Folk Customs of Yidu

Yidu Folk Culture is one of the birthplaces and fusion places of Ba Ren culture and Jing Chu culture. The local folk culture is simple and old-fashioned, and all kinds of myths and legends, songs, music, dances, dwellings, diets, and places are permeated with the flavor of Ba Chu culture. The folk culture of Yidu is rich and colorful, which has the foundation of Ba Ren culture in West Hubei, and also has the flavor of Chu style in Central Hubei. At present, the most characteristic varieties of Yidu are: Yidu Banggu, Yidu Fishing Drum (Nan Guan), Chu Opera and so on, and Yidu Qinglin Temple has the reputation of being the first village of China. In addition, Yidu has a mixed population of indigenous people and han people, and the folk life, including food and living, production and labor, dress and dress up, marriage and funeral, etc., are all mixed with various characteristics of Ba-chu culture and folklore. Such as: crying marriage, crying funeral, playing funeral drums, jumping funeral, playing planting rice-planting drums, guessing lanterns and so on.