Liao gan's composition in grade one

My hometown, Yanchi County, Ningxia, is located at the junction of Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. There are many rural customs here, so let's say "Chinese New Year", from the 30th to 23rd of the first month.

On the 23rd day of the first month, the festive atmosphere still hangs over the ancient city. Whenever night falls, every household will light the firewood prepared during the day, and the family will sit around the fire and laugh. The fire will make people blush and heartbeat. As soon as the fire started, the adults put some salt into it and crackled. It is said that this can avoid evil spirits and disasters. The burning began, and the family jumped from one end of the fire to the other one by one. The atmosphere is very warm. If a relative is not at home, take out his or her hat or clothes and let them burn. Old people say that when it is dry, people's bad luck will be gone and they can be safe for one year.

When the firewood was burned out, the owner raised the firewood ash with a shovel and Mars flew in the air. According to the direction and shape of Mars, "knowledgeable people" will shout out "wheat flowers", "buckwheat flowers", "millet flowers" and "corn flowers", and what flowers appear means what crops will be harvested this year. Under normal circumstances, what flowers appear, pinning people's desire for a comprehensive harvest. Mars fell to the ground. Followed by "stepping on a mouse", everyone scrambled to destroy the remaining Mars on the ground with their feet. Stepping on a Mars is equivalent to stepping on a mouse, and laughter resounds through the city.

With the development of the times, people who pay attention to environmental protection gradually realize the backwardness of this folk custom, and now fewer and fewer people are dying out.