The fifth collection of China folk customs

Avoid wearing green headscarves: Ancient industry customs. In the Yuan and Ming dynasties, it was stipulated that the headscarves worn by prostitutes 'husbands and musicians in teaching workshops should be blue and green. This system began during the Yuan Shizu and was used in the Ming Dynasty. Most of the wives and daughters of musicians were geisha, named under the music books. They were the targets of being played and insulted at that time. Therefore, people also called men whose wives had an affair with others wearing "green turbans" or "cuckold hats."

Silkworm ban: Forbidden month for folk farming sacrifices by Han people in Wuxing and other places in Zhejiang Province. The fourth month of the lunar calendar begins every year. The ban period is one month, and April of the lunar calendar enters the critical period for sericulture locally, so it is called Silkworm Month. If you are careless at this stage, silkworm plague will occur.

Looking at bones: Through the appearance of a person's bones, we can judge the ups and downs of a person's life and what kind of fame and achievements he can achieve.

Shangteahouse: It is a kind of tea culture with a strong civic atmosphere. It is full of the sentiment of China traditional culture. It is not only large in quantity, but also complete in variety.

Boxing guessing: A game played while drinking.

Cricket fighting: One of the Han folk fighting operas is an ancient recreational activity, but this leisure method is very cruel. Fighting crickets have only males, and they bite each other to defend their territory or compete for spouse rights.

Flying kites: Flying kites is one of the traditional Han folk games and is a custom during the Qingming Festival. Kites are also known as organ, paper harrier, kite, and paper kite. Originated in China, it is a communication tool invented by the ancient Han working people. The first kite was made of bamboo by Lu Ban. Later, only paper kites were found in the royal palace. In southern Fujian, it is called wind blowing. A kite is a product that is heavier than air and can float in the air with the help of the wind.

Bird walk in the morning: Carry the bird cage and go outdoors for a walk early in the morning.

Tidal: One of the ancient water sports in China. Legend has it that it originated from the Spring and Autumn Period, and Zhejiang was the most prosperous during the Tang and Song Dynasties. Every year at the peak of the tide in August, groups of tide makers swim against the tide at the estuary of rivers, holding colorful flags, riding the waves to compete for supremacy, and performing various swimming skills among the peaks and valleys, which is quite spectacular.

Hand shadow drama: It is a unique art form. Its performance relies entirely on the change of hand movements and projection to transform into various images (images), rather than using any other attachments to modify it. In the eyes of foreigners, hand shadow art is a mysterious and pure art.

Pulling top: It is an ancient Han folk sports game that is widely circulated. It is a wooden conical shape with a large upper part and a sharp lower part. Place the tip on the ground, wrap the screw body with a rope, and then rotate to release the whip rope to rotate the top; or directly rotate the top with your hand, wait for the top to land, pull it with the rope to rotate. There are also singing tops and diamond-shaped tops, which are made of hollow cylinders of bamboo and wood with a rotating shaft running through the middle. The cylinder has a long and narrow crack, which can sound due to the action of air flow when rotating. The diamond-shaped top is small at both ends and large in the middle. The screw body is wrapped with a rope to make it rotate on the ground. The rope is pulled out to make the screw rotate.

Tage: Traditional dance of the Han nationality. This ancient dance form originated from the people. It emerged in the Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago and became popular in the Tang Dynasty. It is the so-called "people in good harvest years are happy and happy, while people go singing and traveling in Gansu."

Walking on stilts: commonly known as binding firewood feet, also known as "stilts","walking on stilts","tying high feet", and "walking high legs". It is a popular popular folk skill performance. It is mostly performed in folk festivals by dancers. Wearing long wooden stilts tied to their feet is one of the traditional folk activities of the Han nationality.

Puppet show: Puppet show is a drama in which puppets are used to perform stories. It is one of the traditional Han arts. During the performance, actors manipulate puppets behind the scenes while singing, accompanied by music. Depending on the shape and manipulation techniques of puppets, there are cloth puppets, string-carrying puppets, stick puppets, wire puppets, etc.

Monkey opera: Also known as monkey opera, it is called Ma Liu opera in Cantonese (it is commonly called Ma Liu opera, but in Cantonese, the monkey is called "Ma Liu"."Liu" is often mistakenly written as "Liu" due to the tone change), which generally refers to the performance art of monkeys or other primates (such as orangutans) participating in the performance. One of the ancient Han performing arts.

Singing: It's just a ventriloquist performance.

Famous post communication: The business card used to communicate names during visits was an indispensable tool for ancient officials to communicate. Business cards are widely used in today's social interactions. It can play the role of connecting feelings and building bridges of friendship.

Singing ceremony: It is used for subordinates to bow to superiors and younger generations to elders, that is, bowing to others and raising their voices to pay tribute.

Blind people sing: Zero Lingluo is one of the representative Han folk arts in Guangxi, sung in Guilin dialect. Formed by the fall of lotus flowers. It was originally a singing form for blind women to sing along the street. One person leads the singing and another helps the voice. It is named after the word "zero".

Decal yellow: Also called flower, it is a female forehead decoration on the faces of ancient Han women. It is also known as forehead yellow, goose yellow, duck yellow, and about yellow. It is made of colored light paper, silk, mica slices, cicada wings, dragonfly wings and even fish bones as raw materials, dyed golden, red or emerald green, cut into flowers, birds, fish, etc., and pasted on the forehead, wine dimples, corners of the mouth, temples, etc. Due to the different quality and color of the parts and ornaments, there are also names such as "broken branches and flowers","flower oil flowers","flower sheng","Luo Sheng","flower nest","eyebrow green","emerald","emerald","golden pearl" and other names. The forehead decoration similar to the flower yellow also has the mother of flowers.

Point Yan Fu: Ancient women make up and beauty.