What are the customs during the Chinese New Year?

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve refers to the night of the last day of the twelfth lunar month every year, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month). The "" in "New Year's Eve"

The word "chu" means "to go; to change; to change". The meaning of New Year's Eve is "the end of the month and the end of the year". People have to get rid of the old and start the new. If there is an old year, it will be removed here.

Put it away and replace it in the coming year. The new year means the last night of the whole year in the lunar calendar. Therefore, the activities during this period are centered around getting rid of the old and bringing in the new, eliminating disasters and praying for blessings.

Every year during the Zhou and Qin Dynasties At the end of the year, a "Da Nuo" ceremony will be held in the palace to beat the drums to drive away the ghosts of plague and calamity, which is called "Zhuchu

". Later, the day before New Year's Eve was also called Xiaochu, that is, Little New Year's Eve; New Year's Eve is the New Year's Eve.

Posting the door god

There is a custom of sticking the door god during the New Year in various parts of our country. The original door god was carved into a human form of peach wood and hung on people Next to it, there were later painted portraits of door gods.

The legendary brothers Shen Tu and Yu Lei were responsible for controlling ghosts. >Daring to enter the door will cause harm. After the Tang Dynasty, there were paintings of the fierce generals Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde as door gods, and there were also paintings of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei as door gods.

There is one door god statue on the left and right doors. , later generations often painted a pair of door gods, one civil and one military. The door gods are divided into three categories: the first category is the "door god", which is usually posted on the car door or the entire door, about four or five feet high. It is about two or three feet wide. The second type is the "street door god", which is mostly attached to the small street door. It is about two feet high and one foot wide. Both of these door gods have a black face and a black face. There are two gods with white faces. White on the left and black on the right. White is good and easy, black is evil.

Each hand holds a yue. The third category is the "house door god", which is slightly smaller and more limited than the street door god. There are black and white gods, but there are also black and white gods who are seated

. At most, there is a picture of "Qilin sending a son" on the door of the house, two dolls painted with powder and combed with crowns of princes, each riding a unicorn. This kind of The door god was supposed to be

pasted on the door of the newly married house to bring good luck. Later, it was also used as a New Year decoration on ordinary street doors.

Spring couplets

Spring couplets, also known as "door couplets" and "spring posts", are a type of couplets. They were posted during the Spring Festival, hence the name. One of the sources of Spring Festival couplets is peach charms

. Initially, people carved peach wood The human figure was hung next to the door to ward off evil spirits. Later, the image of the door god was painted on the peach wood, and then it was simplified to inscribing the name of the door god on the peach board. Another source of Spring Festival couplets is spring stickers. The ancients often posted them on the first day of spring. The word "Yichun" gradually developed into Spring Festival couplets. The real popularity of Spring Festival couplets began in the Ming Dynasty, which is related to Zhu Yuanzhang's advocacy. According to records in "Haoyunlou Miscellaneous Theory" written by Chen Shanggu of the Qing Dynasty, one year Zhu Yuanzhang

When preparing for the New Year, he ordered every house to post a Spring Festival couplet on the door to celebrate. Originally the Spring Festival couplets were inscribed on peach wood boards, but later they were rewritten on

paper. The color of the peach wood is Red, red has the meaning of auspiciousness and avoids evil, so Spring Festival couplets are mostly written on red paper. But temples use yellow paper. White paper is used in the first year, green paper in the second year, yellow paper in the third year, and red paper is resumed in the fourth year after mourning. Because the Manchu people still use white paper, the Qing court spring couplets use white paper with blue edges. On the outside, red strips are inlaid on the inside.

Pasting blessing characters, window grilles, New Year pictures, and hanging flowers

These all have the folk functions of praying for blessings and decorating homes. New Year pictures are one of the most important cultural symbols in our country. An ancient folk art, it reflects the customs and beliefs of the people

and expresses people's hopes for the future. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from the "door god". Spring couplets were originated from

The names of Shen Tu and Yu Lei developed into text, while New Year pictures still developed along the direction of painting. With the rise of woodblock printing, the content of New Year pictures is no longer limited to door gods. and so on, and gradually invited the God of Wealth into the home, and then in some New Year painting workshops, "Fu Lu

