Chinese new year customs in various places

There is a folk saying in China called "Open the door and set off firecrackers". That is to say, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecrackers are a specialty of China, also known as "firecrackers", "firecrackers" and "firecrackers". Nowadays, most of us think that setting off firecrackers can create a festive atmosphere, which is an entertainment activity in festivals and can bring happiness and good luck to people. With the passage of time, firecrackers are more and more widely used, and there are more and more varieties and colors. Liuyang in Hunan, Foshan and Dongyao in Guangdong, Yichun and Pingxiang in Jiangxi, and Wenzhou in Zhejiang are the famous "hometown of fireworks" in China. The firecrackers they produce are not only sold well all over the country, but also exported to other countries and regions in the world. People not only set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year in the Spring Festival, but also set off firecrackers to celebrate major festivals and happy events, such as Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, marriage, building and opening.

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lucky money

When visiting the New Year during the Spring Festival, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can suppress evil souls, because "old" and "special" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend a year safely with lucky money. There are two kinds of lucky money, one is to put the colored rope in the shape of a dragon at the foot of the bed, which is recorded in "Yanjing Year"; The other is the most common, that is, parents wrap the money distributed to their children in red paper. The lucky money can be distributed in public after the younger generation pays New Year greetings, or it can be put under the child's pillow by parents when the child is asleep on New Year's Eve. At present, the custom of elders distributing lucky money to younger generations is still prevalent, and the amount spent on birthdays varies. Most of these lucky money are used by children to buy books and school supplies, and the new fashion gives new content to the lucky money.

Say: the happiest thing in the Spring Festival is to collect lucky money! According to folklore, children can use lucky money to resist the harm of "Nian beast". Ha ~ ha ~ _ *

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dragon dance

Playing Dragon Lantern, also known as "Dragon Dance" and "Dragon Lantern Dance", is a unique folk entertainment activity in China. From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, China has the custom of playing dragon lanterns in both urban and rural areas. After thousands of years of inheritance and development, playing dragon lantern has become a kind of folk dance with lively form, beautiful performance and romantic color. Playing with dragon lanterns originated from people's superstition about dragons and has a history of more than two thousand years. In ancient times, people used dragon dancing to pray for the dragon's blessing, so as to achieve good weather and abundant crops. The custom of dragon dancing is carried forward by overseas Chinese. Whenever people in China have traditional festivals and major celebrations, they will dance lions and play dragon lanterns, showing a strong oriental spirit.

Say: Unfortunately, there are few places where there is such a good custom of dragon dancing now ~ ~

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Stick the word "Fu" backwards.

During the Spring Festival, every household should put the word "Fu" on doors, walls and lintels. Sticking the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom in China. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, the people simply turn the word "Fu" upside down, indicating that "Fu has fallen" and "Fu has arrived". There is also a legend that the word "fu" is posted upside down among the people. Ming Taizu Zhang Zhu used the word "Fu" as a code word to prepare for murder. In order to eliminate this disaster, kind Ma Huanghou asked all the families in the city to put the word "Fu" on their doors before dawn. Naturally, no one dares to go against Ma Huanghou's will, so the word "Fu" is posted on every door. One of the families can't read, so they write the word "fu" upside down. The next day, the emperor sent people to the streets to check and found that every household had posted the word "Fu", and another family had posted the word "Fu" upside down. The emperor was very angry when he heard the report and immediately ordered the body guard to cut down the house. Seeing that the situation was not good, Ma Huanghou quickly said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "The family knew that you were visiting today, and deliberately posted the word' Fu' backwards. Isn't this the meaning of "blessed road"? " As soon as the emperor heard the truth, he ordered his release, and a great disaster was finally eliminated. Since then, people have turned the word "Fu" upside down to seek good luck and commemorate Ma Huanghou.

Say: No wonder, I said the word "fu" is fine, why should I post it backwards? +_+

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Eat rice cake

During the Spring Festival, many areas in China pay attention to eating rice cakes. Rice cakes, also known as "rice cakes", are homophonic with "getting taller every year", meaning that people's work and life are getting better every year. There are many kinds of rice cakes, such as the white rice cakes in the north, the yellow rice cakes of farmers in Saibei, the Shuimo rice cakes in the south of the Yangtze River, and the red turtle rice cakes in Taiwan Province Province. Rice cakes have different tastes from north to south. There are steamed rice cakes and fried rice cakes in the north, both of which are sweet; In addition to steaming and frying, southern rice cakes will also be sliced and fried and boiled in soup, which is both sweet and salty. It is said that the earliest rice cakes were used to worship gods and ancestors on New Year's Eve, and later became food for the Spring Festival. The rice cake is not only a kind of holiday food, but also brings people new hope with the passing of a year. As a poem in the late Qing Dynasty said: "People's hearts are high, and food is harmonious, so that the year is better than the year to pray for the year."

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Yao Chun

Eating spring cakes every day in beginning of spring is called "biting spring". People in beginning of spring should eat some fresh vegetables on this day, not only to prevent diseases, but also to welcome the Spring Festival. Tang's "Four Seasons Treasure Mirror" records: "beginning of spring, eating reeds, spring cakes and lettuce, is called' Cai'." It can be seen that people in the Tang Dynasty have begun to try spring vegetables and eat spring cakes. The so-called spring cake, also called lotus leaf cake, is actually a kind of pancake made of hot noodles-two small pieces of water with oil in the middle, rolled into a pancake, cooked and peeled into two pieces. Spring cakes are used to roll vegetables, including cooked vegetables and stir-fried dishes. In the past, when eating spring cakes, I would pay attention to the box shop and call it "Pan Su" (also known as box dishes). Box hotel is a sauce meat shop, where people deliver food to your door. Put smoked pot belly, pine nut pot belly, oven meat, sauce meat, smoked elbow, sauce elbow, sauce mouth strip, smoked chicken, sauce duck, etc. In the box. When eating, change the knife and cut it into filaments, and add a few home-cooked dishes (generally fried shredded leek, shredded spinach, vinegar-flavored mung bean sprouts, vegetarian fried vermicelli, and scrambled eggs). ).