In the blink of an eye, the New Year has arrived, and at this time, the flavor of the New Year is even stronger, and most people are happily preparing for the New Year's various New Year's goods to prepare for the beginning of the New Year.
There are many small year customs among the people, all of which are to express that the new year should have a new atmosphere, and at the same time express the good wishes of the Chinese working people to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new
Due to China's vast land and many ethnic groups, the customs of the New Year are also different, today let's talk about what are the customs of the New Year, so that we can arrange it properly and usher in the good luck of the new year!
The time of the small years
As the saying goes: "The official three people have four boats and five", which means that the official family's small year is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the common people's family is the twenty-fourth lunar month, and the water family is on the twenty-fifth lunar month.
In addition, the date of the small year is also divided into north and south, generally the small year of people in the northern region is on the 23rd day of the lunar month, and the southern part is on the 24th of the lunar month.
But no matter which day, it represents people's good wishes to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.
The prince of the small year sacrifice stove
This day of the small year is the day of the folk general sacrifice stove, in the old days, every household will have the god seat of the stove prince in the kitchen, according to legend, it is the Jade Emperor personally sealed the "Nine Heavens East Kitchen Division Stove Wangfu Jun", responsible for the fire of each stove.
When the New Year is over, the Lord of the Stove wants to go to heaven to report the good and evil in the world to the Jade Emperor, also known as the "resignation stove", and then return to the bottom of the stove in the first month, and be ordered to reward the good and punish the evil.
Therefore, people will choose to earnestly worship the Lord of the Stove on the day of the New Year, so as to pray for him to say more good and auspicious words to heaven, so that people will have auspicious stars and blessings in the new year.
I eat stove candy when I am young
During the New Year, some places pay attention to eating dumplings, which means "sending off dumplings and windward noodles".
In some mountainous areas, they eat more cakes and buckwheat noodles; In the southeast of Shanxi, there is also a popular custom of eating fried corn.
In addition, people are also accustomed to eating stove sugar, stove sugar is a kind of maltose, very sticky, the weather is cold in winter, put it outside the house, just make it taste more crispy and sweet, and it is also a kind of food with a unique flavor in the young year.
It is not advisable to spend a safe and auspicious New Year
It is not suitable for women to sacrifice stoves:There is a folk saying that "men do not worship the moon, women do not sacrifice to the stove", although it is often women who cook at home, but in ancient times, people were backward in thought, thinking that women had a low status, and sacrificing to the god of the stove is a very serious matter, not suitable for women.
In addition, it is also said that the god of the stove is believed to be a man, and in ancient times, men and women did not kiss each other, and it would be offensive if a woman went to worship.
It is not advisable to kill:Although people will kill chickens and sheep when preparing for the New Year, they should avoid the day of the New Year. Because of the folk saying, the small year is the day of sacrifice to the king of the stove, the king of the stove manages the diet, if you kill on this day, it will affect the development of the family's fortune in the next year.
It is not advisable to borrow money from others:The New Year is a day of celebration and auspiciousness, so try not to borrow money from others on this day, because this means that you will have to rely on foreign aid from others for the whole year ahead.