Three Stars of Longevity", "Blessings from Heavenly Officials", "Five Grains" and "Six Animals Prosperity" were produced , "Welcoming the Spring and Receiving Blessings" and other colorful New Year paintings to satisfy people's good wishes of celebrating the New Year. Because Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, advocated spring stickers during the Spring Festival

Couplets, New Year pictures also became popular due to its influence

Since then, there have been three important production areas of New Year pictures in the country: Taohuawu in Suzhou, Yangliuqing in Tianjin and Weifang in Shandong; forming the formation of Chinese New Year pictures

The three major schools of thought. In the early years of the Republic of China, Shanghai Zheng Mantuo combined the monthly calendar with New Year pictures. This was a new form of New Year pictures. This type of New Year pictures

combined into one later developed into a wall calendar. Hanging Qian is to use auspicious words engraved on red paper with a long ruler and stick it in front of the door to complement the peach charms. Those with figures of the Eight Immortals on it are hung in front of the Buddha. Hanging Qian is mostly used by ordinary households, but less used by aristocratic families. The yellow paper is three inches long, and the red paper is more than an inch long. It is the "small hanging Qian" used by shops. The earliest hanging Qian It is made of money (copper coins), which is the same as pressing

year-old money. It has the effect of suppressing victory.

Setting a heaven and earth table

This is A temporary offering table, it is a table specially set up for New Year's Eve. Generally, homes without a large Buddhist hall pay special attention to the heaven and earth table, because there are usually less offerings to the Buddha, and at the end of the year, a large reward is given to the gods and Buddhas. Once, in addition, this table is mainly used for receiving gods. The contents of the heaven and earth table

are different from those in the perennial Buddhist hall, except for the usual hanging money, incense candles, five offerings, and large offerings. , most of the idols enshrined are temporary

For example: "Hundred Percent", which is a woodcut album of god statues; "Eighteen Buddhas and Gods of the Three Realms of Heaven and Earth", is a picture album with Large-scale yellow-edged paper

Woodcut watercolor imprint of the God code; portraits of the three stars of fortune, wealth and longevity, etc. Some of the above images were incinerated after receiving the gods, such as "100%". Some of them had to be burned

Po Wu, they are not even burned until the Lantern Festival. The location of the heaven and earth table is not uniform. If the main room is spacious, it can be placed in the house. If there is no room in the house, it can be placed in the courtyard. It is said that this night is the time when the gods in the sky descend to the realm, so the folk have this custom of welcoming the gods.

Keeping the year old

The folk of our country have the habit of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve, which is commonly known as "staying up for the year". Staying the year old Starting from the New Year's Eve dinner, this New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly

from the time when the lanterns are turned on. Some people have to eat until late at night. According to Zong Mao's "Jingchu Years' Records", At least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties

There has been the custom of eating New Year's Eve dinner.

The custom of staying up late on New Year's Eve not only expresses nostalgia for the passing years, but also expresses nostalgia for the coming New Year. With good hope.

Set off firecrackers

When midnight hits the clock, the New Year bell rings, and the sound of firecrackers shakes the sky over the entire land of China. In this "New Year's Eve" During the "Three Yuan" moments of "the Yuan of the month, the Yuan of the month, and the Yuan of the hour", some places still build a "vigorous fire" in the courtyard to show that the energy reaches the sky and is prosperous. In Xiong

Around the blazing fire, the children set off firecrackers and jumped happily. At this time, the house was brightly lit, the front of the court was brilliant

The sparks were shaking, and the sky was shaking outside. The sound of the sound brings the lively atmosphere of New Year's Eve to the climax. Poets and writers of all ages always praise the coming of the New Year with the most beautiful

verses. Wang Anshi's "Yuan Ri" poem:

One year old is eliminated in the sound of firecrackers,

The spring breeze brings warmth to Tusu.

Thousands of households are as bright as day.

Always replace old peaches with new ones. Fu.

Describes the festive scene of our country's people celebrating the Spring Festival. The sound of firecrackers is a symbol of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, and the expression of festive mood

For businessmen. Setting off firecrackers has another meaning: they set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve to make a lot of money in the new year.

However, according to old customs, to respect the God of Wealth, you must be first, and when setting off firecrackers, you must be last. Legend has it that if you want to make a fortune, the firecrackers should be fired until the end

Sincerity.

