Today is a small year in the north, may there be more than one year and a safe year. The fish-shaped lantern in the painting is the main element of this illustration, expressing "there are fish every year", referring to the lantern-shaped painting that appeared on the New Year's festival in the ancient painting, in addition to the round lantern with the word "peace", the vase meaning "peace", as well as antique curtains, tea utensils and other elements. Regarding the date of the small year, there is "official" in the folk.
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In the small year, there are also names such as "New Year's Festival", "Stove God Festival", "Sacrificial Stove Festival" and so on. The customs are different in the north and south, so the date of the festival also varies. Most of the southern part of the lunar calendar is the 24th lunar month, and most of the northern part is the 23rd lunar month of the lunar calendar. In addition, some regions refer to "the 24th day of the lunar month" and "the night before Chinese New Year's Eve" as the small year, while others refer to it as the Chinese New Year's Eve, the 15th or 16th of the first lunar month. 
The small originated from the sacrificial festival, especially the tradition of sacrificing the god of the stove is still preserved in many places, the legend is to send the god of the stove to heaven to say things, the god of the stove is commonly known as the king of the stove, the people feel that the king of the stove must be respected, pray for peace and fortune in the coming year. When sacrificing to the stove, the sugar should be smeared on the mouth of the stove prince, so that he can say more sweet and good words. Nowadays, the ritual of the sacrificial stove is gradually declining, but the traditions and culture of the small year have been preserved. Generally around the time of the New Year, families also begin to prepare for the Lunar New Year, buying a variety of food and drink utensils, as well as gifts for visiting relatives and friends. 
There will be some traditional customs in the small New Year's festival, and each place has its own customs, generally there will be customs such as "preparing New Year's goods, pasting Spring Festival couplets, sweeping dust, sacrificing stoves, pasting flower windows, pasting New Year's pictures, cutting window flowers, haircuts, bathing, eating stove sugar, cooking rice balls" and so on. 
Cutting window grilles and sticking them on the windows is also a very ceremonial activity. There are many kinds of window flowers, various animals and plants, as well as various shapes and meanings. In some areas, some window flowers will be cut in preparation for the upcoming Spring Festival in the New Year, mainly red paper, with various auspicious patterns. Sticking Spring Festival couplets is a very distinctive activity, conditional will be at home their own handwritten Spring Festival couplets, now many people are buying ready-made products directly take home and paste, is an expression of auspicious sense of ceremony. 
The custom of sweeping dust is to express the desire to remove the old and welcome the new, and also to sweep away all the ominous dust and the past. Paired with a lantern in the shape of a fish, it is full of joy and there are fish every year.