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Formerly known as "Benglong", it is one of the oldest ethnic groups among the existing residents in the southwest frontier. They mainly live in Santai Mountain in luxi county and Long Jun in Zhenkang County. 1985 September 17 officially changed its name to De 'ang nationality with the approval of the State Council. De 'ang people have their own language, but they have no mother tongue, and they often use Dai and Chinese. Believe in Runjiao in Hinayana Buddhism. Mainly engaged in agriculture, planting rice, corn, buckwheat, potatoes and so on. Be good at growing tea.

Water-splashing Festival of De 'ang people

De 'ang people also celebrate the Songkran Festival. On the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the most distinctive custom of the De 'ang Water-splashing Festival is to wash hands and feet for the elders, in addition to splashing water and praying and dancing like feet and drums, which are consistent with the Dai Water-splashing Festival. At that time, the younger generation of each family should prepare a pot of hot water and put it in the center of the hall, invite their parents and other elders to come out and sit in the hall, kowtow to them and ask them to forgive their filial piety in the past year. The elders should also review what they have not done enough in the past year to set an example for the younger generation. Then, the younger generations wash their hands and feet for their elders and wish each other a harmonious and hardworking atmosphere in the coming year. If parents die, brothers and sisters, sister-in-law and brother-in-law will all become the objects of washing hands and feet.

This custom comes from an old legend: On the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day, a disobedient son was working in the mountains, and when he saw the scene of birds feeding back, he felt something in his heart and was determined to serve his mother well. At this time, his mother was going up the mountain, delivering food to her son, and accidentally slipped. Her son came to help her, but she thought his son came to beat her, so she ran into a tree. My son is very regretful. He cut down the tree and carved it into a statue of his mother. Every year on the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day, he used petals to soak the statue in warm water, and then it became a custom.

custom

Most De 'ang people believe in Hinayana Buddhism, and their religious beliefs and customs are greatly influenced by the Dai people. In most villages, there are their own Buddhist temples, worshippers and young monks. All the young monks' vegetarian meals are given in turn by the whole village. In some De 'ang people, there used to be a habit of not eating at the sight of killing and not eating at the sound of hearing. On holidays, we are used to entertaining each other. No matter how many dishes there are at the banquet, there must be a bowl of vegetarian dishes cooked with fresh vegetables and dipped in Chili water, which is unique.

marriage customs

Young men and women of De 'ang nationality have to behead their chickens at the engagement ceremony. If the head of a chicken and the body of a chicken are divided into two halves, neither side can go back on its word. If the woman doesn't approve of this marriage, she is not allowed to kill the chicken. Weddings usually last for three days. Within three days, all the men, women and children in the village will go to the bride and groom's house to congratulate each other, and the parents of the bride and groom will hold a banquet, sing and laugh all night with a duet.

Dietary customs

The majority of De 'ang people live on rice, and some areas live on corn and potatoes. They are all eaten by steaming and stewing, and they are good at making various foods, such as pea powder, tofu, rice flour, rice cakes, Baba, jiaozi and so on.

There are many kinds of vegetables, and bamboo shoots are one of the vegetables that can be eaten all year round. Except fresh, most of them are processed into sour bamboo shoots or dried bamboo shoots. The consumption habit of other vegetables is to stir-fry with sour bamboo shoots. Sour bamboo shoots are widely used, even when stewing chicken, frying meat or cooking fish, they should be seasoned with sour bamboo shoots. Influenced by the local Han nationality, many Chinese pickles and fermented bean curd are also common side dishes on the dining table of De 'ang nationality.

De 'ang people have a long history of growing tea. Tea is not only a standing drink for De 'ang people, but also the best gift for relatives and friends. De 'ang people also drink sour tea, which is also called wet tea. In ancient times, it was called valley tea or selling tea. It tastes sour and can produce saliva to quench thirst. It also has the functions of relieving summer-heat, clearing away heat and promoting digestion. Most of the drinks are homemade bamboo rice wine.

