Why is the New Year's Eve dinner in the north?

Because of its vast territory and rich resources, China has a great cross-domain, but it is often divided into north and south in customs. There is no distinction between things. The geographical dividing line between north and south is Qinling and Huaihe. However, this line is not applicable in folk customs, because our folk customs are intertwined in the north and south, and there is no way to be an intuitive line. This line can only be divided by region, which is simply a province.

But according to the distorted history, the difference between the north and the south is that Shandong, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu and its north are all north, and its south is south. The most representative difference is the difference between off-year and off-year. There is a day's difference between north and south. Of course, the off-year in some places may be misplaced.

After all, Chinese New Year is a unique festival in the customs of the Han people. The reason why it is unique is that this festival is different from the north and the south. It's not that customs are different. But the days in the north and the south are different. One is the 23rd and the other is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. Why is there such a gap?

Kitchen God

A crooked historical guess shows that this is not a difference in customs between the north and the south, one is the relationship between New Year's Eve and the other is the relationship between the big and small months. These two possibilities lead to the difference between North and South.

Because New Year's Eve is a day for the hotel to worship the kitchen god, the kitchen god needs to return to the sky to report his work on this day, and it takes about seven days to walk on the road. Then the New Year's Eve has to go back to the kitchen, and then it is a question of whether the New Year's Eve is a New Year's Eve or a New Year's Eve. If you press the first day, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is New Year's Eve. If you press New Year's Eve, then 23 is New Year's Eve. Why do we celebrate the Spring Festival on New Year's Eve? Because it's New Year's Eve and it's still midnight. If you ignore this, then the first day is the first night of the New Year.

New year's eve illustration

Another possibility is the relationship between the big moon and the small moon. The big moon is 30, and the small moon is not 30. But the chef can't decide the work report of the day according to the big moon and the small moon, so he can only fix it. After all, northerners are extensive and heroic and don't want to entangle this problem. Because of taking care of Xiao Yueyue, I took the exam one day in advance and chose 23. Over time, it becomes the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, which is the New Year's Eve.

Southerners, after all, are delicate and flowing. After all, they are serious. Because of the moon, sometimes 24, sometimes 23. Southerners who really love each other finally adopt 24 as New Year's Eve according to the big moon.

Candy for the kitchen god

Although the New Year's Eve dinner is different, the themes of the North and the South are similar. Mainly to worship the kitchen god.