CHINA / About Jiangsu
Folk customs
(seu.edu.cn)
Updated: 2006-05-25 12:45
In the process of building houses, great emphasis is put on
auspiciousness. Such activities as the selection of land, building
materials and the day of construction, erection of pillars, installation
of beams, completion and congratulation are all carried
Custom of farming and solar terms
Farming and life are arranged according to the 24 divisions of the solar
year in the traditional Chinese calendar.
Custom of offering sacrifices for farming
Seeds are planted around Pure Brightness (5th solar term) at a selected
lucky time by experienced senior peasants. Words said should be
auspicious.
Custom of handicraft industry
From generation to generation, apprentices are guided by master workers
in various workshops. An apprentice is supposed to have a recommender or
guarantor and sign an agreement. During the period of apprenticeship,
there is a rigid hierarchy of position.
Custom of fishery
As there is a complex network of rivers in Jiangsu, fishermen have been
engaged in raising and catching fish. Fishermen on Lake Tai enshrine and
worship the legendary emperor of the Xia Dynasty Yu who regulated rivers
and watercourses, so they have built.
Custom of fair
A big fair is usually held in the slack season in farming, from one to
ten days. During the fair, incense smoke curls up and gongs and drums
produce a deafening sound inside the temple, whereas outside the temple,
there are pedlars of different trades, var.
Custom of child-bearing
In the period of women's pregnancy, there generally exist the traditional
experience of judging a baby's sex, the convention of pregnant woman
care, the practice of expediting child delivery, gift presentation and
congratulation, the choice of infant name.
Custom of birthday celebration
For people more than 60 years old, birthday celebration is called
"Shouchen" (birthday of elderly people). People believe that the ages of
25, 29, 33, 36, 66 are critical, so on these birthdays there must be a
celebration. It is common practice in Jiangsu Even if the elderly people
are dead, their sons and daughters commemorate their seventieth,
eightieth and ninetieth birthday.
Custom of funeral
There is a multitude of items such as bathing, coffin keeping, report of
death, keeping vigil beside the coffin, funeral arrangements, family
memorial ceremony, funeral procession, burial, and so on. Jiangsu people
believe that it is best to bury the dead.
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