What history and culture does Quzhou have?

1. Festival activities

Quzhou is located at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Anhui. From sculptures and architecture, eating habits to local folk arts and folk customs, they are influenced by the surrounding regional culture. Influence.

On the basis of being inclusive of cultural factors such as Wuyue culture and Huizhou culture, Quzhou people relied on their own diligence and wisdom to form a Quzhou local culture with certain characteristics in the long historical process.

Quzhou has a long history and rich humanities.

There are a few villages and counties inhabited by ethnic minorities. This area is dominated by Han people. The locals in Quzhou basically have the same customs as most Han people. The most important ones are the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, Zhongyuan Festival, etc. Traditional festivals such as Mid-Autumn Festival and Double Ninth Festival.

In addition, Quzhou people also celebrate the Beginning of Summer, Winter Solstice, June Year, Mochi and other festivals.

2. Gushe Academy

Mengshan Jingshe: Southern Dynasties - Qi (479~502), Xu Fanzhi and Yan Yanzhi founded Mengshan Jingshe in Taimo County and taught classes A student.

The famous scholar Xu Bozhen (Fuzhi's nephew) inherited his uncle's ambition and moved the Mengshan Jingshe to Jiuyan Mountain to follow many scholars.

This is the earliest historical record of teaching in Quzhou.

Kezhai Tuoshe: Also known as Qulu Academy, it is located in today's Tuoshe Street, where Qushi is located.

Zhu Xi and others once lectured here. During the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Li Sui was the prefect, and he also lectured here after government affairs. The people of the next five counties raised funds to build a bronze statue of Li Sui in the lecture place. .

Qingxian Academy: Located in Academy Village in the north of the city, Chen Meng, the governor of Xianchun (1265~1274) in the Southern Song Dynasty, founded the academy in the former residence of Zhao Wei.

Luming Academy: the original Xi'an County School, located on Xianxue Street in the urban area, north of the county seat.

In the 53rd year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1788), Xie Zuichun, the prefect of Quzhou, founded Luming Academy in Xuedong County.

It was repaired many times and was changed into Qiuyi Academy in the 24th year of Guangxu (1898).

In 1902, the Fu School (Zhengyi Academy) was merged into Qujun Middle School.

Baoshan Academy: Located at the foot of Majinbao Mountain in Kaihua County, it was built during the Qiandao period of the Southern Song Dynasty (1165~1173).

In the third year of Chunxi (1176), famous scholars Lu Zuqian, Zhu Xi and others held the "Meeting of Three Qus" here, which had a far-reaching influence.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, it was known as the "Four Major Academies" in Jiangnan along with Guangxin Ehu, Nankang Ludong, and Sui'an Yingshan Academy.

3. Religious beliefs

Quzhou has churches, temples and Taoist temples of the three major religions in the world.

Buddhism: Quzhou City originally had Tianning Temple, Weining Temple, Huning Temple, Amituo Temple, Xiangfu Temple, Bailian Temple, etc.

There are existing Tianning Temple, Dazhou Xishan Temple, Dongyue Hall, Jiuhuashan Lingjiu Temple, Lankeshan Baoyan Temple, etc.

Christianity: There are two sects, Catholicism and Protestantism, in Quzhou City. One is on Jiaochi Street and the other is on Fushan.

There is also the famous "Quzhou Lesson Plan" in history.

*** Temple: Lower Street, Quzhou City.

Taoism: There are Tianfei Palace, Shennong Palace, Zhouwang Temple, etc. in the urban area of ??Quzhou.

4. Local Languages

Quzhou has a complex geography and numerous historical events (wars, immigrants, etc.). Therefore, there are many dialects, which are mostly influenced by Wu dialect in the north, Anhui dialect in southern Anhui, Gan dialect in Jiangxi, and Min dialect. The influence of northern dialects such as Jianzhou dialect has resulted in complex and diverse dialects. Among them, Jiangshan dialect can be said to be a living fossil of Chinese and retains many ancient vocabulary, which has high research value.

Extended information

Quzhou is known as the hometown of Chinese specialties. Each county has a number of famous brand tourism specialty products: Kaihua paper, Kaihua root carving, Jiangshan Western inkstone, Kechengying white porcelain wait.

Kecheng District flowers and special birds; Qujiang District ponkans, bamboo charcoal; Longyou County: bamboo shoots, huanghuali; Jiangshan City: white geese, kiwi fruit, white mushrooms, bees; Changshan County pomelo, camellia oleifera; Longding tea, enoki mushrooms and root carving art in Kaihua County.

Quzhou’s famous snacks: three heads and one palm. The three heads of Quzhou are rabbit head, duck head, fish head and duck paw. They are all Quzhou’s local specialties.

Specialty snacks: Quzhou scones, Quzhou sesame cakes, eight-treasure dishes, Longyou rice paste, Longyou Kaiyang dried tofu, Longyou hair cake, hairy tofu, Quzhou fried fruit, mountain vermicelli meat, Kaihua Qingsi, Kaihua baked cake, Changshan pomelo, water chestnut tofu, Kaihua chestnut, Gaojia shredded radish, Quzhou ponkan, Quzhou citrus, Qu red tangerine, Shuangqiao dried vermicelli, Changshan cable noodles.

Quzhou is also a tea-producing area. Longyou is one of the key tea-producing areas in the country, with a planting history of more than 1,500 years.

Longyou Fangshan Tea, Kaihua Longding Tea, Quzhou Jade Dew Tea, Jiangshan Green Peony, etc.