Spring Festival here
twice a year
Lantern Festival here
January joy
Chinese New Year here
up to 46 days
The Xinghuafu historical and cultural district is crowded with people. Photo by She Qihui
Where is this place?
on the southeast coast
There is such a national historical and cultural city
When our Spring Festival holiday is over, they are still in full swing
This is "Lingxiu Putian, the hometown of Mazu"
This is the "Beachside Zou Lu Literature Famous State"
Meizhou women pray for New Year blessings. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
The "Nian" of Putian people
The longest in the country, no one
Starting from the "Tail Ya" on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month
By the end of "Touya" on the second day of February
A total of 46 days before and after
Here’s a little knowledge
The "tooth" mentioned here means "tooth sacrifice"
The second and sixteenth day of each month in the lunar calendar
In Fujian and Taiwan, “dental repair” is required
Merchants and common people placed tributes at the door
Worshiping the Lord of the Earth and the Lord of the Foundation
And among them
Especially the "head teeth" and "tail teeth" are the most grand.
Experience the tail-tooth banquet at the rural "flowing water table". Photo by Zhang Zhang
In Putian
"Wei Ya" is the "end" of a year's activities for merchants
It is also the "pioneer" for ordinary people's Spring Festival activities.
Putian people’s Chinese New Year
It often starts from the "tail teeth"
this day
People will enjoy good wine and good food
Celebrate a year of good harvest
Businesses will convene employees for dinner
Thanks for a year of hard work and dedication
This is where the popular “Wei Ya Banquet” and annual party dinners come from.
"Sweep patrol". Photo by Cai Hao
People in Putian prepare to conduct "sweep patrols" during the Chinese New Year
That is to say, sweep dust, sweep
In Putian
Generally, "sweeping and patrolling" can be done on even days in the twelfth lunar month.
Except for the eighth and fourteenth days of the lunar month
Clean the dust once a year
I'm glad everything is new now
Make red balls. Photo by Cai Hao
It’s the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month
Foodie benefits are coming
Every household in Putian starts making red dumplings
This bright color
Filled with glutinous rice, mung beans, etc.
Flour and food red coloring to make skin
Steamed food
It is a must-have for Putian people during the Chinese New Year.
It indicates a prosperous life and family reunion
Paste white couplets on the forehead. Photo by Ma Li
The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month
The flavor of the New Year is already strong at this time
According to ancient customs, Putian people began to busy posting Spring Festival couplets with white foreheads
This is a special door couplet
There is a piece of white paper on the red Spring Festival couplets
Rare in the country
White-fronted couplets. Photo by Cai Hao
Behind the unique folk customs
It's a painful history
more than 460 years ago
That is, the 29th day of the 11th lunar month in the 41st year of Jiajing reign in the Ming Dynasty
Japanese pirates invade Xinghua Fucheng (today’s Putian City)
Occupied the city for more than 60 days
People in the city fled one after another
On the twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month of the following year, Qi Jiguang entered Fujian.
The Japanese pirates abandoned the city and fled
Fleeing people are returning home one after another
tidy up home
A touch of white forehead on red Spring Festival couplets
Not only to celebrate the victory in the anti-Japanese war
It is also about remembering our ancestors and not forgetting history.
From then on it became a custom
The twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the year of farewell. Photo by Ma Li
24:00 on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month
Putian people will hold a ceremony to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth
Say goodbye to the past
Praying for good luck in the New Year
Commonly known as "Farewell Year"
Doing New Year's Eve dinner around the fire. Photo by Zeng Binglin
New Year's Eve
Commonly known as "Thirty Dark (Night)" in Putian
The highlight of the night is "circling the fire"
New Year’s Eve dinner should be both sumptuous and auspicious
The whole family gathers around the fire for New Year's Eve dinner and enjoys family happiness
Eat noodles for breakfast on the first day of the first lunar month. Photo by Chen Lixiong
The first day of the first lunar month
A Putian person’s day starts with a bowl of noodles on the dining table
Let’s have a good time
The age of Putian people
Hidden in the longevity noodles on the morning of New Year’s Day
The second day of the first lunar month
People in Putian do not visit each other’s homes to pay New Year greetings or visit relatives and friends.
