What are the customs in Fujian for the New Year?

For Fujian people, there are many customs and pressures during the New Year in China. Fujian New Year's customs include: worshipping God, praying for sacrifices, guarding the old age around the stove, putting sugar cane, dusting, steaming cakes and congratulating others.

What are the customs in Fujian for the New Year?

① Fujian New Year custom: to worship God.

This is the most solemn ceremony on the first day of the first month of each year. A couple of children (zero), firecrackers everywhere, people set up a case in the hall at home, put three sacrifices, fruits, green tea, gold and other offerings, burn three pots of incense, light candles, worship "God" and worship their ancestors.

② Fujian New Year custom: praying and offering sacrifices.

During the Spring Festival in Fujian, there are customs of praying and offering sacrifices. From the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, every household will put up different styles of New Year's greetings stickers in the courtyard, bedroom, kitchen, barn, which means prosperity and excitement.

(3) Fujian New Year's custom: keep watch around the stove.

During the Spring Festival in Fujian, there is a custom of keeping watch around the stove. After dinner on New Year's Eve, the family will sit around the fire, watch the Spring Festival Gala, chat and wait for the arrival of the New Year. Moreover, after the arrival of the New Year, the elders will give the younger generation lucky money and wish each other a safe and healthy New Year.

4 Fujian New Year custom: put sugar cane.

Fujian has the custom of putting sugar cane in the Spring Festival. In the early morning of New Year's Day, people will put root cane wrapped in red paper at their doorstep. Because in Fujian dialect, the pronunciation of sugarcane is similar to good, so putting sugarcane has a better and better meaning.

⑤ Fujian New Year custom: Dust Day.

This is the year-end cleaning. In order to welcome the new year, people use tender bamboo branches and leaves, banyan branches and leaves, or long dusters tied with straw and sugarcane leaves to clean the dust cobwebs on the corner beams. The main purpose of "dust removal" is, of course, to be clean, so that we can spend the next year in high spirits.

⑥ Fujian New Year custom: evaporating cakes.

Many places in Fujian, such as Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Shishi and other coastal areas, steam "bowls of cakes" in order to have a good Spring Festival. This kind of "bowl cake" is also called "hair cake". Steaming "bowl cakes" must be "fermented" first, so "bowl cakes" means being able to develop and make a fortune.

All landowners Fujian New Year custom: He Zheng

Eating noodles and eggs at home for breakfast means removing mildew and welcoming good luck, while noodles symbolize longevity. After breakfast, I went out to visit my neighbors and relatives and greeted them with a smile. When you meet for the first time, you should say "congratulations" to each other, commonly known as "He Zheng", which also means to pay a New Year call to the Lantern Festival.

Fujian people love to eat famous dishes during the Spring Festival.

1. Golden bamboo shoots with minced chicken

This dish has always been listed as the top grade at the banquet, which was originally created by Zheng Chunfa, a famous chef in Fuzhou in the late Qing Dynasty, and later became famous all over the world. The finished product is golden in color, the winter bamboo shoots are tender and crisp, and the chicken is soft, fresh and fragrant. Chicken breast, pig fat, winter bamboo shoots, eggs, ham, etc. They are all needed in production, and Fujian cuisine's emphasis on knife work and its pursuit of delicacy are vividly reflected in this dish.

2. Youxi Ya Bu

The history of this famous dish is over 65,438+000 years. It will be served on holidays or weddings, birthdays and happy events. The biggest feature of this dish is its golden color, shiny oil and fragrant smell. It is better to add garlic vinegar when eating. When cooking, wash the duck, marinate it with salt, chicken powder and cooking wine for 2 hours, fry the rice and tea in a wok, put it in a steaming net, and then put it in a steaming net.

3. Geely shrimp:

The main ingredients of this dish are shrimp, bread crumbs, eggs, carrots, bamboo shoots, mushrooms and onions. The finished product has golden color, crisp outside and tender inside, and extremely delicious taste. When making, shell the shrimp, leave the tail, remove the shrimp line, and then punch one by one with a flower knife. The craft is meticulous and exquisite. Note that it is best to stir-fry shrimp balls and sauce at the same time, and pour the sauce on the surface quickly after taking out the pot, so it tastes better when it is hot.