1. Weiya (the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month)

Wearing Weiya is a way of thanking the land god for blessing the believers’ crops and business success, so It will be more grand than usual.

And the bosses of each company will reward employees at work, at home or in a restaurant as a token of appreciation for their hard work over the past year. In the old society, it was usually the landlords who rewarded long-term workers at the end of the year.

2. Mid-Autumn Cake Betting (the 15th day of the eighth lunar month)

Xiamen people pay special attention to the Mid-Autumn Festival. In addition to enjoying the moon and eating moon cakes, which are common in the country, there is also a local It is a folk activity of playing cakes and competing for the number one prize. Back then, Zheng Chenggong led his troops to be stationed in Xiamen. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, the soldiers began to miss their families.

In order to inspire the soldiers to put their country before their family, the general Hong Xu cleverly set up a "Mid-Autumn Festival Cake Fight", using six dice and a bowl, and let the soldiers take turns rolling the dice. According to the dice, the red beans Depending on the number, you can win first prize, second place, top prize, Jinshi, Jinshi, or scholar.

The six dice are all 4, which can include all the mooncakes on the table. The six dice are all numbers except 4. Turn off the lights and grab the mooncakes. This custom has been spread among the people in Xiamen.

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household will engage in this fun-filled activity. Xiamen's cake shops mass-produce cakes around the Mid-Autumn Festival and put them on the market, including pie, Cantonese cake, biscuit style or a combination of the three.

3. Chaitou Fair (the sixth day of the second lunar month every year)

The Chaitou Fair is a sales fair focusing on bamboo poles, firewood sticks, agricultural tools and daily necessities. It is one of the largest private gatherings in Fujian Province. First, it originated from the Taiping Rebellion.

The county government does not allow farmers to bring weapons and iron tools when entering the city. They can only bring bamboo poles and firewood sticks. The local farmers protest against slavery and oppression and resist taxes.

Under the leadership of Chen Shunguang, an uprising was organized on the sixth day of the second lunar month. People rushed into the county office with wooden sticks, poles, bamboo forks, etc., and finally ended in the victory of the uprising. Later, people commemorated With this victory, the Chaitou Meeting is scheduled to be held on the sixth day of the second lunar month every year.

4. Rolling pills during the Winter Festival (lunar winter solstice)

A traditional seasonal custom unique to Fuzhou, symbolizing family reunion. On the night before the winter solstice, people display hairpins, flowers, longevity noodles and other auspicious offerings in front of the ancestral shrine.

A large bamboo basket is placed on the table. The basket is filled with glutinous rice flour and decorated with lucky oranges, red chopsticks, four-season flowers, etc. Then the whole family sat around the big bamboo basket, rolling pills and singing children's songs. There are two types of pill making: rolling and kneading. There are balls and round bars for rolling, and pills for kneading have different shapes.

Adults like to pinch longevity peaches, bats and other auspicious objects; while children pinch things that adults cheer for. For example, if you pinch a dog, you will sing "dog invests in wealth"; if you pinch a turtle, you will sing "Gui Changshou", the balls are cooked and eaten with sugar bean powder.

5. Preparing for the festival

Before the festival, it is necessary to complete the general cleaning such as sweeping the dust, removing and washing bedding and mosquito nets, cooking rice cakes and rice crackers, buying clothes for adults and children, and organizing "respecting Gods and Buddhas" In order to pay tribute to the father-in-law and mother-in-law, I asked my husband to write Spring Festival couplets for the offerings and new year's goods, and some even went to various palaces and temples to "burn the New Year's money".