Eating New Year's Eve dinner

Children playing and setting off firecrackers This time is also the busiest time for housewives in the kitchen. The New Year dishes have been prepared a few days ago, and the New Year’s Eve dinner must be cooked by the chef on New Year’s Eve. In the north, Dumplings for the first day of the Lunar New Year are also made on the 30th night.

At this time, the chopping boards in every house are busy chopping meat and cutting vegetables. At this time, the sound of chopping boards can be heard from every house. , spread out in the streets and alleys

The sound of firecrackers, the crackling sound of abacus and the ups and downs of accounting reports coming from the small shop, mixed with the laughter everywhere

, one after another, filled with ears. Intertwined into a cheerful movement on New Year’s Eve.

Eating New Year’s Eve dinner is the most lively and joyful time for every household during the Spring Festival. New Year’s Eve. Sumptuous New Year dishes are placed on the table, and the whole family is reunited.

Sitting around the table and having the reunion dinner, the sense of fulfillment in my heart is really indescribable. People are not only enjoying the table full of delicacies, but also Enjoy the happy atmosphere

There are big dishes, cold dishes, hot stir-fried dishes and snacks on the table. Generally, two things are indispensable, one is hot pot. The first is fish.

The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, indicating that it is prosperous; "fish" and "yu" are homophonic, which symbolizes "auspicious celebrations with more than enough" and also means "" >

Prosperity every year." There are also radish, commonly known as cabbage, which is used to wish for good luck; lobster, fried fish and other fried foods are used to wish for prosperity in the family, just like "fierce

fire cooking oil". The last part is usually a sweet dish, wishing you a sweet future. On this day, even if you don’t know how to drink, you will drink a little.

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There are many options for New Year’s Eve dinners, from north to south. Different places have different styles, including dumplings, wontons, long noodles, Yuanxiao, etc., and each has its own specialties. Northerners

It is customary to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, which means the alternation of the old and the new, "Gengsui Jiaozi". And because of the white flour dumplings Shaped like a silver ingot, it is served in a basin

Serving it on the table symbolizes "making a fortune in the new year, and the ingots roll in". When making dumplings, some people also wrap a few coins that have been sterilized with boiling water

Go and tell whoever eats it first will earn more money. The custom of eating dumplings was passed down from the Han Dynasty. According to legend, the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing ate it in the cold winter

The twelfth lunar month When he saw that the poor man's ears were rotten by the frost, he made a "Quhan Jiao Er Soup" to treat frostbite for the poor man. He used mutton, chili pepper

and some cold and warming medicinal materials. "Jiao Er" was wrapped in dough into the shape of an ear, cooked in a pot, and distributed to the poor. After eating, people felt that their whole body became warm and their ears felt hot. From then on, people followed suit and continued to do so. It has been passed down to this day. Eating wontons on the New Year is based on the meaning of the beginning.

It is said that before the creation of the world, there was a state of chaos. Pangu created the world, and then there were four directions in the universe, long noodles, also called longevity noodles. Eating wontons on the New Year is also called longevity noodles. Noodles,

are a wish for a hundred years of longevity.

Giving New Year's money

New Year's money is given by the elders to the younger ones. In some families, after the New Year's Eve dinner, Everyone sits at the table and is not allowed to leave. When everyone has finished eating, the elders will hand it out to the younger ones, and encourage the children and grandchildren to learn and make progress in the new year and be a good person. In some families, parents are here

At night, after the children are asleep, put them under their pillows. More and more children gather in the main hall, shouting grandparents and dad

Happy New Year to mom and dad. They lined up and knelt down to worship; then reached out for red envelopes. They even went to their grandparents' bedroom and ran to the edge of the bed together, shouting: "New Year's money, New Year's money!" The old man didn't think it was lively enough, so he pretended to be stingy. From bargaining to siege and groping, finally the ancestor's red envelope was dug out and everyone looted it before they dispersed. The old man was overjoyed at this scene and thought it was the New Year.

It is a good sign that everything will go well. Giving lucky money during the New Year reflects the care of the elders for the younger generations and the respect of the younger generations for the elders. It is a folk activity that integrates family ethics.

There is a nursery rhyme that goes:

Samsung is in the south, and every family pays New Year greetings;

The younger ones kowtow, and the older ones give money.

If you want money, twist it. Just leave.

