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What are the customs in Northeast China for the New Year?

Northeast customs

Northeasters pay attention to excitement and celebration during the Spring Festival, and there are many customs.

Jiaozi is lucky to eat with coins.

It is the custom of northerners to eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. People in Northeast China have the habit of keeping watch on New Year's Eve. You must eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve. Many jiaozi bags only contain a few coins (nowadays people pay attention to hygiene, so they use peanuts or other nuts instead. ), whoever eats such jiaozi indicates good luck and good luck in the new year.

In addition, people in Northeast China must eat jiaozi on the fifth day, which is also called "Breaking Five", which means to bite jiaozi, which means to eliminate all unlucky things and has the meaning of driving away disasters and evil spirits.

Eat frozen pears after New Year's Eve.

Due to the cold weather in Northeast China, some fruits will have different tastes after freezing. The most common are iced pears and frozen persimmons. It is understood that the purest is frozen autumn pear. There is a kind of pear in the north called Qiuli, which is sour and astringent when it is just picked, so people pick it and put it directly under the tree and cover it with a layer of leaves. The frozen autumn pear is sweet and sour, and rich in juice. Frozen pears should be thawed in water before eating. Eating this pear after New Year's Eve can relieve hangover and boredom.

Don't cut your hair for the first month.

Northeasters generally can't get a haircut before the first day of the second lunar month. If they cut their hair, they will kill their uncle. Therefore, the northeast people are very jealous of this, and no one will cut their hair in the first month. On February 2 nd, "the dragon looks up" means that people will have their hair cut on February 2 nd, so many people will compete for a haircut on this day for good luck.

Don't sweep the floor the first day and the second day.

In the northeast, the elderly have a saying that if they don't sweep the floor on the first and second days of the New Year's Day, they just don't want to sweep away their good luck and wealth. So we can only wait until the third day to sweep the floor.