One: The communication between relatives is generally maintained until the first three generations of blood, that is, cousins are still walking around. Usually walking around without paying attention to gifts, there are necessary gifts, commonly known as "being a guest" and "being a guest" ?

Second, young people go shopping in the streets, parks, entertainment places and occasionally have dinner; Middle-aged and elderly people mainly drink tea, chat and catch up. In the past, citizens' houses were very small, and friends seldom got together at home. Friends have weddings and funerals, invite each other,

Three: Usually we don't prepare gifts, and we don't pay attention to ceremonies when entertaining guests.

Four: At the time of weddings, funerals and celebrations, it is customary for relatives and friends to give gifts, which is called "giving gifts". People who visit patients at home or prepare to eat at their host's home usually give gifts. Nowadays, the old custom of giving gifts is mostly changed to giving money.

Five: Red envelopes have always been used to send money. Only use white paper at funerals. Money is even a happy event, just a funeral.

Six: When the guest arrives, the host will take the things in the guest's hand first. Guests with filth and wet umbrellas are not brought into the main house and left outside the door. In addition, if there is a funeral at home, it is generally not too late to go out as a guest (people with big rules will not go out as a guest until after five or seven o'clock).

Seven: Stay for dinner and prepare at least eight dishes and wine. This is called "eating lightly".

Eight: When eating, the whole chicken, whole duck, whole hoof, whole fish and other dishes are not invited by the host, and the guests do not eat.

Nine: There are six taboos in eating chopsticks. One taboo is to put food down. Second, avoid messing around in the vegetable bowl; Three bogey hands holding chopsticks, eyes staring at the food; Fourth, avoid tearing the food on chopsticks with your mouth; Five avoid using chopsticks as toothpicks; Six dishes don't drop soup. ?

Ten: pour only seven cents of tea and turn it over. If you use your right hand, you must press it counterclockwise, if you use your left hand, you must press it clockwise. When putting the teapot, don't point the spout at others, please leave quickly. Finger tapping ceremony, bending and kissing the desktop with several fingers to express gratitude to the host for offering tea.

Eleven: I don't have the habit of drinking one cup at a time. Most of them chew slowly and don't enforce the alcohol regulations. The elders ordered the younger generation to drink, and the younger generation could raise a glass; The elder hasn't finished the wine in the cup, so the younger generation can't finish it first. Toast is three cups. The toaster and the toasted person need to stand up and "avoid the table".

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Folk customs of Shanghai festivals:

One: New Year's Eve

In the evening, families of all ages gather indoors to eat "New Year's Eve", which is called "family happiness". Many elders in the family don't sleep on New Year's Eve and watch their old age around the stove. At the time of the crow, every household, men, women and children, put on new clothes, hats and shoes, and worship the heavens and the earth and ancestors in the hall where offerings have already been arranged.

At midnight, some people will go to temples in the city to burn "head incense" and bump "head bells". Jade Buddha Temple is generally a place to burn people's heads, and Longhua Temple is a place to ring people's heads. ?

Two: Spring Festival?

Every day from the first day of junior high school is a time when friends and relatives return to pay New Year greetings. When guests come to bring more gifts, they must be invited to drink "Yuanbao Tea", that is, put olives in the tea or put olives on the tea cover, and be sure to treat them to wine and rice. At that time, the elders would give lucky money whenever they saw the younger generation.

When Shanghainese arrive at the Spring Festival, they must visit the Chenghuang Temple and take a walk on the Jiuqu Bridge. On the fifth day of the first month, people celebrated the birthday of the God of Wealth (commonly known as "Road God"), and there were moves to pick up the God of Wealth everywhere. ?

Three: Lantern Festival?

Every family must eat "Yuanxiao", or glutinous rice balls, which also means reunion and good luck. But the prosperity of the Lantern Festival lies in "lights", so it is also called "Lantern Festival". Before hanging lanterns in every household, shops, temples, gardens, squares and other public places, there are big lanterns. At that time, men, women and children will appear in groups.

Four: Qingming?

In Tomb-Sweeping Day in March, people took the opportunity of sweeping graves to go for an outing in the suburbs. For Shanghainese, the Youth League is an essential offering for Tomb-Sweeping Day to worship his ancestors. Go to Longhua Temple for pilgrimages on March 15. On March 23rd, I worshipped Tianhou's birthday and prayed for Tianhou's blessing. Fujian businessmen in Shanghai looked forward to "benefiting An Lan" at sea.