Folk customs

Loong Dance

Fish lamp

Long table banquet

Write Spring Festival couplets

Drink Laba Congee

Huizhou marriage

In the old days, Huizhou marriages were arranged strictly by parents' orders and matchmakers. There are generally nine procedures: say matchmaker, line hire, please period, move line marry, open face, meet, pay a visit to the church, make trouble with the bridal chamber, return the door.

The matchmaker is usually an older woman, called a "matchmaker". Line hire commonly known as "send a", the woman after the day of the return ceremony, the marriage is set. After the engagement, by the man to choose the date of marriage notice the woman, said "please period". Please move in and get married later. On the wedding day, the aunt or aunt use two silk threads to twist the hair off the bride's forehead, which is called "open face", also known as "pulled noodles". Then it is to greet, pay a visit to the hall, the nuptial chamber. On the third day after marriage, the groom accompanied the bride to pay homage to her parents, which was called "return door". This is an "open marriage". There are other special forms of marriage, such as child marriage, concubine taking, marriage swapping, marriage seizing, childbearing, happiness, funeral marriage, etc. After the 1950s, arranged marriages were gradually replaced by free love and simple marriages. After 80's, have taken the tourism marriage and the collective wedding form.

Double Ninth Temple Fair

The traditional temple fair in Linxi Town near Tunxi. Around 3 days, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month for the day. On that day, believers from four towns and eight towns came in droves to worship Bodhisattva King Zhou, and brought a variety of agricultural and sideline products and handicraft products for trade. During the temple fair, a stage is set up to sing from sunset to sunrise. It is very lively all night. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the temple fair became a genuine trade fair for agricultural and sideline products and handicrafts.

Shangjiu Temple Fair

The 9th day of the first lunar month is the martyrdom day of Tang Dynasty martyrs Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, and a temple fair is held in Yansu Town of Huizhou District every year on this day, commonly known as "Shangjiuhui". The conference lasts for three days, beginning on the 8th day and ending on the 10th day. During the temple fair, held tour god, worship god activities, set up a singing, vendors from all over the place also came to catch the meeting, set up stalls, all kinds of agricultural and sidelines-local products and agricultural tools, daily necessities, everything. Now "the ninth meeting" has lost the original significance of commemorating Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, cancelled the spirit tour activities, become the annual material exchange meeting.

Throw Hydrangea 

A folk tourism activity held in Xidi Village, Yixian County in recent years. The village of the Qing Dynasty dwellings "doctor di", in the street side, hanging out a small and exquisite, simple and elegant "embroidery house". This one was used by the former owner of the house, Dr. Hu Wenzhao of Chaolei, for the ladies and ladies to relax and enjoy the scenery. Nowadays, people take it as the embroidery house of throwing colorful balls, and do not have a Qing Dynasty novel "throwing colorful balls to choose a husband", and give tourists a "good omen", in the colorful balls of tourists, will be lucky to stay long, all the best.