As the saying goes, "New Year's Eve is not empty, and the coming year is not poor." New Year's Eve is coming, which four places can't be empty?

New Year's Eve, the last day of the year, is also called New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve.

There are many traditional festivals in China, and New Year's Eve is the most important one. In the minds of China people, plagiarism has different meanings and special meanings.

There are many customs and taboos on New Year's Eve. In this regard, some traditional rules are also circulated among the people. For example, the phrase "four things are not empty like New Year's Eve, and the coming year is not poor" literally explains that there are four things that cannot be empty on New Year's Eve. If they are not empty, it means that the family will not be poor in the coming year, which is a beautiful moral.

Some friends will ask, "four things are not empty", which four things cannot be empty? What is the reason? In this article, the author will talk about it in detail, and everyone will have an answer after reading it.

First, the rice jar cannot be empty.

On New Year's Eve, the rice jar at home can't be empty, just like the first pot. For example, it means more food every year. If the rice jar is empty, it means that the meal at home is finished, which means that the coming year is not good and you may be poor because you have no food to eat.

In addition, the rice jar should be not only empty, but also loaded. A few days before the Spring Festival, every household will buy new year's goods. In fact, we must buy more rice.

On the one hand, it ensures that rice will not be eaten up during the New Year at home; On the other hand, it also avoids having relatives at home who have no food.

Strictly speaking, the "rice" here is not only rice, but also other new year's goods, such as steamed bread, vegetables and meat. This should be prepared. In addition to not delaying eating, it also means filling up the "rice" and also means happiness.

Second, the pot can't be empty

Usually after dinner in the evening, everyone will brush the pot clean, and there will be no leftovers in the pot.

On New Year's Eve, the situation was just the opposite. There must be leftovers in the pot. For example, some people will put some steamed buns in the pot, and some people will put some leftovers on New Year's Eve.

New Year's Eve is a time for reunion. Everyone goes back to their hometown from all directions regardless of difficulties and obstacles, that is, they can reunite with their families and have a reunion dinner with their families on New Year's Eve. So the food is more abundant.

I can't finish eating, so I will leave some leftovers in the pot, which means that there is surplus food at home every year and I won't be poor.

Third, the gate cannot be empty.

This means that on New Year's Eve, before going to bed, you should put a stick at the gate (if you can't find a stick, you can also put sugar cane) to ensure that the gate can't be empty. In the eastern part of Henan where the author lives, basically every household will put a stick.

As for the reasons, according to the folk, there are three aspects.

First, this stick is called the "god-guarding stick". On New Year's Eve, there will be many "family gods" at home. The sacrifice on New Year's Eve is for these family gods, so that they can bless the family and everything goes well. So the purpose of sticking a stick at the door is to keep these family gods.

Secondly, from another perspective, the stick at the door is also called "poverty alleviation stick". It is said that on New Year's Eve, some poor gods haunt the village. Because unlike the family gods (some people worship them), the poor gods have no purpose to go to their homes. If the poor god enters the house, it means that he will be poor in the coming year. So people don't want to let the poor god into the house, so every household will put a wooden stick at the door to stop it.

Third, in addition to the above two, there is another saying that it can "ward off evil spirits", especially putting peach branches, which can play a corresponding role.

Combining the above three reasons, on New Year's Eve, the gate cannot be empty.

Fourth, the pillow is not empty.

When getting ready for bed on New Year's Eve, the pillow can't be empty for the children at home.

According to the eastern part of Henan where the author lives, parents will give lucky money, put it under their children's pillows, and let the children sleep on the pillows, which means to suppress the "old" and hope to be young forever.

However, the lucky money on New Year's Eve is different from the lucky money on the morning of the first day of the first month. New Year's Eve is just a symbolic lucky money, but on the morning of the first day of the first month, it is considered as a formal lucky money, or called a New Year's red envelope.

According to their parents, grandparents used to give them lucky money when they were young, no matter how much, as long as they had, 1 yuan, 2 yuan or 5 yuan would do. Now 100 yuan is more common, and this custom has been observed until now.

In addition, putting money under the pillow means that on the last night of the year, I still have money left, and I will not be poor in the coming year. If I don't put money, it means that I have no money this year and I will be poor next year.

Seeing this, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of the sentence "Four days are not empty on New Year's Eve, and the next year will not be poor".

Some people say that these are all old calendars, which may apply to the past but not to the present.

Others say that no matter the custom or the old calendar, everyone yearns for a beautiful and happy life and wants to cross it as well as possible. Some old traditions need to be passed down.

What do you think of this?