Cantonese people’s Spring Festival customs

1 New Year customs in Guangdong.

The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China and Guangdong. The Spring Festival in Guangdong has its own local characteristics. Starting from the middle of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's goods are purchased; before New Year's Eve, the character "福" or New Year pictures are hung on the door or in the hall. Some people also hang the character "福" upside down, which means "福" arrives. On New Year's Eve, some families go to hotels and restaurants to have reunion dinner and then "walk through Flower Street." From the first to the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, when relatives, friends or acquaintances pay New Year greetings to each other, married or elderly people should seal "profits" to unmarried people or children...

Local Characteristics of the Spring Festival in Guangzhou

The Spring Festival is the Lunar New Year's Day and is the most important traditional festival in China and Guangzhou. The Spring Festival in Guangzhou not only has the basic content of the Chinese Spring Festival, but also has its own local characteristics. Starting from the middle of the twelfth lunar month, New Year's goods are purchased; before New Year's Eve, the character "福" or New Year pictures are hung on the door or in the hall. Some people also hang the character "福" upside down, which means "福" arrives. On New Year's Eve, some families go to hotels and restaurants to have reunion dinner and then "walk through Flower Street." From the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month, when relatives, friends or acquaintances pay New Year greetings to each other, married or older people should seal "profits" (i.e. red envelopes) to unmarried people or children to show good luck. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, "tangyuan" is eaten during the Lantern Festival, which means that the whole family will be reunited safely and happily in the new year.

Guangzhou’s Spring Festival customs are also different from other regions:

1. From the 28th of the twelfth lunar month to the late night of New Year’s Eve, a Spring Festival flower market is held, with millions of people People take part in flower market activities.

2. Place flowers. Must-have items for every home, including New Year oranges, daffodils and fresh flowers.

3. Celebrate People’s Day. People's Day falls on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, and many people in Guangzhou hold sumptuous family banquets on this day to celebrate.

Spring Festival customs in Chaoshan area

Among the traditional Chinese festivals, the Spring Festival is the most important. Therefore, the Chaoshan area has many customary activities that are both similar to and different from the Central Plains area.

At the beginning of the new year, the first thing to do is to post couplets on door gods. In the Spring Festival couplets in the Chaoshan area, we often see the word "spring" written in Douda on a single door or a grain mat or a blessing niche. The word "spring" here has two meanings: one means that spring returns to the earth and everything is renewed; the other is that "spring" is cleverly used to harmonize with the "cun" of Chaoyin, which expresses the good wishes of having more than enough every year. This is similar to the way northerners like to eat fish at their feasts, which sounds similar to the word "yu". Legend has it that the most famous couplet in the Chaoshan area is the one written by Lin Daqin, a Chaozhou talent in the Ming Dynasty, "As time goes by, people live longer, and spring brings happiness to the universe."

During the Spring Festival, another distinctive folk activity in Chaoshan is "Chunsheng" (Chunsheng, a bamboo woven gift basket with a lid divided into three or four layers, usually used in pairs. , so it is also called "Dan Chunsheng"). Sending New Year's money is an important custom in Chaoshan Spring Festival. Elders should give money to their younger generations, and younger generations who can make money should also give money to their elders. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first thing everyone does is to send New Year greetings to their families. It is often the younger generations who wish the elders first. After breakfast, everyone would like to send New Year greetings to their relatives and friends. A Chaoshan proverb says: "If you are interested in greeting the first and second day of the new year, you have no intention of greeting the third or fourth day of the new year." It means that the earlier the New Year greeting is, the more sincerity it will show.

