Since the ban on firecrackers, everyone is saying that the taste of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker. In fact, not only that, but many traditional New Year's customs are also slowly disappearing, making the Spring Festival more and more boring! After all, there are New Year's customs, in order to have the flavor of the New Year, let's take a look at the traditional New Year's customs, see how many you know?
For office workers, the Chinese New Year is from 30 to 7 days of the new year. In fact, the traditional Spring Festival is from the 23rd day of the lunar month to the 15th day of the first lunar month, so the New Year's customs also start from the day of the "small year".
On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the "small year" is celebrated
Twenty-three, sugar melon sticky". According to custom, on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, you must eat sugar melons and Kanto sugar. This is because of the legend that on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the king of each family has to go back to heaven to report the situation of the family to the Jade Emperor this year, and the sweet and sticky sugar melon can "stick" the mouth of the king of the stove, so that he "goes to heaven to say good things, and the lower world is auspicious". Therefore, people will put sugar melons or Kanto sugar on the stove to worship the king of the stove. Because of the solemnity and fun of the form of the sacrificial stove, this day is also called "Xiao Nian".
In fact, China's traditional "small year" is the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, but from the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor is in the twenty-third day of the lunar month to hold a ceremony to worship the sky, in order to "save expenses", by the way the stove prince also worshipped, so the people in the northern region will have a day in advance of the "small year". In most parts of the south, the tradition of celebrating the 24th lunar month is still maintained.
On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, dust and sweep the house
Because the twenty-third day of the lunar month is the "return to heaven" of the gods in the family, and on the second day, you are not afraid of offending the gods in the family when you move objects or fly in the dust. Therefore, the 24th day is set as the time for the cleaning before the year, the front and back of the house must be thoroughly cleaned, and the clothes and utensils should also be washed and brushed to welcome the New Year cleanly.
On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, push and grind to make tofu
In the past, people began to grind tofu on the 25th day of the lunar month for consumption during the Spring Festival. Tofu is homophonic for "Doufu" and "Duofu", which also gives a good omen of good luck. Although there is no need to grind and make tofu by yourself now, on the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, you should also buy a piece of tofu to cook "according to the rules".
On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, kill the pig and cut the meat of the year
Twenty-six, go buy meat". According to custom, this day is the day to go to the street to buy pork. Because in the past, people could only eat meat when it was time for the Chinese New Year.
In addition to preparing pork, on the 26th day of the lunar month, people also have to bathe, wash clothes, bedding, and even clean the cat kennels, dog kennels, chicken and duck sheds at home, which is called "going to bad luck". Although the 24th of the lunar month has been cleaned in front of the house and behind the house, the cleaning on the 26th of the lunar month has the meaning of "summary".
On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, slaughter the New Year's chickens and catch up with the big set
The twenty-seventh day of the lunar month is the day when everyone goes out to buy New Year's goods. This is because it is just a stone's throw away from Chinese New Year's Eve, and you need to have all the necessary items in place.
In addition, on the 27th day of the lunar month, they slaughtered their own roosters for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Because "chicken" is the same as "auspicious", it has the meaning of auspiciousness and auspiciousness. And killing chickens is also particular - killed chickens, not eaten on the same day, until Chinese New Year's Eve can be eaten, and Chinese New Year's Eve can not be eaten when eating, to keep a little, to ensure that you can see chickens on the table every day during the festival, so that it is complete.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the cake steamed bun appliqué flower
According to the old particularity, it is forbidden to steam, fry, fry and other cooking things during the New Year, because "steaming" is the same as "fighting", "frying" is the same as "noisy", and "frying" is the same as "frying (four sounds)", all of which are unlucky, so people should steam enough staple food for the whole family to eat during the New Year on the 28th day of the lunar month. The staple food in the north is mainly steamed buns, while in the south it is rice cakes.
In addition, on the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, it is necessary to paste New Year's paintings, window flowers, spring couplets, etc., and the red and fiery colors make the blessings uninvited. Therefore, it is also important to paste Spring Festival couplets.
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, go to the grave to invite the ancestors to make a big offering
Therefore, on the day before Chinese New Year's Eve, people will pay tribute to their ancestors with a solemn ceremony and "invite" them to "go home for the New Year" to show respect and gratitude to their ancestors. Moreover, starting from the 29th day of the lunar month, the best food and dishes must be used before every meal in the family to worship the gods and ancestors, and then the whole family can eat them.
Chinese New Year's Eve, two years old overnight
Stay up for the night in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve". According to the custom of the New Year, people should "keep the year" on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve and set off firecrackers, because the legendary monster named "Nian" will come to harm the world every Chinese New Year's Eve, so everyone sits around and chats to dispel sleepiness and wait for the dawn to come. At the same time, firecrackers were set off to scare away the "year".
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve is also exquisite. The dishes of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of northerners often include dumplings, fish, rice cakes, and long-term vegetables (mustard greens). Because the dumplings are shaped like gold ingots and have the meaning of wealth, people will also put a coin in the dumplings, and the people who eat them will be rich in the future (in the past, dumplings should be eaten at twelve o'clock at night, so that they can feel the joy of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new at the moment of "Jiaozi"). The remaining dishes also have special meanings and exquisiteness, and the fish cannot be eaten because there must be "more than (fish) every year"; Rice cakes take the meaning of "rising every year"; Eating perennial vegetables (mustard greens) symbolizes longevity. In addition to chicken, roast meat, there are also fat cabbage, oysters, etc., which means "fortune (vegetable) good (oyster) city (soybean)". A typical Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in Jiangnan must have a fish soup pot.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, worship the New Year
The first day of the Lunar New Year is New Year's Day. Early in the morning of this day, the elders in the family should be deducted to pay New Year's greetings, and the elders should also give the younger generations "New Year's money". After the younger generation pays a New Year's greeting to the elders, they go to the homes of relatives and friends to pay New Year's greetings.
