What are the customs in Jian 'ou?
bowfish
Jian 'ou is a unique folk production custom. Fish farmers tie the newly caught pond fish firmly with one end of straw rope through the fish nose on the spot, and tie the other end under the fish anus, and then put them into fish ponds or fresh water to spit dirt and suck up new ones. After an hour or two, tie the fish with a straw rope at the upper part of the anus, bend the fish into an arch, and let the fish retain a little water. This is the unique production technology of "bow fish" by local fish farmers, also known as "bow water fish". Fish treated with the above-mentioned "bow water" can generally survive for four or five days in winter and one or two days in summer, and the sludge smell in fish meat can be removed. In addition, because of the straw rope binding, it is beneficial for fish farmers to transport and avoid damage on the way; Secondly, it is beneficial for customers to carry, transport, sell, store and eat easily, thus becoming a local must.
send the first year (festival)
a Chinese new year custom among Jian' ou people. On the eve of the Chinese New Year in the first year when children are married, the male family must send four kinds of gifts to the Yue family, such as hooves, cocks, live fish and dried salted ducks, which are called "sending four colors"; On the other hand, the Yue family must send "fruit" to the male family for the New Year, plus red dates, peanuts, longan, melon seeds, etc. This custom still exists today.
carrying banners
Jian' ou is a unique traditional recreational activity among the people. "Building a banner" * * * consists of three parts: a banner, a banner top and a banner cloth (that is, a couplet). Choose a plump bamboo about 1 meters long, cut off its branches and leaves, make it into a long pole, paint it with vermilion oil paint, and put a hexagonal castle made of colored silk on the top, around it. The performer holds the long pole vertically with one hand, holding his breath and dancing rhythmically with the sound of gongs and drums, up and down, left and right; Sometimes carry your shoulders with your feet; Sometimes you use the nose-top tooth support, and the pole should always remain upright. When the dance is intense, the long banners are fluttering and dazzling, and the bronze bells are jingling and melodious, which has a strong legacy of the ancient Min people.
with the efforts of contemporary athletes, Jian' ou's performance of carrying banners has created "dancing with the east wind", "kicking the western pillar", "carrying the southern sky pine on the shoulder", "carrying a hundred battle flags with the nose", "supporting Optimus Prime on the forehead" and "Qi Xin Nuo". In 1997, Jian 'ou was listed as "the best in the world" by Guinness World Headquarters in Shanghai. In April, 1998, it won the honor of being the best in Guinness World and the best in the world.
fighting tea
Jianzhou (now Jian 'ou) tea town is a folk custom of judging the quality of tea produced by competitions. The number of people who take part in the tea fight ranges from two to three to more than a dozen. They fought fiercely for the place. In the Song Dynasty, Beiyuan Longfeng tea group was famous in the world, so fighting tea was also very common and very popular. Whenever new tea is made, tea farmers will take it to public places, and grind the newly-made tea cakes into fine powder and put them in tea cups, and brew them with boiling water at first, compared with the soup color and flower of tea (white is more expensive when the water surface in the cup boils, and bluish white after stirring is better); The second time I look at the tea soup, the water mark on the tea soup around the lamp is negative, which is often called "winning or losing a few waters" or "a few waters apart" At that time, Doucha paid attention to the flower and color of soup, and they all advocated white color, so it used black glazed porcelain tea cups to better test the water mark of tea soup. In the tea-fighting field, the public is in full view, pointing to comments, and treating victory and defeat as if they were immortal or defeated. Therefore, people in Jianzhou call tea fighting a "tea fight". Later, under the propaganda of Ding Wei Song dynasty, Cai Xiang and others, this custom of fighting tea gradually spread all over the country, from the emperor down to the ordinary literati, and they were all happy about it, leaving many famous works describing "fighting tea", such as Fan Zhongyan's Song of Fighting Tea, Su Shi's Sending a Modest Teacher to Nanping, Tang Geng's The Story of Fighting Tea and Song Huizong Zhao Ji's On Grand View Tea. With the return of Zen monks to China, the art of "tea-fighting" was introduced to Japan, so there is a special relationship between "tea-fighting" and Japanese tea ceremony. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of "fighting tea" was still popular in Jianning Prefecture, but the requirements for soup color were different from those in the early days. Tea-fighting activities have faded with the decline of group tea. Nowadays, when making and baking new tea in Jian 'ou tea town, tea teachers will still get together in groups of three or five to brew new tea. It has become a production link that can't be ignored to insist on this "trial-and-error" activity of new tea tasting to promote the improvement of tea quality.