Chaoshan people return to their natal homes

On the second and third day of the first lunar month, married daughters take their husbands and children back to their natal homes to pay New Year greetings. When a daughter returns to her parents' home, she must bring a big bag of biscuits and candies, and her mother distributes them to the neighbors and folks, just like during the Chinese New Year. If there are multiple daughters in the family, and these daughters do not come back on the same day, then they have to come one at a time. The gift is quite thin, just four biscuits. However, the affection it reflects is very strong. The real thing is "little etiquette but heavy affection". It expresses the girl's deep longing for her fellow villagers. When the girl returns home, if there is a nephew at home, the aunt will have to dig into her pocket again. Although the money was given to her on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the meaning this time is different. This custom is called "eating the sun and the day" by Chaoshan people. As the name suggests, it is just for lunch, and the daughter must rush back to her husband's house before dinner.

Spring Festival taboos in Chaoshan area

Because the first month is the beginning of the year, Chaoshan people often regard it as a sign of good or bad luck in the new year. There are a lot of "taboos" at times.

In terms of words, any words such as "broken", "bad", "dead", "light", "ghost", "kill", "sick", "pain", "lost", "poor", etc. are unlucky. Words are forbidden to be uttered. It is also taboo for babies to cry, because crying means "no luck" and indicates illness and misfortune. Therefore, even if a child gets into trouble on this day, you cannot hit him or scold him, lest he cry endlessly. In terms of behavior, you should be extra careful when handling cups, plates, bowls, and saucers, and do not break them. If they are accidentally broken, the custom of getting water has become just a formality. The custom of sweeping the floor is also slowly being phased out, because during the Spring Festival, firecrackers are set off, people come and go, and there are a lot of paper scraps and garbage on the ground. It is really unethical to not clean the floor. Therefore, from the perspective of paying attention to hygiene, many young people do not pay much attention to these traditional taboo customs.

Creditors are not allowed to come to collect debts on this day, because people believe that collecting debts on this day is unlucky for both borrowers and lenders. It is also taboo to take things out of other people's pockets. It is believed that if someone picks out the pockets on the first day of the first lunar month, it may lead to the risk of being "emptied" throughout the year.

Avoid the death of people and avoid holding funerals, as this will bring bad luck to the family. At the same time, it is forbidden to get a haircut on this day, because people always like to associate haircuts with funerals on this day. It is even forbidden to kill animals on this day. Killing animals is considered to lead to disasters such as knife disasters, military disasters, and blood disasters. However, now that people's living standards have improved, they eat fresh and fast, so they have no worries.

In terms of diet, it is strictly forbidden to take medicine on this day. Otherwise, it is considered that it will lead to illness and constant medication for a year. There are several sayings about not eating meat for breakfast on the first day of the Lunar New Year: one is that if you eat a vegetarian meal, its function is equal to a year; the other is a metaphor for managing the family diligently and frugally, and not being extravagant and wasteful. (End)

Spring Festival in Zhanjiang

Like other places in the country, the Spring Festival is the most solemn and rich traditional festival among the people, but the Spring Festival in Zhanjiang also has local characteristics. The Spring Festival in rural areas usually takes about a month from preparation to completion. Preparations begin in mid-December of the lunar calendar, including renovating the house, purchasing furniture, adding new clothes, purchasing various new year goods, etc. New Year goods include cane sugar, glutinous rice, New Year paintings, couplets, candies, biscuits, firecrackers, etc. Most of the money earned in a year is used for the Spring Festival.

The most lively scenes on the 29th or 30th day of the new year are pig slaughtering, catching pond fish, and going to the New Year's Eve Fair, where men, women, old and young all go out. In the evening, every household pastes "New Year's red", including New Year paintings and traditional "door gods". Most of the couplets are related to wealth and wealth. The families of military martyrs paste "Carry forward revolutionary tradition and strive for greater glory" issued by the civil affairs department on the door. "", the kitchen, pig, and chicken pens are labeled with "enough food", "six livestock are prosperous" and other horizontal inscriptions. After the reunion dinner, the new year's money is distributed. At 12 o'clock, every household sets off firecrackers to see off the old and welcome the new.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, three taboos are generally popular in rural areas: taboos on killing animals, taboos on pouring water, and taboos on sweeping the floor. Some rural areas are still accustomed to fasting. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, I started visiting relatives and friends. You come and I go. During this period, most villages and towns hold lion dances, wandering gods, colorful parades, dramas, martial arts performances, ball games, etc. There are all kinds of folk activities, which last for more than half a month.