Holidays and festivals

Most of the traditional festivals of De 'ang people are related to Buddhist activities. For example, on festivals such as Water-splashing Festival, Harvest Festival, Opening Festival and burning white firewood, we should respect Buddha.

On the opening day, villages with temples will hold a "Ge Ting Festival" (to celebrate the harvest and taste the new rice). On the day of 65438+February 13 of the Dai calendar, there will be activities such as making new rice, cooking new rice and making rice cakes, and two rice cakes will be selected and sent to the village public houses (houses for the whole village to worship), and the whole village will open the next day.

On the day of burning white firewood, every household will kill chickens and prepare wine, and the whole village will get together for a meal. Each family will also make various glutinous rice cakes, wrap them in banana leaves, steam them and give them to each other to taste each other's flavor. Newlyweds will bring sugared rice cakes to the village leaders and elders' homes to worship.

De 'ang people also have ceremonies such as ancestor worship hall, village gods, land gods, dragons and girls, among which Dragon Boat Festival is the most interesting. Usually in the spring, when it is time to kill pigs and chickens, the priests will draw paper dragons, and everyone will bow together, then have a drink and picnic together, and beat and scold each other after getting drunk to vent their usual dissatisfaction. No one is allowed to dissuade you here until both sides are exhausted and apologize to each other the next day.

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Every nation has its own unique culture and living habits. Tibetans are an ancient and enthusiastic people. In the long history, they also formed their own living habits and taboos.

1. When two friends meet after a long separation, greet each other or chat, you can't put your hand on each other's shoulder.

2. You can't step on or step on other people's clothes, and you can't put your own clothes on other people's clothes, let alone cross people.

3. Women should not hang clothes, especially pants and underwear, in places where people often pass by.

Don't whistle or cry loudly in the house.

5, outsiders can not mention the name of the deceased in front of the relatives of the deceased.

6. What should be done this year can't be done next year, such as knitting wool, sweaters and carpets.

7. At dusk, you can't just go to other people's homes, especially when there are pregnant women who have given birth and women who have just given birth or seriously ill patients. Strangers can't go.

8. After noon, nothing in the house can be taken out.

9. Strangers can't talk loudly about cliffs and canyons that you haven't been to.

10, do not cross or step on utensils, pots, plates, etc.

1 1. There are two people at home who go out at the same time and go in opposite directions. They can't go out at the same time. They must go out before and after, and the time to go out should be separated.

12, women can't comb their hair and wash their hair at night and can't go out with their hair covered.

13. When using brooms and dustpans, you can't pass them directly by hand. You must put them on the ground first, and then another person will pick them up from the ground.

14. Whenever relatives and friends visit your home or visit you, they will send you some butter tea or highland barley wine as a gift. When the guests leave, they will pack for you. They can't empty them all, so they have to leave some in them or change their own food.

15. Owners with chipped or cracked bowls can't give their guests food or tea.

Edit the Yi people in this paragraph.

Torch Festival is a traditional festival in all Yi areas, which is popular in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other Yi areas. Bai, Naxi, Jinuo and Lahu also celebrate this festival. The Torch Festival on June 24th of the lunar calendar is the most grand, grand, spectacular and ethnic festival for the Yi people, and it is also a grand ceremony for the whole people. Torch Festival is usually held on June 24th or 25th of the lunar calendar for three days.

On June 24th of the lunar calendar, bucket handle, the Big Dipper, pointed out that all ethnic groups in the Yi language branch should celebrate the Torch Festival. Some scholars believe that this festival was originally an annual festival in the October calendar of the Yi people, and it was also called the Torch Festival in Chinese Valentine's Day. There is a saying that "the New Year's Eve stars return to the sky", which is equivalent to the Chinese New Year in the Yi calendar. Therefore, it is also called China New Year. Torch Festival of Yi people, that is, the Year of Yi people. In the eyes of Yi people, fire symbolizes light, justice and prosperity, and a powerful force that can destroy all evil. Torch Festival is a festival of joy, love and happiness for Yi people.

