manners were basically the same as my uncle's.

My uncle's gift is usually the most grand. There are several things that my uncle will send, such as candlesticks and wedding couplets. Couplets will be hung in the middle on the wedding day, accompanied by the village Committee.

In addition, their relatives, such as the man's uncle and aunt, should take the initiative to go to the man's house to help organize the wedding a few days before the wedding. At the same time, the wedding is also an opportunity to reconcile the contradictions between relatives. If there are contradictions between relatives, but they come to give gifts when they get married, it means that it has passed and let bygones be bygones. If you don't come after receiving the wedding invitation, it means that you will never meet again. Because in the eyes of local people, marriage is the most important thing in life. If you refuse such an invitation, it means breaking up the relationship and never seeing each other again.

Third, welcome the bride into the door.

After the groom marries the bride, he must take the main road to the man's house, instead of taking shortcuts or paths, that is, taking the right path. In addition, the man's family (mainly parents, brothers and sister-in-law) are not allowed to see relatives outside, that is, the bride is not allowed to see her family before she goes home. It is said that meeting will lead to future disharmony.

Fourth, recognize relatives.

After the bride enters the door to worship heaven and earth, she will begin to recognize her relatives in the new house. At this time, all the elders in her family should prepare red envelopes, one for each person, usually 10-20 yuan, and then the person hosting the bride's meeting will call the elders into the house in turn. After entering the room, the bride should address and bow to her elders under the guidance of others, and the elders will give them red envelopes. After recognizing the elders, the children of the man's family are usually called into the house, called the bride's aunt or sister-in-law, and the bride needs to give red envelopes to each younger generation. This represents the mutual recognition between relatives, and the bride will belong to this family in the future.

V. Bridal chamber

The local noisy bridal chamber, commonly known as noisy daughter-in-law, is held in the living room, not the room. My uncle usually presides over it. If my uncle is drunk that night, other respected elders will take the place of my uncle. When the host sits first, he will blacken his face with black charcoal, just like a black bag, and then others will give the newcomer a test. If the host says yes, he will pass. Otherwise, he needs to continue to perform. In the process of noisy daughter-in-law, everyone should constantly tease the host, and the host will always fight back. Generally speaking, all the people involved in the process are black except the newcomers.