Zhaoqing people complain about being tired during the New Year

Zhaoqing people have many unique customs during the Spring Festival. For example: fried squid, boiled, wrapped and steamed brown rice. Just talking about boiled, wrapped and steamed brown rice can tire a lot of people. The women in the family first have to spend half a day washing dozens of kilograms of glutinous rice in a large pot. If it is a big family, it may weigh more than a hundred kilograms. They prepare fat meat, soybeans and other ingredients, and spread the pre-washed winter leaves on the table. , first put the glutinous rice on top, then put a piece of fat and a small amount of soybeans, mung beans and other ingredients in the middle, close the winter leaves tightly, wrap it into a pyramid-like shape, and tie it with straw, leaving a handle. , thus completing the packaging work of a steamed bun. It takes a skilled woman two minutes to wrap a steamed bun. The size of the steamed buns is related to the habits of each family. Generally speaking, the steamed buns in rural areas weigh one kilogram, and the larger ones weigh more than two kilograms. In the city, there are also 7 or 8 taels. A few dozen kilograms of glutinous rice means dozens. Wrapped and steamed. Don't think that it's done once the packaging is done. In fact, the most heartwarming and time-consuming work is about to begin - cooking, wrapping and steaming.

If the preliminary work is done by women, then the work of steaming is a matter for men and children. Zhaoqing people have a special rule when cooking steamed buns and must cook them for twelve hours. Maybe this is not a special rule, but a special rule. It is difficult to cook without cooking it for such a long time. Dozens of wrappers are steamed into a huge iron bucket, which is like a large gasoline bucket. Filled with water, placed on a temporary stove made of stones and bricks, and lit with firewood, which is usually Choose wood knots so that you can burn slowly for several hours before you need to refill the firewood. Cooking for twelve hours requires watching the fire. This is the unique New Year enjoyment of Zhaoqing people. Why? You'll know after reading it. The wrapper is steamed and fragrant. It is a must-have staple food for the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. It is homemade and given to each other by neighbors. When you open the winter leaves, the hot steam wafts out. The fragrance of winter leaves, glutinous rice mixed with meat fills the air. In the house decorated with lights and colorful lights, the whole house is full of happiness and joy. The simplicity, enthusiasm and hard work of Zhaoqing people are just like this solid and fragrant steamed bun

From the 1950s to the mid-1980s, as soon as you walked on the streets of Zhaoqing before the Spring Festival, you would be amazed. You can see this scene. A temporary brick stove has been set up in front of every house, and a huge iron bucket is cooking on the stove. A family gathered around to watch the fire. The adults smoked cigarettes and occasionally added a piece of firewood to make the fire. The children gathered around them. The cold wind was driven away by the stove fire and the steam. The children's fat faces were glowing with flames. , with bright eyes wide open, listening to the adults telling stories about the autumn moon and spring flowers, fairies descending to earth, and causing havoc in heaven. This scene has now disappeared in the urban areas of Zhaoqing, but this unique memory still warms the hearts of many Zhaoqing people.

At that time, outsiders said that people in Zhaoqing were tired during the holidays and were asking for trouble, but the men, women, and children in Zhaoqing were all looking forward to the New Year. They wanted to relive the warm family reunion more than anyone else. The beating flame, the fulfilling labor. The current aftertaste has made many Zhaoqing people feel a sense of warmth from their Dantian, making their noses sore, their eyes moist, and their hearts reset. Angstrom? A sigh, beautiful and simple folk customs, the eternal pure land in the hearts of Zhaoqing people. (End)