Because when the Japanese pirates abandoned the city,
Putian people tidy up their homes
It was on this day
Go to the homes of relatives and friends to see the casualties
Commonly known as "The Day of the Dead"
"Be a big year". Photo courtesy of Putian Cultural Tourism
The fourth day of the first lunar month
(Xianyou and some mountainous areas are on the fifth day of the first lunar month)
It’s another big day for Putian people
this day
Every household follows the New Year's Eve rituals
Reunion around the fire to "celebrate the New Year" (Chinese New Year)
I missed the New Year’s Eve reunion due to the Japanese invasion.
Putian people celebrate the New Year on the fourth (or fifth) day of the first lunar month
Inherited to this day
Forming the unique custom of holding Spring Festival twice a year
Lantern Festival "Fu Shou" feast. Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The third day of the first lunar month to the second day of the second lunar month
"Lantern Festival" has begun
Putian people’s month-long “Carnival”
Different winds and customs in every village
Orange Tower, Sugarcane Tower, Yancai, Candle Mountain
Exquisite sacrifices are amazing everywhere
Lantern tour, horse racing, costume driving, floats
Eight villages move together, the scene is spectacular
A trip to Putian during the first lunar month
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People build "orange towers" to pray for blessings in the first month of the year. Photo by Cai Hao
The third day of the first lunar month
Jiangdong Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District
Start building the 10,000-jin orange tower
The earliest Lantern Festival celebration in the country
Start from Putian
Setting up a brown sedan chair to celebrate the Lantern Festival. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
The fifth day of the first lunar month
Puban Village, Xindu Town, Licheng District
Setting up a brown sedan to jump over the fire
Check out ancient folk customs that have been passed down for more than 500 years
There are thousands of people in Fangshan carrying thousands of loads. Photo by Zeng Binglin
The sixth day of the first lunar month
Fangshan Village, Sanjiangkou Town, Hanjiang District
Thousands of people carry burdens
Nanyuzi Village, Fengting Town, Xianyou County
Stepping on charcoal and jumping into fire with bare feet
different forms
same prayer
The golden body of Meizhou Mazu surrounds Meizhou Island. Photo by Cai Hao
From the eighth to the fourteenth day of the first lunar month
The golden body of Mazu goes around Meizhou Island
Thousands of people escorted the whole island and rejoiced
The array performance intangible cultural heritage experience
Compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait hold bonfire and celebrate Lantern Festival together
The ninth day of the first lunar month
Pinghai Town, Xiuyu District
Pinghai Acropolis God Parade
It has been practiced for more than 600 years
People "make red balls" to pray for blessings during the first month of the year. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
The tenth day of the first lunar month
Xiaxushunji Temple, Handong Street, Hanjiang District
A super large red ball with a diameter of nearly 100 centimeters
Chunjing Vegetarian Vegetables Kneaded with Flour
Celebrate the Lantern Festival together
Believers "put up brown sedan chairs" and jump over the fire to pray for blessings in the ancient city of Puxi. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
same night
At Anning Palace Square, Jiufeng Village, Wutang Town, Hanjiang District
A 2-meter-high pine firewood pile with blazing flames
Young men carrying brown sedans took turns rushing into the fire
It means that life will be prosperous in the coming year
thrive
Sugarcane Tower of Yanning Palace. Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The thirteenth day of the first lunar month
Quanshan Community, Bangtou Town, Xianyou County
Bench dragon circle lamp, ten miles long
Yanning Palace, Hanxi Street, Hanjiang District
365-story sugarcane tower, nearly five meters high
Xianyou Lantern Festival Lantern Festival. Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month
In Fengting Town, Xianyou County, thousands of people visited the lanterns
In Nanmen Community, Chengxiang District, 42 brown sedans were deployed.
