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Characteristic Folk Customs in Longchuan, Guangdong Province
Hakka custom

Hakka customs generally include national traditional festivals, local sacrifices and rituals. (1) Major Festival: ☆ Spring Festival: It is the most grand festival, with New Year greetings and entertainment activities. Beginning of spring: It's spring. Lantern Festival: The 15th day of the first month is the traditional Lantern Festival in China. Eat, play and enjoy the Lantern Festival in solving riddles. ☆ February 2: Festival. ☆ Qingming: Hakka grave-sweeping customs mostly start from the vernal equinox, and Qingming reaches its climax. ☆ Dragon Boat Festival: Hakka people generally call it May Festival. The main contents of the festival are eating zongzi, realgar wine and dragon boat racing. ☆ July Festival: Ghost Festival. ☆ Mid-Autumn Festival: commonly known as August Festival. Eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon are generally the same. ☆ Double Ninth Festival: Hakka people call it "September Festival". ☆ Solstice of winter: Hakkas have a saying that "winter is a big festival".

(2) Marriage customs: Hakka marriage customs are greatly influenced by ancient customs, and their main purpose is to carry on the family line. The marriage between men and women in Hakka pays attention to "being suitable for each other", and the formal marriage relationship in Hakka society is a kind of "marrying into a rich family", and the wind of uxorilocal is not prevalent. Most of the procedures and ceremonies still follow the old habits, such as blind date, dating, date announcement, bride price, dowry, bride reception, wedding ceremony and so on. (3) Folk entertainment: Hakka folk entertainment is very rich in content. The main festivals are Yangko, Dragon Boat Race, Dragon Boat Lantern, Dragon Lantern, Lion Dance, Walking on stilts, Spring Festival Lantern, Lantern Ride, Playing Flower Drum, Musical Instruments, Performing and Setting off Fireworks. Usually there are folk songs, ditties, playing piano, guzheng, playing erhu and flute.