The unique folk customs of Chaihu Town

The immigrant villagers said: We can't speak Hubei dialect so far, but our son and grandson can speak three languages, namely Henan dialect, Hubei dialect and Mandarin. The current Dachai Lakers are both from Henan and Hubei, and they are a new Dachai Lakers with the virtues of both people.

Li Dingyin told reporters about the collision and pain of the long-term integration of Bupleurum immigrants.

"Immigrants speak Henan dialect, and locals speak Hubei dialect. Starting communication is a problem. Locals like to eat rice, while we in Henan like to eat pasta. " Li Dingyin said: "The local people handle weddings, funerals and celebrations differently from Henan people. In terms of farming methods, Xichuan people mainly work in dry land, where paddy fields are planted. In my hometown of Xichuan, we don't grow cotton, but this is the main producing area of high-quality cotton. Many farmers come here, they can't talk, they can't farm, and they are very upset. "

There are also differences in ideas. Although Zhongxiang is a county-level city, it is a famous historical and cultural city in China. Its Ming Mausoleum-"The Tomb of You Heng, the Father of Emperor Jiajing of Ming Shizong, and His Mother Jiang" is a world cultural heritage. The external environment has a great influence on the concept of Zhongxiang people, who have a strong sense of openness and market. Although immigrants are hardworking, honest and sincere, they lack business sense and are not as flexible as locals. While Zhongxiang people are vigorously developing the market economy, many immigrants are not even willing to do business.

In addition, in the aspect of intermarriage, immigrants are only used to intermarrying with immigrants at first, but not with locals, which leads to a smaller and smaller intermarry circle, which is not conducive to prenatal and postnatal care.

Li Po, an immigrant, told reporters that at first, the xenophobia between immigrants and locals was quite serious. Immigration has many advantages, but it also has some bad habits. For example, they are used to raising livestock in a free range, which is not only unsanitary, but also easy to destroy other people's crops. To this end, there have been many quarrels between locals and immigrants. In addition, when they first arrived, the immigrants were so poor that they had to cut down a mosquito net pole, which caused dissatisfaction among the local people. Immigrants who don't understand Hubei dialect are called "Man Zi", while Hubei people think that Henan people are straightforward and call us "Prince". Although these appellations are not derogatory, both sides think that they look down on each other.

"How do immigrants get along with local people now?" Facing the reporter's question, the immigrants all laughed: "It's all right now! It can be said that immigrants and locals live in harmony. " Li Dingyin said that now immigrants can understand Hubei dialect, and Hubei people can also understand Henan dialect. Locals like to describe Henan dialect as "Chaihu dialect". Unfortunately, they still can't speak Hubei dialect. But their sons and grandchildren are more developed than them. Each of them can speak three languages, namely Henan dialect, Hubei dialect and Mandarin.

Under the guidance of local agricultural technicians, immigrants learned to grow cotton, rape, rice and other crops. Living habits have also changed from eating only pasta to eating both rice and pasta. Under the influence of immigrants, locals also like sweet potatoes, tortillas, noodles and steamed noodles that Henan people like to eat. The intermarriage of the next generation of immigrants has diversified. Not only do they marry immigrants, but more people marry locals.

Strolling in the market town where the government of Dachaihu Town is located, the reporter saw that shops on both sides of the street were like forests and the market was prosperous. The leader of Dachaihu Town kept pointing to every store and said, "This hotel was opened by immigrants from Liguanqiao in Xichuan, and that store was opened by immigrants from Sanguan Temple in Xichuan ..." He said, "90% of the merchants in Dachaihu Street are opened by immigrants! Dachaihu immigrants will not do business, but people's views in the past. "

Why can the Dachai Lakers survive and develop under such difficult conditions? Immigrant Song said: "In the long-term integration process, the Dachai Lakers have formed excellent qualities of hard work, taking the overall situation into account, unity and friendship, kindness and integrity, and openness and innovation. They can inherit the fine traditions of the past, and are also good at absorbing local advanced experience and learning the flexible lifestyle of local people. Can unite and cooperate with the local people and work together to build a home. Be brave enough to get rid of your bad habits and advocate a civilized lifestyle. They can learn patience and tolerance in adversity, seize opportunities in prosperity and make use of the situation to develop.