Receive the God

The time to receive the God is to distinguish the old and new years, but the time to receive the God is not uniform. Some people start the ceremony as soon as the time comes, and some start the ceremony as soon as the time comes. Some start to pick up the gods when "Zizheng", that is, midnight, and some pick up the gods after "Zizheng". After offering sacrifices to the stove, all the gods return to the heavenly palace and ignore the customs of the world

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After midnight on New Year's Eve, that is, when the new year comes, the director comes to the human world again. The ceremony to receive the gods is held in front of the heaven and earth table, presided over by the eldest person in the family

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Because the gods live in different directions in the heavens, the directions from the lower world are naturally different. As for which god to pick up and where the god comes from, you must check the "Constitution" in advance, and then lead the whole family to hold incense. Receive the gods according to their directions in the courtyard. For example, the "Constitution" in the Xinwei year instructs: "The God of Wealth is due east, the God of Fortune is due south, the God of Nobility is northeast, the God of Joy is southwest, the God of Taisui is southwest, etc." After kowtowing according to the direction, stand and wait for the incense to be gone. Then kowtow again. Finally, remove the incense roots, idols, ingots, etc., and put them into the money and grain basin that has been prepared in the courtyard for burning.

Burn pine branches, sesame straw, etc. together. When receiving the god, firecrackers are fired, and the atmosphere is very intense.

Trampling on evil spirits

After receiving the god, the sesame straw is burned From the inside of the street door to the door of the house, people walking on it and making crackling sounds are called "trampling on the old age", and also called "trampling on evil spirits".

Since "broken" and " evil spirits" have the same pronunciation, Taking the meaning of driving away evil spirits at the beginning of the New Year.

Ancestor worship

In ancient times, this kind of custom was very popular. Due to different customs in different places, the forms of ancestor worship also varied, and some went to the wild When visiting ancestor tombs, some go to ancestral halls to worship ancestors, while most of them place ancestor tablets in the main hall at home, display offerings, and then worshipers offer incense in order of age

Kneel down. When Han people worship their ancestors, they usually make fish and meat bowls, which are served in high bowls, which is quite similar to eating with bells and cauldrons. People from the south who live in Beijing worship their ancestors in a particularly grand manner.

Most of them are eight bowls of large dishes. , there is a hot pot in the middle, and cups and chopsticks are set according to the spiritual positions. On New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, and New Year's Eve, the hot pot is opened and the dishes can be changed at any time. The Banner people worship their ancestors, which is different from Manchuria and Mongolia. Mongolian Banner people serve Yellow rice noodles fried in butter, fried in sesame oil and dipped in white sugar when withdrawing, giving it a special flavor

. Manchurian bannermen worshiped their ancestors and offered walnut cakes, hibiscus cakes, apples, and plain wax sandalwood, which was extremely quiet and solemn. .On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, vegetarian dumplings are offered.

On the Lantern Festival, the Lantern Festival is offered. Every morning and evening, incense is burned, kowtows are offered, and new tea is offered. Although the forms of ancestor worship vary, most of them are hanging shadows on New Year's Eve.

When offerings are withdrawn at night, relatives and friends who are close to you must also visit the ancestral hall when paying New Year greetings. Not only should they be careful to follow their ancestors, but they will not lose sight of their intentions, because of the virtue of respecting their ancestors

It is also This saves it.

Sending the God of Wealth

In the old days, from the opening of the Wealth Gate at midnight during the Spring Festival, people would send gifts to the God of Wealth. They would hold a piece of paper printed on the God of Wealth and shout outside the door. Saying: "Send to the God of Wealth

Here comes the master!" At this time, the owner of the house, in order to welcome the God of Wealth, gave the visitor a reward, and gave it to the God of Wealth, of course it was free of charge

Don't say some auspicious words. For example: "The gold and silver treasures are rolling in"! "There are a pair of golden lions on the left and a pair of golden phoenixes on the right"! Etc

etc. There is also a way to dress up like the God of Wealth, wearing a red robe, a gauze hat, and a fake beard

. Carrying a yellow cloth bag for collecting money, followed by a few gongs and drums, they went door to door to distribute the statues of the God of Wealth in order to ask for money. Every time they came to someone's door, they sang: "Left The compartment is full of gold and silver, and the room on the right is full of treasures." A lot of auspicious words kept coming, until the owner happily took the red paper statue of the God of Wealth and gave them some Money, these people pretending to be the God of Wealth, after thanking them repeatedly,

beating vigorously for a while, and with the sound of gongs and drums, went to other houses.

