New Year's Memory
There are still a few days before the Spring Festival, and everyone's New Year's goods are almost done. Now the New Year's goods, a wide variety, complete styles, lanterns, spring couplets, fireworks, nuts and fruits, wine and beverages, vegetables and meat, entertainment games, etc., eat with play, watch, everything.
Do you know what New Year's goods people used to dump in ancient times? Let's take a look.
Han Dynasty New Year's goods: dumplings, pepper wine, Wuxin plate, firecrackers, door gods
During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the "Taichu Calendar", which determined the first day of the first lunar month as the Spring Festival, and the custom of purchasing New Year's goods began to rise. The New Year's goods of the Han Dynasty were mainly sacrificial supplies and food for disease prevention and epidemic control.
Dumplings: Wrap mutton, chili pepper and some cold-dispelling herbs in the shape of ears with dough, cook in a pot and eat, it has the effect of repelling cold and dehumidification. According to legend, it was invented by the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing.
Pepper wine: Sake soaked in pepper and cypress leaves was a necessity for rituals at that time. The ancients believed that drinking pepper wine could drive away diseases and strengthen the body.
Five-pin plate: It is composed of five kinds of spicy ingredients, such as garlic, small garlic, leek, brassica, and coriander, and can prevent diseases when eaten.
Door God: The oldest humanoid door god in China"Yu Lei"、"Gods"According to legend, these two gods held a rope and a peachwood sword in their hands, and specialized in slaying demons and monsters. Therefore, the images of the two gods were carved on mahogany boards to deter and drive away ghosts.
Firecrackers: Burn the bamboo, so that it bursts when heated, making a "crackling" sound, in order to drive away evil and ward off evil spirits.
Tang Dynasty New Year's goods: spring book, New Year's greeting post, Tusu wine, exorcism mask, spring flag
During the Tang Dynasty, the country's economy was developed, the people's material life was rich, and people began to pay attention to the spiritual level when buying New Year's goods.
Spring Book: ie"The predecessor of the "Spring Festival couplets" wrote some poems related to the New Year and the Spring Festival on paper, and pasted them on doors, windows, screens and other places to express the good wishes of welcoming the Spring Festival.
New Year's greetings: Tang Taizong Li Shimin once wrote on red gold leaf"Later, this form of New Year's greetings was popularized among the people, and people wrote the names of the congratulators and the recipients on the plum blossom paper to pass on the New Year's blessings.
Tusu wine: aka"New Year's Wine", a variety of medicinal materials such as rhubarb, aconite, aconite, etc., are soaked in wine, which has the effect of dispelling wind and dissipating cold and preventing plague. According to legend, it was invented by Hua Tuo during the Three Kingdoms period, and later carried forward by Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty.
Exorcism mask: On Chinese New Year's Eve, large and small exorcism ceremonies are held from the imperial palace to various prefectures and counties to drive away plague ghosts. People wear exorcist masks and join the procession, singing and dancing together, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
Spring flags: aka"Spring flag", cut and engraved on colored paper or silk cloth"Welcome Spring","auspicious words such as "auspicious" are pasted on the lintel or hung on the branches of trees to show that they avoid evil and seek good luck.
SongNew Year's goods: Wax medicine, Hatsheng, brocade, new calendar,Grits pots, eaves, Pepsi, glue tooth dumplings, feeding the New Year's platebox
During the Song and Song dynasties, the commodities were unprecedentedly prosperous, and the people's New Year's goods list was even more colorful and had everything.
Wax medicine: People prepare Hutou Dan, Yashen, Tusu and other medicines in Ladong and give them to relatives and friends as gifts. This type of agent is best used in winter, and is mostly used for nourishing nutrition.
Hatarakatsu: Cut and carve gold, silver, silk or colored paper into various shapes, wear them on the head as decorations, or hang them next to the flower branches, expressing the beautiful longing for the new year.
Brocade: That is, new clothes, regardless of whether the family is rich or poor, the New Year should be put on new clothes, meaning to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, and to drive away evil spirits.
New CalendarAt the end of each year, you need to throw away the old almanac and replace it with a new almanac to welcome the new year.
Grits pots: Charcoal brazier, on Chinese New Year's Eve, light a charcoal brazier in the yard and burn until dawn, representing the good wishes for the prosperity of the family.
Eaves: A red lacquered wooden barrel for New Year's wine, with a festive style.
Pepsi: Put cypress branches, persimmons, and oranges on the same plate, called"cypress orange", meaning"Pepsi
Glue tooth satire: A type of sugar made from malt, which is a tribute to the god of the stove and a night's snack for children's New Year's celebration.
New Year's Greeting Tray Box: A container for New Year's gifts. During the Chinese New Year, people put New Year's gifts in such containers and give them to relatives and friends to express their blessings.
Qing Dynasty New Year's goods: festival special food, decorations, sacrificial supplies, entertainment supplies
During the Qing Dynasty, there was a bazaar dedicated to buying and selling New Year's goods"New Year's Collection", all kinds of New Year's goods, varied, too many to mention.
Gastronomy:Fruits and vegetables, preserves, wine and meat, pastries, etc.
Decorations:Couplets, window grilles, glazed products, wire products, oil paint frames, etc.
Sacrificial Supplies:Paper horses, incense candles, firecrackers, paper ingots, etc.
Entertainment Toys:Kites, shuttlecocks, harmonica, Taiping drums (sheepskin drums), Jiangmi people (noodle pinchers), gourds (empty bamboo, bells), glass trumpets, chess (board games), promotion charts (board games).
From ancient times to the present, the types and styles of New Year's goods are changing, and the form of New Year's goods is also changing, but what remains unchanged is the meaning of New Year's goods - the love of family and life, and the vision for the New Year and the future.