Torch Festival is an ancient and important traditional festival for Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo and Lahu nationalities. It has a profound connotation of folk culture and is called "Carnival of the East". Different ethnic groups hold Torch Festivals at different times, mostly on June 24th of the lunar calendar. The main activities are bullfighting, goat shooting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty contests and so on. In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and produced new forms.

The Torch Festival lasts for three days:

The first day of Torch Festival: Sacrificing fire. On this day, everyone puts on their favorite clothes and is happy. Every village will kill cattle and sheep, hold banquets, all kinds of meat, fragrant and sweet wine, and the aroma is overflowing. If you worship it, God will be full of praise. When night falls, people near the village will set up an altar at the location selected by the old man, and tap stones to light the flame in the traditional way. Bimo (a Yi folk priest) will recite the scriptures and offer sacrifices to Vulcan. Then, every household, adults and children will wander in the corner of the field with torches made of wormwood from Bimo, imitating Asher's legend of fire repellent.

The second day of Torch Festival: spread the fire. Every family gathers under the sacred fire of the altar and holds various traditional festivals. Boys should imitate the legendary Atiba, horse racing, wrestling, singing, bullfighting, fighting sheep and cockfighting. The girls imitate the legendary Ashima, wearing beautiful clothes and holding a butter umbrella, singing Doloho and dancing with their bodies. On this day, the most important activity is the beauty contest of Yi family. Older people should choose handsome men and beautiful women of the year from boys and girls according to the legendary standards such as Ashiba's hard work, courage, handsome spirit and Ashima's kindness, intelligence and beauty. As night falls, a pair of affectionate men and women, in the mountains, by the stream, under the butter umbrella, pluck Qin Yue, play the strings and tell each other about their lovesickness. Therefore, some people call Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival "Valentine's Day in the East".

Torch Festival Day 3: Send fire. This is the climax of the entire Liangshan Yi International Torch Festival. On this day, when night falls, everyone will run around with torches. People gathered torches together to form huge bonfires, and happy people sang and danced around the bonfires. The scene is extremely spectacular. Therefore, it is also called "Oriental Carnival Night".

Yi people think that the ears of grain that grow after Torch Festival are as thick as torches. Later generations used this as a sacrifice to drive away ghosts and evil spirits at home, so as to keep people and animals safe. During the festival, young men and women of all ethnic groups light torches made of pine and go to the fields in the village for activities. While walking, sprinkle rosin on the torch to pray for the new year, and get rid of filth for good luck; Or singing, dancing, horse racing, bullfighting, wrestling; Or hold a big bonfire party and party all night. Nowadays, people also use parties to socialize or meet lovers, and conduct business activities on festivals.

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Lunar New Year is a traditional grand festival in China, and I believe everyone in China knows it. However, celebrating the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong is completely different from the traditional ones in terms of customs and atmosphere.

In recent years, few Hong Kong people put up Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures at home during the Lunar New Year. On the contrary, they posted "Prosperous Business" and "Safe Access" in some shops or homes. Even so, the original intention of posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures is the same as that of posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures. I hope everything will be smooth and safe in the coming year.

In addition, lion dances and dragon lanterns will also appear in some villages and villages in the New Territories. It is difficult to see large-scale lion dances and dragon lanterns on the streets of urban areas in the New Year. As for setting off firecrackers and firecrackers, it is forbidden in Hong Kong. However, since 1982, a grand fireworks display has been held in Victoria Harbour every year on the second night of the Lunar New Year, which has been a program to welcome the Spring Festival for more than ten years.