On the first day of the first lunar month, I also eat vegetarian dumplings wrapped on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, which means "safe and clean", while eating dumplings wrapped the day before means that "there is surplus food at home every year". It should be noted that from the first day of the new year, the family should not sweep the floor and take out the garbage, otherwise it will sweep away the "blessing" and "wealth".
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, go back to your parents' home
Returning to her mother's home, also known as "going to her mother's house". The married daughter has to return to her parents' house on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and she has to walk with her husband, so this day is also called "Son-in-law Day" or "Aunt's Day". In the old days, it was believed that a married daughter would eat her parents' family poor when she returned to her home on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so she could only return to her parents' house after the second day of junior high school.
The third day of the Lunar New Year, Red Dog Day
People usually stay at home on the New Year's Day to recharge their batteries, and the reason comes from the legend of "Red Dog Day". Akainu is the god of anger and is prone to anger to the point of causing trouble, and the third day of the Lunar New Year is the day when Akainu is on duty, so people should stay at home to avoid disasters.
On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, welcome the god of the stove
According to custom, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, people are required to stay at home, prepare abundant fruits, burn incense, light candles and set off firecrackers. Because on the day of the "Little Year", the Lord of the Stove went to the heavenly court to make a report, and the fourth day of the first month was the day to welcome the Lord of the Stove back.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the God of Wealth is picked up on the fifth road
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, shops reopen to welcome customers, and families open their doors and windows to light incense, firecrackers, and fireworks. Because the fifth day of the first month is the day when the God of Wealth goes out on patrol, this day welcomes the God of Wealth, and the whole year will be smooth sailing, and the pot will be full.
In addition, the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is commonly known as "breaking five", and northerners will also eat dumplings on this day. "Breaking five" means "sending the year", and after this day, everything will slowly return to the state before Chinese New Year's Eve.
On the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, no one does not send the poor
The sixth day of the Lunar New Year is the day to clean up the room. Cleaning up the garbage accumulated at home is called "sending the poor ghost"; The hanging note on the door is taken off and thrown out at the same time, which is called "sending the poor god". Sending away the "poor" ushered in the "blessing". Some businesses will also choose to set off firecrackers on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year to open the market lively. Setting off firecrackers symbolizes that business will be prosperous and safe in the coming year.
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the festival of human victory
On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, people wear a headdress called "Rensheng" (that is, a small figure made of colored paper, silk, soft gold and silver, etc., and wear it on their heads), and eat Qibao soup and pancakes made of seven kinds of vegetables. This is because legend has it that the seventh day of the first lunar month was the day when Nuwa, the goddess of creation, created a human being, and after that, she created the wedding ceremony of male and female marriage, ensuring the survival and reproduction of human beings. Therefore, this day is regarded as the birthday of the people, commonly known as the "human day" or "human victory festival".
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, release and pray for blessings
The eighth day of the first lunar month is the "Shunxing Festival". According to Taoism and astrologers, each person has a star every year, and the eighth day of the first lunar month of each year is the period when the stars gather together, and people have to worship the stars (i.e., "Shunxing") on this day, so as to ensure peace and prosperity in the new year.
Many people will release some of the fish and birds they buy on this day into the wild to express the virtue of good life, and at the same time, they can also let the stars see their good deeds.
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, the Jade Emperor was born
On the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, many families will gather as a whole family to bathe and pray for blessings. This is because according to legend, the ninth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the Jade Emperor (commonly known as "Heavenly Father"), so special attention should be paid to him, and a grand ceremony should be held for him to ask for the blessing of Heavenly Father.
On the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the sacrificial stone is grateful
According to the custom, people cannot move stone tools on the tenth day of the first month, and they cannot move stones. Because the tenth day of the first month is the "Stone Festival", that is, the birthday of the stone god. In ancient times, on this day, people would sacrifice to the god of grinding, grinding, mortar god, Taishan stone dare to be a god, etc.
The eleventh day of the first month, the day of the son-in-law
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, a married woman brings gifts to her parents' home with her husband and children, and as a gift for her daughter's return to the door, her father-in-law and mother-in-law will invite her daughter and son-in-law to come to her home on the 11th day of the first lunar month. The father-in-law not only sent his mother's brother or brother to go out in advance to greet him, but also entertained his daughter and aunt with delicacies that had been sacrificed to the gods, in order to show the respect and importance of the mother's family to the aunt. Therefore, this day is called "Son-in-law Day".
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, build a lantern shed and "pinch the mouse's mouth".
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, various preparations for the Lantern Festival began on this day. In addition, on this day, you will also eat dumplings in the shape of rats. Pinch the dumplings into the shape of a mouse and pinch them tightly, commonly known as "pinching the mouse's mouth", which means that the mouse's mouth is pinched to death, and the mouse can't bite anything.
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the lamp is lit under the stove
In the past, on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, people would light a lamp under the kitchen stove, which was called "lighting the stove lamp". In fact, it is because the day of the lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is approaching, and the lamps made by each family on a pilot basis are said to be the day of the "lamp head".
On the fourteenth day of the first month, pay tribute to the water lady
In ancient times, the fourteenth day of the first lunar month was the birthday of Linshui Niangniang (also known as "Our Lady of Shuntian"), and on this day, women would worship Linshui Niangniang in order to give birth smoothly when they gave birth.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival is lit up
The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is another day of national celebration. In addition to eating Lantern Festival, making lanterns, dancing dragon lanterns, guessing lantern riddles, there are also good performances such as stepping on stilts, lion dance, and rowing boats. After the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it also means that the year ends here.
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