Folk customs in various places

First, Anhui gathers and disperses. In the old society of Xuancheng, Anhui Province, most folk villages lived in groups. For example, Hongcun Village and Xidi Village in yi county, Huangshan City, still retain the architectural features of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are connected by villagers' houses and face north and south.

Every hukou likes to build a single-family room, such as three, five, seven (seven side by side), or "Sanming and five dark", with a hall in the middle, separated from the left and right, a front yard and a backyard. Most of them are adobe houses, and a few have blue brick walls; Poor families build mud walls and huts to cover their roofs.

After the founding of the Republic, a few urban people lived in unit buildings; After 1980s, the old city was rebuilt. Most of the streets are built with uniform high-rise buildings, and urban people mainly live in apartment buildings. Since 1990s, community construction has gradually become a climate.

Second, Sichuan Yi Torch Festival: Torch Festival is the largest traditional festival of Yi people in Liangshan, Sichuan. The time is June 24th of the lunar calendar every year. Every family drinks, eats meat and kills animals to worship their ancestors. People put on new clothes and carry out cultural and sports activities with national characteristics. Men take part in bullfighting, herding sheep, raising chickens, horse racing and wrestling. Women sing, play strings and play Qin Yue.

Kangding Mountain Transfer Meeting: On the eighth day of April every year, people gather in Kangding from all directions. Tents stretch on the lawn at the top of the mountain, and there are many ethnic sports activities such as horse racing and wrestling during the day. In the evening, we lit a bonfire, drank on the floor and sang and danced all night.

Huanglong Temple Fair: Every year on June 16th of the lunar calendar, hundreds of people from Tibetan, Qiang, Hui and Han nationalities gather in Huanglong Temple in Fiona Fang. The tent was camped on the open space in front of the temple, and the fire was like a star. Ministers led the crowd into a big circle, dancing around, singing to each other and answering questions.

Sichuan Opera: It is a popular local opera in Sichuan and one of the older operas. Because of its long history, distinctive local color, rich flavor of life and broad mass base, it occupies a certain position on the stage of China drama and is a wonderful flower in the literary garden.

Chun Xian said spring: the social custom of Han nationality. Popular in all parts of Sichuan. The time is around the Spring Festival. In the old days, Chun Xian wore a black hat and official clothes, holding a woodcut spring cow in his left hand and a spring staff in his right hand. Now Chun Xian's costume is the same as that of ordinary people, except that he carries a bullwhip.

They climbed mountains and waded from village to village. Everywhere they go, they make up some auspicious songs to sing. After the rap, send the cow inspection map printed on red paper to the host's house. After the inspection, customers mainly send some coins to the inspection as a reward.

Communication customs of yi people. When the Yi people entertain guests, they slaughter different animals according to the different needs of the guests at the meeting: the distinguished guests kill cows, the second guests kill pigs and sheep, and the ordinary guests kill chickens. No matter what animals are slaughtered, we should wait for the guests to enter the house, then show them to the guests, and then slaughter them to show that the animals are by no means dead or stolen.

Communication customs of yi people. Yi transliteration means avoidance. According to the traditional custom, daughter-in-law and father-in-law, uncle and husband's uncle should avoid each other to show mutual respect. People who need to avoid each other should keep a certain distance when sitting, standing and walking. They should not sit face to face, use vulgar language, and should not touch all parts of their bodies, even if their blankets are rubbed.

When the two sides meet on the road, the daughter-in-law should respectfully stand aside and wait for the other side to leave. Daughter-in-law can't comb her hair in front of people who should avoid it. If she combs her hair and suddenly finds the other person coming, she should cover her head with a blanket quickly, otherwise it will be impolite.

Wrestling: a traditional entertainment activity of Yi people. On New Year's Day and festive days, people in neighboring villages will jointly hold wrestling competitions, and the scene is very lively. According to the custom, the winning wrestler will become the idol of the girls and win their love first.

Three, Shanxi brain is the first food in Taiyuan, has been included in the national intangible cultural heritage protection list.

The source is as follows: Fu Shan, Mr. Fu Shan in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, with excellent medical skills, especially in gynecology. Fu Shan's mother, Chen, was sickly in her later years. He devoted himself to researching and inventing "Bazhen Decoction" to nourish and recuperate her mother.

Bazhen decoction was originally a traditional Chinese medicine for blindly treating diseases in Yuan and Ming Dynasties. It is composed of ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria, Angelica sinensis, Chuanxiong, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, all of which are treasures for invigorating qi and nourishing blood. Fu Shan, who is proficient in medical skills, changed Bazhen Decoction from pure medicine to medicated diet, which also contributed to the ancient custom of soul wine.

People who drink for the first time, when they are fresh in foreign wine, must think clearly and have a pure heart, so that they can barely swallow it for the first time, distinguish its fragrance slightly for the second time and enjoy it with relish for the third time. If you keep a healthy mind, you will often not get angry. I have mutton, yam and lotus root slices in my head. Mutton clearing heat and tonifying deficiency, lotus root clearing heat and resolving phlegm, yam invigorating spleen and removing dampness. It is said that the brain also has the effect of beauty, and women eat well.

Extended data:

As early as "Biography of Wang Shu of Han Shu", there was a record of "different winds in a hundred miles, different customs in a thousand miles". The Book of Rites Wang Zhi said, "In February, I patrolled the East. As for Daizong, Chai Wang worships mountains and rivers. Worship a vassal and ask him to see him in a hundred years. Chen Shi was ordered to observe the folk customs. " The ceremony of the king's tour here is that the monarch goes deep into the people and makes some investigations and studies on the customs and habits of rural society.

Taishi is an official in charge of music and collecting folk songs. He dedicated the popular folk songs (national style) to the monarch. Through these folk songs, the monarch formulated or adjusted the country's principles and policies by "observing customs and knowing gains and losses". The wind in The Book of Songs, a collection of China's ancient poems, is a folk song spread among ancient nationalities.

These folk songs reflect the customs of ancient people and contain a large number of ancient folk customs, which are of great value to the study of ancient folk customs in China. For example, the Jianghu culture and chivalrous culture in Water Margin belong to the category of folk cultural consciousness.

Extended source: Baidu Encyclopedia: Folklore