Hong Kong is known as a "gourmet paradise". There are many customs about eating during the Spring Festival, and most families will have a "reunion dinner" during the Spring Festival, usually at home, and the whole family will get together for dinner on New Year's Eve. I believe that the first choice for after-dinner programs is to visit the flower market. During the Lunar New Year, there are many flower markets in Hong Kong and Kowloon, among which the flower market in Victoria Park is the largest and most lively. Hong Kong people are used to visiting the flower market after dinner. On New Year's Eve, people are crowded and everyone will spend the holidays together.

The happiest thing about spending the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong is to "benefit" the children. Laughter can be heard everywhere during the Spring Festival. "Li" was originally a kind of "good thing", based on good luck, and also became an indispensable custom with relatives during the Spring Festival.

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The old customs in Macao are very unique. "Xie Zao" is one of the most traditional China customs preserved in Macau. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Macao people call it "Xie Zao". According to the tradition in China, Macao people also give the kitchen god sugar, saying that it is to paste the mouth of the kitchen god with sugar, so as not to speak ill of the kitchen god in front of the jade emperor. I saw a picture of Santa Claus on the stove of a Macao family in Flower Street, Macau. Strangely, the portrait of Santa Claus was affixed with a couplet that read "Heaven speaks well and returns home with clothes on".

Macao people celebrate the New Year from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, which is a homophonic word in Cantonese. Most business owners invite their employees to have a "reunion dinner" at the end of the year to show their prosperity and good luck. From the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, we can truly feel the annual flavor of Macao.

On New Year's Eve, watching the Spring Festival and visiting the flower market are two major events for Macao people to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. Shousui is playing mahjong, watching TV, catching up and chatting, enjoying family happiness; Probably influenced by Christmas and Valentine's Day in the West, people in Macao are also scrambling to buy some auspicious flowers and trees to welcome the New Year. Now this has become a custom in Macao. Macau holds a flower market on Lunar New Year's Eve, mostly peach blossoms, daffodils, potted bamboos and potted oranges. Flowers are rich and prosperous, wishing peace and a bright future in the new year. The flower market in Macao was held for three days, which brought endless comfort to Macao people who had been running around for a year.

During the Spring Festival, Macao people pay attention to "benefiting the market", which is a red envelope. On this day, when the boss meets the employees, the elders meet the younger generation, and even the married see the unmarried, they must "benefit the field". The "profit market" is purely for good luck. Macao people call New Year's Day the "opening year". The custom is to eat "New Year's Eve". In order to make money and profit, New Year's Eve must contain Nostoc flagelliforme, lettuce and carp. Starting from "New Year's Day", the Macao government will allow civil servants to "gamble" for three days. After the Chinese New Year, Macau has completely returned to the traditional Chinese New Year custom in China. Until the Lantern Festival, it is also a fireworks festival, playing with dragons and lions, and being in high spirits.

Edit this Spring Festival in Taiwan Province Province

The Spring Festival is a traditional folk festival with a long history of the Chinese nation. Taiwan Province Province, which is separated from Fujian Province by water, has the same history, culture, customs, living habits and kinship with Chinese mainland, especially in southern Fujian, so the Spring Festival customs of the people on the island are naturally similar to those of Chinese mainland.

Because the ancestors of Bao Dao residents (mostly Minnan and Hakka) went to Taiwan for development with a long history and experienced vicissitudes, the Spring Festival customs there gradually formed some unique patterns and colors. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, compatriots in Taiwan Province Province should get dressed, provide livestock such as pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, fish and seafood at home, as well as offerings such as melons, sugar and fragrant tea, and then burn incense and set off firecrackers to see Kitchen God off, hoping that he would "speak well from heaven". From this day on, the "New Year" began.

Before New Year's Eve, compatriots in Taiwan Province Province will also do a comprehensive cleaning and tidy up their quadrangles. They are busy preparing for the Spring Festival.

