Spring Festival customs in various places

Spring Festival customs in various places - overview:

Beijing

There are many things in the family during the twelfth lunar month

Since entering the twelfth lunar month, there have been literati and poets here Spring couplets are written under the eaves of shops in an attempt to earn some money for the New Year. After offering sacrifices to the stove, New Year couplets were gradually hung up, giving thousands of households a completely new look. Some people use red paper, and some use red paper. Only the inner court and the princes of the clan use white paper with red and blue edges as a rule. Those who are not members of the clan are not allowed to use it.

In the twelfth lunar month, bunch the plum blossoms and place them in a device with a big belly and a small mouth. Place it about five feet underground. Light a fire to make the ground slightly warm. The plum blossoms will gradually turn white, and they will be placed in a paper cage. Then, go to the market to sell them, such as peach, plum, and spring. In the prosperous area, mat tents are set up and pictures are sold. Women and children rushed to buy it for fun.

On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, porridge and fruit sellers lined up in the market. There are also those who sell walnuts, persimmons, dates, chestnuts, and dried water chestnuts. They store them in baskets on their shoulders and sell them by shouting. Secondly, there are fat pheasants, Guandong fish, wild cats, wild ducks, cured meats, iron sparrows, fruit covers, giant Buddha flowers, thousands of Dou Guang, and Louzizhuang Yuanbao. After the 10th day of the lunar month, Wei paintings, door gods, hanging coins, gold and silver foils, gold coins, selling gold coins, horse-burning paper, glass mirrors, and window holes are sold. After the 20th day, sugar melons, sugar cakes, glutinous rice bamboo cakes, and Guandong sugar are sold. The bad grass and beans are for Shenma when delivering the stove on the 23rd. There are also those who sell kiln wares, exchanging copper and silver for porcelain bowls, incense burners and candlesticks from the capital; stuffed gourds that children can use to save money; After the twenty-fifth day, sesame straw, pine and cypress branches, and atractylodes are sold for "simmering the year". Prices of all things in the twelfth lunar month are more expensive than usual, so there is a proverb that "the land and water in the twelfth lunar month are three times more expensive". At this time, the elderly always want to advise their younger generations to be careful with their money, so there is a proverb of "Twenty-seven or eight, take the goods that are equal".

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every family cooks fruit porridge. Everyone prepares rice and beans the day before, and uses fruit carvings to create figures. In the middle of the night, the porridge is cooked, and the whole family gathers together to give it to relatives and neighbors, called Laba porridge. Laba porridge is made of yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnuts, chestnuts, red cowpeas, peeled date paste, etc., cooked with water, and used externally to dye red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, and red Pond and suosuo grapes are used for dyeing. Do not use lotus seeds, lentils, barley, or guayuan, as they will damage the taste. Every day on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, peel the fruits, wash the utensils, and work all night until the porridge is ready at dawn. In addition to worshiping ancestors and making offerings to Buddha, giving gifts to relatives and friends is not allowed to pass noon. And use red dates, walnuts, etc. to make lions, children, etc., to show your ingenuity.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, an ice cellar was set up on the Yuhe River, and water was transported across the river to be stored in the inner kiln.

At the end of the watch on the twenty-third day, every family worships the stove, sets up poles in the courtyard, and hangs sky lanterns. The sacrifices include soup, rice, sugar melon and sugar cakes, and the horse is fed with fragrant glutinous rice and stir-fried beans in a bowl of water. The man prays to you with words to curb evil and promote good. Women in the inner room clean the stove, paint it with pure mud, burn incense and worship silently.

Every December, within the 19th, 20th, 21st, and 224th day, the Qintian Supervisor will select the auspicious date, seal it as usual, and announce it to the world, and all people will implement it. Public holiday. Since then, the Liyuan Theater has been closed on a certain date, with eight groups performing together, and the show will begin on New Year's Day next year. Children who go to school will also be given a break by their school teachers after the "sealing", which is called "school year break".

The 25th to New Year's Eve is said to be "the days of chaos". "Twenty-seven, wash away the guilt, twenty-eight, wash away the sloppiness."

At the end of the year, throw away the leftover medicines for a year outside the door, and burn the collected prescriptions together. , this is called "losing all diseases".

Burn pine branches, cypress leaves, atractylodes, and auspicious pills in the furnace, which is called "simmering the year".

The day before New Year's Eve is called "Little New Year's Eve". There is a banquet at home, and people call it "Farewell New Year" when people come and visit. Burning incense outdoors is called "Heavenly Incense" and usually takes three days.

There are a lot of old people on New Year’s Eve

On New Year’s Eve, people go out and mend their robes and coats to visit relatives and friends, which is called "saying goodbye to the New Year." When family members bow down to their elders, it is also called "Farewell to the New Year". Newlyweds must go to their father-in-law's house to say goodbye, otherwise it would be disrespectful.

On New Year's Eve, sesame straw should be sprinkled on every walk from the courtyard to the front door. This is called "stepping on the New Year".

On New Year’s Eve, it’s the first night of the night, with torches glowing outside the door and firecrackers ringing. There are clusters of carriages and carriages. All the officials came to the court to congratulate them on New Year's Day. At this time, the sound of firecrackers was like waves and thunder, spreading throughout the government and the public all night long. It is also mixed with the sound of rattles, melon seeds being sold to relieve boredom, glutinous rice wine being sold in ice cups, osmanthus head oil being sold to shake the sweethearts, and vegetable fine powder being sold, which is comparable to the sound of firecrackers. It is really nice to hear.

"In the home of the native people, new clothes and hats are worn, and sacrifices are made to gods and ancestors; after burning germanium and silk, the Meishuang family worship together, offer pepper plates, pour cypress wine, close steamed cakes, and sip powder soup. When going out to welcome the occasion, go to the medicine window, If you meet relatives and friends on the road, you will give them a gift and then wish them: "Blessings in the new year." "As for the entertainment utensils, there are carved flowers and fruits for tea, assorted hot pot dishes, soups with goose fat, pork steamed buns, glutinous rice cakes, and yellow millet; for wine and food, pickled chicken, bacon, and pickled herons and phoenix fish are used. , pheasant claws, deer and rabbit breasts; fruits include pine nuts, hazelnuts, peach, apricot and melon kernels, chestnut jujube branches, hawthorn cakes, green branch grapes, Baizigang durians, Qiubo pears, Pingbo fruits, lion tangerines and phoenix oranges, Orange slices and Yangmei are mixed with the delicacies of the sea and the mountains. Even if you are not close to each other, you will still have to drink three glasses of wine to celebrate the occasion. "As the saying goes, it is better to visit thousands of families during the new year. Sitting together as a family, while the four horses are noisy and happy all day long, it can be said to be a momentary victory."

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