The Spring Festival holiday is here, and it is also the traditional Chinese New Year. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, from the beginning of the Lunar New Year to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there are unique customs and traditions every day, and each link is the inheritance and development of traditional Chinese culture. Let's take a look at what we should do these days!
New Year's Day: Greetings to the New Year
The first day of the Lunar New Year is the first day of the first month of the lunar calendar, also known as "Yuan Shuo". It is a very special day, people will greet each other for the New Year, send the most sincere blessings and care, but also have a lot of particulars, such as not using brooms, not breaking household items, etc.
1.New Year's greetings: New Year's greetings are an important activity in the Spring Festival, and it is an important way for people to congratulate each other on the New Year. Chinese New Year's Eve vigil to zero hour set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year, and then you can start greeting the New Year!
2.Red Envelopes: The annual Red Envelope War has begun! Parents will give their children New Year's money, which means that the new year is safe, healthy and successful.
3.Eat dumplings:
Dumplings are a traditional delicacy in the north, and they are eaten to pray for a safe and prosperous new year.
The second day of the Lunar New Year:Go back to your parents' homeGo relatives
The second day of the Lunar New Year is the second day of the New Year, also known as the "Mother's Day of Returning to the Mother's Home", which is the day when the married daughter returns to her parents' house with her husband and children to pay New Year's greetings.
1.New Year's greetings: On this day, people will go to their relatives and friends to send New Year's blessings and greetings.
2.Relatives reunited:
On this day, everyone will gather together to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, watch the Spring Festival Gala, play mahjong, and feel the warmth between relatives.
The third day of the Lunar New Year: Red Dog Day, Broom Day, and Mouse Marrying
This day is known as Red Dog Day, and people avoid quarrels with people, and they also engage in activities to gather wealth, and in some places, there is a traditional custom of marrying rats.
1.Go back to your parents' home
On this day, the married daughter returned to her parents' house with her husband and children to reunite with her parents, brothers and sisters.
2.Worship the Buddha: In traditional Chinese culture, the third day of the Lunar New Year is also a very important day, people will go to the temple to burn incense and pray for a safe, healthy and happy new year.
3.Broom Day:
On this day, people are not allowed to use brooms, because they think they will sweep away their wealth, so we can try to avoid cleaning the house.
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year: Welcome the God of Wealth
This day is the traditional Chinese "God of Wealth Day" and "Breaking Five" day, where people go to greet the God of Wealth and pray for a prosperous new year.
1.Eat dumplings:
Dumplings are eaten on this day to welcome the God of Wealth, because dumplings are shaped like ingots, which means that wealth is abundant.
2.Temple fairs: Temple fairs are held in some places where people can go and get a feel for the traditional cultural atmosphere.
3.Ancestor worship: In some places, people go to worship ancestors and remember the merits of their ancestors.
The fifth day of the Lunar New Year: broken.
Fifth, send the poor god and open the market
The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the traditional Chinese "God of Wealth Day" and "Breaking Five" day, which also symbolizes the departure of the God of Wealth and the beginning of the new year.
1.Send the poor god:
On this day, people perform rituals to send off the poor gods to drive away poverty and calamity.
2.Market opening: On this day, merchants and shops will be open for business, which means that business is prosperous and financial resources are abundant.
The above is the explanation of the traditional customs and customs from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and you can arrange it according to your actual situation!