Bowfish
The unique production customs of Jian 'ou people. Fish farmers tie the newly caught pond fish firmly with one end of straw rope through the fish nose on the spot, and tie the other end under the fish anus, and then put them into fish ponds or fresh water to spit out the dirt and suck up new ones. After an hour or two, tie the fish to the upper part of the anus with a straw rope, bend the fish into an arch, and let the fish retain some water. This is the unique "bow fish" production technology of local fish farmers, also known as "bow fish". Fish treated with the above "bow water" can generally survive for four or five days in winter and one or two days in summer, and the sludge smell in fish can also be removed. In addition, due to the straw rope binding, it is beneficial for fish farmers to transport and avoid damage on the way; Secondly, it helps customers to carry, transport, sell, store and eat easily, thus becoming a local necessity.
Send the first year (festival)
A folk custom of Jian 'ou Spring Festival. On the eve of the Chinese New Year in the first year of their children's marriage, the male family will give the Yue family four kinds of gifts, such as hooves, cocks, live fish and dried salted ducks, which are called "giving four colors"; On the other hand, the Yue family must send "fruit" to the male family during the New Year, plus red dates, peanuts, longan and melon seeds. This custom still exists today.
ribbon board
Jian 'ou is a unique traditional entertainment activity among the people. "Fan Jian" consists of three parts: a fan pole, a fan top and a fan cloth (that is, a couplet). Choose a fat bamboo about 10 meter long, cut off branches and leaves, make a long rod, coat it with cinnabar oil, and top it with a colored silk. The performer holds the long pole vertically with one hand, holds his breath and dances rhythmically with the sound of gongs and drums, up and down, left and right; Sometimes carry your shoulders with your feet; Sometimes when you use the nasal tip tooth bracket, the pole should always be upright. When the dance is intense, the long flag is fluttering and dazzling, and the bronze bells are jingling and melodious, which has a strong legacy of the ancient Fujian people.
Thanks to the efforts of contemporary athletes, Jian 'ou's performance created Dancing with the East Wind, Kicking the West Column, Carrying Nantiansong on His Shoulder, Carrying Hundred Flags with His Nose, Supporting Optimus Prime with His Forehead, The Sky Above His Head and Qi Xin Moving to Mount Tai. During the period of 1997, Jian 'ou slats were listed as "the best in the world" by Guinness World Headquarters in Shanghai. /kloc-0. In April, 1998, it won the honors of "Best in Guinness World" and "No.1 in the World".
Bean tea
Jianzhou (now Jian 'ou) tea town is a folk custom that evaluates the quality of tea produced by competition. The number of people who take part in the tea fight ranges from two or three to a dozen. They fought fiercely for this place. In the Song Dynasty, Beiyuan Longfeng Tea Group was famous all over the world, so fighting tea was also very common and popular. Whenever new tea is brewed, tea farmers will take it to a public place, grind the newly brewed tea cake into fine powder and put it into a cup. At first, they will brew it with boiling water to compare the soup color and flowers of tea (white is more expensive when the water in the cup is boiling, and bluish white is better after stirring); Looking at the tea soup for the second time, the water mark on the tea soup around the lamp is negative, which is often said as "winning or losing several waters" or "being separated by several waters". At that time, Doucha paid attention to the flowers and colors of the soup and advocated white, so it was better to test the water mark of the tea soup with black glazed porcelain cups. In the tea-fighting field, the public is in full view, pointing and talking, treating victory or defeat as if they were gods or defeated. Therefore, people in Jianzhou describe fighting tea as "fighting tea". Later, under the propaganda of Ding Weisong, Cai Xiang and others, this custom of fighting tea gradually spread all over the country, from the emperor to the ordinary literati, and they enjoyed it, leaving many famous books describing "fighting tea", such as Fan Zhongyan's Song of Fighting Tea, Su Shi's Sending a Modest Teacher to Nanping, Tang Geng's Story of Fighting Tea, and Song Huizong Evonne's On Grand View Tea. With the return of Zen monks, the art of "fighting tea" was introduced to Japan, so "fighting tea" has a special relationship with Japanese tea ceremony. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the custom of "fighting tea" was still popular in Jianning Prefecture, but the requirements for soup color were different from those in the early days. Tea fighting activities have also faded with the decline of group tea. Nowadays, when making and baking new tea in Jian 'ou tea town, tea teachers will still get together in groups of three or five to brew new tea. Insisting on this trial and error activity of new tea tasting and promoting the improvement of tea quality has become a production link that cannot be ignored.
