The people of Shangyu are said to be honest and honest. The old customs and etiquette are roughly the same as those in Shao counties.
Farming
Before liberation, farmers relied on the sky to farm, and there were many superstitious customs in farming. Every New Year's Eve, people go to the fields to offer sacrifices to Tian Gong Tianmu (the God of the Earth) in order to pray for a good harvest in the coming year. When new rice is harvested, the new rice is first offered to ancestors and to the Kitchen God. On the night of the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, villagers holding torches and brooms go to the fields to burn thatch, which is called "welcoming the gods and driving away insects." The first family in the village to pull out seedlings and start farming (commonly known as opening the seedling gate) should avoid "earth fire day" (also known as earth prosperous day) to prevent the ground fire from burning to death. Avoid handing the seedlings when sowing, because handing the seedlings will easily cause wind in the palms. It is considered unlucky for women to cross farm tools. Women must take a detour when they come across agricultural tools left on the road. When there is no rain for a long time, farmers gather together to pray to the Dragon God for rain. When there is an insect infestation, the gods are welcomed to drive away the insects; there is also a broken broom inserted upside down in the field, which means "asking the broom god to drive away the insects." After liberation, the above old customs were basically eradicated, and scientific farming gradually became popular.
The staple food
The main food is rice, supplemented by barley, corn (commonly known as six grains), sweet potatoes and other miscellaneous grains. We advocate frugality. ” proverb. Normally, there are three meals a day, and one or two snacks are added when farming is busy in rural areas. In disaster years, when the rice harvest fails, they eat wheat rice, melon and vegetable rice, and even dig wild plants such as fern roots and Malantou to satisfy their hunger. In rural areas, early rice with good swelling properties and high rice yield is mostly eaten, while late rice is used for pounding rice cakes. Glutinous rice is mostly used to make wine and snacks. When eating, avoid using chopsticks to knock the bowl, avoid stepping on the grains of rice with your feet, avoid eating rice with the heart of the wok, leave the rice with the heart of the wok to be a "rice lady" when cooking for the next meal, to increase the rice yield, and do not cook it until entertaining guests or doing heavy work. Pure rice mixed with cold rice (also called bachelor rice). Since the 1970s, the county has had bumper grain harvests year after year, and people's food consumption levels have continued to improve.
Clothing
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, ordinary people in rural areas mostly used autonomous homespun cloth to sew clothing by hand, and "foreign cloth" (woven cloth) began to appear in cities and towns. When the weather is hot, the attire is a large-breasted blouse. The upper class mostly wear Chinese-style gowns, vests or mandarin jackets. There is a saying of "smoky coal-tipped paper, long gowns and mandarin jackets, and red hats on their heads". Women wear large cardigans, some jackets, vests, and aprons. There is a big difference between the rich and the poor in the clothing materials used. The rich mostly wear silks and satins. After the 1920s, it became popular for young urban women to wear cheongsam. Since the 1930s, Chinese tunic suits and student uniforms have become popular among young men in cities and towns. The colors of men's and women's clothing are mainly blue, black, navy blue and camel gray. Children's clothing is bright red and green. After liberation, it became popular for both men and women to wear Lenin suits, Mao suits, workers' suits, and youth suits. Since the late 1970s, all kinds of Chinese and foreign fashions have been introduced into the county, and clothing has begun to develop in a variety of colors and styles. Cotton has been replaced by chemical fibers and woolen materials.
Residence
Most of the rural areas live in groups. The villages are sunny and shady, and the houses have mud-wood structures, brick-wood structures, stone-wood structures, etc. Most people sit in the north and face south, sit in the west and face east, and sit in the north and south, which is called "facing south to enjoy the blessings." However, it is forbidden to face due south, because it is thought that due south will conflict with the Antarctic star, and it will be the last. Only nunneries, temples, and ancestral halls face due south. Most bungalows and buildings have three rooms in one or three rooms with two bedrooms. The buildings with windows at the front and back are called "double openings", and those with windows only at the front are called "bundoulou". Some main rooms have no floors to prepare for red and white events. Rich people's houses have deep courtyards and patios. There are mostly thatched houses on the coastal sandy land, usually two rooms per room, commonly known as "rice barrel houses". There were many taboos when building a house in the old days. First, ask a Feng Shui master to guide you and choose a day to start construction. The right side of the new house cannot be higher than or protrude from the neighbor's old house, which is called "green dragon on the left and white tiger on the right", otherwise the house on the left will be ruined and ruined. When going up to the beam, wear red to ward off evil spirits. After the beam is installed, a sack is hung on the beam, and a live rooster, a scale, a bucket of wheat and other evil objects and sacrifices are placed inside. A horizontal couplet is pasted on the beam with the inscription "Zi Wei Gaozhao" and so on. Liang steamed buns are thrown on the table, and the first pair of steamed buns are caught by the elders of the household with sheets. In the evening, there will be a wine ceremony to celebrate. It is believed that "the green dragon is afraid of moxibustion, and the white tiger is afraid of smell", so the kitchen is built on the right. Since the 1980s, houses have been built mainly with brick-concrete (concrete) structures, and most of them are two-story terraced houses. They pay attention to spaciousness, brightness, beauty and practicality, and the custom of seeking good luck when building houses has basically remained unchanged.