Chinese New Year is an important festival in traditional Chinese culture, and the customs and particularities vary from place to place. Here are some common tips for celebrating the New Year:
Sacrifice to the king of the stove: On this day of the new year, people will worship the king of the stove, also known as the sacrifice of the stove, the god of the stove, and the king of the stove. Legend has it that the King of the Stove would return to Heaven on this day to report to the Jade Emperor on the situation in the world, and people hoped to bribe the King of the Stove to make him say more good things in front of the Jade Emperor, so as to bring the weather to life in the coming year.
Eating Stove Sugar: Eating Stove Sugar is an indispensable ritual in the northern region, Stove Sugar is a sugar product made from malt, and some areas will sprinkle a layer of sesame seeds on the surface to make the taste more sweet and delicious.
Sweeping dust: cleaning the house at the end of the year is an important custom of the year, the south will call it "dust", "dust" is also "Chen", in the eyes of the ancients, everyone pays attention to the new year, the dust is swept away, it means to remove the old things, sweep away the ominous, the new year home can be safe and smooth.
Head shaving: From a young age, many people start getting a haircut to welcome the New Year with a new attitude. In addition, there is a custom in the countryside of "no haircut in the first month", if you get a haircut before the child, what kind of hair will grow in the first month, so it is more reasonable to start a haircut after the first year.
Don't kill: The New Year is a small festival, do not kill or slaughter on this day, in order to have a smooth year.
Don't borrow things: The New Year is as important as the first day of the New Year, whether it is borrowing things or being borrowed, it is a bad omen, so it is forbidden to borrow things in the New Year.