Jiangxi province is a region where ethnic minorities live in compact communities, and some of them still retain strong traditional ethnic customs. Jiangxi is one of the main distribution areas of She nationality in China. She nationality is mainly distributed in Guixi, Qianshan and other counties and mountainous areas, and has its own unique costumes and ethnic customs. Living in the deep mountains and forests, the Yao nationality is good at hunting and uses its own language without its own writing. The residents of Jiangxi are mainly Han people, but in many rural areas, they have retained their traditional customs. The folk Nuo dance in Nanfeng County is rare in China. During the Spring Festival, villagers wore masks and costumes imitating the shape of bark or leaves, and went door to door to "Nuo dance" (that is, Nuo dance). After testing, it is "the living fossil of primitive dance in China", which is very attractive to tourists. In addition, the customs of fishing villages around Poyang Lake, fishermen's egrets on Guixi, bamboo rafts carrying passengers and hanging coffins of ancient Yue people, traditional temple fairs and material exchange meetings in remote mountain villages in Yichun area, "medicinal materials market" in Zhangshu Town, Qingjiang County, Wanshou Palace temple fair in Xishan, Nanchang City, Wengang pen market and fur market in Jinxian County, fireworks exhibition in Pingxiang City, and folk song competition in Xingguo County, southern Jiangxi Province, etc.
Calling Lang is a traditional marriage custom of local people in Jinggangshan. Zhaolang means that men marry women. There are no three checks and six gifts or complicated marriage procedures, and neither man nor woman has gifts. Generally everyone takes care of themselves. Conclude a contract before marriage (commonly known as a compound word), stating the inheritance of children and property in the future. Before liberation, the woman should ask the family elders to discuss the adoption of her husband. Among them, the relevant condition is that the man must change his surname to the woman's surname and take the woman's seniority, so that he can be recognized by the woman's brothers and be treated like his own man. After liberation, we did something new and abolished these unequal rights to life. But weddings are usually performed by women. And advocate monogamous families to settle down with the woman.
Gannan has been rich in famous tea since ancient times, and the vast tea areas and villages have become tea-picking songs with folk songs and tea-picking lanterns with folk dances. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, tea-picking songs and lanterns developed into tea-picking dramas in the tea areas around Jiulong Mountain in Anyuan County, and their ancestor drama was Tea Picking in Jiulong Mountain. Therefore, it is commonly known as "Tea Lantern Opera" and "Lantern Opera", and because its role used to be composed of three people (two ugly or ugly), it is also called "Three-legged Opera" and "Triangle Class", which was collectively called tea-picking opera in the middle of the twentieth century.
Nuo dance is a popular dance in ancient Changjiang Dai Valley of China. Dancers wear all kinds of simple and exaggerated masks with distinctive witchcraft colors. At first, it was a blessing ceremony, and later it gradually developed into a folk dance. It is recorded in The Analects of Confucius, Encyclopedia of Ancient and Modern Events and Etiquette of the Later Han Dynasty. Nuo dance is popular in Qingyuan Village, Qiukou Village and Likeng Village.
Every festive season, in order to add a happy atmosphere and hope to realize good wishes, people dance dragon lanterns, pick lotus boats, lanterns and play clam lanterns. The scene was lively and jubilant. Fishermen in Poyang Lake have a unique charm when they get married. The fishing boat for the wedding is covered with colored silk, and the side of the boat is covered with mountain flowers. The color TV set was placed on the bow, and the gongs and drums were suona all the way. Originating from the totem of history, the Nuo dance performed in the festival sacrificial ceremony is commonly known as "grimacing". Wearing a mask is like a demon, with exaggerated deformation, bright colors and simple and rigid dance movements. Dragon boat race, exciting feeling; Tea performance is refreshing; Riding mountaineering is full of emotions.
Since ancient times, Nanchang people like fishing in four seasons and fishing in four seasons, which is called fresh in four seasons. Folk generally have the habit of fishing crucian carp in spring, grass carp in summer and bream in autumn. It is said that every family in ancient Nanchang had a net and a hook, and all ages liked to fish in the lake shaded by weeping willows. "Thousands of lights dance together, and fishing boats don't catch." It was a portrayal of leisurely fishing at that time.
For thousands of years, the fishing customs of Nanchang people have been passed down to this day. In today's Nanchang, anglers can be seen everywhere in the riverside lake branch. Among them, there are not only elderly people over 60, but also fascinated young people and even women.
"The fun of fishing lies not in the fish, but in the treatment of the heart." At present, different levels of fishing associations have been established in Nanchang, and fishing competitions with different characteristics are often held.