Chaozhou dialect, that is, Chaozhou dialect, belongs to Minnan language family, one of the eight major language families of Chinese dialects. Its vocabulary is rich, humorous and expressive, and it retains many elements of ancient Chinese, so more and more linguists pay attention to it. Chaozhou dialect has its own dictionary, Chaozhou dialect dictionary and monographs in other local languages, such as Fifteen Tones of Chaozhou Dialect.
Chaozhou cuisine, referred to as Chaozhou cuisine. Its cooking has the characteristics of Lingnan culture, and the biggest feature is that seafood is the mainstay, paying attention to freshness.
The main cooking methods are: stewing, frying, frying, burning, boiling (steaming), frying, soaking, buckling, washing and pouring. Its Chinese style and stew make it fragrant, stir-fry makes it crisp and smooth, and boiling, washing, soaking and pouring can keep its original flavor.
Chaozhou cuisine has a wide range of materials and has the characteristics of "three more":
First, there are many aquatic products.
Second, vegetarian dishes have diverse styles and unique features.
Third, there are many varieties of sugar beet and special materials.
The production of Chaozhou cuisine pays attention to knife work and modeling.
Chaozhou cuisine also pays more attention to seasonings, and there are many sauces and dishes, which are very spectacular.
The banquet of Chaozhou cuisine is unique. Banquet 12 style dishes, with two soup dishes and a salty and dessert center. The dishes are exquisite and colorful. If it is a festive occasion, such as birthday, wedding, full moon, opening a shop, there must be two beets, one is the first dish and the other is the end of the table. Sweet head and sweet tail, commonly known as "sweet head and sweet tail", means a happy life, and the sweeter the days are from beginning to end. Between banquets, in order to help digestion, fat removal and hangover, you have to keep up with several cups of kungfu tea.
Chaozhou 20 Daming snacks
They are Duck Mama Nian, Chaozhou Mo Dou Pill, Chaozhou Hand Hammer Bull Pill, Crispy, Chaozhou Spring Cake, Roasted Oyster (Crispy), Gaotang Zhacai, Gusu Xiangfu, Spiced Olive, Plum Blossom Dumpling, Shangtang Beef, Jindu Sauerkraut King, Lianxiang Pig Nest, Glutinous Rice Peach, Salt Water, Splendid Nestle, Radish Crispy, Kaiyuan Susan and Crispy.
Chaozhou 23 famous dishes
Braised shark's fin, crystal lobster, roasted with open fire, fragrant flowers of Hanjiang River, boiled conch, butterfly platter, garden abalone, assorted wax gourd cup, carp yue longmen, braised sea cucumber, golden turtle hatching eggs, official swallow hibiscus, stewed shark's fin with black-bone chicken, garden chrysanthemum, golden bamboo China Rana soup, ginkgo whip flower, orange eel, Yuzhu crab yellow swallow.
Chaozhou folk custom
entertain guests
Chaozhou people is very hospitable. When guests arrive home, they usually get congou. The brewing of congou tea is more particular. The first punch is generally not drunk, and the second punch is to invite guests. In the old society, relatives who had been away from home for a long time went back to their hometown or were guests, or the guests who visited for the first time were invited to eat sweet eggs by their families or hosts. Now they don't pay much attention to this etiquette.
The custom of marrying a woman
Teach family rules when you get married:
When a woman marries, in addition to the general truth and knowledge of being a daughter-in-law taught by her parents and elders, there is also a ceremony, that is, let her daughter sit on the water tank before getting on the sedan chair. This custom implies that a daughter should be "open-minded" like a water tank, open-minded and not haggle over every ounce.
Recognize the rice jar: Listen to Weng Gu introduce the location of the rice jar and the number of people who cook rice and porridge at home.
Water collecting tank: Wenggu told me where to fetch water, where to hang buckets and bucket hooks, and how to keep drinking water hygienic.
Stir the rice jar: stir with a wooden stick to show the daughter-in-law that there is no cooked rice in it, indicating that it cannot be wasted.
Make a fire: teach your daughter-in-law to make a fire and cook. It is customary for the bride to cook instead of aunt Weng or sister-in-law when she enters the door. Even if the rich family has a maid to cook, it will take 12 days, or four months a month to do it well.
Eating standing up: When the bride is new here, she should respect the old and love the young, and start eating standing up and adding dishes to her elders. After staying for four or twelve days, the parents advised the daughter-in-law to sit and eat or not to add meals to the elders to avoid this gift. Can't stand on the threshold, can't sit in the purlin; Hold tea according to the level of guest and host.
Washing clothes: men's clothes should be washed first, women's clothes should be washed first, elders' clothes should be washed first, younger ones should be washed later, dark clothes should be washed first, light clothes should be washed later, underwear should be washed first, etc.
Chaozhou drama culture
Chaozhou opera. On the performance customs of Chaozhou opera from the perspective of southern opera
The wind of tide custom sacrifice is very blazing. The object of sacrifice is generally in two aspects: one is the surname clan ancestor; First, the village gods (commonly known as "land gods") and other gods.
In the first month, I worshipped God. "
But Chaoyang is a "lantern tour in the first month and a spiritual tour in February".
Mother was born in March
"Dragon Boat Festival in May"
Master Guan gave birth to a play
Shigu Opera in July
"Thank God for playing in 1 1 month and February."
"entertainment fund-raising"
Gambling game
Penalty match
In civil litigation and disputes, the negative party was also punished and given to the play as a gift.
Jubilee drama
Chaozhou dwellings
There is a folk saying that "Chaozhou began in the Grand Palace", which describes the residential buildings in Chaozhou as comparable to the Royal Palace in architectural sequence, especially in decorative techniques.
The main feature of Chaozhou folk houses is to combine traditional architectural culture with traditional arts and crafts unique to Chaozhou, such as gold lacquer wood carving, craft stone carving, porcelain inlay art, metal craft, calligraphy and painting art, etc. The residential buildings are magnificent but not vulgar, elegant and charming, rich in cultural heritage and luxurious in style. Since ancient times, they have been known as "Chaozhou Big Mistake Palace", "Beijing Royal House, Chaoshan Family".