Spring Festival Customs in Gaoyao County

The Spring Festival is the first day of the first lunar month and is the most important traditional festival for the people of Gaoyao County. Before the festival, every household is busy cleaning, preparing new year's goods, and making "fruit steamed" rice dumplings. Lunar New Year's eve. Commonly known as the New Year's Eve, residents put up red Spring Festival couplets in front of their doors, decorate with lights and decorations indoors, and decorate with pots of oranges and flowers. That night, they have a family reunion dinner, gather together to have family fun, sit around to watch the New Year, and firecrackers blast from thousands of households. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the old customs stay at home and do not go out or sweep the floor. The second day of the Lunar New Year is commonly called "the beginning of the new year". Three birds are slaughtered, lettuce and garlic are prepared to worship the gods, praying for good weather and good luck. During the Spring Festival, people wear red and green, and the market flags are flying, colorful. Non-governmental organizations perform lion dances to celebrate the New Year and hold various cultural and entertainment activities. Relatives and friends pay New Year greetings to each other, sending steamed fruits, fried horns, Baotou fruits, etc., giving red envelopes (profits) to children when they see relatives, friends, and acquaintances saying auspicious words to each other when they meet. It has become an indispensable etiquette for newlyweds to visit relatives' homes for New Year greetings.

Fengkai County Spring Festival Customs

The Spring Festival is the most important traditional folk festival in Fengkai County. On this day, people who go out go home one after another to reunite. Mass festival activities usually start on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. Indoor and outdoor cleaning and preparation of New Year goods are carried out. Women are busy wrapping glutinous rice balls and steaming rice cakes to welcome the New Year. The annual products are mainly glutinous rice cakes, sometimes wrapped with steamed, peanuts, sesame-glutinous rice paste, sweet cakes, "Shashuang" (sticky rice products), as well as fried sugar rings, fried Xi (made in the north, hollow, Made in the south), after liberation, they also became popular in popping up slots, making wontons, soup balls, etc. Before New Year's Eve, there is also the custom of sending off and greeting the Kitchen Lord. On the 23rd of the 12th day of the twelfth lunar month, the God of Stove is sent to heaven, and on New Year’s Eve, the God of God is enthroned. To welcome and send off the Stove Lord, three animals should be prepared and wine should be offered to worship him. Legend has it that the Kitchen God will go to heaven to report the situation of the owner of the family to the Jade Emperor. Therefore, the people respect the Kitchen God very much. They burn incense and worship every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, hoping that the Kitchen God will say a few good words to him when he goes to heaven. On New Year's Eve, every household posts couplets and door gods, buys meat and kills chickens, and prepares silk noodles, yuba, spinach, incense letters and other sacrifices to worship the gods. For dinner, each family has a "reunion dinner" with sumptuous food and wine. In many rural areas, it is customary for the whole family to sit around the brazier in the hall until dawn, which is called "watching the year."

The stove is ignited with rice husks or charcoal, and the fireworks are kept all night long, and "eternal lanterns" are lit to show the goodwill of "Eternal Day". In many places, it is customary to reserve "meals for every other year" to show that there is "more than enough every year." Starting at midnight, firecrackers are set off to "welcome the New Year". City people also take to the streets to walk around, which means "good luck" and "good luck" in the New Year. Fireworks and firecrackers continue in urban and rural areas.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, in some places it is customary to eat sweet soup balls and noodles, while in other places it is customary to eat vegetarian food all day long. When old and young meet for the first time, they all salute and bow to each other and wish each other good luck. The young people pay New Year greetings to their elders, and the elders distribute red envelopes and candies to the younger ones. Each house is equipped with refreshments, cigarettes, candies, etc. to entertain guests. Everyone is wearing new clothes, and the streets and villages are full of people, and the atmosphere is full of joy. The second day of the Lunar New Year is the first day of the new year. In many places, it is customary to kill chickens to worship gods. Those who fast or eat vegetarian food on the first day of the new year will have a feast on this day. Since then, people all over the country have been accustomed to paying New Year greetings to each other, visiting relatives, and visiting friends, creating a festive atmosphere in both urban and rural areas. Lion dance troupes, dragon dance troupes, and music drum troupes go to cities and villages to celebrate the New Year. Those receiving congratulations should prepare tea, candies, and cigarettes and receive them warmly. There were also lion dances, martial arts performances, firecrackers, red envelopes, etc. The crowds of people watching the scene were very lively. County Boundary Continent Sike's traditional folk performances such as Shaanjin White Horse Dance, Five Horse Patrol Dance and Tea Picking Opera are performed in four townships, and also performed in Mushuang, Cangwu County, Guangxi and other places adjacent to it. The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is "Human Day". Generally, people do not go out or visit relatives and friends. During the Lantern Festival in many places, it is customary to eat soup balls during the Lantern Festival, signaling that the new year will begin with "a good idea." Nanfeng and Jinzhuangwang in the county are more lively than the "Lantern Festival" than New Year's Eve and the first day of the Lunar New Year. The Western Temple of Dutou City held a gun festival on that day. Many merchants or residents jointly prepared golden pigs (i.e. roasted pigs) to worship the Bodhisattva, praying to the gods to ensure business prosperity and wealth in the new year; to bless the residents of the neighborhood to have good fortune in all directions, and prosperity of the livestock. Everyone is healthy. There are huge crowds of people inside and outside the artillery field, and this happens every year.

