Customs and habits of Shuyang County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province

Shuyang County is a traditional Huaiyang cuisine area with local characteristics. Local dishes pay attention to knife work, and the taste is light, not spicy. Good use of heat in cooking, good at stewing, burning and stewing; Pay special attention to fresh and tender materials. Traditional dishes include soft-fried long fish, braised lion's head and cuttlefish cake.

Second, language.

Shuyang dialect belongs to the Hayes section of Jianghuai Mandarin Hong Chao, including Haizhou dialect and Sizhou dialect. There are differences in language and intonation in different parts of the county, forming local operas with their own characteristics, such as Huaihai Opera and Copper Plate Opera, as well as piano books, Allegro and gongs and drums.

Third, festivals.

Chinese New Year is the most solemn. People have been busy buying new year's goods since the end of December of the lunar calendar. Food, food and clothing are all within the scope of purchase, and the streets are crowded with people. On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the traditional custom is to clean up and wash the bedding. Twenty-six, seven, every household should steam steamed bread, grinding bean curd, make meatballs, kill chickens and fish, and make new year's goods.

There must be carp (commonly known as red fish), which means lucky enough. Before New Year's Eve, adults and children should also bathe and dust to welcome the New Year. On the morning of New Year's Eve, families make a fire with broken grass and wheat husks not far from the door. At noon, everyone is busy cooking the biggest lunch of the year, but there are two things to do before dinner. One is to burn paper for the "land god" and call it a sacrifice to the gods; The second is to burn paper for the first three generations of the dead, which is called ancestor worship.

Third, offering sacrifices to the stove

December 23rd or 24th of the lunar calendar, according to legend, this day is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven. On this night, every household will stick the idol of Kitchen God in the niche of the kitchen or on the wall to "send the kitchen", and there are couplets on both sides of the portrait, "Heaven says yes, and it is safe to go down to earth." When sending stoves, people look serious, burn incense and tin foil, and kowtow.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) cultural customs

Huaihai opera, gongs and drums, boy play and dulcimer play together constitute the cultural customs of Shuyang. Children's dramas, in particular, have unique and colorful vocals. It contains ox songs and rammed songs, and has a strong local flavor. High-profile, passionate and colloquial. Children's plays are mostly songs that teach people to do good. Even if they perform some plays to exorcise ghosts, they still promote people to accumulate good deeds and are well received by local people.

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