What are the traditional festivals and customs in Henan?

Traditional festivals and customs in Henan;

1. The atmosphere of the New Year begins on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, because the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month requires "offering sacrifices to stoves". As the name implies, it means to sacrifice to the kitchen god. On this day, the newly invited kitchen god will be posted in the kitchen, and then he will eat sesame candy at night. 24 to 25 are the days to go to the market to buy new year's goods.

On February 26th, we started steaming new year's goods, such as jujube cakes served, steamed buns for dinner, bean bags and sugar bags. Steaming these things is not done in a day. Most of them are steamed in three days. Twenty-eight, stick the official horse. In other words, our side has been posting couplets since the 28th, but there has been a slight change in these years, and they have all been changed to the 29th.

3, 29, left in rags. The 29th is usually about cleaning the house, cleaning the house, selling unused things and cleaning the glass.

4, 30 years old, including Jiaozi. At the age of 30, most women stay at home and pack jiaozi, while men go out to chat and play. Of course, men also include jiaozi. This is not absolute. At noon, men will go to the grave in the field and invite the "ancestors" in the village to their homes to worship on the windowsill or behind the door.

5. I needed supplies last time. It's called Dagong. It is specially provided, usually with prescription meat, jujube hill (jujube hill is a kind of steamed bread with dates on it, which looks like a mountain) and vegetables. One * * * is three, because it is to worship God. God has three ghosts and four, but only three can be used. The work of the year before last has been completed, and the rest is the New Year and the year after next.

6. At four or five o'clock in the morning of the first day, the women in the village will get up early. After cooking jiaozi, they still offer sacrifices and set off firecrackers. At this time, they won't open the door.

7. After eating jiaozi, open the door. Senior students begin to "meet" and junior students begin to "kowtow". However, men usually give a bowl of jiaozi to the elderly who are separated from their families (such as grandparents or parents), and then kowtow to the elders at home to pay New Year greetings.

8. In the future, I should go to the village to pay New Year greetings to my elders. The generations in the village seem to be chaotic, but in fact they are all very orderly. There are rules about who goes to pay New Year greetings.

9. Some people who have old people at home, or who are older than others, will get together at home. Others come to their home to pay New Year greetings. They should prepare some cigarettes, sugar, melon seeds and wine.

10, the kowtowing activity will last until around 8 am, which is the end of my street. Then young people, who have good friends in my village, will kowtow to each other's parents to celebrate the New Year.