economy
The textile industry is developed.
Rich in freshwater pearls, it has the largest pearl trading market in China and is known as the hometown of pearls.
Torreya grandis is also a local specialty.
resources
Metal resources mainly include gold, silver, lead, zinc, copper, uranium, molybdenum, manganese and potassium.
Non-metallic resources mainly include fluorite, marble, stone coal, limestone, phosphorus, kaolin, graphite, dickite, dolomite and yellow sand.
Plant resources mainly include fragrant fruit trees, heptacodium miconioides, Eucommia ulmoides, litsea cubeba, magnolia officinalis, magnolia officinalis, purple stems of Tianmu, sorbus sorbus and so on.
Native products mainly include chestnut, torreya grandis and ginkgo.
Culture and education
Culturally, it advocates farming and reading, and attaches great importance to education. Zhuji Middle School is a first-class key middle school in Zhejiang Province.
figure
Famous historical figures have history; There are famous painters such as Wang Mian, Chen Hongshou and Yang Weizhen. There are famous scientists such as Zhao Zhongyao.
prescribe a diet
As a subordinate county and city of Shaoxing, its eating habits are similar to those of the whole Shaoxing area, and yellow wine, dried vegetables and stinky tofu are very popular. The famous local dish is Xi tofu.
places of historic interest and scenic beauty
There are Xishi Temple, Wuxie, Zhu Xiaotian Scenic Area, Yan Dou, Goucheng Mountain, Huansha Stone, Donghua City Temple Tower and Biancun Ancestral Temple.
Different winds in ten miles, different customs in a hundred miles. A nation and a region have unique marriage customs.
Zhuji, once the old capital of Yue, has a history of more than 2,000 years, with profound cultural accumulation and historical inheritance. It can be said that the folk wedding customs in Zhuji not only have the common etiquette norms in China feudal society, but also have a unique cross-regional color.
First, blind date In the old countryside of Zhuji, when young men and women are sixteen or eighteen years old, even earlier, parents will have to worry about their children's marriage. However, these marriages must comply with the instrument of "parents' orders, media's words" and "six rites". (The so-called six gifts, namely: winning prizes, giving gifts to propose marriage; Ask the name, ask the woman's name and date of birth; Najib, a gift engagement; Take a levy and send a bride price; Invite the date and agree on the wedding date; Greet the bride. There is a record in the five-week commemorative album of Zhuji People's Daily that marriage is agreed by the media, and the woman's family writes a red note, and the woman's family replies with a "quasi-post". The date of birth is "Geng Tie", also known as "Japanese Tie".
In Zhuji Township, there are very few people who specialize in matchmaking. Some people call matchmaking "business outside the 36 th line." But people also believe that matchmaking is a good thing and can make people beautiful, so there are still many people who match the bridge. ; Japanese books call the matchmaker "Yue Lao". The countryside is called "big media" and "eat three pots and bottles". After liberation, it was also called "introducer".
Most of the matchmakers are entrusted by people to be matchmakers and frequently run between men and women. When the time is ripe, the matchmaker will ask both men and women for "Geng Tie", which is also commonly known as "Dragon and Phoenix Tie", that is, the names, places of origin and birthdays of both men and women will be sent to each other through the matchmaker. Then ask the fortune teller to tell fortune to see if the two birthdays coincide, and if they coincide, they will become one. This beautiful marriage has taken the first step.
After liberation, these complicated ceremonies were basically abolished, and the exchanges between young men and women between urban and rural areas and between units increased day by day. . But many young people will still find "references" to match the bridge and meet love. In rural areas, the two sides don't know much about each other, and there is also a blind date process. The so-called blind date has two ways: "seeing the girl" and "seeing others".
"Watching the girl" is the matchmaker who accompanies the young man to his girl's house. When the two sides meet, young men and women can look at each other's personalities and looks. Accompanied by the woman's father, uncle or brother, you can chat over tea, observe the man's manners and understand his character cultivation. When new guests come, they should treat themselves to a snack. This is no ordinary snack. If the woman is satisfied with the man, she will certainly present sweet glutinous rice balls to pray for the "reunion" of this marriage. If you don't like it very much, you can't tell what snacks it is.
"Taking care of others" means that girls visit men's homes. Usually, the woman's harem accompanies the girl in action. This is actually a comprehensive survey of the man's family economy, housing, environment and neighborhood relations. The success of marriage depends largely on this action. After 1980s, with the development of rural economy and the change of life concept, there are more and more contacts between girls and boys, and the exchange of thoughts and feelings is increasingly active. If you are in love, both parties know each other very well. The custom of "blind date" in the past will gradually withdraw from the historical stage.
The origin of "3929"
In the Ming dynasty, there was a village called Guanhu near Wangjiajing market, where a clever middle-aged man lived. This man walked through the East Village with a long vegetable basket all day, selling daily necessities such as "magenta thimble" or "thousand pieces of dried bean curd" that he bought wholesale from other places. Because he is eloquent and diligent, his business is really right.
