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What are the customs and cultural characteristics of Fuzhou people?

Sacrifice.

Speaking of the local conditions and customs of Fuzhou, we should first say sacrifice, which was a very important ceremony in ancient China.

Sacrifice must be performed before marriage, festivals, villagers' meetings, etc. This is the traditional culture of our country, which still exists today, but its procedures are not as complicated as before.

In other words, Fuzhou people must first seek the peace of life through sacrifices before festivals or any ceremonies, and get the blessing of ancestors and gods, so that the whole family can live a long and healthy life without disasters and diseases.

The sacrifice of Fuzhou people has its own characteristics. They mainly worship ancestors, supplemented by gods. Therefore, the object of Fuzhou people's sacrifice is of practical significance, and the deep affection and nostalgia for their families can be seen.

Fuzhou people will put two incense sticks and a small incense burner before offering sacrifices.

Red wine comes first. Red wine generally uses Fuzhou old wine, and sometimes Shaoxing cooking wine.

Fuzhou people usually put ten small wine glasses on the altar, and then each glass is filled with red wine. This means that their ancestors can have wine to drink in the underworld.

Next, there will be tributes such as chicken, duck, fish, pork, flat meat and swallow fish balls, but chicken, duck, fish and pork must be given and the meat must be pork. The reason is very simple. Fuzhou people like to eat pork, and at the same time, they have to put a small piece of red paper on each tribute. As for why the paper is red, Fuzhou people have their own views.

When all the tributes are arranged, the owner will light incense (usually three sticks), then blow it out, then worship three times in front of the altar, and then insert incense into the incense burner.

Next, a small iron bucket will be used to burn paper money. Paper money is printed with various patterns, such as clothes, washing machines, televisions, etc. There are also gold coins, which means that ancestors can have complete daily necessities and enough money underground. Fuzhou people are most afraid of the fire when they burn paper money, because they think that once the fire goes out, it means that things prepared for their ancestors have been sent, so once they don't get enough things, they will get angry and stop blessing.

The time of sacrifice should be before 12. Fuzhou people have a saying that ancestors left the altar by themselves after 12. Therefore, Fuzhou people pay great attention to grasping the time when they worship their ancestors.

Marriage.

Marriage is a happy event in life, and Fuzhou people attach great importance to marriage.

People in Fuzhou usually hold weddings in the traditional form of China. Even if the wedding is a western form, there are many elements in the traditional form of China.

For Fuzhou people, the traditional marriage is like this: before marriage, both men and women must get engaged. When engaged, the man should prepare a gift with a number of three, usually 1333 or 3333. "Three" is the favorite number of Fuzhou people, because the word "three" is homophonic with "promotion", which means that both men and women can be promoted step by step.

When the gift money is ready, the man will also prepare the pig leg as a dowry, and then both men and women will agree on the wedding date. Because Fuzhou people are superstitious, they are also very particular about choosing dates. Generally, Geely's wedding date is chosen by fortune telling or looking at the calendar, so choosing the date before marriage is a very important link.

When this session is over, the man will ask the woman about the number of people attending the wedding and decide the number of banquets for the wedding.

Next, the woman will tell the man the amount of wine, sugar, cigarettes, jewelry, etc. What you need for marriage.

When getting married, the groom should go to see the bride first. According to the traditional custom, the bride should hide in the boudoir first, and her relatives and friends will wait at the door. When the groom comes, they will tease him. For example, they will ask the groom to leave a little red envelope, or ask the troupe to perform a play, or ask an artist to give a commentary before they can take the bride away.

Before the groom picks up the bride, both of them should eat flat (put the cooked noodles, two duck eggs, a little chicken and mushrooms in a bowl, and then pour the chicken soup). After eating, the bride and groom have to worship their ancestors and the bride's parents before the groom can pick up the bride. When picking up the plane, relatives and friends will set off firecrackers to see the bride and groom off.

When the bride and groom come to the man's house, the man's house will also set off firecrackers to welcome them.

When the bride and groom enter the house, they should also worship the man's ancestors and parents first, then eat peace, and finally the groom should send the bride to the bridal chamber.

At the wedding reception in the evening, the bride and groom will meet their parents, and relatives and friends will raise glasses to celebrate.

When Taiping Yan is served on the wine table (flat meat Yan, duck eggs, mushrooms, corn shoots, leeks, etc. The bride and groom will come out to meet their elders accompanied by an aunt, and relatives and friends of the elders will give the bride and groom a meeting gift (usually mainly red envelopes or jewelry), which will be temporarily kept by the aunt.

It can be seen that the funds spent by Fuzhou people on weddings are generally shared by relatives and friends, which also reduces the economic burden of weddings for both men and women to some extent.

After the wedding reception, the relatives of the bride and groom will send the bride and groom to the bridal chamber after seeing off the guests.

On the second day after the wedding, my brother-in-law had to get up at five o'clock in the morning to worship his ancestors, and then he began to carry sugar cane tied with red cloth to his mother's house (the man's house) to pick up the bride.

Some people will ask, why do you have to carry sugar cane? The sugar cane here is to hope that the days of the two families can be as sweet as sugar cane and the living standards can rise like sugar cane.

