What are the customs of Zhijiang?

There is a custom of planting seedlings and playing drums in Zhijiang rice area. This custom is to invite a group of folk artists to beat gongs and drums and shout yangko on the day of transplanting rice seedlings. The performers of Miao drum are mainly singers and drummers. A singer should have a good voice and sing for days and nights. The tune is mainly yangko, and the lyrics are flexible and changeable.

2. Mud warehouse

Mud shed is very popular in Zhijiang rice producing area. People who plant seedlings put auspicious mud on their bodies, which is called "mud barn" Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was mostly mud "boss warehouse", that is, when the owner asked someone to plant seedlings, people put mud on the owner to congratulate him. The cuttings grew smoothly until they were harvested in Man Cang. Later, the "mud barn" evolved into planting seedlings. People, regardless of gender, old and young, threw mud at each other and frolicked until they became "clay figurines".

3. Burning Earth

Burning fire soil is a production custom for farmers to accumulate fertilizer in Zhijiang. The method of firing fireclay is: picking clay pots, pond mud, silt, etc. Go to the fireclay yard, or take a layer of raw soil on the spot to dry, and then dry the firewood. When burning wasteland, first pile up a dry mound, long or square or round, with a thickness of about 1 ft, which is called "fire soil foundation".

Step 4 sift peanuts

Screening peanuts is a unique production custom in Zhijiang Bailizhou. Sieves for screening peanuts are all made of bamboo, which are divided into large sieves and small sieves. The large sieve is about 2 meters in diameter, square, shaped like a bamboo basket, surrounded by many ancient copper coins, and two long bamboo poles are fixed, one end of which is crossed and the mouth edge is upward; The small screen is a circular screen about 0.5 meters. It is advisable that the holes of large and small sieves should not leak peanuts.

5. Living customs

Drinking tea and alcohol is an important part of Zhijiang people's dietary customs. Famous teas in Yichang include Washan tea, yuquan temple cactus tea, Luyuan tea and Yi black tea. After the reform and opening up in the 20th century, new famous tea brands were introduced, such as Zhou Xiabifeng, Dengcun Green Tea, Cai Hua Maojian Tea, Xiaoshi Tea, Ruan Ayi Tea, Xiangshifu Tea, Tiger Lion Longya Tea and Zhengcun Green Tea. Entering the 2 1 century, with the development of urban construction, foreign exchanges have increased, and the atmosphere of drinking tea has changed. Many people, especially young people, began to drink Tieguanyin, oolong tea, Pu 'er tea, Kuding tea and Kung Fu tea.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-Zhijiang