Because of time, distance, and busy life
You may not have spent a serious traditional festival with your family for a long time
< p>But as part of China's long history and cultureHow can China's traditional festivals pass by indifferently?
It needs gatherings, it needs carnival,
It needs a sense of ritual
In Fujian, there are many ways to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival
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These Dragon Boat Festival folk customs from all over Fujian will subvert your imagination
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Fuzhou: Smoking, drinking tea and dragon boat racing
Dragon boat racing: Fuzhou has a tradition of dragon boat racing since ancient times, and this tradition continues to this day. The dragon boat is more than 3 feet long and about 5 feet wide. It has a dragon-shaped head and tail, and colorful dragon bodies painted on both sides. There are 28 to 30 rowers, plus the helmsman, flag holder, gong and drummers, and firecrackers, a total of 34 to 38 people. Now, although traditional customs like "picking lotus" and hanging incense bags are no longer common, However, matters such as personnel composition, training and competition are still organized voluntarily by rural farmers.
Yellow smoke: At noon on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, every household will light yellow smoke and spray it on the cracks in the wall, the corners of the house, etc.
Boiled rice dumplings for body washing: After cooking rice dumplings, Fuzhou people will use the water left in the pot to wash their feet, face, body, etc. It is said that after washing, they will not get prickly heat in summer and will not be infected. Insect bites.
Drinking "noon tea"? On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, people go to the mountains, fields and other fields to collect many wild grass leaves, or cut them into slices or sections, mix them with tea leaves, dry them, and store them for later use. . Because it is made during the Dragon Boat Festival, it is called "noon tea". It is effective for coughs, stomachaches, indigestion, and can prevent heatstroke and cool down.
Fuzhou - Offering gifts to parents-in-law during the Dragon Boat Festival? It is an old custom in Fuzhou during the Dragon Boat Festival that a daughter-in-law would present her parents-in-law with a shroud, shoes and socks, rice dumplings, and a fan.
Changle - Rice thrown on rafters? Farmers in Changle and other places removed several rice plants from the fields and threw the rice on the rafters of their houses, thinking that this way the houses would be protected from white ants and other pests.
Changle-drowned geese and snakes? Changle and other places also kill geese and snakes on the Dragon Boat Festival, take the oil and drown it with salt for later use when encountering mosquito bites and other swelling and pain.
Fuqing-Steamed Jia Kueh? Every household in Fuqing makes Jia Kueh on the second day of May. "Qi Jia Suo" means that the Qi Jia Kuo has swelled up and is cooked. Jiji Kueh is rice cake. After the glutinous rice is softened, it is ground into pulp, packed in white cotton bags and pressed to dry. After yeast is added to ferment, it is made into a round cake shape and steamed with rice cake leaves. Because the rice cake will expand after being steamed, it is named "Qi Jia Kueh", which means making a fortune.
Fuqing, Pingtan - Pancakes? Fuqing and Pingtan both have the custom of making pancakes during the Dragon Boat Festival. They use thick flour, that is, wheat soaked in water and then ground into slurry, and put in a large iron pot. Fried. The noodles are eaten in the same way as spring pancakes, rolled with fried or cooked bean sprouts, leeks, razor clams, etc. Because the words "face" and "mian" in Fuqing dialect are homophonic, there is a beautiful blessing of "longevity and longevity" in it.
Minhou - the custom of "Sectional Sectioning"? The son-in-law of Minhou has to give gifts to his in-law family on Dragon Boat Festival, which is commonly known as "Sectional Sectioning". "Minhou County Chronicle" records: "There is also the folk custom of 'giving away' during the Dragon Boat Festival, that is, married daughters use pig's trotters and noodles as gifts to honor their parents. This custom is mainly popular in Jingxi, Shangjie, Zhuqi, Baisha, Hongwei, Yangli, Dahu, Tingping and other mountainous and mid-level towns and villages”
Minhou-give “Red Festival” and “White Festival”? Some towns such as Dahu in Minhou County have Dragon Boat Festival gifts. The customs of "Red Festival" and "White Festival". The Red Festival is when married daughters send Dragon Boat Festival gifts to their parents' families, including rice dumplings, noodles, eggs, pig's trotters, lotus leaf bags, etc. The gift-giving time must be on the third and fourth days of the lunar month. During the White Sending Festival, rice dumplings are given to relatives who have lost adults (parents) before the festival, and those who receive the rice dumplings return slices of rice dumplings. According to local customs, families who have lost relatives after the Dragon Boat Festival last year and before the Dragon Boat Festival this year cannot include them during the Dragon Boat Festival. Zongzi, otherwise it will not go well. The time for sending "White Festival" must be before the second day of the Lunar New Year. Nowadays, many people use cash instead of sending "Red Festival" and "White Festival".
