Chinese New Year's Eve is a traditional festival in China, which refers to the last day of the lunar year, the 30th day of the big month is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the 29th day of the small month is Chinese New Year's Eve. This year, the twelfth lunar month is the big moon, and the thirtieth is the Chinese New Year's Eve, which is Friday, February 9 of the Gregorian calendar.
The first day of this year's Spring Festival holiday is February 10, which is the first day of the first lunar month. Therefore, many people still stick to their jobs on Chinese New Year's Eve, and can only reunite with their families after work.
Chinese New Year's Eve is to remove the old and welcome the new, people insist on doing the work on the last day of the old year on this day, and the official holiday on the first day of the first lunar month is also in line with the meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. But in our tradition, there are still many customs and exquisiteness on Chinese New Year's Eve, such as, "4 things do not forget to do, 2 things do not forget to serve on the table" is the Chinese New Year's Eve exquisite, so what do these 4 things and 2 things refer to?
As the saying goes, "Thirty stickers" means to paste the Spring Festival couplets on the last day of the old calendar year. The custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets has a long history, and it originated from the peach charm at the earliest. According to the "Book of Etiquette of the Later Han Dynasty": "The peach charm is six inches long, three inches wide, on the first day of the first month, the peach charm is made to the household, the name is immortal wood, and the hundred ghosts are afraid." The peach charm is an auspicious item used by the ancients to welcome the New Year, and it has the effect of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil.
Later, someone inscribed couplets on peach symbols, which evolved into the Spring Festival couplets that are now pasted. generally on the day of Chinese New Year's Eve , AFTER BREAKFAST , THE SPRING UNION SHOULD BE PASTED , THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF SAYING GOODBYE TO THE OLD AND WELCOMING THE NEW , AND IT IS ALSO WHAT MUST BE DONE ON Chinese New Year's Eve .
After pasting the Spring Festival couplets, according to the old tradition, it is necessary to ask the ancestors to sacrifice to the ancestors, although the specific method is not explicitly stipulated, but there are also local customs in various places, in the location, most of the adult men in the family bring incense, candles, paper, silk, firecrackers, etc., to do a symbolic ceremony in front of the grave of the ancestors, pray that the ancestors go home for the New Year, and after returning home, hang up the spiritual seat written in advance, and put on the offerings and sacrifices.
After all, Chinese New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, and inviting ancestors to worship ancestors is also people's respect and gratitude for ancestors, which also fully reflects the traditional culture of filial piety.
Water is the source of life, everywhere is inseparable from water, in the traditional culture, water is a symbol of wealth, ready water is not only conducive to use, but also a symbol of wealth, good luck.
According to the folk saying, the first day of the first lunar month cannot receive water, and the dragon king also has to rest to celebrate the New Year on this day. In fact, preparing enough water on Chinese New Year's Eve is also a good omen for the beginning of the new year, so as not to affect normal life due to insufficient water supply.
It is also a long-standing custom to have a reunion dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve, after all, Chinese New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, which also symbolizes perfection and happiness. Families sit around to share the joy and joy of the year, savor sumptuous delicacies, and welcome the New Year with mutual support and encouragement.
In short, these 4 things are what should be done on Chinese New Year's Eve, the purpose of which is to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, do not forget filial piety, family harmony, of course, people will also face it with the best mental state and diet on this day, then, on Chinese New Year's Eve, there is a saying that "2 things do not forget to serve to the table", what does this "2 things" refer to?
Dumplings are the seasonal food of the New Year, especially in the northern region of China, which is indispensable for the New Year. Whether the nutritional value is more or less, whether you like it or not is another matter, but on Chinese New Year's Eve, dumplings are indispensable on the table. The shape of the dumplings resembles ingots, symbolizing wealth and good luck, and at the same time, the dumplings also have the homonym of "changing the age of Jiaozi", representing the alternation of the old and the new, implying the auspiciousness of reunion.
When making dumplings, the whole family works together, mixing noodles, rolling skins, and adjusting fillings, which can be said to be busy in the process of making dumplings, and also adds a warm atmosphere to the reunion. Happiness is joy, and eating or not eating is the warmth of a family and the expectation of happiness. Therefore, even if you don't eat dumplings, you have to serve them.
Although not everyone likes to eat fish, it is an indispensable Chinese New Year's Eve reunion dinner in many places. In daily life, people pray for a good harvest in order to live a happy life and hope for a surplus every year. Fish is the meaning of "more than every year", even if you don't eat it, you have to serve it on the table, you can't finish eating, and you can eat it again at the beginning of the first month, which is called having more than every year.
Chinese New Year's Eve is also coming, we must prepare for the New Year in advance, "Chinese New Year's Eve 4 things do not forget to do" this is a traditional custom, "2 things do not forget to serve on the table" This means beauty and happiness, of course, it is also everyone's hope and hope!