What are the folk customs in Liling?

Liling is an immigrant area. Immigrants in different regions have different customs and manners to deal with weddings and funerals, but most towns and villages follow Confucian customs. The funeral ceremony was presided over by Sheng Di. The sign was to put a red letter in the middle of the gate and write down the words "When this is a big event". If it is a red event such as wedding and construction, it will be written as "writing public etiquette." This official refers to Zhou Li, which is the root of Confucianism. In the funeral ceremony of Confucianism, things die like life, and the dinner on the first day of burial is the climax of the whole ceremony, which is called "eating carrion". The deceased ancestors will be carried out of the house the next morning, so all relatives should gather at the coffin table in front of the mourning hall for the last reunion dinner at the dinner the day before. This banquet will be very detailed, but there are only nine bowls, which are called "adjacent coffin seats", so nine bowls cannot appear on festive occasions.

Liling people like to make wine. Add a few more words to celebrate your family's birthday, and make wine when the old man dies; When a baby marries a daughter-in-law, and a daughter marries, it is necessary to make wine. When China is built, children should also make wine when they go to school; Even if you add valuables, raise your glass to congratulate you. Getting married and starting a family is called a red event, and guests wrap gifts in red paper; The funeral is called a white wedding, and the gift money is wrapped in white paper. To make wine, of course, you need to set a wine mat to entertain guests. There are many rules in this banquet, and the whole process is particularly particular. It is even necessary to hire Mr. Warehouse to be responsible for the arrangement, so as not to be rude and cause dissatisfaction among relatives and friends.

At the banquet, the seats of the guests are strictly arranged. According to the intimacy with the host, visitors are roughly divided into three grades. First-class guests, usually distinguished relatives and close friends, need to write a red invitation from the host family and invite someone to visit. This is called a treat. Second-class guests treat guests, but they don't need invitations, but they are verbally invited, mostly ordinary friends, to accompany the guests instead of the host. Third-class people know how to make wine and hold banquets, and take the initiative to attend, mainly because neighbors accompany them to play and call local guests. The guests were invited to arrive early, and they stayed at the host's house before the official brewing time. Even if the dinner begins immediately, the local guests can calmly put down their things and sit down in a hurry.

Liling banquet has a fixed number of dishes, neither more nor less. Usually it is ten bowls, but now it has developed a little, and it has become four pots and six bowls or four pots and eight bowls. But it must not be three bowls, six bowls or nine bowls.

According to legend, beggars' gangs have such a rule: whenever they beg in other people's homes, they generally don't eat at the table, but just stand at the door and wait for alms. If you happen to meet a large family for a wedding, the host is naturally much more generous than usual, but if you meet a banquet, you can sit together. Beggars are actually a means of making a living or a profession at most. In this case, they usually set off a short piece of firecrackers to express congratulations or condolences. Of course, he also begged others for this firecracker. According to the usual practice, the host family should set off firecrackers according to etiquette as a guest reception. Especially in funeral etiquette, the dutiful son needs to kowtow and thank him as usual. Arrange your seats when you open the table. However, even in this case, they will get up and leave after three bowls of food. This kind of banquet specially prepared for beggars not only does not require the regularity of formal seats, but also does not have to abide by the rules of ten bowls. Just three or six bowls are enough. That place calls a mat with only six bowls of vegetables a "beggar's mat", so people who know this custom treat them to dinner with three bowls and six bowls, which is a disrespect to them.

Liling Dongxiang Baitutan, Nanqiao and Fuli are located at the junction of eastern Hunan and western Jiangxi. They have been important producing areas of fireworks and firecrackers since ancient times, and the local economy is relatively developed. The Luo Xiao Mountains, which straddles the border between the two provinces, left a gap here, which is the crossroads of east-west traffic and the only channel for the spread of various religions. In addition, Shan Lan is surrounded by mountains and has beautiful scenery, and various temples can be seen everywhere. This custom of setting up temples has gradually matured and formed some established procedures, which have been circulated in this land so far.

Liling has a folk song called Ghost Love Song, and Liling's fried noodles and small fried meat are more popular. Firecrackers should be set off during the Spring Festival and holidays.

The popular and respected customs in Liling mainly include: pioneering and enterprising, valuing profit and business, leaving home, working hard, getting rich through hard work, advocating science, obeying laws and regulations, being brave, respecting the old and caring for the young, respecting knowledge, helping the poor, donating teaching assistants, being polite to others, and caring for their jobs. Traditional folk customs have been inherited and preserved to a certain extent. At the same time, some new fashions have been formed, mainly in production, life, age, etiquette, communication and so on.