Jiahe's wedding song is a farewell activity for the female companion to accompany the married girl with the expression of singing. The most prominent thing is to pour out their parting feelings around the bride's marriage, which mainly shows their resentment, anger and struggle against the feudal marriage system and ethics. Wedding songs in Jiahe folk songs not only have a long history, a large number and unique personality style, but also contain profound historical connotations, which are realistic and romantic. According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 1300 songs that are still passed down from mouth to mouth, accounting for nearly 60% of the collected folk songs.
From 65438 to 0993, Jiahe County was named "Hometown of Folk Songs" by Hunan Provincial Department of Culture. Nowadays, Jiahe folk songs have become an indispensable business card to show Jiahe's unique regional culture. Birthday custom Jiahe people celebrate their birthdays not on their birthdays, but during the Spring Festival. If parents are over 60 years old, their children should celebrate their parents' birthdays, and then celebrate them every 10 years/time. The 60th birthday celebration is called the first celebration of flowers. The seventieth birthday and eightieth birthday are called seventieth birthday and eightieth birthday respectively, and they are also called Rong Qing with seven products and eight products. If parents or grandparents are the same age, they are called twins. When relatives and friends come for birthdays, they usually don't send money as gifts, but send birthday wishes, birthday couplets or birthday wine, cakes, dried fruits and fruits. Elegant people will receive birthday gift boxes with steamed bread, cakes, noodles, candles and peaches, which are called birthday plates. Generally, the number of longevity plates should be paired for good luck. Cake is on sale now.
When celebrating birthdays, we should pay attention to hanging the birthday hall. The display of Shoutang is usually a portrait of Shou Xingtu or pine and cypress hanging in the middle, and couplets are hung on both sides of the nave. Some of the couplets are written by themselves, and some are ordered from painting shops (or painting and calligraphy shops). Most of them choose ready-made congratulations. There is an altar with birthday candles on it in front of Shoutang. Hang silk spoons on both sides. The words "Longevity" or "Longevity is better than Nanshan Mountain" cut with gold paper are pasted on the middle silk basket. Have a birthday party on your birthday. A snack is a peach made of rice flour or flour. Eating noodles instead of rice is called "longevity noodles". If parents die before their birthdays or under the age of 60, rich people often celebrate their parents' birthdays and then hold them every 10 years. Marriage custom In the past, the most important thing for villagers in Jiahe Village to get married was wedding shoes. The girl who made wedding shoes very well was praised by everyone. The girl and the boy are engaged, and the wedding day is approaching. The girl is busy making wedding shoes. Girls are shy when they first make wedding shoes, but they avoid others when they make shoes. Hiding in the attic, singing love songs while making shoes: "Brother Qing lives in a steep stone wall, and the mountain is high and the road is far. Come over the mountains to see my sister, and the way out is grass slope. I made a pair of shoes for Brother Qing. The needle is very thin and the thread is very long. The thread is connected to Lang. " Happy scenes are written in the brow and on the face. Later, this custom changed, not only for the groom, but also for Lang's parents, brothers and sisters, and even their nephews and daughters. One person made too many wedding shoes, so he hired a helper. The female companion came and everyone sat around. Three women played gongs face to face, and their words were long. Needless to say, the object of banter is naturally a married mother. The bride lightly blames this and scolds that, but her heart is sweeter than drinking honey. I don't know how pleasant the atmosphere is. Lang Lang's laughter filled the room and the whole farmhouse. Lantern Festival custom In Jiahe rural area, people have the custom of dancing grass dragons and playing radish lanterns on the Lantern Festival. Grass dragon, also known as grass dragon, is woven from grass; Radish dragon lantern is a big radish pasted with colored paper and inserted with a few lighted incense dragon lanterns. People regard dancing grass dragons and playing radish lanterns as auspicious signs. When grass dragons and radish dragons come to the house during the Lantern Festival, the host will set off firecrackers, burn incense and pray. It is said that people who have visited the radish dragon lantern will have a bumper harvest in the new year; If the grass dragon knocks over his head, six kinds of animals will flourish in the new year. Jiahe's food culture is unique, with the reputation of "Guangzhou for the whole country and Jiahe for Hunan". Ginger blood duck, blood enema, fried meat, boiled meat, whole pig feast, and a large number of classic Jiahe dishes are well-known both inside and outside the province.
Jiahe native products have long enjoyed a good reputation. Jiahe's "Sanwei Pepper", which is famous for its sweet taste, spicy body and delicious flavor, has been included in the diversified management project of national agricultural comprehensive development and has formed industrial management. The "Chopped Pepper" and "Sufu King" produced in this county won the silver award and the gold award at the second and third international agricultural fairs respectively. Jin Jia brand tea oil, known as "clear, fragrant and pure", is fragrant in central and southern provinces; As a national commodity lean-meat pig production base county, lean-meat pigs sell well in Hong Kong and Macao markets, and the comprehensive feeding technology won the agricultural harvest project award of the Ministry of Agriculture. Shennong brand, a high-quality tobacco brand, was awarded the "Golden Leaf" medal by the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau and China Tobacco Corporation.