On New Year's Eve, every household often sticks Spring Festival couplets on their doors and windows, grain depots, pigsty, well platforms and other places, symbolizing good luck, all the best in the new year, lucky money and treasures, and then places offerings and incense sticks on the table in the hall to worship their ancestors and welcome them to "go home for the New Year". Since then, the sound of setting off fireworks and firecrackers has been one after another, and it has been very lively until the morning of the first day of the New Year's Day.

On New Year's Eve, the whole family on the island will get together to "surround the stove", that is, men, women and children will sit around the stove or hot pot to eat New Year's Eve (or "reunion dinner"). Of course, this meal should be exceptionally rich.

In the New Year's Eve dinner, in addition to eating fish balls and meatballs symbolizing family reunion, chicken with the meaning of "starting from eating chicken" and leeks with the meaning of "long life", there are also various fried foods with local flavor, glutinous rice balls and rice cakes, especially "tortoise bean paste rice cake" (a kind of rice cake made by pressing a wooden mold engraved with tortoise shape and filled with bean paste). In addition, there is a kind of salted radish rice cake, which needs to be baked and heated before it can be wrapped with laver. It not only has the function of removing the fishy smell of meat and adjusting the taste, but also contains the wish of "good color head" in the coming year (radish is called vegetable head in Taiwan Province Province, which is homophonic with "color head").

After the New Year's Eve, even the elders give their children "lucky money", which is quite distinctive: for older children, "lucky money" is wrapped in red paper in advance and given to them; Children's "lucky money" is wrapped in red rope in advance, tied into a small collar and worn around the neck.

On the first day of the first month, people will get up early, get dressed and wash, and then begin to greet each other, express their respect and wishes, visit relatives and friends or visit parks. Very lively and pleasant. People are generally immersed in the festive atmosphere of joy, celebration, happiness and happiness.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it was the new son-in-law who took his wife to visit her husband's house. It is naturally more interesting for the son-in-law to come to the door and the daughter to return to her family.

The third day is regarded as an unlucky day by compatriots in Taiwan Province Province. People don't go out much, eat early and go to bed early at night, which is also a good opportunity to stay away from the noise and rest.

The fourth day is the day to greet the kitchen god, and it will naturally be very lively.

Since the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, many people have started their own businesses, and everyone who should go to work has gone to work.

According to legend, the ninth day of the ninth lunar month is God's birthday. Every family should prepare the best wine and food, burn incense and worship, and chant to celebrate God's birthday. This is the last day of the Spring Festival every year.

Since then, the "Lantern Festival" that followed is the last scene of the whole Spring Festival. On this day, according to the traditional custom, every household should eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy lanterns. Under the full moon, all kinds of lanterns are shining, and there are activities such as lion dancing, playing dragon lanterns and welcoming drums, which are colorful and dazzling. Especially those children who are full of childlike interest have been carrying lanterns and chanting songs across the street, like fish swimming around the bottom of the sea, adding icing on the cake to the lively Lantern Festival night!

The folk Spring Festival in Taiwan Province Province originated from the mainland, especially for people in Taiwan Province Province who speak Minnan dialect, and the way of celebrating the Spring Festival is more similar to that of Minnan.

People's Chinese New Year activities in Taiwan Province Province began with "Tail Teeth" in 65438+February 65438+June. On this day, every household should pay tribute to the landlord, especially the businessman. In order to make a fortune in the new year, they will make sacrifices with sacrificial bodies and gold paper, and share the sacrifices with colleagues to reward employees. This is called "eating tail teeth". When "eating tail teeth", the employees who are about to be dismissed are pointed at each other by the employer, indicating that they will find another job next year. Therefore, there is a proverb in Taiwan Province Province: "Eat your tail teeth and worry, eat your head teeth and caress your mouth.". Tail-toothed rice is related to work or staying.

