What are the customs of Panyu?

1, Panyu is a water town with dense river networks during the Dragon Boat Festival. Dragon Boat Festival is enduring among Panyu people. Panyu has dragon boat races, sacrifices, visiting relatives and friends every year, and it is customary to form three dragon boat festivals. Every year, according to the agreement, from the beginning of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the townships get together in turn to eat "dragon boat rice", and the scene is lively.

2. Dragon and lion dances are quite common in Panyu folk festivals. On the days of the Lunar New Year and important township parades (such as the Nakamura Kanghui Association, Shawan's third birthday in March, the God Meeting, Shiqiao Ten Township Meeting, etc. ), the dragon and lion dances, phoenix dances and fish dances in each village appear alternately.

3. Panyu Water Color is a water performance activity with a raft as the carrier and drama or folk customs as the main content, which is mainly spread in Shiqiao Town and Shawan Town of Panyu District.

4. Panyu Aoyu Dance is said to have developed from the "Fish Lantern Dance" introduced from Zhejiang. After Panyu settled down, the fish lantern dance brought from hometown developed into a fish dance. Panyu Shayong has had an "Aoyu Club" for generations, which is held every nine years without interruption and has a history of about 600 years.

5, Shawan floating color, a traditional folk art form of parade performance during the New Year. Shawan floats with color cabinets as the display stage. On the color cabinet stands an 8- 12-year-old child in costume, namely "screen", and on the "screen" stands one or two children in costume, namely "gone with the wind".