When is the off-year

The 24th (or 23rd) of the twelfth lunar month, called off-year by the people, is a festival to worship the kitchen god. The main folk activity in off-year is "giving stoves", that is, "king of people". Kitchen King is also called "Kitchen King", and Han people call it "Kitchen King".

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, it is also commonly known as "off-year" or "festival of offering sacrifices to stoves". "Over the New Year" is an important symbol of entering the Spring Festival. On this day, people in China have the customs of offering sacrifices to stoves, ancestors and dusting, and the traditional folk activities are very rich.

The folk proverb goes: "Twenty-three, sacrifice to the chef; Twenty-four, sweeping the house; Twenty-five, grinding bean curd; Twenty-six, cut meat; Twenty-seven, steaming jujube hill; Twenty-eight, paste New Year pictures; Twenty-nine, go to buy wine; Three miles, eat jiaozi; On New Year's Day, I bowed my spine ... "

In the past, the folk New Year was celebrated for 45 days from the twelfth lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first month. In this one and a half months, it is divided into three stages: preparing for the New Year, celebrating the New Year, and celebrating the New Year. From the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, it is "preparing for the New Year". People who leave home should hurry home, and people at home should buy new year's goods and make all the preparations for the New Year. From New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the first month, it is the "Spring Festival", when families get together to worship their ancestors and welcome the new year and receive blessings. The sixth day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month is the "New Year", and the flower market is brightly lit, and the whole people are beaming and beaming.