Chaoshan folk taboo folk culture

Chaoshan culture has a long history, rich content and unique style. People living in Chaoshan land deeply love its edification. Everyone in Chaoshan, whether in thought, language or action, always shows the characteristics and influence of local culture. In particular, some interesting taboos circulated by Chaoshan people have strong customs and feelings.

(A) clothing taboos

1, children's clothes should not be hung in the open air at night, for fear that ghosts and gods will take away the children's souls.

2, clothes can not be worn backwards. According to the popular custom, people who observe filial piety will put their clothes on the dead upside down.

Don't wear clothes when mending clothes. Because there is a thread in the sewing needle. Needle is iron, thread is rope. If you don't take off your clothes, you will be cursed by the chain when sewing, and you will soon be afraid of going to jail.

(2) Dietary taboos:

1, do not eat three dishes on the table; The three dishes on the table were eaten by the condemned man when he was about to be beheaded.

2. Avoid putting chopsticks on both sides of the bowl; It means quick parting, chopsticks, quick homophonic.

3. Avoid swimming chopsticks; That is, using chopsticks to swim on all kinds of meals. The host swims chopsticks, which shows that he has no sincerity to entertain guests; Children swim with chopsticks, fearing that when they grow up, they will be hesitant and not serious, and they will not become talents.

4. Avoid inserting chopsticks in the center of the rice bowl; In the form of incense.

5. Avoid using long and short chopsticks when eating; I'm afraid I can't get through every time I go out by boat.

6. avoid eating with a rice bowl; Then I feel emotional, afraid that I will be careless in my study, work and life, and nothing will be achieved.

7. Avoid eating vegetables or dishes as a bowl of rice; It means that the stomach is shallow and small, and the mind is narrow and can't be great.

8. Avoid storing rice grains at the bottom of the bowl after meals; I am afraid of marrying a pockmarked wife or a pockmarked husband in the future.

9. Avoid drinking tea and wiping the edges when lifting the teacup; With the meaning of seeking trouble.

10, to avoid cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks when guests have unfinished meals; I hate guests. I ordered them to leave.