Minhou - the custom of "asking for summer clothes"? There is a custom of "asking for summer clothes" during the Sugar Cane Dragon Boat Festival. After the Dragon Boat Festival last year and before the Dragon Boat Festival this year, if a girl got married, on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the parents-in-law would ask their son-in-law Send gifts such as clothes, trousers, bamboo mats, pillows, fans, towels, rice dumplings, etc. In some towns and villages, grandmothers give clothes to their nephews and granddaughters during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called "summer clothes giving" among the people.
Xiamen: Duck-catching race on the water and birthday celebrations
Xiamen’s cross-strait dragon boat race is famous. Duck-catching race on the water is a unique Dragon Boat Festival custom popular in southern Fujian. During the dragon boat race, a cage containing ducks and piglets is hung on the mast. The mast is placed horizontally and extends from the shore to the sea. The pole is greased. Those who volunteer to catch ducks must quickly walk along the mast to the sea, reach the tail of the mast and grab the cage. At this time, the ducks fly into the sea, and then swim to catch the ducks. live. Many people slipped and fell into the sea halfway to the mast, causing bursts of laughter from the audience on the shore. It is said that this was the method used by the national hero Zheng Chenggong to train his sailors. This custom is also very popular in Quanzhou and other places.
Burning birth dates by the water? Counties such as Tong'an in Xiamen write the birth dates of the whole family at noon on the Dragon Boat Festival and send them to the water to burn, saying "to ward off plague." And use pine branches and barnyard grains to insert at the head of the door to avoid evil and seek blessings.
Zhangzhou: Walking the "King of Tribute" and washing ancient wells
Zhao'an - Walking the "King of Tribute" Zhao'an County, Zhangzhou City has a folk custom of walking the "King of Tribute" during the Dragon Boat Festival for hundreds of years. It is unique in the country. Every Dragon Boat Festival, local villagers carry out the statues of Chen Yuanguang's generals Shen Shiji and Li Boyao from two temples. When they parade around Beiguan, they are led by temple lanterns, carrying swords, axes, and spears. After the parade, the public lined up and sang the "Gong of Tribute to the King", formerly known as the Dragon Boat Drum Song, which was very lively. In Zhangzhou, people regard the Dragon Boat Festival as a festival second only to the Spring Festival. There are folk customs of making rice dumplings, braised noodles, preparing dishes to honor ancestors and worship gods. At the same time, there are also customs of not steaming rice dumplings, making rice dumplings and giving rice dumplings to the bereaved family. customs.
Hua'an - "Bathing" the ancient well? In the Eryi Building of the Dadi Tulou Group in Xiandu Town, Hua'an County, they "bathe" the ancient well every Dragon Boat Festival. This is their custom that has lasted for more than 200 years. After 12 noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, the cleaners first disassembled the ground part of the ancient well and cleaned one manhole cover and two auxiliary manhole covers. Then the well water was drained, and one person went down to the bottom of the well 4 meters deep to remove silt, debris, etc. After cleaning, 5 pounds of salt should be sprinkled into the well to remove the odor, and then the manhole cover should be sealed.
Quanzhou: "Sui Luo Huo", noon couplets, and eating fried dumplings
On the fifth day of May every year, the folk custom of "Suo Luo Huo" in Quanzhou is very exciting. "Suoluoluo" is also called "picking lotus" and has a history of more than 800 years. It is said that "Suoluohao" is a legacy of the Guyue people, and the "Suiluoha" in the song is the mantra used by the Guyue people to ward off evil and eliminate disasters. In addition, some people believe that "Sui Luo Huo" is the ancient Yue people's name for the dragon boat, so there is a transliteration of the word "Suo Luo Huo". In the past, "Luoluo" was very popular in Quanzhou City, and it was usually performed in each shop (in the past, Quanzhou was divided into four corners and thirty-six shops, and the bottom of the shop was divided into borders). Starting early in the morning of the fifth day of May, we first went to collect "Toulian", "Erlian" and "Sanlian" from people's houses in Benpujing, and then we went along the streets and alleys to pick them from house to house.
Quanzhou - Writing Noon Couplets "Wu Shi Couplets" are written with yellow "realgar wine" or "huangzhi water" and pasted together. The location is limited to the hall door and the posted time is noon. Commonly used couplets in the "Noon Hour Couplet" include: "Calamus drives away evil and welcomes happiness, mugwort leaves ward off evil and ensure peace", "Duanyang mugwort leaves are like flags to attract a hundred blessings, calamus is like a sword to kill thousands of demons at noon", etc.