When the brother-in-law goes to her parents' house, let the bride go back. At this time, both mother and groom will give their brother-in-law red envelopes. Brother-in-law received a red envelope, and after eating flat noodles, he had to take the bride back to her family, and then finished eating flat noodles at the woman's house before completing the task.

This is the traditional marriage form of Fuzhou people. The procedures are complicated, but they all fully reflect Fuzhou people's patient and meticulous attitude, hard-working and simple spiritual quality, rich cultural customs and the pursuit of auspiciousness, peace and happiness.

Local traditional festivals

Fuzhou people have many festivals. Fuzhou people used to have one or two festivals every month.

During the festival, relatives and friends visit each other, and every household will set a wine table and invite their relatives and friends.

Fuzhou people's love for festivals stems from their love for life. One or two festivals are set up every month to enrich their lives. At the same time, there are so many traditional festivals in Fuzhou, which also add a lot of rich flavor and bright colors to Fuzhou culture.

Fuzhou people always combine festivals and sacrifices to ensure peace. They think that with the blessing of ancestors and gods, the festival will be peaceful and peaceful. Because there are too many local traditional festivals in Fuzhou, they will choose several representative festivals to introduce to you.

Nine sections.

Fuzhou people set the wine-cooking festival on the 29th day of the first lunar month, which is also called Filial Piety Festival or Sending the Poor Festival.

According to legend, there was a man named Mulian in Fuzhou in ancient times. His mother was fierce and was sent to hell to suffer after her death.

When Mulian grows up, she will go to her mother's grave every day to deliver food to her, but the food delivered will be eaten by the imp. Mu Lian is very distressed that her mother can't eat his cooking. Later, Manglietia cooked a bowl of black porridge with black rice. Those kids were too scared to eat it, so their mother finally ate the porridge sent by her son and was no longer hungry in the underworld.

Later, Fuzhou people named this day "Filial Piety Festival" (namely "Aojiu Festival"). On this day, every household will cook Kyushu porridge with glutinous rice and brown sugar, and put red dates, peanuts, lobster sauce, sesame seeds and horseshoes in it. After burning, it will be used to worship ancestors and then serve as breakfast for the whole family.

All married daughters should be sent back to their parents' home to honor their parents. I hope the whole family can pass the "Nine-Year Plan".

Taking filial piety as a festival reflects the outstanding contributions made by Fuzhou people in promoting Chinese traditional virtues.

Winter festivals.

Winter Festival is a unique seasonal festival in Fuzhou, which is scheduled on the winter solstice of the lunar calendar.

On the night before the winter solstice, people will display birthday noodles and other tributes in front of their ancestors' altars. There will be a bamboo basket on the table, which contains glutinous rice flour (now it has been replaced by a big porcelain bowl). The whole family will get together, rub pills and sing local folk songs in Fuzhou. People will cook the rubbed pills and dip them in jelly bean powder, which symbolizes that the whole family can be round and round and life can be sweet.

Yuanxiao.

Yuanxiao, also known as Shangyuan Festival, is another festival of the Lunar New Year. Fuzhou people say that the Spring Festival will really end only after the Lantern Festival.

On this day, there are dragon lanterns, lion fights, lanterns, fireworks, solve riddles on the lanterns and Lantern Festival in Fuzhou, which is very lively.

According to historical records, Jin 'an Bridge was named after a large number of women from Dongmen walked into Fuzhou City hand in hand to watch the dragon lantern dance in the Song Dynasty, and the words "Leyou Historic Site" were engraved on the bridge.

Welcome the new year.

Welcoming the New Year, also known as "worshipping God", used to be held after the tenth day of the first lunar month, but now more rural areas still keep this custom.

Every Chinese New Year, every household in the countryside will hold a banquet and invite relatives and friends, and relatives and friends in the city will also come to this festival by car at this time.

This festival is second only to the Spring Festival in rural areas, so it is also quite grand and lively.

On this day, temples in villages and mountains will be crowded with people in ancient costumes, who are escorted by gods.

The idol was put in the temple for a long time before it was carried out during the Chinese New Year. There are many kinds of statues in the temple, such as Taishan Laojun, Erlang God, White Horse King, Shangshugong, Nezha and Mu Guiying. These statues are supported by people appointed by the village head and swing with the guards.

When they reach the door of a villager's house, they will stay for a few minutes. This year, the family will set off firecrackers to welcome, burn incense and celebrate the New Year, and pray for peace and happiness. A slightly richer family will also set off fireworks at the door. So this day, standing in a relatively empty place, looking up at the night sky, there are colorful fireworks everywhere, which also adds a lot of thick atmosphere to the festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival.

In rural areas, this festival is called "July and a half", commonly known as "Zuoban section", which evolved from the ancient "suburban society" and is usually held on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

"July and a half" refers to the first half of the year, which is intended to celebrate the bumper harvest of farmland.

Every household in rural areas will cook rich dishes, invite relatives and guests, and some even go to the county seat to ask chefs to help cook.

If one part of a family lives in the countryside and the other part lives in the city, the members of the countryside and the members of the city make an appointment to reunite in the countryside in July and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in the city.

These five representative festivals can reflect the rich and stable life of Fuzhou people and objectively add a strong color to Fuzhou's customs and culture.