Jinsha Palace in Donghai Town, surrounded by lanterns
Thousands of people participated and crowded
“It’s so lively”~~
"Chonghua". Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The sixteenth day of the first lunar month
Huadong Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District
"Chonghua" prays for blessings and celebrates the Lantern Festival
Fireworks are set off in the sky, and the flames are flying
The virgins are making swallowing gestures on top of it
Cross the Nuo fire barefoot. Photo by China News Service reporter Lu Ming
The seventeenth day of the first lunar month
Songdong Village, Wutang Town, Hanjiang District
Stepping on fire barefoot
Pray for prosperity in the coming year
Fuye Village held a "carrying a sedan chair into the sea" prayer ceremony. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
The eighteenth day of the first lunar month
Fuye Village, Nanri Town, Xiuyu District
Young adults carry sedan chairs towards the sea
Bumping in the sea, dancing on the waves
Praying for a good harvest of fish in the coming year
"Childlike" performers "go up the knife ladder" to pray for blessings in Puxi Ancient City. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
The nineteenth day of the first lunar month
Puxi Ancient Town, Shanting Town, Bei'an
Climb the knife ladder barefoot
Throw copper coins on the top of the ladder
Thousands of people rush for "peace"
Zaoli dance performance. Photo by Cai Hao
The twentieth day of the first lunar month
Dongjin Village, Lingchuan Town, Chengxiang District
Zaoli dance
Celebrating a good harvest
Lantern Festival blooms. Photo by Guo Jinyu
The twenty-first day of the first lunar month
Gaomei Village, Sanjiangkou Town, Hanjiang District
The child's body is shirtless, and the flames are flying
Lantern Festival fireworks
Enjoy good health in the coming year
Jump over the fire. Photo by Guo Jinyu
The twenty-third day of the first lunar month
Zhenjiang Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District
Carrying a brown sedan shirtless
Running barefoot over charcoal fire
The barefooted villagers sat firmly on the "knife sedan" made of steel knives, and from time to time they hit their backs with iron balls with a diameter of 10 cm. Photo by China News Service reporter Wang Dongming
The twenty-fourth day of the first lunar month
Zhenqian Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District
Hit the back with an iron ball to commemorate the heroic resistance against Japan
Dingshe Village, Huashi Town, Xiuyu District
Temple fair parade, art street parade
Everywhere you go is bustling
Running twenty-six at the end of the Yangtze River, riding horses to welcome the Spring Festival and celebrate the Lantern Festival. Photo by Wang Zhenrong
The twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month
Yangwei Village, Baitang Town, Hanjiang District
Children dressed up as General Cai'e
Horse racing to welcome the Spring Festival and Lantern Festival
"Tail light". Photo by Xu Jinshan
The twenty-ninth day of the first lunar month
Wenfeng Tianhou Palace, Licheng District
Thousands of Mazu admirers
Light the Candle Boat "Tail Light" on Zhushan Mountain
Pray for peace and prosperity in the coming year
Grab bean balls and strive for luck. Photo by Zhu Yixia
February 1st
Sihua Village, Longqiao Street, Chengxiang District
Thousands of people grab bean balls
Thousands of people strive for good fortune
Second day of February
Xiajiangtou Village, Huangshi Town, Licheng District
Sitting in a sedan chair and playing iron ball
Celebrating the Lantern Festival in Putian, the joyful month of January
put an end to
Have a great time during the New Year
It’s always been fun to celebrate the New Year
Come to Putian to celebrate the New Year
Follow Xiaoxin HIGH for 46 days
Every day is different
Year of the Dragon Spring Festival
Let’s go to Putian to welcome the Spring Festival and receive blessings
Reporters: Ye Qiuyun, Wang Dongming and Lu Ming
Some pictures were collected and compiled by the Propaganda Department of Putian Municipal Party Committee
(China News Service WeChat official account)