Heyuan Hakka Spring Festival Customs

The Spring Festival, commonly known as the New Year, is the largest and most solemn festival of the year. Entering the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, men are looking for ways to find more money to buy new year goods, while women are cutting more firewood and mowing grass to prepare for the New Year. December 25th is the "Enter the New Year", commonly known as "Ghost Locks the Mountain Gate". Women do not go to the mountains to cut firewood and mow grass, but clean and maintain hygiene at home to welcome the New Year. In the 12th month of the lunar calendar, every household begins to prepare "New Year's goods" and rush to make "New Year's ingredients". The indispensable New Year products are as follows:

Sichuan sugar. A kind of sucrose produced in Longchuan, Heyuan, Zijin and other places. It is characterized by its strong stickiness and is suitable for making rice cakes. Almost every household purchases hundreds of kilograms of it. New clothes. Each person should at least make a new set of clothes, a new pair of shoes, and buy a new pair of socks. rice. Generally speaking, each household must prepare enough food rations for at least one month, and the drums are not allowed to be used until the "first month". In the past, there were no processing machinery such as rice mills, and all the rice was processed manually using rice mills and rice mills. The workload was very heavy, and most of the time it took three or four days of hard work to complete.

Fried rice cakes. Its production process is as follows: boil sticky rice or glutinous rice and dry it in the sun, then mix it with sand and heat and stir-fry it in an iron pot. Some use vegetable oil to fry it, which is called fried rice. Then fry the Sichuan sugar into a slurry, put the fried rice, peanuts, sesame seeds and other ingredients into the syrup, stir well, scoop it up, put it in a wooden frame made of boards, lay it flat and compact it, and cut it into rectangular pieces with a knife. Fried rice cakes taste sweet and crisp, and are loved by both adults and children. Making fried rice cakes is very technical. Not only the ingredients must be in proportion, but also the "heat" should be paid attention to when frying. If it is not done well, it will not form into lumps, and it will become loose rice and not edible. Generally speaking, a bucket of rice should be paired with 2.5 pounds of Sichuan sugar. You can only have more, not less. Pay special attention to the "heat". Experienced people put a bowl of water on the stove. When the Sichuan sugar is fried to a certain point, it will begin to slurry. Use bamboo chopsticks to drop a little syrup into the water. If it becomes "pine nut spots", immediately extinguish the flame at the bottom of the pot and put it out. Put the fried rice into the pot and stir constantly. Try it with your hands. If it is very sticky, take it out of the pot, pour the fried rice into the wooden frame, spread it out and compact it until it solidifies, then cut it into small pieces with a knife. Oil fruit. Also known as "fried fried dumpling". The preparation of oil fruit is relatively simple. First, grind the glutinous rice into powder, and add 2.5 kilograms of Sichuan sugar for each bucket of glutinous rice.

