There is a custom of swinging on the Lantern Festival in western Handan. From the tenth day of the first month to the climax of swinging on 14 and 15, basically everyone took part in this activity. At that time, there will be a swing competition between villages and towns.
Beggars' Day is the second day of the second lunar month.
In the mountain village near Cizhou, there is still the custom of begging for cleverness on February 2. On this day, the girls went to the nearby hills to cook their own "begging rice", such as stewing millet soup, making jiaozi and cooking rice porridge. The most important thing is to find a red wild plant fruit in the nearby bushes (it is said that this fruit can make people's hands dexterous), put it in a pot, and then every girl blindfolded and ate it with chopsticks. Everyone must make sure that there are seven in the pot before eating.
The flowers will be held from February 14 to February 16 of the lunar calendar.
There is a small town in Handan in the Woods, and there was a folk flower show as early as Ming Taizu. The flower show is divided into four groups, with more than 20 performances, such as plastic arts, martial arts, juggling and so on. , are based on some old stories or historical stories that people like to hear. At that time, you can enjoy wonderful performances in the streets and alleys, and people are coming and going, which is very lively.
On June 6th, Jinggu God was on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month.
The custom of offering sacrifices to the Valley God is still popular in Wu 'an area in the west of Handan. Around June 6, all the rice seedlings planted by local farmers have sprouted, and they look golden from a distance. In order to celebrate and pray for good weather in the future, on this day, every family will steam steamed buns and bean bags and bring them to their own fields in order to pray that the God of Grains can give people a good harvest for a year.
Handan cuisine:
In addition to a long history of tourism culture, Handan is also rich in food culture. As early as the Qing Dynasty, emperors couldn't help eating some snacks when they went to Handan for the summer. Special snacks include: Daming Ermao roasted chicken, Matou Tianfu crispy fish, Linzhang Linying braised rabbit, a basket of oil dumplings, Lintaoguan brand donkey meat sausage, 500 sausages, Laojiao Sophora seed cake, Wu 'an Lamian Noodles, Jinjie chrysanthemum bag, Daming crispy fried chicken, Cixian Pangni smoked chicken, a delicious jiaozi, Hutchison steamed stuffed bun, Guangfu brand donkey meat, Guangfu brand crispy fish, etc.