10 strange New Year s customs that will surprise your jaw

Mondo Culture Updated on 2024-02-18

The last high-speed traffic jam was when everyone rushed home for the New Year, and the high-speed traffic jam in the past few days is the end of the Spring Festival holiday, and everyone has to return to their jobs and normal life.

Same journey, different moods and destinations......

Looking back at this year's Spring Festival, some people say that there is less flavor of the New Year, and some people say that it has not been so lively for a long time.

Different regions have different cultural customs and humanistic life, and naturally there will be some unique and wonderful customs.

The Spring Festival is actually going to be twice?

In Putian, Fujian, people have to keep the New Year around the fireplace twice, children can set off firecrackers twice, and the Spring Festival couplets will leave six to ten centimeters of white edge above the red paper, which is calledWhite-fronted couplets

From the 16th day of the lunar month to the second day of the second month of February, the New Year lasts for 46 days, which is really the envy of many people compared with our seven-day Spring Festival.

But there is a painful history behind it. During the Jiaqing period, the Japanese invaded Putian, Fujian Province and entrenched for a long time. It was not until Qi Jiguang led the army to Putian and carried out many encirclements and suppressions of the Japanese invaders that Putian was able to restore peace.

But when people hiding in the mountains return home, they can only see their loved ones everywhere.

Since the war occurred around the Spring Festival, the people of Putian have never had the opportunity to celebrate the New Year, so the people meet on the second day of the first lunar month as the day to visit relatives and friends.

To this day, Putian people do not leave relatives in the second year of junior high school, but people decide to make up for the New Year on the fourth day of junior high school, also known as "being a big year".

New Year's Exception "Male and Female Bathing"?

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Lisu people living in Sanxiang and Wuling will gather together with their families, food and cooking utensils, and hold a grand party here - spring bath.

They tend to stay here for three to five days, bathing seven or eight times a day, and in this way they wash away sickness, calamity, and bad luck.

Because of the nakedness, men, women and children do not shy away from the natural bathing method, which is called "bathing paradise" by the locals.

It is said that it has a history of more than 100 years, and they regard this "spring bath" as a civilized, hygienic and holy behavior, where men and women respect each other, and the old and young support each other, which is simply a beautiful and mythical harmonious picture.

Firecrackers to hang around the neck?

In some rural areas of Shaanxi, it is necessary to make one for children during the Chinese New Year"Jujube cards"。

Jujube cards"It is to use red thread to wear red dates and grain straw, hang a copper coin on it, and a firecracker on the bottom, and hang it on the back of the child, which is a kind of mascot to ward off evil and bless.

Some people will also use red thread to wear for needlework"Ejector pins", hanging on the child's neck, is also asking for an auspicious call"Age-increasing thimble"。One more per year until the age of twelve.

Don't talk at dinner in the Chinese New Year's Eve

In some areas of Shanxi, you can't talk about eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, which is really a benefit for young people!

Even if the elders come to ask you if you have a partner? How many points do you get on the exam? How much money can I earn in a month? You have good reasons not to answer these questions.

Because there is a particular thing about the God of Wealth entering the door at night, if the house is too noisy when the God of Wealth enters the door, the God of Wealth will be scared away.

There is a simple reason behind this custom, in the past, life was hard, and the family usually didn't have much money to buy delicious food, so it was hard to catch a big meal, what to say, hurry up and eat

Is there so much attention to the fire?

The Mongols worship the god of fire, fire, and the god of the hearth.

Generally, the twenty-third day of the lunar month of each year is the day when the Mongolian people sacrifice to the god of fire.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the stove is also sacrificed to the fire, making offerings, cooking on the stove, and performing sacrifices on the felt carpet.

They believe that fire, the god of fire and the god of the stove are holy objects and gods that drive away evil spirits, so after entering the yurt, they should not roast their feet on the stove, let alone wet their shoes by the stove, cross the stove and pedal the stove, knock cigarette bags, drop things, throw dirt on the stove, and do not use knives to pick up fire or prick meat from the pot.

Some people who like to eat melon seeds by the brazier in their hometown during the New Year should pay great attention to it when they arrive in the yurt! Don't just throw the melon seed shell in

Hui people are not the Spring Festival?

In some areas where the Hui people live, there is no Spring Festival at all, and their Spring Festival is to reunite with relatives and friends at the end of the year, and do not set off firecrackers to pay New Year's greetings.

The Hui people celebrate the Spring Festival at a different time than the Han people, and they determine the date of the Spring Festival according to the religious calendar. The Spring Festival of the Hui people is a few days or later after the Spring Festival of the Han people.

The Hui people perform a series of religious ceremonies and prayers during the Spring Festival to express their respect for the gods and pray for peace and happiness in the coming year.

Celebrating the New Year in a bullfight?

The New Year festival of the Miao people is after the autumn harvest[gf]ff61[gf]On the day of the New Year, they hold a "bullfighting competition".

"Bullfighting" is commonly known as herding cattle and fighting.

Generally speaking, the Miao "bullfight" is held at the beginning of the first month of each year.

Five, ten. May and 253 days are held to celebrate the harvest of the year in the New Year, and to express hope.

In the bullring, there was a sea of people, they cheered, and the atmosphere was very warm. After the game, people drank and danced to the beat of the drums and the beat of the reeds

Spring Festival "walking fairy".There are many gods and goddesses worshiped by Chinese during the Chinese New Year, and specific to the locality, each place has its own "exclusive worship". In some places in Zhejiang and Sichuan, there is a custom of going out for a walk with the whole family on the morning of the first day of the first lunar month, which is called "walking the happy god party".

Parents learned in advance the location of the god of joy from the new almanac, so they walked in this direction with their whole family to seek the blessing of the god of joy and obtain good luck.

Lu Xun also recorded this famous activity in "Hesitation", "When you go out, you must first go to the god of joy and welcome auspiciousness".

Yangge version of the national ballIn Fenyang, Shanxi, "Diyang Song" is one of the indispensable Spring Festival programs.

This Yangge form, which originated in the Tang Dynasty, is divided into "Wuchang Yangge", which is mainly dance, and "Wenchang Yangge", which is mainly singing. The first to appear".Yangge of the martial arts"The actor's shape is unique, and the dance movements are evolved from martial arts movements and potential methods, with many changes and rich routines, mainly including the opening array, the two dragons out of the water, the snake peeling, the garlic braid, the single hook, the cross flower, the thirty-six consecutive hooks, the two dragons and the double lead, etc.

Then the singers of Yangge in the literary field sang".Fenyang knocks YanggeThe singing tune does not use silk and bamboo orchestral accompaniment, there is no music card, there is no starting board and passing the door, the height of the tune, the speed of the rhythm are all mastered by the singer, and many times it is improvised singing. In the old days, the "Yang Song" was just beating gongs and drums in a circle, called "Yang Song", which has developed into a cultural symbol with distinctive folk and local characteristics, and is a national intangible cultural heritage.

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"Spring Cow Dance" is a popular traditional Spring Festival literary and artistic activity in the Zhuang area, which originates from the ancient cow totem worship to pray for a good agricultural harvest and the prosperity of people and animals. When dancing the spring ox, the two of them drill into the special cow body, the former supports the cow's head, bends over and arches his back to dance the cow's body, makes the ox plough the field, accompanied by the beating of gongs and drums, and also sings "Congratulatory Song", "Make Ox Song", "Qingfeng Song" and so on.

In fact, many local customs are essentially people's yearning and expectation for beauty, and I hope everyone can live the life they want.

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