Luochuan people have the custom of "no smoking and no courtesy". "Luochuan County Records" records: "If a guest comes to the house, he will be greeted and let him sit on the kang and wait for yancha." In the old society, in Luochuan, people came and went to worship the hookah. When the distinguished guests arrive and sit down, the host lights the paper media first, then puts the prepared tobacco into the cigarette holder, wipes the cigarette holder with a clean towel and respects the guests with one end of the cigarette holder. After 1970s, people in this county kept cigarettes at home, no matter how rich or poor they were. After the guest enters the door, he hands a cigarette first and then makes tea. There is a saying that "guests go home and are busy taking cigarettes and pouring tea". Give cigarettes to the elderly or elders, offer them with both hands and light them. Don't throw them with your hands. When friends meet on the road, they should first smoke a cigarette and respect each other. Borrowing an open cigarette butt from a smoker is called "ignition". After lighting a cigarette, even if the other person's cigarette end is small, it is not rude to return the compliment with the tip of the flame. The locals are most taboo to give cigarettes stuck in their ears to their guests.
Some elderly smokers have been smoking dry cigarettes instead of cigarettes. At parties, they often get together to talk about cigarettes, and take out a pot of cigarettes from each other's cigarette bags, while commenting on cigarettes, and exchange experiences and modulation methods of growing cigarettes.
After 1980s, high-grade cigarettes became an important gift for contacting business and inviting people to handle affairs. As the saying goes, "there is smoke and wine, so don't worry about doing things." People in the county are disgusted and helpless, so they call the high-grade cigarettes used for gifts "explosive packs".
Weddings and funerals, weddings and funerals, full moon for children and grandchildren and other weddings and funerals in Luochuan urban and rural areas, the main family prepares banquets, and cigarettes are essential items during the dinner. Before the 1960s, the host had to give a hookah to the distinguished guests at each table for them to smoke. When there was a shortage of cigarettes in the 1960s and 1970s, the main family put cigarettes without mouths in one dish, with 8- 10 cigarettes per dish, depending on the number of smokers. In the 1980s, with the development of urban and rural economy, whenever there were weddings, funerals and celebrations, the main family would purchase cigarettes in advance, ranging from a whole box to several. In the 1990s, cigarette with mouth replaced cigarette without mouth, and middle and high-grade cigarettes replaced low-grade cigarettes, which became the main consumer goods for weddings and funerals. At the end of each wedding, the host will reward the matchmaker, the driver and the "waiter" without cigarettes. When young people in urban and rural areas get married, the bride lights a cigarette for the man who comes to make trouble in the bridal chamber. It has been established for many years. The bride took a whole box of cigarettes, gave everyone one and lit it herself. At this time, some men took the opportunity to snatch the whole box of cigarettes from the bride, some deliberately blew out the fire, some shook their heads and wagged their tails, making things difficult for the bride, and some asked the bride to finish smoking before making a toast. This kind of "game" adds a lot of fun to the wedding.
Every time a funeral is held, relatives should not only pay tribute to the guests, chefs, drivers, trumpeters and grave-sweepers who come to pay their respects, but also stick a pipe and hookah according to the hobbies and habits of the deceased before his death, or put several packs of smoking utensils and cigarettes smoked by the deceased before his death into the coffin for burial.
Building a house and moving is also a happy event. In the old society, Luochuan people built kilns and houses, and the owners placed dry tobacco bags on the construction site for craftsmen and coolies to smoke. After the popularity of cigarettes, shopkeepers usually send a pack of cigarettes to craftsmen and coolies every day. The grade of cigarettes depends on the economic situation of the owner and the smoking habits of the guests. On the day of closing Longkou, Shangliang and housewarming, the host will hold a banquet, and cigarettes are a necessity for entertaining guests. At the same time, alcohol and tobacco are also the first choice gifts for friends and relatives to congratulate.
Some of Luochuan people's smoking customs reflect simple folk customs and treat people with courtesy, while others are outdated concepts and stereotypes. With the development and progress of society, people's awareness of the harm of smoking to health is improved, and it is believed that Luochuan people's smoking customs will develop in a healthy and civilized direction.