Sending lanterns
A folk custom of celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival in Jian 'ou. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival in August" in Jian 'ou custom. On the night of the festival, the bride's family must send a lamp to the husband's family of the newly married woman. In the past, a paper-tied unicorn was hung under the lamp. When sending the lights, first light them up at her mother's house, and one person will take the lead in holding them. Another two to four people carry red gift boxes containing five kinds of fruits, namely, red dates, peanuts, hazelnuts, longan and walnuts, which are called "Wuzi Fruit". There are also moon cakes, grapefruit and other gifts, which follow each other and sway through the city. It has been sent to the door of her husband's house. At this time, the man will set off firecrackers at the door to meet, and prepare snacks and tables to entertain the people who send the lights. Then accept all kinds of gifts such as lamps, hang the lamps high in the room, and give back moon cakes, fresh fruits and so on. Because the word "Deng" and "Ding" in Jian 'ou dialect are homonyms, it expresses people's good wishes of "sending their children to add Ding" and "five children to enter the subject". This custom still exists, the form is similar, and the lights are constantly changing with the fashion trend.
offering incense
a folk funeral custom in Jian 'ou. When returning from the funeral, every dutiful son must pick some green bamboo branches on the mountain and light two red incense sticks, each with a bottle full of water and a "five-grain bag" filled with hemp, beans, cereal and wheat. After taking them home, they will first insert bamboo branches and incense sticks on both sides of the house. Then sprinkle the water in the bottle into the water tank from the door, and pour the hemp, beans, grains and wheat in the "grain bag" into the rice tank, which indicates that the ancestors' "Feng Shui has been received and the grains are abundant". This custom still exists today.
inserting willows
Jian 'ou is a folk custom of crossing Tomb-Sweeping Day. Three days before and four days after the festival, every household prepares three animals (pork, mullet, round eggs and the like), tea wine and incense sticks, firecrackers and paper, and goes to the grave to sweep the ancestors' graves. That night, the whole family changed their meals, and some people invited their relatives and friends to "eat the tomb". In the city, getting up early on Qingming Day, willow branches are inserted in front of every household to commemorate the great kindness of Mrs. Lian, the "mothers of the whole city" in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.
begging for candles
a folk wedding custom in Jian 'ou. Before getting married, according to the rules, the male family must send red wine, hooves, cocks, live fish, pork bellies, noodles, firecrackers, candles, "five fruits" and other gifts to the female family. When a woman's family meets, she always deliberately says that this is not enough, and that is not enough. She asks the man to make up for it. After all this discussion, we must finally make an issue of candles, even if we send more candles, we must discuss them again. To this end, when giving gifts, men always prepare a pair of candles to wait outside in advance. As long as the woman's family gives the last order to "mend another pair of candles", the person in charge of giving gifts will immediately present the pair of candles prepared in advance. Because the word "candle" and "foot" in Jian 'ou dialect are homonyms, it is considered as "begging for foot (candle)" in the end. It has placed people's good wishes for a "rich and full" life in the future.
Candle
A birthday custom among Jian 'ou people. The local people usually celebrate their birthdays every tenth day since they are 5 years old, which is also called "making birthdays". There are no invitations or gifts for birthdays and birthdays, and relatives and friends will tell each other and come to congratulate themselves. On the evening before the birthday, relatives and friends came to congratulate one after another. Usually a pair of red candles, a string of firecrackers and a birthday couplet. Every time a wave comes, firecrackers are set off at the gate, and a pair of lighted red candles, birthday couplets and gifts are presented, and then the descendants of the owner welcome them into the hall for installation. At night, up and down the hall, red candles are brilliant; Inside and outside the gate, firecrackers continued. Its atmosphere is warm and joyful, which is called "foot (candle)", also called "warm life". Because Jian 'ou dialect has the same pronunciation as "going to the candle" and "going to the foot", it contains people's good wishes of "longevity and longevity". This custom still exists today.
Eating cakes
It's a unique Chinese New Year custom in Jian 'ou. The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, commonly known as "Chinese New Year", which is the most solemn festival among local people. Since the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household has been busy cleaning and scrubbing, steaming cakes and buying new year's goods. In the first month of the banquet, people must eat cakes, because the pronunciation of "cake" and "high" in Jian' ou dialect is the same, which indicates that "it will rise year by year"; The harmony between "money" and "money" means "eating money". On the 24th night, the "Kitchen God" was sent to heaven to "perform good deeds", and people offered vegetarian food such as rice cakes, glutinous rice, tofu, maltose, cakes and tea wine. The "fruits" such as bee flower, steamed stuffed bun, sesame cake, peanut candy, bean crumb candy and powdered bean for the New Year are also ready before December 23rd. A tribute to the "Kitchen God" is needed; It is also necessary to use it for the newly married daughter to "send the first year". This custom still exists today.