What do you mean by raising the flag? Are you a poor man?

The girl carrying the flag in Chaoshan 15~25 years old, has no requirement for wealth.

Carrying the flag in Chaoshan is called riding (taking, carrying) the flag. Flag riding is one of the traditional folk activities in Chaoshan area, such as camping for elders or worshipping ancestors in the first month of each year. Two people or one person carries a rectangular flag, and both sides of the flag are embroidered with Chaozhou embroidery unique to Chaoshan. Generally, some beautiful blessing words and patterns are embroidered on the flag surface. It means praying for good weather, peace and prosperity and blessing the future life.

Chaoshan girls raise flags to welcome grandpa. The "grandfather" in Chaoshan area refers to the patron saint of a town or village (township), a national hero or a person who has made great contributions to the local area after his death. Although Chaoshan people all speak Chaoshan dialect, there are differences in dialects in different regions. "Master Ying" is called "Master Ying" in some places. Although the names are different, they have the same meaning.

Flag riding parade is a traditional folk cultural activity that lasted for more than 500 years, and its appearance is closely related to the festival fashion in Chaoshan area in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The flagpole of the traditional national flag is a fresh bamboo pole with leaves five or six meters long, which means that life is as high as bamboo. Chinese knots are hung at both ends of the flagpole and decorated with small flower baskets. As less and less bamboo is planted now, stainless steel pipes are used instead of bamboo in some places, which loses some traditional flavor.