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The custom of Suzhou New Year.

When you open the door ahead of time during the Spring Festival, you should set off three firecrackers, which is called "Ascending Level 3". When you go out in the morning, you should follow the direction specified by the Gregorian calendar, which is called "XiShen". In order to burn incense in temples such as the City God Temple and the Land Temple, you must go through ten temples, which is the so-called "ten temples to burn incense". From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, huge coal is burning in the stove, which is called "Happy Group".

Suzhou custom: three firecrackers should be set off when the door is opened in advance during the Spring Festival, which is called "promotion to the third level". When you go out in the morning, you should follow the direction specified in the yellow calendar, which is called "Happy God". In order to burn incense in temples such as the City God Temple and the Land Temple, you must go through ten temples, which is the so-called "ten temples to burn incense". From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, huge coal is burning in the stove, which is called "Happy Group". Legend has it that people in Zhuan 'an eat jiaozi, so they eat jiaozi every day from the early morning of the New Year's Day to the Lantern Festival. Women in Wujin County cut off pine and cypress branches during the Spring Festival, wrapped them in red silk and put them on a bun. It is said that they can live longer.