Yin Tusu Wine

Tusu wine is a kind of medicinal wine. In ancient customs, the whole family drank Tusu wine on Yuan Day to dispel unhealthy spirits. The method of making Tusu wine

is: use rhubarb and a Money, Platycodon, and Sichuan pepper are each one cent and five cents, Guixin is one cent and eight cents, Cornus officinalis is one cent and two cents, and Fangfeng is one or two cents. Contain it in a red bag.

Hang it in the well and pick it up at the Yin hour of the Yuan Dynasty. , boiled with wine for four or five times. In ancient times, the method of drinking Tusu wine was very unique. Most people always drink from the oldest ones; but when drinking Tusu wine, it is just the opposite, starting from the youngest ones. Drinking begins. Probably the young people grow up day by day and drink first to express their congratulations, while the older people drink after each year to express their condolences. The poem "Chu Ri" written by Su Zhe, a writer of the Song Dynasty Said: "Drinking Tusu at the end of every year, I will be more than seventy years old before I know it." This is what we are talking about. This kind of uniqueness

The order of drinking in ancient times often made people

feel all kinds of emotions, so it left a deep impression on people.

New Year's dinner

In the north, there are Some families also have to provide a bowl of rice, which is cooked before the New Year. It is called "every other year's meal". There is leftover rice every year, and you can't finish it all year long.

You can't eat it all this year. The meaning of New Year's rice. This pot of rice and millet is usually mixed and cooked. As the saying goes in Beijing, it is called "two rice rice", which is to have yellow and white, which is called "gold and silver." The "gold and silver rice" filled with gold and silver. In many places, the pastries, fruits and pastries prepared during the observance of the New Year's Eve are all intended to bring good fortune: eat Dates (spring comes early), eating persimmons (everything goes well), almonds (happy people), longevity fruits (immortality), and rice cakes (getting taller every year). On New Year's Eve, The whole family eats, has fun, talks and laughs.

The Spring Festival generally refers to New Year’s Eve and the first day of the first lunar month. But among the people, the Spring Festival in the traditional sense refers to the period from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, of which New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month are the climax. During the Spring Festival, my country's Han and many ethnic minorities hold various activities to celebrate

. These activities mainly focus on offering sacrifices to gods and Buddhas, paying homage to ancestors, eradicating the old and bringing in the new, welcoming the new year and blessings, and praying for a good harvest. The activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics

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The first day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar has more than 30 names in ancient times, including Yuan Day, New Year's Day, Yuan Zheng, Yuan Chen, Yuan Shuo, San Yuan, San Chao, San Zheng, Zheng Dan, Zheng Shuo, etc. After the Revolution of 1911

, when the Gregorian calendar changed to the Gregorian calendar, this day was designated as the Spring Festival to distinguish it from the New Year's Day in the Gregorian calendar. However, generally people are still used to treating it as a New Year's Day, commonly known as "Chinese New Year", "New Year's Eve", "Old Calendar New Year"

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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the folk celebration lasts for half a month.

The old custom of the Spring Festival starts at 0:00 on the first day of the lunar month. In various places in Shandong, parents usually get up first to "hand out papers" and put a fire whip before opening the door. , and then you can speak. Men worship the gods of heaven and earth under the guidance of their parents. The first meal of the Spring Festival is to eat dumplings. When cooking dumplings, firecrackers are fired. In order to drive away evil and seek good luck, In some areas, sesame straw is used to cook dumplings

It means that the new year is like sesame seeds blooming steadily, and the days are getting better and better. The dumplings need to be cooked a lot, and there must be enough left in the pot after the meal. Serve the steamed buns with the intention of having extra steamed buns and water.

