Chinese New Year's Eve. Chinese New Year's Eve is a time of change between the old and the new, and all walks of life stop trading. We are looking forward to better luck in the new year.
One night is two years old, and the fifth watch is divided into two days. The cold leaves the winter snow, and the warmth brings in the spring breeze. According to legend, every Chinese New Year's Eve, the New Year beast will come out to cause harm, and people will scare away the New Year beast after a night of vigil and midnight firecrackers.
The Chinese New Year's Eve is the most important custom, which is recorded in the Wei and Jin dynasties, when the main activity of the New Year's Eve was making dumplings.
As soon as midnight arrives, the wax moon ends and the new year begins.
The first day of the first month. The first day of the first month is called the first day.
For the beginning of the new year, spring begins. People began to bring gifts to the door, called "Greeting the New Year", and the younger generations gave New Year's greetings to the elders to suppress the evil worship. Worship the gods of heaven and earth and pray for the blessings of the new year.
The customs of this day include: letting go of the door cannon battle, greeting the New Year, occupying the New Year, gathering wealth, etc. And on the first day of the Lunar New Year, you can't use a broom, otherwise you will sweep away your luck and ruin your fortune.
Moreover, the family has a traditional belief in the first day of the new year to eat vegetarian, the so-called "fasting on the first day of the new year is better than eating a year of fasting".
The second day of the first month. The second day of the first lunar month is also a New Year's greeting, but the girl who marries out on this day is going to take her son-in-law to her mother's house with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go to their parents' house.
For example, the gifts you bring should come in pairs. The mother's family can't take it all, and when she goes back to her husband's house, she has to bring back some of it.
In the north, on the second day of the first month, the God of Wealth is sacrificed, and on this day, whether it is a commercial store or an ordinary family, it is necessary to hold a sacrifice to the God of Wealth. At noon on this day, we have to eat wontons, commonly known as "ingots soup".
The third day of the first month. In traditional customs, the third day of the first lunar month is considered to be the day when the mouse marries his daughter, so he should rest early in the evening and not disturb the mouse marrying his daughter.
Rats have the smell of "whoever doesn't let me live this day, I make anyone uncomfortable for a whole year", and if it disturbs the rat to marry his daughter, the rat will harm the family.
For the sake of the harvest in the field, let's go to bed early!
The fourth day of the first lunar month. The fourth day of the first lunar month is also known as "Sheep Day". In the old imperial calendar, the sheep is occupied, so it is often said that "Sanyang Kaitai" is a symbol of auspiciousness, and the king of the stove wants to check the household registration.
Folklore has it that the fifth day of the first lunar month is also the birthday of the God of Wealth, so the fourth day of the first lunar month should begin to prepare a sumptuous banquet to worship the God of Wealth.
In the past, the boss wanted to "fire someone", so he didn't invite him to worship God on this day, and the other party knew it and cleaned up and left.
The fifth day of the first month. This day is commonly known as breaking five, and many taboos can be broken before breaking five folk customs, from the prince's mansion to the small households in the streets and alleys, even the hospitality is the same. In ancient times, women were no longer taboo to go out, and began to visit each other to pay New Year's greetings and congratulate each other.
This day is not suitable for labor, otherwise this year will be ruined, everyone should remember.
The sixth day of the first month. The sixth day of the first month is the day of the horse, and the horse is successful. People can start going out and doing business at this point. In the street, thousands of households are watching, and no one is not poor. Open the door to welcome guests naturally to sweep away the garbage, and then "send the poor", "send the poor" is a very distinctive custom of the ancient folk in our country, that is, to sacrifice the poor ghost or poor god. Legend has it that the poor ghost is the son of Zhuan, who is weak and short, and likes to wear tattered clothes and drink porridge. Even if new clothes were given to him, he would not wear them until he had torn them or burned them out of the hole.