Send a lamp
Folk custom of celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival in Jian 'ou. Mid-Autumn Festival is also called "Mid-Autumn Festival in August" in Jian 'ou custom. On the night of the festival, the bride's family must send a lamp to the husband's family of the newly married woman. There used to be a paper unicorn hanging under the lamp. When sending the lamp, light it at her mother's house first, and one person takes the lead in holding it. Another 2-4 people carry red gift boxes containing five kinds of fruits, such as red dates, peanuts, hazelnuts, longan and walnuts, which are called "Wuzi Fruit". There are also moon cakes, grapefruit and other gifts, one after another, ostentatiously passing through the market. It has been delivered to her husband's door. At this time, the man will set off firecrackers at the door to greet him, and prepare snacks and tables to entertain the lantern bearer. Then accept various gifts such as lanterns, hang lanterns high in the room, and give back moon cakes, fresh fruits and so on. Because the word "Deng" in Jian 'ou dialect is homophone with the word "Ding", it expresses people's good wishes of "sending their sons to add Ding" and "five sons to enter the subject". This custom still exists, the form is similar, and the lighting is constantly changing with the fashion trend.
Pick up the incense
A folk funeral custom in Jian 'ou. On his return from the funeral, every dutiful son must pick some green bamboo branches on the mountain and light two red incense sticks. Each incense stick is filled with a bottle of water and a "five-grain bag" filled with hemp, beans, grains and wheat. When they bring home, they will first insert bamboo branches and incense sticks on both sides of the house. Then sprinkle the water in the bottle into the water tank from the door, and pour the hemp, beans, grains and wheat in the "grain bag" into the rice tank, indicating that the ancestors "feng shui has been collected and the five grains are abundant." This custom still exists today.
Insert willow
Jian 'ou is a unique folk custom in Tomb-Sweeping Day. Three days before the festival and four days after the festival, every household prepares three animals (pork, mullet, round eggs, etc.), tea, wine, incense sticks and firecrackers paper, and goes to the grave to worship the ancestors. That night, the whole family changed their meals, and some people invited relatives and friends to "eat the grave". In the city, getting up early on Qingming Day, willow branches are inserted in front of every household to commemorate the great kindness of the "mother of the whole city" Lian's wife in the late Tang and Five Dynasties.
Begging for candles
A marriage custom of Jian 'ou people. Before getting married, according to the rules, the man's family should send gifts such as red wine, hooves, roosters, live fish, pork bellies, noodles, firecrackers, candles and "five fruits" to the woman's family. When a woman has a meeting, she always deliberately says that this is not enough and that is not enough. She demanded compensation from the man. After all this discussion, we still have to make a fuss about candles, even if more candles are distributed, we have to discuss them again. For this reason, when giving gifts, men always prepare a pair of candles and wait outside in advance. As long as the woman's family gives the last order of "mending another pair of candles", the person in charge of giving gifts will immediately give the pair of candles prepared in advance. Because the word "candle" and "foot" in Jian 'ou dialect are homophonic, it is finally considered as "begging for feet (candle)". It has placed people's good wishes for a "rich and fulfilling" future life.
candle
A birthday custom in Jian 'ou. Locals usually celebrate their birthdays every ten days from the age of 50, which is also called "making birthdays". There are no invitations and gifts for birthdays. Relatives and friends will tell each other and come to congratulate themselves. The night before my birthday, relatives and friends came to congratulate me. Usually a pair of red candles, a string of firecrackers and a pair of birthday couplets. Every time a wave comes, firecrackers are set off at the gate, and a pair of lighted red candles, birthday couplets and gifts are presented, and then the descendants of the owner welcome them into the hall for installation. At night, up and down the hall, red candles are brilliant; Inside and outside the gate, firecrackers continued. Its atmosphere is warm and joyful, which is called "foot (candle)" and "warm life". Because Jian 'ou dialect has the same pronunciation as "going to candle" and "going to foot", it contains people's good wishes of "long life". This custom still exists today.
Eat cake.
Jian 'ou's unique Chinese New Year custom. The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, commonly known as "Chinese New Year", which is the most solemn festival for local people. From the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household is busy cleaning and scrubbing, steaming cakes and buying new year's goods. People must eat cakes at the banquet in the first month, because the pronunciation of "cake" and "Gao" in Jian 'ou dialect is the same, which means "rising year by year"; The harmony between money and money is "eating money". On the evening of 24th, "Kitchen God" was sent to heaven to do good deeds, and people offered vegetarian food such as rice cakes, glutinous rice, tofu, maltose, cakes and tea wine. New Year's "fruits" such as bee flower, steamed stuffed bun, sesame cake, peanut candy, bean crumb candy and bean powder are also ready before1February 23rd. Need to pay tribute to the "Kitchen God"; Newly-married daughters should also use it for the first year. This custom still exists today.