Boil the sugar into sugar liquid and knead it evenly with glutinous rice flour. The longer you knead, the softer it becomes. After kneading into a dough, knead it into dough balls the size of ping pong balls. Stick white sesame seeds on the surface, and then put them into a pan for frying. , fry until deep red and serve. During the Chinese New Year, the fried fruits are steamed until soft and used as a drink. This is an indispensable food for every meal during the New Year.

Pink skin. Grind the sticky rice into rice milk, add soybeans, sesame seeds, peanuts and other ingredients. Pour the rice milk into an iron spoon and fry it in an oil pan until it is deep red. Fried rice noodles taste crispy and are suitable for all ages. It is also one of the foods to entertain guests during the New Year.

Sesame crisps and peanut crisps. The production method is similar to that of fried rice. Use sesame and peanut kernels as raw materials, fry Sichuan sugar into a paste, stir it with the fried sesame seeds and peanut kernels, pour it into a tin basin, flatten and compact it, and cut it into small cubes. Sesame crisps and peanut crisps are also indispensable foods during the Chinese New Year.

The above several annual ingredients are necessary for every household and are all processed and made by themselves. In addition, citrus, melon seeds, biscuits, and candies are also indispensable. Most of these annual ingredients have to be purchased at the market, and the quantities are not large. They are mainly used to entertain guests.

The above-mentioned annual materials are usually basically prepared before the "Enter the New Year" (the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month).

The 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is the defining date for entering the New Year, which means that after December 25th, the New Year period will begin. People who go out to work and do business have to rush back. The days from the 25th to the 30th of the twelfth lunar month are the most stressful. Everyone, men, women, old and young is busy and nervous. They mainly carry out the following preparations for the New Year:

Scanning Room. Cleaning the house after entering the new year is extraordinary. It is really a three-dimensional general cleaning, and the whole family does it. After a thorough cleaning, the indoor and outdoor windows are clear and clean, people feel extremely comfortable, and everywhere presents a scene of removing the old and replacing the old with the new.

Grind tofu, dry fish and kill pigs, chickens, ducks, etc. Around the 278th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household starts grinding tofu. Most farmers have small fish holes in front of their homes. Around the 278th day of the twelfth lunar month, all the fish are released into the water to catch fish. On the one hand, the fish are used to make dishes, and on the other hand, it is convenient to dig the holes to make fertilizers after the Spring Festival. At the same time, pigs began to be killed one after another. Most people use thirty or forty kilograms of pork during the Chinese New Year. Some families kill a big pig during the Chinese New Year. The main purposes are: 1. Gifts to relatives and friends. Each relative should give two to three kilograms of pork as a gift, especially to the father-in-law. More meat will be given as gifts from relatives, and the number of pork gifts from newly married relatives will be even more considerable, otherwise they will be ridiculed as "lonely ghosts".

The whole family was busy until December 30th. All the New Year’s goods and materials were prepared. The whole family was happy, especially the children. They were eating well, dressing well, and not being scolded by adults. Beat and scold. People who go out for business and work have to rush home for the "Reunion Dinner" on New Year's Eve at the latest. This day was also the busiest day. We worked tirelessly to do what everyone wanted to do, but everyone was happy and cheerful. The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month is also called New Year’s Eve. Things you must do on this day are:

Take a pomelo leaf bath. In the morning, pomelo leaves are picked. After noon, every household puts the pomelo leaves into a pot of water and boils them. Everyone takes a hot pomelo leaf bath, which is meant to wash away the dirt, "poor energy" and "debilitating energy" and dry them out. Enter the new year cleanly. After taking a pomelo leaf bath, you put on new clothes, new hats, new socks, and new shoes, making you look brand new from head to toe. The dirty clothes you changed must be washed on the same day. Therefore, taking a pomelo leaf bath means removing the old and bringing forth the new. This custom has faded year by year.