Quanzhou - Eat Jian Dui? Every household in Quanzhou area also eats "Jian Dui" during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is fried into a thick paste with flour, rice flour or sweet potato flour and other ingredients. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, it was the plum rain season in Quanzhou, and the rain kept falling. In ancient times, it was said that it was caused by a "leak" in the sky. People were eager to pray for the clear sky and imitated Nuwa's practice of refining stones to mend the sky. Therefore, there was a folk custom of "fried piles to mend the sky".
Shishi-Sea Water Splashing Festival? The Shishi-Hongjiang River crossing between Fujian and Taiwan (Sea Water Splashing Festival) custom is a traditional and unique folk activity that has long been famous all over the world. Kaijiang River is located on the south bank of Quanzhou Bay in the north of Shishi City. It was once the main entrance of Quanzhou and crossed with Lukang, Taiwan. Every Dragon Boat Festival, people on the ferry boats from the two places dress up in costumes, race on the river and splash water, mingle with each other, and wish each other good luck. This has gradually become a unique folk custom in the country and even the world. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the ancient ferry on the Kaijiang River was boiling, and people from all directions flocked to the seaside. I saw hundreds of boats racing across Quanzhou Bay. People filled up seawater with various ladles and buckets, chasing each other and splashing water. Men and women were bathing in love, and the heat was red. People regard this water as "auspicious water" and "happy water", and they want to let this holy water rain through for good luck, happiness and prosperity.
Longyan’s “four-legged dog” prays for peace
“Four-legged dog” prays for peace? In the past, during the Dragon Boat Festival, adults would make “four-legged dogs” for their children. In fact, this four-legged dog is consistent with the custom of hanging sachets in other places, but the things hung are different. Mothers should make four-legged dogs for their children and hang them around their necks to pray for peace and wealth. The so-called "four-legged dog" is actually a cloth tiger. Wearing incense pouches: Children wear incense pouches during the Dragon Boat Festival. Legend has it that they are meant to ward off evil spirits and dispel plague. They are actually used to decorate their lapels. The sachet contains cinnabar, realgar, and fragrant medicine, and is wrapped with silk cloth. The fragrance is overflowing. Five-color silk strings are then tied into ropes and made into various shapes to form a string. They are colorful, exquisite and cute.
Zhangping-making fake rice dumplings. In Zhangping County and other places, bamboo leaves are wrapped in rice husks to make fake rice dumplings. They are sent outside the house during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called "sending mosquitoes", and "good rice dumplings" are made on the first day of May. "Give it to children, thinking that after eating "good rice dumplings", children will be obedient.
There are many things to pay attention to when giving gifts during the Sanming Dragon Boat Festival
There are many things to pay attention to when giving gifts during the Sanming Dragon Boat Festival. The Hakka Dragon Boat Festival customs in Sanming and Jianning have many novelties. The time for sending festivals usually starts on the second day of May. Most of the time, the younger generation sends festivals to their elders. For example, a newly engaged son-in-law sends festivals to his parents-in-law's home, and a nephew sends festivals to his uncle's family. In addition to rice dumplings, gifts for the festival include pork, realgar wine, toys, fans, noodles, etc. There are also certain things to pay attention to when giving these gifts. For example, giving a fan means to bring cool breeze, refreshment, and good health; giving noodles means to bring cleanness and good luck due to the white color of the noodles.
Sha County - pickled calamus Sha County has the custom of pickling calamus during the Dragon Boat Festival. On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the calamus roots are picked, washed, sliced ??and pickled with salt, in case someone in the family suffers from gastrointestinal problems and abdominal pain during the summer.
Ninghua - Don’t drink from rivers or wells? Unlike drinking water at noon in other areas, Ninghua and other places believe that the water on Dragon Boat Festival is poisonous, and you cannot drink water from rivers or wells on that day. He rows dragon boats from the first to the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. Dragon boat racing on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year is commonly known as "Sending the Plague Ship".
Ningde "Giving Festival"
During the Dragon Boat Festival in Ningde, the natal family of a newly married girl will give her daughter bellybands, towels, fans, sachets and other items before the festival. The daughter-in-law gives gifts to the family members and children for three consecutive years, which is commonly known as the "Giving Festival". The son-in-law should give "Festival Fish" to his parents-in-law, usually yellow croaker. The bigger the gift, the heavier the gift, which means "more than enough gold". On the Dragon Boat Festival, children from all over the neighborhood will flock to the home of a newly married relative, and the new wife will tie a five-color cord on her wrist, which is commonly known as "keeping track of the festival." At noon, the adults drank realgar wine and ordered the children's foreheads.
