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Each of China's four provinces has its own unique way of celebrating the Spring Festival, with food, customs and activities all showing strong regional cultural characteristics.
Hunan, from Changsha to Zhangjiajie, whether it is the hustle and bustle of the city or the tranquility and tranquility of the countryside, is full of the atmosphere of the New Year.
Changsha people have a unique custom on Chinese New Year's Eve - "Nian Cai Lao", where they will light maple trees (or pine, chestnut and other tree roots) to pray for good luck and wealth in the coming year.
At the beginning of the new year, every household will light incense candles to open the door and set off firecrackers, which is called "walking out of heaven".
The New Year is in Zhuzhou, starting with the "opening gun" in the early morning of the first day of the new year. On this day, they set off firecrackers to celebrate the arrival of the New Year. Worshipping the six gods is a tradition of Zhuzhou people, including the god of the stove, the god of eaves, the god of the white tiger, the god of the well, the god of the land and the god of wealth.
In Jutian Village, Youxian County, there is also a municipal-level intangible cultural heritage - "singing and interjecting", which is a performing art form with local characteristics. In the countryside, shadow puppetry is a traditional form of entertainment that is loved by people.
In Xiangtan, the festive activities of dragon lantern dance will continue until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Families will receive invitations to participate in the dragon lantern dance. At the same time,"Pumping abundance"It is also a traditional custom in Xiangtan, where people take the opportunity to show their fortune and offer rewards to those who participate in the event.
Hengyang people have a unique custom of keeping money on Chinese New Year's Eve, and they will close their doors to protect family wealth. And "sitting on the New Year" is to sit around the fireplace with the whole family, keep vigil until the end, and spend this special night.
The Shaoyang people's reunion banquet is usually held on the 29th day of the lunar month, on which day they prepare a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. In terms of New Year's greetings, they are in an orderly order: the first day of the new year is to pay New Year's greetings to their parents, the second day of the new year is to visit their parents-in-law, and the third and fourth days of the new year are to visit their aunts and aunts.
The Yongzhou nursery rhyme "Twenty-one, make an idea, twenty-two, go to the street" vividly depicts the prosperous scene of the local people preparing for the Spring Festival. From the 23rd day of the lunar month, they have been busy making various preparations for the arrival of the Spring Festival.
In the Xiangxi region, the "25th to make tofu, 26th to clean the house" vividly shows the local New Year customs, including the delivery of rice, meat, etc., all to pray for good luck in the coming year.
In Yueyang, people regard Chinese New Year's Eve rice as an important part of the Spring Festival, and rich dishes such as baili fish and Tuan New Year rice have become important elements of their celebrations. The Yiyang area has a unique Spring Festival custom, during which they play the "three stick drums", a performing art form with local characteristics, which has become an important activity for the local people to celebrate the festival.
They often say "30 fires, 15 lights" vividly depict the lively scene during the Spring Festival.
Changde people express their welcome and expectation for the New Year in the form of lanterns, which is their unique New Year's custom - lighting up in the New Year. In Loudi, people believe that eating radish can bring good luck, so during the Spring Festival, eating radish has become their traditional custom.
1.Miao Township Huaihua, the New Year pig chop chop, the celebration has unique local characteristics. 2.During the New Year in Chenzhou, a large piece of meat is eaten, which means health and happiness. 3.The Tujia family is in Zhangjiajie, catching up with the New Year every year and celebrating the arrival of the New Year.
The Chinese New Year customs in Hunan are diverse and distinctive, which not only highlights Hunan's unique regional culture, but also reflects people's expectations for the future and respect for tradition.
Let us continue to inherit and carry forward these beautiful traditions in the new year, and make our lives more colorful. The thirtieth day of the first lunar month of Henan not only represents the beginning of the new year, but also an important moment for family reunion and cultural inheritance.
In the Henan region, the day is filled with a wealth of traditional customs and activities, and people express gratitude for the past year and good expectations for the coming year through a series of ceremonies and celebrations.
The Spring Festival in Henan is full of traditional and colorful customs, from the day of the stove sacrifice in the lunar month to the last day of the first lunar month. During this period, every household will carefully carry out a series of activities with rich meanings, such as cleaning, purchasing New Year's goods, pasting Spring Festival couplets, and making dumplings.
The thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve has attracted much attention, and people use the Spring Festival in red and black to place their expectations and wishes for the new year. In addition, there are also ceremonies such as sealing, sealing, sealing doors, sealing plates, and sealing sticks, which imply bidding farewell to the old year and welcoming the peace and auspiciousness of the new year.
In Henan, Chinese New Year's Eve is a very ceremonial day. People set up sacrificial areas in their homes and prepare sumptuous offerings to show respect and gratitude to their ancestors. The whole family sits around and shares this special evening, and the New Year's Eve is a symbol of cherishing time and looking forward to the beauty of longevity.
