About the custom of the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival has a special meaning in the hearts of China people. It is the most important day of the year. Wanderers, no matter how far away, must rush home to reunite with their families, bid farewell to the old year with firecrackers, and greet the New Year with fireworks all over the sky. How much do you know about these "customs" of Chinese New Year?

Twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month: Kill the chicken and catch the big episode

In the traditional Spring Festival custom in China, people will slaughter their domestic birds on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. Because people think roosters are valiant, spirited, imposing and festive, they are usually slaughtered. On this day, the slaughtered rooster will appear at the banquet on New Year's Eve. The whole chicken plate is placed in a plate in the middle of the table and cannot be disassembled. It is named "good luck", which means good luck.

The twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month may also be the busiest day before the Spring Festival, because on this day, we have to go to the market to buy all the new year's goods and properly prepare the new year's dishes, so the folks have the saying of "the twenty-seventh episode".

December 28th: Decals on cakes and steamed bread.

There is a saying in the middle of the year: "On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, cakes and steamed buns should be decorated with flowers" or "On the 28th, make noodles". The so-called decals are New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets, window grilles and all kinds of immortals.

Twenty-ninth of the twelfth lunar month: Go to the grave and ask for a big confession from the ancestors.

There is a saying in the middle of the year: "On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, please go to the grave and ask your ancestors for a big donation". Ancestor worship has a long history in China. Death is not only an important symbol of filial piety, but also a virtue of respecting the elderly. The Spring Festival is a big festival, and the ceremony of paying homage to one's ancestors is particularly grand. In most areas, ancestors were invited on the morning of the 29th.

According to Mao Cui's "Four-person Moon Order" in Han Dynasty, "On the first day of the first month, you should bow down to your wife and ancestors. On the day of worship, I drank wine, and my family, big or small, was humble, second only to my ancestors. My son-in-law's great-grandson presented Chili wine to my parents, saying that it was to celebrate their long life and happiness. " This shows that as early as the Han Dynasty, ancestor worship in China was already a very important activity in the Spring Festival.

New Year's Eve: Keep the New Year's Eve.

1, paste Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets, also called "spring stickers", "door pairs" and "couplets", are important symbols to celebrate the Spring Festival. When people put couplets and blessings on their doorsteps, it means the official start of the Spring Festival. Every Spring Festival, whether in urban or rural areas, in addition to Spring Festival couplets, every household should also have stick grilles, New Year pictures and blessings to increase the festive atmosphere.

2. New Year's Eve dinner

New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, reunion dinner, reunion dinner and so on. Especially the New Year's Eve dinner. Reunion dinner is the highlight of the year ago, which is not only colorful, but also very meaningful. There are usually chickens (indicating a plan) and fish (more than enough every year) for good luck. China people's New Year's Eve dinner is a family reunion dinner, which is the most abundant and important dinner in a year.

Step 3: keep your age

Shounian, also known as wasting time, lighting a fire, staying up late and so on. The folk custom of celebrating New Year's Eve is mainly manifested in that the lights are always on on New Year's Eve. Observing that New Year's Eve is called "Lighting the New Year with Lights", that is, it is full of lights and candles on New Year's Eve. It is said that this will enrich the wealth of the family in the coming year. Keeping old also refers to family reunion on New Year's Eve and staying up late to welcome the Lunar New Year.

Step 4 set off firecrackers

Setting off firecrackers is one of the traditional customs. It is said that firecrackers originated from firecrackers. This custom has a history of more than 2,000 years in China. Nowadays, people are used to setting off firecrackers to celebrate China New Year, getting married, going to school and getting promoted. As long as they are celebrating.

5, lucky money

After the New Year's Eve, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. Lucky money means "lucky money", which is a good wish for the elders and children to grow up.

6. Bao jiaozi

Many traditional festivals in China eat jiaozi, and New Year's Eve also includes jiaozi, which has different meanings in peacetime. Whoever eats jiaozi with coins in it indicates good luck and good luck in the new year.

New Year's Day: Happy New Year

Clean the house before New Year's Eve. Don't use a broom on the first day of the new year. Don't take out the garbage. Prepare a big bucket of waste water, and don't spill it that day.

You can't smash furniture during the New Year. If it's broken, you have to say "it's safe at the age of (broken)" or "it blooms on the ground and is rich and glorious".

On the first day, you should pay New Year greetings to your elders or neighbors, and generally don't go far away to pay New Year greetings. After New Year's Eve, people open the door on the first morning and congratulate each other "Happy New Year! Peace and good luck. " The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to ward off evil spirits.

Lunar New Year's Day: Going back to my mother's house

On this day, the married daughter will bring her son-in-law and present them in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house. Daughters who go back to their parents' homes must bring some gifts and red envelopes to their children.

New Year's Day: Sleep well and get up late.

In traditional customs, the third day of the third lunar month is considered as the day when mice marry women, so you should rest early at night and don't disturb mice to marry women.

Rats have a taste of "whoever doesn't let me have a good day, I will make him feel bad for a whole year". If they are disturbed and marry a daughter, rats will hurt the family.

Lunar New Year: Welcome to Kitchen God.

According to the folk saying, on the fourth day of the first month, Kitchen God should check the household registration, so every household should stay at home, prepare rich fruits, burn incense, light candles and set off firecrackers as a welcome. Although many folk sayings have no basis, they carry people's good wishes to pray and avoid disasters, so they have been handed down.

We have to put together a hodgepodge of leftovers from a few days and clean up the new year's goods. Dust indoors, sweep the floor indoors, dump garbage in the yard, and prepare to "throw the poor".

Lunar new year: welcome the god of wealth

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, commonly known as "breaking the fifth", it is necessary to "drive out the five poor", including "intellectual poverty, academic poverty, literary poverty, life poverty and friendship poverty". People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are set from the inside out, and as soon as they are set, they go outside the door. It is said that anything unlucky will be blown out. On this day, the popular folk food custom is to eat jiaozi, commonly known as "squeezing people's mouths".

Lunar new year's day: send the poor

On the fifth day, I just welcomed the god of wealth into the door, and on the sixth day, I will send away the poor god. On the day of sending the poor god, we will do a general cleaning at home and throw away all the rubbish, useless rags and the like.

Lunar New Year's Day: "People's Birthday"

Also known as "Full Win Festival" and "Full Seven Days". Legend has it that Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. Parents can't give lessons to their children on this day.

2008 is the condensation of China culture, and the customs of China have endless stories and customs. For everyone in China, the custom of Spring Festival should be passed down all the time.