The 24th lunar month is the day when people send immortals to heaven, just like the 23rd twelfth lunar month in southern Fujian. There must be "glutinous rice balls" (glutinous rice balls) in the sacrifice, which are stuck at the mouth of the stove, so that the kitchen god can "spread good words to the sky and bad words to one side". On this day, we will clean up and sweep away all the "bad luck" at home to welcome the arrival of the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, Taiwan Province Province is called "29" and "30", depending on the size of the twelfth lunar month. "Ten days" means the end of a year. Before it gets late, every household will prepare offerings, such as sweet oranges, sweet rice cakes, "spring rice" and "lucky money". "Spring rice" means inserting paper-cut spring characters on sharp rice. Because "spring" and "surplus" are homophonic in Minnan language, meaning "more than one year, more than one year". In addition, there are two sugarcane plants with leaves standing behind the gate, which are called "perennial sugarcane", meaning "strong family luck and good luck".

When eating New Year's Eve, there are new charcoal stoves and new sunflower fans under the square table, and the words "spring" and "happiness" written on red paper are affixed to the fans and stoves. Say auspicious words around the stove, such as "eat red dates, good every year!" " "Eat New Year's Eve every year and earn money every year!" Wait, there must be mustard on the dining table, called "long-year dish", which symbolizes longevity. Some people also hope that there is "leek" on the dining table, that is, "leek" and "long" are homophonic, symbolizing longevity. Radish is also indispensable, which is called "vegetable head" in Minnan dialect, meaning "good color head" (good omen). There is also chicken, the homonym of chicken "home" and "starting from eating chicken", which can greatly boost the voice of home. The vegetables around the stove were not chopped with a knife. Wash it and cook it with roots, and don't bite it off when eating. But eat it slowly from beginning to end to wish parents a long life.

After the New Year's Eve, it is a birthday celebration. In Taiwan Province Province, "longevity year" is also called "longevity night", which symbolizes that the younger generation wants their parents to live long. As soon as the "handover time" (12 midnight) passes, people gather young and old to offer sacrifices to the gods with red and white rice cakes, and then set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year.

In Taiwan Province Province, red turtle rice fruit, fat rice fruit and vegetable head rice fruit will be made as rice cakes during the New Year. Red turtle rice fruit looks like a turtle, the outside is dyed red and stamped with tortoise shell seal, symbolizing people's longevity and aging. Every family uses this kind of cake to worship the god who raised everything. If guests come to pay a New Year call, please eat sweets and say different auspicious words according to men, women and children. For example, a child can say to the old man, "Have a sweet meal and wish you a long life!" Colleagues can say: "Have a sweet meal and wish you a wide range of financial resources!"

Edit this paragraph in Spring Festival travel rush, Jiangsu.

During the Spring Festival, in addition to posting Spring Festival couplets, hanging New Year pictures, observing the new year, dancing lions and paying New Year greetings, Jiangsu folks have some unique customs, just like the whole country. Now the number of collections is for readers to see.

Suzhou people cooked water chestnuts in New Year's Eve meals and dug them out when eating, which is called "digging gold ingots". When visiting relatives and friends, put two green olives in the tea, which is called "gold ingot tea". Congratulations on getting rich.

On the morning of the first day of the New Year, Wujin people hung up the portraits of their ancestors in nave, presented them with tea fruits and rice cakes, and the whole family paid New Year greetings in turn, which was called "the shadow of worshipping God". "Don't let them sweep the floor from home, for fear of sweeping out' wealth' and' wishful thinking', they can only sweep from the outside to the inside.

Jiangning people have the custom of "knocking on the drums" during the Spring Festival. The flag is open, and the gongs and drums are everywhere to add fun. On the third day, "playing the night drum", on the seventh day, "playing seven drums", and on the thirteenth to fifteenth days, the atmosphere was warm.

Nantong people have the custom of planting sesame stalks, holly and cypress branches at home or in front of the church, which means that life is blooming every day and the seasons are evergreen.