In Zhouning, on the first Dragon Boat Festival when a daughter gets married, the girl’s parents have to give her two kilograms of pork, at least twenty rice dumplings, and prepare gifts such as green ribbons, red headbands, and evil pills. On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, all the men and women in the village go to the new wife's house to "hang a holiday". The young people use green ribbons, and the children use red-headed ropes to tie their hands and feet, which means that they will be clever, climb high, and "promote" in the future.
Xiapu - Mazu Walking on the Water·Dragon Boat Racing? Songshan Village in Xiapu has a unique "Mazu Walking on the Water·Dragon Boat Racing" event in the Dragon Boat Festival. Songshan Village is located on the coast, and local people have believed in Mazu for more than 1,000 years. On the Dragon Boat Festival, believers carried the Mazu statue to the seaside, carried the Mazu statue onto a flower boat, and circled the village on the sea, followed by five dragon boats. Afterwards, it was majestic and formed the spectacular scene of "Our Lady of the Dragon Dynasty". When the fleet docks, the sedan chair with the golden figure of Mazu needs to be dipped up and down into the sea 36 times, which means that Mazu protects the believers in safety and prosperity every day for 365 days a year, followed by the lively The dragon boat race just kicked off.
Shouning - celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on the fourth day of May? Shouning still retains the custom of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival on the fourth day of May. To commemorate the 13 "volunteer doctors" including Liu Liang, Li Qiu, and Liu Bin who contributed to the establishment of Shouning County, the custom of celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival in advance on the fourth day of the fifth lunar month every year has been passed down in Shouning since the Ming Dynasty, and has been going on for 560 years. Change.
Putian chants chants to celebrate the festival
"The first day of the Lunar New Year cake, the second day of the rice dumplings, the third day of the snails, the fourth day of the moxa, the fifth day of the egg" This common saying sums up the Dragon Boat Festival in Putian besides the dragon boat race. All customs.
"Chuyi Cake" refers to the rice cakes made by people in the fields on the first day of May. Although the styles of the cakes are different, the raw materials and methods of making them are roughly the same. They are all ground rice into powder, and then steamed with sugar, spices, peanuts, etc., called "morning rice cakes"; there are also "morning rice cakes" named after the characteristics of the seasonings. Mint Cake" etc.
"Chu Er Zong" refers to the zongzi made on the second day of the lunar month. Its production is roughly the same as in other places, except that it is mostly four-cornered zongzi.
"The third day of the Lunar New Year" refers to the third day of the Lunar New Year, when most people eat snails to improve their eyesight.
"The fourth day of the Lunar New Year" refers to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, when every household puts moxa leaves and calamus on the door to ward off evil spirits. It also means that moxa leaves will make people sober.
"The fifth day of the lunar month" means that eggs must be boiled and eaten on the fifth day of the lunar month. In the early morning, people collect vanilla, calamus, pomegranate branches, peach branches, citrus branches, etc., collectively called "noon grass". At noon, boil "noon grass" with eggs, which tastes fragrant. People bathe in boiled egg soup, put on new summer clothes after bathing, and eat two eggs per person for good luck.
Xianyou-present paper at Huxiao Pond? After the Dragon Boat Festival race in Xianyou County, paper was presented at Huxiao Pond to commemorate Qi Jiguang who was drowned by soldiers in the Gui Year of Jiajing.
Nanping Bamboo Raft Race to Make Phoenix Eggs
Bamboo Raft Race in Wuyi Mountain. The Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race does not use dragon boats as racing equipment, but only uses bamboo rafts to carry passengers on the Jiuqu River. Compared with dragon boats, bamboo rafts appear simple and crude in the flow competition, but they are the symbol of Wuyi Mountain’s water culture that has been passed down for thousands of years and cannot be replaced by ordinary dragon boats.
Making phoenix eggs? There is also the custom of making phoenix eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival in rural areas of Wuyi Mountain. This has nothing to do with commemorating Qu Yuan. Phoenix eggs are smaller than chicken eggs, dark brown, and unattractive in appearance. However, they are a must-have and commonly used traditional medicine in local farmers. They have certain effects on common diseases such as headaches, brain fever, and food accumulation in children. The production time of Phoenix eggs is the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May. The method is to collect twenty or thirty kinds of herbs, air-dry them, mix and mash them, knead them into egg shapes and then air-dry them. The time for collecting herbs is concentrated on the first or tenth day of the third month of the lunar calendar. five.
