Customs of Shenzhen Spring Festival

People in Shenzhen usually start preparing for the Spring Festival from the afternoon of "New Year's Eve", such as putting up door gods, putting up Spring Festival couplets, taking kitchen gods into the house, worshiping heaven and earth, worshiping ancestors and so on. The whole family should wash "Dajishui" (with orange peel, grapefruit leaves, etc. ) when taking a shower.

There is a saying in Shenzhen that "there is a lion in the east", that is, Hakka dances Kirin in the east and lions in the western vernacular area. During the New Year, the Kirin team and the lion dance team of each village go to the neighboring villages of the same clan to pay New Year greetings and contact their feelings.

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Guangfu people grab fireworks:

Just after dawn, every household opened the door and said "Open the door"! However, fireworks are not allowed in Shenzhen now, which is a little less festive for the Spring Festival. In the past, in Shenzhen, firecrackers lasted from dawn to dawn, which had a more Chinese New Year atmosphere, but it polluted the air.

Guangfu people in Futian, Nantou, Xixiang, Shajing, Songgang and Gong Ming used to raise money to buy the biggest guns and set them off in the village open space in the early morning of the New Year's Day. Whoever can catch the spear head in the middle and prevent it from exploding is an able person and a hero in the village, applauded by the villagers and rewarded by the elders. Whoever grabs the spear will win the lottery.

At present, there are also activities of "grabbing guns and returning them" in Xixiang area of Baoan. Every time an arrow gun flies into the sky, a numbered fireworks falls from the sky, and people flock to the landing site like a flood, vying for the numbered fireworks for good luck.