Huaiyin people also have the custom of "roasting the head wind" for their children on the sixth day. At night, I took my children to the fields to light torches to drive away evil spirits for them. While roasting, I sang: "Roast my head, wake up, roast my feet, keep my feet straight, roast my stomach without diarrhea, roast all over my body, and the illness will never be seen again."

On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Wuxi fishermen took a boat to the western hills to worship the Wang Yu Temple, praying for the blessing of the water god and offering sacrifices to the Ao Jing Giant Buddha, which is called "Shang?" After the Wang Yu Temple was demolished, this custom gradually became indifferent.

During the Spring Festival, there are still many taboos in the old customs of Jiangsu, such as not moving scissors on the first day of the New Year to avoid disputes with each other; Don't move the kitchen knife to avoid being killed; Do not eat porridge, afraid of going out in the rain; Don't sweep the floor, afraid of sweeping away wealth and so on. With the popularization of scientific knowledge, many unscientific customs are gradually forgotten; Healthy and beneficial entertainment and leisure activities continue.

Edit this section of Guilin Spring Festival custom

From New Year's Eve to New Year's Day;

Spring Festival travel rush stepped on the bell at 0: 00 on February 24th, 65438, and walked into the urban and rural areas of Guilin. This day is Guilin people's "New Year's Eve", that is, "Chinese New Year". On New Year's Day, people kill dogs and ducks to celebrate the Spring Festival. The firecrackers on this day crackled with people's wish to send the kitchen god "God speaks well" and reached Gao Yu. People think that the Kitchen God is the head of the family, in charge of good and evil, good and bad, good and bad, so every year, the Kitchen God should be sent to heaven to explain to the Jade Emperor, so as to save the whole family from disaster. The ritual of offering sacrifices to stoves is mostly completed by the elders in the family. They put candy on the kitchen stove and offered sacrifices to the kitchen god, praying that the kitchen god would "speak well in heaven and bring good luck to the world". The purpose of offering candy to Kitchen God is to make candy "stick" to Kitchen God's mouth, so that his sweet mouth can talk well and the world will not suffer. After the night falls on New Year's Eve, we will set off firecrackers to welcome Kitchen God. This is an ancient custom of "Chinese New Year" in Guilin. Nowadays, even setting off firecrackers is only a remnant ceremony of an ancient custom.

From the 24th to 30th of the twelfth lunar month, people are busy buying new year's goods, cleaning the inside and outside of the house and welcoming the New Year cleanly. There are many kinds of traditional holiday foods, which contain good wishes: steamed rice cakes on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month are sweet, successful, fragrant and well-made. After eating rice cakes (high), life and work in the new year are flourishing and promoted step by step.

At the dinner party on New Year's Eve, people like family reunion. There must be "mariko" and "hi" in the dish, which represent reunion and joy. That night, everyone went to the empty building and stayed at home. Burn charcoal fire in the brazier when you are old, which symbolizes the richness of life. At 0: 00, people of all ages are beaming and greet the New Year with firecrackers. This kind of happy voice comes one after another, until now it is still late at night, people are still awake and the fire is still on. Even if they want to have a rest, they still won't forget to snuggle up in the brazier and light a good fire tomorrow morning. The fire of Chinese New Year is like human life. This bodes well for wealth and prosperity in the new year. People's feelings for fire are so deep, perhaps because fire has brought civilization and warmth to mankind. Loving fire is like loving your own life, especially in the new year. On the first day of New Year's Day, people scrambled to get up early to open the door and greet Grandpa Wealth with warm firecrackers. Neighbors, friends and colleagues, the first sentence when they meet is to wish a happy new year. Children pay New Year greetings to adults, and adults give them lucky money. The Spring Festival is a good time for people to enhance their feelings and consolidate their friendship. People pay New Year greetings to each other, have fun, look back on the past and look forward to the future.