With the progress of society, Henan people's Spring Festival traditions are also quietly changing, such as greeting relatives and friends, enjoying TV programs, playing lantern riddles, etc., these activities make the festival more lively and interesting, full of festive atmosphere.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the 30th night is a reunion banquet with deep meaning and full of expectations for Henan people. Dumplings are the main attraction of this feast, not only because of its wonderful taste, but also because it contains profound cultural heritage.
Dumplings symbolize the alternation of the old and the new, and are a symbol of the heavens, implying the new year, reunion and auspiciousness. When eating dumplings, people mix several dumplings with coins in them, believing that those who can eat them will have good luck and happiness in the new year.
The traditional customs of the Spring Festival in Henan are both solemn and fun, which is not only a respect for history, but also a beautiful expectation for the future.
On this day full of festivity and peace, whether it is traditional customs or modern customs, people feel the warmth of home and the joy of reunion. In Hainan, the Spring Festival is not just a festival, but a collection of folk activities full of local characteristics.
From the busy beginning of the wax moon, the rooster, the fat duck, the rice cake, the purchase of New Year's goods, the pasting of couplets ......Each activity contains the expectations and blessings of Hainan people for a better life in the new year.
In Hainan, the overture of the Spring Festival often begins on the 23rd day of the lunar month. On this day, men worship the god of the hearth and pray to him to "speak good words from heaven and keep peace from the earth."
After sending off the stove prince, every household will start to clean, which is called "picking houses", which means cleaning up the dust of the year and welcoming the arrival of the new year.
In Hainan, Spring Festival couplets are not only couplets, but also every family's yearning for the future. Whether it is the expectation of wealth accumulation, job promotion, peace of life, or the blessing and joy of simple pursuit, Hainan people are always full of respect for tradition when choosing Spring Festival couplets, and adhere to the thousand-year-old cultural essence of the Chinese nation.
The unique "profit is money" is also an indispensable element of the Hainan Spring Festival. It is made of red paper and is covered with small round holes, which symbolize good luck and good fortune.
On the door frames, furniture, and even farm tools of every household, "lai see money" is pasted to symbolize good luck and blessings. In Hainan, it is another unique custom to hang oranges in front of your home, requiring that the number of oranges must be even in order to pray for good luck in the new year.
In Wenchang, every household prepares sugar tribute, which is a traditional dish they use to entertain guests and pay New Year's greetings during the Chinese New Year.
Lingshui people love betel nut and regard it as a unique symbol. During the Chinese New Year, mackerel is indispensable, implying that there is more than enough every year.
In Sanya, on Chinese New Year's Eve, making brown sugar rice cakes is a unique folk activity. Glutinous rice flour, coconut flour, peanuts and brown sugar are mixed and steamed for several hours to reveal a rich red sauce and soft texture.
The New Year's flavor of Hainan people is inseparable from the protagonist drama of chicken and fish. Chicken, meaning "auspicious", is an important element for Hainan people to express their blessings and show wealth and happiness. And fish is the highlight of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the countryside, meaning "more than every year", conveying auspicious wishes among relatives and friends.
These two are the must-have dishes on the New Year's table of Hainan people.
The customs of the people of Hainan are not only a manifestation of their love for life and vision for the future, but also a bridge connecting the past and the future. Even though some traditional customs may have changed in the changes of the times, the charm of the Hainan Spring Festival is still the same, and it is worth cherishing and passing on.
The Yunnan region is known for its unique Spring Festival traditions, among which the custom of hanging sugar cane is particularly eye-catching. During the Spring Festival, people hang unpeeled sugarcane in their homes, with roots on its tail and green leaves on the top, which is the unique charm of Yunnan Spring Festival.
When choosing sugar cane, everyone wants to be able to find the best quality, because in the new year, it will bring more sweetness and happiness. The custom of buying two sugar canes symbolizes double auspiciousness and good luck, adding more color and hope to life.
During the Spring Festival, the application of pine wool is unique. Many people plant pine trees in front of their doors and place incense sticks on their trunks to pray for health and wealth in the New Year. In addition, the floor will be covered with pine hair, and the whole family will sit around the pine hair to share the food and feel the fresh and peaceful atmosphere.
During the Spring Festival in Yunnan, eating long vegetables is a unique custom. The dishes left over from the Chinese New Year's Eve are mixed and boiled into a pot and eaten from the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, symbolizing long-term good wishes and saving food.
In the process of making long dishes, various ingredients such as garlic sprouts and greens are cooked in a pot without chopping, which is full of rituals.
In Yunnan, in addition to the customs of pasting blessing characters upside down, setting off firecrackers, and paying New Year's greetings, there are also some unique customs during the Spring Festival. Do not take out garbage and sweep the floor as at the beginning of the year to ensure the flow of money; Before lighting a fire to cook, firecrackers must be set off; Don't go out earlier than dawn on the first day of the new year; In the same way, it is not advisable to chop wood or get a haircut on the first day of the new year.
These unique customs make the Spring Festival in Yunnan more colorful. When the snow is flying, the new year is quietly coming, may the New Year's bell bring you good luck and opportunities, I wish you a rainbow in the new year, all the best, dear friends, happy new year!