What to do on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month?

Folk songs such as "Twenty-three, Honey Melon Stick" and "Twenty-three, King of People" all talk about "offering sacrifices to the stove with honey melons", which is an important holiday custom in traditional off-year years.

Step 2 cut the window grilles

In the early years, there was no glass in general housing, and the window paper was mainly used to keep out the wind. When cleaning the house, paste new paper, hang money and cut paper with auspicious meanings, paste the fat pig carrying gold ingot on the door and paste the New Year pictures on the wall. Nowadays, after cleaning the glass at home, many people will post some hanging money, blessings, paper cuts and so on.

3. Eating habits

On the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves, people pay attention to eating jiaozi, which means "look down on the windward side of jiaozi". Eat more cakes and buckwheat noodles in mountainous areas. In the southeast of Shanxi, the custom of eating fried corn is popular. A folk proverb says, "If you don't eat fried corn, you'll get a pot on New Year's Day."