What folk customs are there in Suzhou?

1. Lantern Festival and Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival. The old custom of "Lantern Festival" in Wuzhong. People play gongs, drums and cymbals, and different rhythms have different foil names, such as Happy Horse with Snow and Under the West Wind. Or in groups of three or five, each holding a weapon, walking while playing, surrounded by children laughing and laughing, the street is full of people, called "riding gongs." Before and after the Lantern Festival, it is also called the Lantern Festival. On the 13th day of the first month, lights are lit and lights are turned off on the 18th. During the period, all kinds of lanterns made and sold by ourselves were wonderful and bizarre, and there were many kinds of colorful lanterns, such as people, melons, fruits, nationalities, colored glasses and lanterns, which were dizzying.

At night, tourists from inside and outside the city flooded, "lights everywhere, no sunshine", and the dragon lantern dance circled and jumped, which was very lively. There are also lighthouse builders in the countryside. They get angry at night and can see their lights for miles away. There is also a lantern festival, where colorful lights compete with each other, and the audience is enthusiastic and fun.

2. Tan Mei, Deng Wei

In February of the lunar calendar, in the area of Dengwei Mountain in Guangfu, plum blossoms are in full bloom, just like snow, and the flowers are overflowing. "Red, English and green calyx alternate," so it is called "Xiang". At that time, tourists will go boating on the banks of Hushan Bridge and wander in the forest, lingering. In the Qing Dynasty, Li Fu wrote "Exploring Plums in Yuan Tombs", which was once used. Snowflakes are like palms, and there is a hint of spring brewing in the cold. Where can you find spring letters? Use the poem "Blowing Plum Blossoms Last Night" to describe Deng Wei's plum blossoms. Deng Wei's habit of visiting Mei has not declined for hundreds of years. In recent years, Vientiane has been renewed and people's lives have been stable. Every time plum blossoms are in full bloom, tourists from Suzhou and Shanghai gather, and the roads are blocked all the way.

3. Baihua birthday

Traditionally, Baihua's birthday is celebrated on February 12 in the summer calendar. I don't know where the ceremony was held. Early that morning, Wuzhong's unmarried daughter cut off five-color ribbons and stuck them on the branches of various flowers and trees, or made a red paper-pointed flag and put it in a flowerpot. The breeze is blowing gently, and the colored paper is fluttering, which is called "rewarding the red". It is the day when the flower farmers in Huqiu gather in the flower temple to offer sacrifices and music, celebrate the birthday of the flower god and pray for the flowers to bloom in spring, which is called "Flower Dynasty". Rumor: "Good for you, but look at February 12"; Or clouds:.

It is beneficial but not beneficial, but look at the three December (that is, February 12, March 12 and April 12) ",which is the climate symbol of Baihua's birthday and is very important for the harvest of flower farmers. Cai Yun's "Wu Biao" says: "A hundred flowers are in good season, and the flower dynasty is not half spring; Colorful, colorful, or very hard to decorate the god of flowers. "

4. Tomb-Sweeping Day sweeps the grave

Wu custom regards Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the seventh lunar month) and the Xiayuan Festival (the first day of the tenth lunar month) as ghost festivals. There must be a game of god every three quarters. In the Republic of China, the sports meeting was gradually abolished, but the custom of ancestor worship and grave sweeping in Tomb-Sweeping Day has been inherited to this day. In the old society, usually in Tomb-Sweeping Day or a few days ago, incense sticks, paper ingots, dishes and sake were used to offer sacrifices to ancestors' graves, which was called "going to the grave" or "sweeping the grave". Burn paper ingots after the sacrifice.

When you go to the grave, you must add a piece of soil to the tomb, many of which are on the top of the tomb. This is called "adding soil". In the old society, Tomb-Sweeping Day's custom of going to the grave was superstitious, but it also contained reasonable elements of going for an outing in the spring and mourning for the deceased relatives, so it has been enduring for a long time. At present, various organs, schools and organizations usually organize a visit to Huangshan Martyrs Cemetery in the western suburbs in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year to express their grief and admiration for the martyrs.

5. Guanyin Mountain is in the spring

Before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day, spring filled the south of the Yangtze River, and a hundred flowers blossomed. Tourists have stepped out of the suburbs to visit the spring and explore victory, commonly known as "spring outing" or "outing". In the past, the most lively spring outing place was Guanyin Mountain on March 1 1 day of the lunar calendar. Guanyin Mountain is close to Tianping Mountain, and the two mountains are connected. At that time, "scholars and women were mixed, and Luo Qi was like a cloud; When you get on the horse, you will be on your way. " Tourists sweat profusely from morning till night, or climb mountains to win.

Or have a cup of tea and relax in Baiyun Spring in Tianping Mountain. In addition, Lingyan Mountain, Tiger Hill and other places are also very lively, and the area around Tiger Hill and Pond is even more "colorful, swimming with the tail". Every year in the spring season, various vendors are also struggling to move forward. Around the scenic spots, reed sheds are connected, and wine, rice and tea tables are set up to attract tourists, which is several times better than the market.

6. Long Summer Festival

In summer, every household has a variety of seasonal foods and fruits, such as cherries and plums, one red and one green, which set each other off and match with wheat, so it is called "Three Hearts in Long Summer". It is a feast for relatives and friends in Japan, with sea lion heads, gluten, salted duck eggs, mustard greens, bamboo shoots, broad beans and other seasonal fresh vegetables as a supplement. It is also said that eating plums in the long summer can protect skin and beautify, so boudoir women like to make a "Li Hui" on that day, that is, drink fresh plum juice and wine, which is called "resident wine".

There is also the custom of weighing people in summer. Write down your weight in the long summer and weigh it once a day in the early autumn to check the increase or decrease of your weight after a summer. Cai Yun's "Wu Biao" says: "The wind is embroidering pavilions and clothes, not playing. Just to hang the weight, the official worship and evaluate the fine circle of Yan. "