But after a long time, the women in the village found that if they were not careful, they would be deceived by his sweet words and made a deal with this small vendor, and they were very unhappy.
One day, a peddler came to a small mountain village under Duniling to sell. A village girl came running happily and bought 9 bundles of green cotton thread from him, each with 3 copper coins. The village girl picked out the lines, one by one. Then he frowned, and the plan came to his mind. Everyone suspects that he is greedy for petty advantages and secretly plays tricks on him. Let me have a try today. So the village girl called boldly, "Guest, alas, 9 shares, 3 coppers 1 share." So 3929, right? "As she spoke, she handed over 25 copper coins folded into one piece. The peddler was filled with love when he heard this. He took the money and threw it into a small bamboo pocket with copper coins hidden in it. Walking to the alley, the village girl grabbed the long food basket of the small vendor and complained impatiently. She miscalculated and overpaid. As a matter of fact, the peddler had to return the overcharged two coppers. When he returned the two copper coins he thought he had overcharged, the village girl couldn't help smiling and solemnly said that there was no need to return them. I only gave you 25 coppers, and I have to make it up for you two! Because of greed, you don't count the money I gave you. Be honest next time!
Since then, Zhuji folks have used the phrase "March 29th" to satirize and reprimand those who want to be greedy for small profits, resulting in brain problems. Until now, it has been circulating endlessly.
Small customs in rural areas
Zhuji township is famous for its profound cultural accumulation, so the small customs scattered among the people also contain the charm of farming and reading. Although unknown, it has emerged in an endless stream and spread to this day. Choose one or two small customs to enjoy today.
▲ Whenever a relative sends an adult chicken (you can also buy it) to stay and raise it. Of course, housewives will grab the chicken with one hand, wrap it around the crotch for three or five times, and pick it up with both hands alternately. It is said that such entanglement can avoid the strange chicken from getting lost.
▲ In order to kill rats, cats, especially big cats, were introduced at home. Instead of sending the cat home directly, put the cat's arc-shaped cage in full bloom at the foot of the wall of the rear window, then put down a rope from the upstairs rear window, tie the arc-shaped cage firmly, then slowly hang it in the air, and then let the cat out with the arc-shaped cage to have a nice meal. A cat that goes through the window like this won't escape from its mother's house and sneak home.
Qingming wangdong
According to the folk custom of Zhuji, the daughter is newly married as a daughter-in-law, and the next year is Qingming, and parents have to carry things to visit their daughter. One is to show parents' deep love for their daughters, and the other is to have plastic surgery for their daughters.
There are many things worth looking forward to, besides some common crescent fruits and reunion fruits, there are many pomegranate fruits, which symbolize the reproduction of future generations and are passed down from generation to generation; There are sedan chair fruit, double cherry fruit and double-headed mandarin duck fruit, which means wishing the couple love each other and grow old together; There are peaches and ingots. I hope the older generation at home will live a long and healthy life. These gifts are combined with candy, fried rice cakes, water chestnuts, sugar cane and so on. Put it in a basket and pick it up by parents and brothers to their daughter's house.
Then during the Dragon Boat Festival, the bride's family will prepare mung bean cakes, tea eggs, May peaches, Dragon Boat Festival zongzi, and dozens of finely woven wheat straw fans to visit her daughter. The husband's family distributed the gifts picked by the husband's family to neighbors, close relatives and friends to show their sincere greetings of living in harmony and helping each other.
Celebrate your birthday.
Birthday and birthday celebration are important events in Zhuji custom. The so-called "birthday" is the title of 1 to 30 years old, and it can only be called "birthday" after 50 years old.
The birth of a baby is undoubtedly a great event for parents and elders. When they were one year old, grandma's family came to visit with clothes, shoes and hats, jiaozi, cakes, fruits and eggs. The host put the fruit and omelet in a small dish and gave it to the neighbors. Polite neighbors give back small money to show their congratulations, commonly known as "centenary money" To celebrate your birthday, one is to tell everyone the joy, and the other is to enhance the friendship between neighbors. After 10, at the age of 20, my grandparents or uncles and aunts sent some clothes, shoes and socks to celebrate. People aged 30 and 40 are usually busy, because they are in the golden age of life, career and family development, and their birthdays are ignored.
At the age of 50, if you become grandparents, your daughter and son-in-law will bring a basket head, clothes, shoes and hats at the age of 49 to show filial piety. Shouqing, who is sixty or seventy years old, is still very popular. The other is 63 years old, and there is a saying that "carp will cross the river beach". The son-in-law and daughter want to buy a big carp for their parents. My daughter is 66 years old and wants to send 66 pieces of braised pork to her parents, because there is an old saying in Zhuji called "Sixty-six, Master Yan wants to eat meat". It is said that only when the daughter respects such filial piety can the old man spend his life in disaster.
People in the village who are 80 or 90 years old are called long-lived old people. Of course, future generations are also happy to celebrate and the scene is lively.