Planning, diligent in labor, leisure or spare time, also engaged in sideline production. Rural families generally raise them.
Poultry and livestock, some go out to study art and work, carpenters, masons, sculptors, tailors and coppersmith.
Craftsmen are all over the rural market towns. Putian farmers said: "No matter what the grain is, there will be a loss" and the clothes are "new"
One year, the old year, and one more year. Later, the standard of living improved, and most people
Or take "careful planning and living within our means" as the principle of managing families.
Diligence. Diligence is also the traditional virtue of Putian people. In the past, Putian farmers were very diligent.
In addition to a year's agricultural production, I also use the slack season to go out to work or carry the burden to earn coolies. Overseas Chinese in Putian,
When I first went abroad, most of them worked as coolies. The farmers have been working hard.
Tradition. For example, in order to ensure a bumper agricultural harvest, Dongzhen, Waidu, Shipan, Guishan,
Li Jing and other 12 large and medium-sized reservoirs have dug up main canals and branch canals all over the plain coastal areas and built farmland irrigation.
Irrigation system.
Respect the elderly and care for orphans. Respecting the elderly and loving the virtuous is also a traditional virtue of Putian people. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to filial piety,
There are dozens of people who were built by the court. The story of "twenty-four filial piety" is in Putian.
A household name, passed down from generation to generation. In the clan, the old man is elected as the head of the clan and the head of the family to manage public welfare affairs.
Handle family disputes. In society, when encountering problems, ask the elders to make way for the elderly.
. It is the duty of children to support their parents. Whenever the old man's birthday, the children prepare birthday gifts to celebrate. Married women
Every year, children should prepare meat, noodles and gift plates to celebrate their parents' birthdays. If their daughter-in-law is unfilial, she will
Will be discussed and condemned. Old people and orphans who have lost their loved ones are often taken in by relatives, friends and neighbors.
Raising and caring.
Work together. Putian folk still retain the custom of neighborhood harmony, mutual help and love. A family has
Difficult, neighbors help each other, and when a family meets a happy event, neighbors always help each other enthusiastically. When building a house, it is financially.
In terms of labor, most of them support each other and solve difficulties. Qi Xin's cooperation is also a good tradition of Putian people.
Be charitable. Putian people are willing to donate to charity. Such as paving roads and bridges,
Construction of hospitals and schools, etc. , usually organized through private donations and materials. Song Li Yangwei Fu Wei.
Twenty-four bridges have been built in Putian. In the Ming Dynasty, Lin Longjiang gave his family money to the victims of the Japanese disaster.
Nearly 20,000 bodies were collected. Now, overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are interested in schools and hospitals in their hometown.
It is more generous and enthusiastic to benefit the cause.
Diligent and studious. After palace examination in the eighth year of Shaoxing in Song Dynasty (1 138), Emperor Gaozong asked Chen Junqing, a native of Putian, "Qing?
The soil is neat? Jun Qing replied: "Pines and cypresses are planted in thin fields, and poor children study." . Reading is also from Putian.
Good atmosphere. Ming Hongzhi's "Xinghua Fuzhi" contains: "Old habits and diligence ... are learning.
Dedication. Ming Dynasty's "Eight Min Tong Zhi" contains: "Reading is the first of the eight Min". Putian is born with a large population and little land.
Life is hard and frugal, and many people educate their children with "reading is proud", forming a social atmosphere of being diligent and eager to learn.
From the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, more than 1400 people in Putian were admitted to Jinshi, and nearly 10 people won the first prize, ranking second.
Six people, five people explore flowers. At present, there are more than 1000 doctors in Putian, and these people reflect Putian.
The virtue of being diligent and eager to learn.