In the streets and lanes, teams of Swiss lions are very active when dancing. Many children followed the lion to see the excitement of the lion's New Year. When the lions came to the front of a shop, the shopkeeper lit firecrackers to welcome them. The lions bowed to their owners in front of the door, and the team leader also bowed to their owners to pay New Year greetings. The lion's humanized New Year greeting and the leader's auspicious words will make the shopkeeper happy and the shop will be prosperous. Lions danced in firecrackers, showing great spirit and glory. Its beaming big head, broad forehead, big eyes, protruding nose, square mouth and long golden red hair make people fondle it. I saw the lion vigorous and brave, coming out of the hole and crossing the bridge, flying wildly on the bridge with his head held high and bowing his head to the abyss. At this time, the lion was shocked by the drums, and the thrilling and wonderful lion performance was thrilling. Then go up and down the mountain, drink water and eat green, walk on the stars, climb the ladder, take the moon for nine days and so on. , and the lion's head and tail cooperate tacitly. At the climax of the dance, the stacked arhats pick green, and the lion nods and bows to the audience after picking green. Then I cut my hair, and my hair was cut, which was quite interesting. The drums stopped suddenly, and the lion fell straight from the nine-day cold, shocking the audience. Looking intently, the lion is firmly in the hands of the arhats and is looking back at the moon. This stunt was amazing in silence and won a full house applause.

The lion's New Year greeting is a traditional project loved by Guilin people. Therefore, on the eve of the Spring Festival, lions will dress up as lions and practice traditional lion dance routines. When the Spring Festival comes, lions dance in the street to pay New Year greetings to people or shops. The lion danced wildly, jumping, rushing, howling, stepping, jumping and so on. Big-head monk dance Dance, which plays the lion, twisted three times with the big-headed doll, and the monkey, who plays the lion, was full of energy. The sound of the lions' gongs and drums added joy and brought spring to Guilin.

The lion's New Year greeting is accompanied by a lion song wishing good luck:

The first three points of the lion are yellow. Today, he worships your hall. Congratulations on the birth of your son, and on his national fame.

The first three points of the lion are blue. Today, he worships your family. Congratulations on your family's good fortune.

The lion's tail is a ball. He comes to your house to worship pigs and cows. Congratulations to the pig for growing up. He has always had food and clothing.

The lion's eyes were fascinated. Congratulations on how lucky the main family is. Six kinds of animals are thriving, including geese, ducks and chickens.

Lions sing beautifully and have been circulated among the people for thousands of years. Every Spring Festival, they will bless their neighbors and make people happy. In the busy New Year's greetings, we unconsciously arrived at the Lantern Festival.

In the past, during the Lantern Festival in Guilin, there were dragon lanterns on the 13th day of the first month. The dragon lantern walked the streets for three consecutive nights. Wherever they go, every household sets off firecrackers, burns incense and lights candles, praying that the dragon lantern will bring good luck. When the Dragon Lantern travels, there are all kinds of Xiao Sheng drum music, stilts, brand lights, gongs and drums sheds, etc. Together, they flocked to the streets to form a mighty dragon lantern parade. The scene was spectacular. On holiday nights, thousands of lights are on all night. Together with the dancing dragon lantern, it decorated Guilin City into a city that never sleeps.

Now, the Lantern Festival in Guilin still retains the custom of burning lanterns. On the night of Lantern Festival, it is refreshing to climb high and look far, with thousands of lights. The flashing lights merge into a river of light, just like the milky way in the sky. The light is still or flowing, flashing on tall buildings and blooming among green leaves, making the night sky in Guilin brilliant. At this time, the halls and rooms of every household are brightly lit, and the family is sitting under the lights eating sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings and peanut sesame dumplings ... The traditional food and delicious food in My Sweetie make every family immersed in the joy of the festival. "The fire on New Year's Eve, the lights on the 15th", the brazier on New Year's Eve is booming, and the lights on the 15th, including the lanterns and big red candles in the main room, are brightly lit, and they are all extinguished until firecrackers are set off early on the 16th.