In Changsha area, early rice is planted in An Tian, and coarse cereals such as sweet potato, corn, beans, sorghum and buckwheat are planted after harvest. Plant late-maturing varieties, such as Rudong and Chongyang, in wet fields under the low shore.
1, farmer's wind Xi Zhi "Farming the main crops like yellow croaker"?
Changsha is rich in forest resources, including hundreds of common tree species and some rare tree species, such as ginkgo biloba. Farmers like to plant camphor, cypress, bamboo, catalpa, maple, fir and other landscape trees and various fruit trees in front of and behind their houses, but in some places there is a custom of "no bamboo in front of the house, no tung in the back, no brown at the door and no pine in the yard". Toona sinensis was planted in front of the door, but it couldn't reach the eaves. .
2. The cultivation method Xi is "one-season sweet potato half-year grain"
In addition to rice, Changsha has a long history of planting crops such as barley, wheat, buckwheat, sorghum, millet, flax (black sesame), white sesame, rape, tea, sericulture, ramie, cotton and day lily. Sweet potato and tobacco were introduced in the Ming Dynasty, but they developed rapidly and were widely planted, so they were called "sweet potato in one season and grain in half a year".
3. Animal husbandry likes the forbidden "deep love for Niu Yi".
Cattle raised in Changsha, whether buffalo or yellow cattle, are raised indoors in cowsheds, and only in the morning and evening of spring, summer and autumn are they grazed by children. Farmers believe that cows eating naked aquatic plants can clear away heat and nourish. When grazing cows, people usually cut grass and scatter it in the cowshed at noon or at night. During the busy farming season, cows are fed concentrated feed, such as salt, Gu Mi and raw eggs washed with wine, to make them energetic. In winter, straw is mainly fed, supplemented by chaff and the like.
4. Animal husbandry likes the forbidden "egg love".
Raising sheep is another sideline of farmers, usually tied to the beach or hillside with ropes during the day. In particular, we should avoid sheep hurting crops, saying that the seedlings eaten by sheep can't grow. There is a proverb called "the cow's mouth is fat, the chicken's mouth is poisonous, and the sheep's mouth shrinks inward."
Chickens and ducks are the cash cow of rural housewives, and reciprocity is indispensable. Lack of matches and salt, temporarily exchange eggs; When the husband is tired, cooking two poached eggs for him is the most common behavior of "wife comforting her husband". The scale of raising ducks in Changsha is "putting ducks in the lake" (or ducks among ducks). A family of 100 ducks, or hundreds of ducks, prepare a duck shed to cook and go out to wander. Spring is the peak season for laying eggs, and dozens of pounds of eggs can be picked up every day.
5. Wedding customs
The renovation of new houses in Changsha is very particular about traditional customs. Sheets, bedspreads, pillows, quilts, etc. Should be in pairs or in pairs. The patterns and colors of most quilts are very festive to promote harmony and happiness between husband and wife.
6. China New Year customs
The 26th is a bath day, on which everything is washed clean. Bathing and washing can get rid of the bad luck of the whole year and welcome the new year. On the evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month, it is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). In addition to the meaning of leaving, we have dinner and set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, relatives, friends, neighbors and villagers around us wish each other a happy New Year. Old people at home usually wait for others to pay New Year's greetings-when others come to pay New Year's greetings, they should set off firecrackers, put candy on them and hand them tea, cigarettes and alcohol.