Local dialect: Xiamen’s dialect is Minnan (Minnan) Xiamen dialect.

Local opera: Gezi opera (also known as rural opera) is a representative local opera in southern Fujian. In 1662, a large number of people from southern Fujian immigrated to Taiwan along with the national hero Zheng Chenggong, bringing with them folk music and art such as "Longxi Jinge", "Anxi Tea Picking" and "Tongan Car Drum", and the "Gezai Pavilion" appeared. In the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, influenced by operas such as Liyuan Opera, Gaojia Opera and Peking Opera, a unique performing art "Gezi Opera" gradually formed. It was first popular in Taiwan and then spread back to southern Fujian after 1928. After the reform and innovation of folk artists, it was named "Country Drama". This kind of opera has popular and simple lyrics, lively and melodious singing, and is deeply loved by the masses. Xiamen Gezi Drama Troupe's famous play "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" is called China's "Romeo and Juliet". It was made into a film by Hong Kong Great Wall Film Studio and distributed in Southeast Asia. Other plays such as "Burning House", "Five Women" "Birthday", "The Number One Pig Killer", "The Mute Girl Complains", "The Legend of White Snake", "The True and False Prince", etc. have also been made into TV dramas.

Traditional customs: The Chinese nation advocates red, and Xiamen people also use red to symbolize happiness and luck. Door couplets and invitations are all made of red paper; gifts should also be given with a red note on the wrapping paper; wedding vehicles should be hung with red ribbons; wedding curtains and birthday screens should be made of red silk and satin. If the deceased's family lives in the same building as others, a red cloth must be hung at the door. Colors such as black, white, and blue are regarded as symbols of dignity and decline.

Planting flowers and plants is a hobby of Xiamen people. Not only do I have potted plants at home, but I also like to buy various flowers from the market and raise them with clean water to display in the living room and bedroom. People also often use fresh flowers to weave flower baskets, flower screens, dragons, phoenixes, lanterns and other shapes as decorations for festive scenes.

Some folk taboos and etiquette customs that should be paid attention to include:

Pointing at someone with the middle finger is regarded as a very impolite behavior;

Use Hitting someone with a broom is considered the greatest insult;

Sweeping the floor when guests are present is considered to be expelling guests, which is disrespectful;

At a wedding banquet, a guest is careless Breaking dishes, spoons and other tableware is the most taboo and is considered an unlucky sign;

When eating, do not insert chopsticks on the rice, because incense is often placed on the rice during sacrifices. This is disrespectful to people;

When entertaining guests, it is most taboo to serve six dishes, because according to the old practice of the Qing Dynasty, death row prisoners were only served six dishes before execution;

In front of babies Don't talk about monkeys, thinking that talking about monkeys will cause the baby to be sick and difficult to raise. Don't praise the baby for being fat, but say "good-looking" and "easy to raise".

Some of the above taboos are still used today, but most are no longer rigid.

In Xiamen, weddings, birthdays, births and other happy events are collectively called "red events", while funerals are called "white events".

Get married. When adult men and women get married, the etiquette used to be very complicated, but now it has been greatly simplified. Ordinary citizens still choose a wedding date as usual, and the elders of both parties host the wedding. The day before the wedding day, the woman delivers the "dowry" to the man and arranges the wedding room; in the early morning of the wedding day, the groom goes to the bride's house to marry her, and then holds a banquet in the evening. After the banquet is over, guests and friends, regardless of their seniority, can go to the "bridal chamber". Three days after the wedding, the groom will accompany the bride back to her parents' home, and her parents' home will prepare a banquet to receive her. The bride's relatives and friends are invited to accompany her to celebrate. Nowadays, more and more young men and women no longer follow this method of getting married, but travel to get married or have wedding dances.

Birthdays and birthdays. Xiamen people celebrate their 16th birthdays for young people and their 50th and 60th birthdays for the elderly. Young men and women, over the age of 16, are considered adults. Relatives of the tribe will send gifts such as live chickens, noodles, and clothing materials to celebrate. The parents of the person concerned hosted a banquet in return. On the birthdays of the elderly, especially the 60th birthdays of fathers and the 50th birthdays of mothers, married children should prepare four-color gifts such as pork legs, longevity noodles, wine, and eggs to offer to their parents to repay the kindness of raising them. Some families will also hold banquets to entertain relatives and friends.

Have children. The people regard it as a great joy. Three days after the birth of a child is called "Three Dynasties", and the husband's family should prepare "oil rice" and send someone to the parents' house to announce the good news. After a full month, "oiled rice" is distributed to relatives, friends and neighbors, which is called "Mi Yu". Then it will be a lot of fun at 4 months and one year old.

Funeral. In the past, pomp and ceremony were also considered, but now cremation is replaced by burial, and everything is taken care of by the funeral management office.

Traditional festivals: Like all places, there are Spring Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and Winter Solstice Festival.

Dragon Boat Festival: People are used to drying clothes, doing general cleaning, and retaining the customs of eating rice dumplings and racing dragon boats on this day. The Dragon Boat Pool in Jimei District is the place where dragon boat competitions have been organized over the years and is very lively.

Compared with other places during the Mid-Autumn Festival, in addition to admiring the moon and eating Mid-Autumn mooncakes, people in Xiamen also have a folk custom of "betting on cakes" that has been passed down since Zheng Chenggong expelled the Dutch and regained Taiwan. Activities are unique and full of fun. The rules of this activity are that each person takes turns throwing 6 dice into the bowl, and receives the cake according to the points of the dice thrown into the bowl, and finally wins the "number one" prize. In the "fighting for the number one scholar" activity, they are commonly known as number one, double, three red, four, two, and one show, which respectively represent the number one, second place, third flower, Jinshi, judge, and scholar in ancient imperial examinations.

For hundreds of years, this fun-filled activity has been popular among Xiamen people