What are the Spring Festival customs in Guangdong?

1. The spring flower market lasted from1February 28th to the middle of New Year's Eve, and millions of people took part in it.

Giving lucky money is an important part of this custom. The elders should give money to the younger generation, and the younger generation who can make money should also give money to the elders. On the morning of New Year's Day, the first thing to do is to pay New Year's greetings to the family. Often, the younger generation pays New Year's greetings to the elders first. After breakfast, each of them pays a New Year call to relatives and friends. But not far.

Cantonese people must buy a pot of kumquat, a pot of narcissus, or a peach blossom for the Spring Festival. Yes, Cantonese people bought the whole peach tree home. Peach blossoms are to Cantonese what Christmas trees are to Westerners. Guangdong people have a soft spot for flowers. No matter elegant people or vulgar people, they should buy old ones such as peach blossoms and mix them with various flowers during the New Year.

Lions in Guangdong are different from lions in other provinces and are called "lion awakening". In ancient times, there was a plague in Nanhai, Guangdong Province, and countless people died. At this time, a god beast appeared, and the plague disappeared wherever the god beast went. In order to repay the kindness of the god beast, the villagers made it look like a god beast with bamboo sticks and paper, and danced with drum music to show their dedication.

Because the god beast looks like the legendary lion, it is also called "Rui lion" by the villagers. "Rui" is homophonic with "sleep" in Cantonese, which is unlucky. In order to avoid taboo, and "Rui lion" also implies the meaning of exorcism, it was changed to "wake the lion"

5. Xie Zao: On the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month, it is called "Xie Zao", "Send Zao" or "Sacrifice Zao". Tributes to the stove include: a bowl of rice, two pieces of sugar, a gift, a bowl of clear water, a gift of roast pork, some sugar cane, oranges, paper money and so on.