Send it to Mr. Zao. Purchase the statue of the God of the Stove from the town in advance, write down the name of the stove (name and age of the family), prepare ingots, incense candles, three animals, wine, fruits and other sacrifices, set up an "Eight Immortals Table" next to the stove, and place the sacrifices. The items are placed on the table. The whole family, old and young, gathered in front of the statue of the Kitchen God to salute, and devoutly sent the Kitchen God back to heaven to report on his duties. They prayed that the Kitchen God would bless and eliminate disasters with his kind words in front of the Jade Emperor, so that the fortune would be prosperous and the family would be safe in the coming year. When people worship, most people only pray a few auspicious words to the Kitchen Lord, such as "bless and eliminate disasters, and protect the family's safety."

Men carry plain boxes filled with candies, rice cakes, ingots, incense candles, etc. to worship at the ancestral temple. The altar in the ancestral hall is filled with various vegetarian tributes. Young and old salute, and then go home for breakfast. Breakfast, lunch and dinner on New Year's Day are all vegetarian. Vegetarian dishes include yuba, vermicelli, golden leaves (day lily), fungus, tofu skin, mushrooms, celery (symbolizing diligence), garlic (cost-effective), onions (smart), etc. Although there is no meat such as chicken, duck, or fish, Very rich too.

Happy New Year. After breakfast, parents take their children to their elders' homes to pay New Year greetings. When they meet the elders, they bow and present "profits" and wish them "long life" and "happy new year". The elders also return the favor, handing out "profits" and candies to the children and wishing the younger generation "a happy family and all the best." Those senior and older people have juniors visiting their homes to pay New Year greetings almost all day long, and they are overwhelmed. Although I am a little tired, I am also proud and happy. When people of the same age meet, they congratulate and wish each other well, and send each other "goodies" and candies to each other's children. When meeting each other on the first day of the Lunar New Year, be sure not to ask for medical advice, otherwise it will not only be boring but also cause disputes. The first day of the new year also has the most taboos. In addition to not saying unlucky words, you are not allowed to change clothes, sweep the floor and take out garbage, go to the river to fetch water, herd cows, pigs, chickens and ducks, beat or scold children, or break ground. Do not break up household items. If something bad happens, it will be remembered for the whole year, so be especially careful when doing things on the first day of the new year.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, also called "Reunion Year", people generally don't go out. I started eating meat today.

The third day of the Lunar New Year is also called "Poor Ghost Day". Get up early in the morning and the whole family starts cleaning, commonly known as "sweeping the poor people". The cleaner the cleaning, the better. If there are a few scraps of paper on the ground that have not been swept away, they will be regarded as "the poor people". In short, all garbage must be swept away. When cleaning, you should also recite "The poor come out, the rich come in." The garbage collected is collected and sent to a wild river far away from the house. It is burned on the roadside and firecrackers are set off to indicate that the "poor ghosts" have been driven away. Although sweeping the floor on the third day of the Lunar New Year contains some superstition, it is also in line with hygiene requirements. Sweeping is not allowed on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year. There is a lot of garbage accumulation, so it is time to do a big cleanup on the third day of the Lunar New Year. Because the third day of the Lunar New Year is the "Poor Ghost Day", the whole family, old and young, does not go out or visit other houses. If you accidentally enter the door of another house, you will be regarded as a "poor ghost" by others, which is unlucky and unwelcome. Therefore, people generally do not enter other homes on the third day of the Lunar New Year. If there are special circumstances where it is necessary to come to the door, the owner of the house should be called out to talk. If the guest consciously refuses to come in, the host will not invite the guest in.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, women begin to bring gifts such as pork and rice cakes back to their parents' homes and visit relatives. Everyone walks together, talking and laughing along the way, which is very lively. Men began to carry out recreational and sports activities, also called "making New Year's Eve" or "making New Year's Eve". The traditional folk cultural and artistic performances mainly include: "Lion Dance", "Dragon Dance" and "Lantern Dance". Starting from the fifth day of the new year, I started working one after another. (End)