Characteristic culture of Luzhai county

The characteristic culture of Luzhai County includes family banquets, lion and dragon dances, Pingshan folk songs, Zhaisha street walks, making Ciba and so on.

1, Family Banquet: "Family Banquet" is a unique folk custom in Zhongdu Ancient Town, which comes from a hundred banquets. It evolved from "eating and eating" in ancient China, which means that the old people in the neighborhood who are "harmonious" in their hometown or street get together for a reunion dinner. This custom has been circulating for nearly a thousand years.

2. Lion Dance and Dragon Dance: Lion Dance and Dragon Dance are traditional folk cultural activities in Luzhai County. Every year from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, Luzhai County will hold lion and dragon dances. Lion dance attracts one person, each section 1 person. The leader of the dragon teased the faucet and the rest danced with it.

3. Pingshan Folk Song: In the early Qing Dynasty, the first generation singer Zhang Laoliu was introduced from Yizhou to Pingshan and Zhongdu in Luzhai County. Pingshan folk songs belong to the original ecological two-part folk songs. It is the famous "Eighteen Alleys" in Guangxi, where there are rugged rocks and many mountains with flat holes, which are almost isolated from the outside world.

4. Wandering across the street in Zhaisha: Hakka culture originated in eastern Guangdong. After people go to bed on winter nights, folk musicians form a band with erhu, Qin Qin, flute, wooden fish, dishes and other musical instruments, playing melodious tunes together, walking slowly in the street, crossing the alley and pedaling forward.

5. Ciba: Making Ciba in the New Year is a cultural custom spread by Luzhai people for many years. Entering the twelfth lunar month, households in various villages began to fight Ciba. Ciba is a special snack that Luzhai people must order during the New Year. It is made of glutinous rice, washed clean, soaked in cold water for a day, steamed in a steamer, and then quickly put into a special stone trough until it is soft and elastic.