After the dumplings are cooked, first serve a bowl to honor heaven and earth, and then serve a bowl to honor the Kitchen Lord. When dining, in addition to one bowl for each person, serve more One or two bowls are meant to hope that people will be prosperous. Eating dumplings is full of festive joy. The dumplings during the Spring Festival are often filled with money, dates, chestnuts, etc. Eating red dates means a new year. If you can get up early to work in the new year, you will get rich through hard work; if you eat chestnuts, it means that you can work hard and sweat profusely in the new year; if you eat peanuts, you can live a long life; if you eat If you eat money, you will get rich. No matter who eats any of them, everyone will congratulate heartily. If the child eats the money, the parents will be very happy and think that the child has a future. In addition to encouragement, they also Money is given as a token of congratulations. In many places, dumplings with vegetarian fillings are eaten on the first day of the new year, which means "a year of peace and quiet". In Linqing, various steamed buns, date cakes, and glutinous rice cakes are eaten for breakfast on the first day of the new year. etc., and served with a "whole dish" made of various meatballs, vermicelli, and cabbage.

It is called "eating for the whole year."

The custom of paying New Year greetings during the Spring Festival has a long history. It has been a long time and is still popular today. First, family worship is performed. In a family, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the peers pay New Year greetings to each other. Then, close worship is performed, which is to pay New Year greetings to the elders who have not left the fifth server. Finally, there is Pay New Year greetings from afar, giving New Year greetings to elders and relatives and friends. In the old days, you had to kowtow when paying New Year greetings, but now they usually just say hello. Businessmen

Businessmen pay New Year greetings, in addition to saying hello, they also wish each other good luck and wealth. Younger people pay New Year greetings to their elders. On the first day of the Qing Dynasty, the elders pay New Year's greetings. On the first day of the Qing Dynasty, men and married women participate in the New Year's greetings. Men and women are separated. They pay homage to their own elders and then to the elders of the clan. This is called "joint clan New Year greetings." , after that, the clan chiefs will lead them to worship the gods in various temples and ancestral halls of different surnames. This is called "Bai Zhuang Year"

Finally, the village chief directs the whole village to worship each other at the crossroads in the village. In order to resolve disputes and grievances in previous years, this is called "paying tribute to the Year of Unity". There is a custom in Yuncheng and other places of "begging for elders at the fifth watch of the Spring Festival".

Children do not make a sound after getting up, and first go and hug them tightly Chun tree, and at the same time sing "Chun tree King of Chun tree, you grow thick and I grow tall. When you grow thick, I make materials, and when I grow thick, I wear clothes." A special custom is that on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, you use a rolling pin to pound the mouse holes, and while pounding, you say, "Poke, poke, poke, nine out of ten mice are blind, and there is one who is not blind, so you have to call me

"Poke it", which is intended to ensure food security.

There are many taboos on the first day of the lunar month, which are similar in various places. Junan is taboo against pushing the mill (the mill was closed before the year, and it is not allowed to be used until the fifth day of the lunar month), and it is taboo to pick Water, avoid sweeping the floor, avoid hitting and cursing people. Avoid moving in Linyi

Avoid making money, making dumplings, eating meat, and pounding garlic. Avoid lighting lamps on the first night of the first lunar month in Yiyuan. It is said that if you light a lamp, mice will It will flood and cause disasters. It is most taboo in Jiaodong to break things on the first day of the new year. If you break something, you should hold the fragments in your hand without looking back or talking, go straight to the edge of the well and throw the fragments into the well, otherwise the "Lord" "fierce". In some places, after breaking the utensils, recite the auspicious words "

Sui Sui (broken pieces) peace" to break it. When boiling dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year, do not say "broken" if they are broken, but say "broken" instead. "

"Earned (earned)". When eating dumplings and eating garlic at the same time during the Chinese New Year, garlic is renamed "Yihe Cuisine" because "garlic" and "san"

have the same pronunciation.

Entertainment activities during the Spring Festival are very common among Shandong people. There are various forms of Yangko, dragon lanterns, lion dances, land boat races, martial arts performances, ball games, etc. From the second to the 16th of the first month of the first lunar month, there is a Drum Tower Gate Party in Qufu City. , and opened the Confucius Temple. At the meeting, there were local opera performances such as flower drums and blind tunes, folk art performances, and various vendors selling toys, fireworks, flowers

, fried cakes, etc. The meeting was held The 14th is the most prosperous day. Many people from the countryside go to the city to attend the party, which is commonly known as "gathering party". To watch the lively scene of the party, the ladies and wives of the Confucius Mansion gathered by the wall inside the gate of the Confucius Mansion. Build a platform and tent, hang lanterns and decorate with them, and hang bamboo curtains on the street side of the platform for sightseeing