A slogan to celebrate the New Year.

"Happy New Year" means that people begin to prepare for the Chinese New Year. They are going to have a clean and beautiful year, expressing people's good wishes to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the auspicious new year.

Off-year is the prelude to the Spring Festival. At this time, the streets and alleys have begun to be filled with joy and flavor of the year. People wandering outside have crossed the sea of people, crossed the mountains and rivers and returned to their hometown for reunion.

With the approach of the new year, the ancient village of Beilin, which enjoys the reputation of "the first village of Luling culture", has gradually added festive colors. Red lanterns hung on the eaves along the street, and the dragon dance team shuttled through the roadway, surrounded by crowds, as if there was no end in sight.

Off-year, off-year, usually refers to the day of sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves. Due to different local customs, the days called "off-year" are different, such as the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month. In addition, for different places, the date of off-year is also different. Most of northern China is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. Most of the south is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

In short, every household in the north and south played the prelude to the Spring Festival, beaming with joy and full of flavor. No matter what day the off-year is, it expresses the stage distinction of the celebration. Having a new year represents people's good wishes to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Due to different local customs, the days called "off-year" are different.

Non-annual customs:

Clean it up Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, clean rooms and courtyards, dust off cobwebs and greet the Spring Festival cleanly. Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "dust" and "new". Its original intention is to sweep all "bad luck" and "bad luck" out of the door, placing people's good wishes for breaking the old and building the new.

Worship the kitchen god. According to folklore, every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Kitchen God will tell the Jade Emperor about the good and evil of this family and let the Jade Emperor reward and punish them. So when sending stoves, people will put candy, water, boiled beans and so on. Put it on the console table in front of the statue of the kitchen god to show his sincere worship of the kitchen god, in order to let the kitchen god say more good things in front of the jade emperor.

Stick grilles. Most of the window grilles are themed with auspicious patterns, such as magpies climbing plum blossoms, deer and cranes (six in a spring), five bats (blessings) to celebrate longevity, lotus (Lotus) with fish (surplus), Yuanyang playing in water and harmony between the two immortals. Sticking red window grilles in a clean room will increase joy.