Shaowu - "Dou Niang"? Before the Dragon Boat Festival in Shaowu Mansion, women used crimson yarn as a bag to hold the talisman, and used five-color velvet as a square sheng, connected with colorful threads, and tied it to the hairpin. The young girl is hung on the back and is called "Dou Niang".
Jianyang - Drying the medicine bag? Jianyang County regards the fifth day as the day for drying the medicine bag, and every family makes sauce on this day.
Jianou - Sending the God of Plague? People in Jianou believe that there are many plagues in May. Therefore, in the old days, a grand "Send the God of Plague" event was held every year in the evening of the Dragon Boat Festival, hoping to drive away evil spirits and eliminate disasters. This is a large-scale event that the whole city participates in. The "Zhou Song" ("Zhou Song" is one of the traditional programs performed on the Dragon Boat Festival in Jianou.) team is among them. There are dozens of lead singers, supporting singers and accompaniment singers, carrying oars on their shoulders and singing loudly. As the team marches, best wishes for safety and happiness are sent to every household along the way...
As one of the important traditional festivals,
On this day, making and eating rice dumplings is the most important thing. Essential.
But did you know?
Our Da Hu Jian’s rice dumplings are all different!
Now, little SHUI will take you through a comprehensive inventory of Fujian rice dumplings!
Fuzhou White Rice Dumplings
Fuzhou has had the custom of making white rice dumplings since ancient times, and peanuts are also added to them. Since white rice dumplings have no fillings and are made entirely of glutinous rice, they are mostly dipped in sugar when eaten.
After the rice dumplings are cooked, the water in the pot will be left for washing feet, face, body, etc. It is said that it can disinfect and relieve heat, prevent prickly heat in summer, and make it less likely to be bitten by insects.
Southern Fujian Roasted Pork Rice Dumplings
Roasted Pork Rice Dumplings are a traditional Han Chinese food unique to Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. The meat rice dumplings are made from mushrooms, dried shrimps, taro grains, chestnuts, pork, and glutinous rice. The wrapped rice dumplings need to be boiled before being cooked in the pot. After cooking, peel off the brown coating. The aroma is fragrant. The color of the rice dumplings is shiny red and yellow. The taste is sweet, oily and not greasy. It is even more delicious when eaten with Shacha sauce, minced garlic, sweet chili sauce and other seasonings. In southern Fujian, "heat" and "burn" have the same meaning. The so-called "roast meat rice dumplings" are rice dumplings that are meant to be eaten while they are hot. Eating them hot has more flavor.
Southern Fujian alkali rice dumplings
Another type of rice dumpling that people in southern Fujian love is alkali rice dumplings. Alkaline rice dumplings are cooked by adding lye to glutinous rice. They are sticky, soft and slippery. The Dragon Boat Festival is in the summer, so it is especially popular to add honey or sugar to the rice dumplings after being iced.
Ningde Shejiazhai’s unique Suga rice dumplings
If you come to Ningde Shangjinbei Shejiazhai during the Dragon Boat Festival, you can try the unique Suga rice dumplings here. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, the She family wraps long and round leaves of Suga leaves that can be picked anywhere in the mountains to make long and round rice dumplings. When eating Suga leaf rice dumplings, the She people will prepare brown sugar liquid early and dip it in. It is very delicious~
Fu'an leopard-print rice dumplings
The so-called leopard-print rice dumplings are actually They are rice dumplings wrapped in a layer of sun-dried bamboo leaves. Leopard-print rice dumplings are the most famous in Ningbo, Zhejiang, and we also have them in Fu'an.
Longyan Ox Horn Rice Dumplings
I heard that Longyan people also call the Dragon Boat Festival the May Festival. Children usually wear new clothes and the whole family gets together to have a big meal. Because Longyan people like to eat delicious food, they usually stir-fry onions, mushrooms, and meat together as fillings for rice dumplings. There are usually two kinds of rice dumplings, one is the usual shape, and the other is the "ox horn rice dumpling" with a big head and a pointed tail.
Local people often say to children: "Don't make any noise, I'll give you a 'Baga gun' to eat." This Baga gun is a kind of gun, because the horn rice dumplings look like a gun, so adults often do this during the Dragon Boat Festival Coax children.
Be the first to make rice dumplings in Nanping
The highlight of the Dragon Boat Festival in northern Fujian is also rice dumplings, but people in Nanping usually make rice dumplings before the festival, so they go early rather than late. Because they have a special rule, the family that makes rice dumplings first is the most auspicious. However, it is generally more difficult to get the first prize, so most people will choose to win on the second or third day of junior high school. If you win on the fourth day of junior high school, there will be a fight.