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When red lanterns are hung up in the streets, merchants close their shops for vacation, and new couplets are installed on the doors of every house, we know that the year is coming to an end. The folk proverb says: One night is two years old, and five years is divided into two years, which is the unique holiday meaning of Chinese New Year's Eve.
From ancient times to the present, Chinese New Year's Eve is one of the most solemn festivals in the people, and the preparation of New Year's goods, cleaning, and washing sloppiness in the month of La are all to welcome the arrival of this night. On this day of removing the old and welcoming the new, it is natural that various traditional customs and taboos are indispensable. For example, it is often mentioned in the old custom, "Chinese New Year's Eve mother's house cannot be returned".
Because the ancients believed that after the daughter got married, she had to go to her husband's house for the New Year, and if she returned to her mother's house, she would have the intention of falling out with her husband's family, and it might also have a bad impact on her mother's family. But this is just an old custom, just understand it. Nowadays, many families are only children, and everyone often has disputes over whose house to go to for the Chinese New Year, and some families will choose to go home for the Chinese New Year. No matter how you choose, remember to negotiate well between husband and wife, so as not to cause disputes and affect the harmony of the small family.
Tomorrow Chinese New Year's Eve, except for "the mother's home can't go back".In addition to this old custom, the following "2 is not extinguished, 3 is not empty" is also a unique Chinese New Year's Eve custom from ancient times to the present, which can be understood from the perspectives of ancient and modern people.
First, the lights of the New Year will not be extinguished
Chinese New Year's Eve is the night of the alternation of the old and the new year, and the people pay attention to the observance of the year. This custom is embodied in the fact that after eating Chinese New Year's Eve, the house should be cleaned up, bathed and changed, the lights in all rooms should be turned on, and the family should gather together to keep the "fire of the year" from being extinguished, and welcome the ringing of the New Year's bell together. This whole process is also called "lighting the lamp".
The ancients believed that the night of Chinese New Year's Eve should be lit all night, and some people would put a kerosene lamp or light a candle under the bed, and by lighting the lamp, drive away everything bad in the old year, there is a saying that "the lamp is not on, the person is not prosperous". From the perspective of modern people, the ** of the New Year's flavor is these New Year's rituals that have been passed down from ancient times to the present, so you might as well have a little more respect and have a solid auspicious year.
Second, the incense of ancestor worship is not extinguished
At the end of the year, it is also a day for people to worship their ancestors, and people hope to express their thoughts and gratitude to their ancestors through ancestor worship ceremonies. When worshipping ancestors, incense is usually burned and worshipped, and most of them are three-stick incense.
The ancients believed that the three incense sticks burned when worshipping the ancestors, the first incense stick should respect the sky, seeking the wind and rain, the second incense stick should respect the earth, seeking a bumper harvest of grains, and the third incense stick should respect the ancestors, seeking a healthy and smooth New Year, and the incense can not be extinguished when worshipping the ancestors. From the perspective of modern people, ancestor worship is a sacred ceremony, reflecting the fine tradition of the Chinese to pursue the long distance, and keeping the incense unextinguished when worshipping ancestors is also a reverence for nature and ancestors.
1. The home cannot be empty
Chinese New Year's Eve, is the night of the end of the year, but also the prelude to the new year, according to the saying of the year, there are conditions to go home for the New Year, can not let the house empty, which means that there must be people in the family, the more the family gathers together, the better.
The ancients believed that if the family is prosperous, the family will prosper, and if even on such an important day as Chinese New Year's Eve, people cannot be gathered, it means that the family lacks cohesion, so that blessing and wealth are difficult to come. From the perspective of modern people, if you have money or not, you should often go home to visit your parents and grandparents who are getting old, and a filial person will usually not have too bad luck.
Second, the rice cylinder cannot be empty
In the past, when people stored grain, they usually used rice jars, which were generally filled before Chinese New Year's Eve to ensure that there was enough food during the New Year.
The ancients believed that the rice tank played the role of a "granary" in the family, and if the rice tank was empty on Chinese New Year's Eve night at the turn of the old and new years, it meant that the family was in decline and there would be no harvest in the coming year. From the perspective of modern people, we must have a sense of worry, especially during the New Year, many stores are not open, and if you do not store grain in advance, it will affect the smooth New Year.
3. The fish plate should not be empty
Whether it is in the north or the south, there is usually a fish dish on the table of Chinese New Year's EveChinese New Year's Eve rice, and if it is a fish complete from head to tail, it has the auspicious meaning of wealth, auspiciousness, and every year.
The ancients believed that this fish dish on the table on Chinese New Year's Eve, when eating, try to eat it from the middle, do not eat the head and tail of the fish, let alone unload the fish into eight pieces, resulting in an empty plate, otherwise there will be an "empty next year". From the perspective of modern people, eating fish on Chinese New Year's Eve is usually auspicious, in this case, you may wish to follow the old tradition.
No matter what rules and exquisiteness there are on Chinese New Year's Eve, its starting point is beautiful, it is the wishes and expectations of the working people for the new year, and it also pins on the most sincere emotions in people's hearts.