What are the folk customs in Pingxiang?
Pingxiang folk culture is colorful, and tea picking slang, folk lanterns and ancient lacquer paintings have been passed down through the ages. Nuo culture originated from Chu witches has three treasures (Nuo noodles, Nuo dances and Nuo temples), which are called "living fossils of art". There are many kinds of folk art activities, which are handed down from generation to generation. Up to now, there are more than 30 kinds of gongs, fishing drums, flower drum lanterns, tea lanterns, cow lanterns, fish lanterns, drum dances, kite dances, lotus dances, butterfly dances, clay sculptures, porcelain sculptures, bonsai, colorful ties, bamboo weaving and folk paintings (peasant paintings, lacquer paintings, paper-cuts, pyrography, micro-carvings and root carvings) that have been preserved and circulated among the people. In particular, 1 species should be briefly described. Spring gongs-Pingxiang is the most distinctive. Spring gongs originated in the late Qing Dynasty and prevailed among the people, Pingxiang and neighboring counties (cities) such as Yichun, Wanzai, Liuyang and Liling. The artist tied a small drum with a diameter of 15 cm with red silk, and hung a small gong with a diameter 2-3 cm larger than that of the drum. Drums and gongs have been used as doors, and people go door to door to announce the arrival of spring during the Spring Festival. The lyrics are mostly 7 words and 2 rhymes per sentence, and the language is authentic Pingxiang dialect, which is popular and affectionate. The tracks are all short stories, mostly praise (praise what you see). After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the content of lyrics expanded to current events, stories, family planning, new people and new things, and the length expanded to medium-length, with erhu and other musical instruments in form, which was more beautiful and deeply loved by the masses, and became one of the important programs of various literary evening performances. The new songs "Toast", "Spring in the Millennium", "Seeing Zan", "A clever daughter-in-law with an old mandarin duck" and "Xiyingmen" have been recorded as CDs, and more than 50,000 copies have been released. They are popular for a while and can arouse the homesickness of Pingxiang compatriots at home and abroad. They are welcome gifts from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots at home and abroad and Pingxiang compatriots. Pingxiang people love spicy food. Even if a sumptuous banquet is placed in front of them, if there are no two or three spicy foods, they will say that they can't eat. This eating habit is related to Pingxiang's location in a "low and humid place". As the saying goes, "fish fart and peppers stink." Braised fish head, grass carp loin, eel and loach stir-fried Chili. Pepper can be compatible with almost all animal raw materials, and their flavors complement each other. Pingxiang's "small stir-fried dishes" are the representative of this kind of dishes. Pingxiang's spicy tastes include fresh, spicy, burnt, rotten, lobster sauce and spicy sauce, from which colorful and mouth-watering spicy dishes are derived. The spicy taste is long and hearty. Pingxiang people are unique in the processing of peppers. Paving peppers, white peppers, fried red peppers, hot sauce and spicy moldy tofu are all good side dishes.