The seventh day of the first month. The seventh day of the first lunar month is the "Human Day", also known as the "Human Victory Festival", "Human Celebration Festival", "Population Day", "Human Seven Days" and so on. It is an ancient Han traditional festival, and legend has it that Nuwa created the world and created human beings on the seventh day.
On this day, everyone can start celebrating their birthdays, and the life expectancy is abundant, but it can be lively. Spread pancakes and eat Qibao soup to settle down and recuperate.
Early in the morning, there is a sumptuous family feast, a dinner party to eat and drink, and fireworks to celebrate the birthday.
The eighth day of the first month. Seven people and eight grains", the eighth day of the first month is the valley day, also known as the Shunxing Festival.
Legend has it that this day is the day of the lower realm of the stars, and there are the most stars in the sky, and people will make small lamps to light and sacrifice them, which is also called "sacrificing stars" and "receiving stars".
If the weather is clear on this day, it means that this year's paddy harvest is good. If it's cloudy, it's a loss. So let's hope it's a good day!
The ninth day of the first month. The ninth day of the first lunar month is the day of heaven, commonly known as "Tiangongsheng", and legend has it that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor.
The main customs are to worship the Jade Emperor, Taoist Temple Zhaitian, etc., in some places, when the day is shining, prepare fragrant flower candles, fast bowls, and place them in the open air at the mouth of the courtyard alley to worship the sky, and ask for the blessing of the heavens.
The tenth day of the first month. Stone Festival, there is such a festival! "The tenth day of the new year, the birthday of the earth. Sacrifice stone thanksgiving, there is heaven and earth. is not much different from the grandmother, and the houses are all on the ground; Rice and wheat are all born.
The flavor of vegetables and vegetables is sacrificed, and he rejoices on his birthday. Loyalty, filial piety and righteousness in life are based on the earth's maintenance; You need to be down-to-earth. ”
To put it simply, on this day, you can't sharpen your knives, you can't grind, you can't make stone products, and you even worship stones in many places. On this day, the stone is a treasure!
The eleventh day of the first month. There is a saying in the folk song that "the eleventh day of the first month is the "son-in-law day", and the fathers-in-law feast on this day.
According to legend, this is because the food to celebrate the "Heavenly Father" on the ninth day of the new year cannot be eaten until the tenth day of the new year, so it is used to invite the son-in-law to eat on the eleventh day, and the mother's family does not have to spend money on it.
The twelfth day of the first month. From New Year's Day to the 11th day of the first lunar month, people eat mostly rich and oily food.
Therefore, from this day on, people began to eat lightly to cleanse the intestines and moisten the intestines.
What's more, since three days later will be the Lantern Festival, it is necessary to prepare from this day on. The family will buy lanterns and build a lantern shed.
The thirteenth day of the first month. This day is still inseparable from the topic of lights. Light the lamp under the stove, pre-release the Lantern Festival, from this day on, the lanes and bridges, are all made of bamboo lanterns.
The Lantern Festival became the Festival of Lights and became a custom in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.
The fourteenth day of the first month. In most parts of China, everything on the 14th day is for the Lantern Festival the next day. On this day, the lantern festival is open for the public to purchase lanterns.
For the Lantern Festival, performances such as dragon and lion dances began to be practiced on the streets, and some people wrote lantern riddles to guess lantern riddles to add to the festive atmosphere.
In China, lantern riddles are very traditional crossword puzzles, and both adults and children love to solve them.
The fifteenth day of the first month. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, watch the lanterns. The Lantern Festival is the main traditional festival in China, also known as Yuan Xi, Yuan Ye, also known as Shangyuan Festival, because this is the first full moon night of the new year.
"Lantern Festival" as a food has also been around in China for a long time. In the Song Dynasty, the folk were popular with a novel food eaten during the Lantern Festival.
This kind of food was first called "Fu Yuanzi" and later called "Lantern Festival", and the businessman also called it "Yuanbao". Lantern Festival, that is"Glutinous rice balls", can be meat or vegetarian, the flavor is different. It can be boiled, fried, and steamed, which has the meaning of reunion.