What are the local customs?

There are few customs of worshipping gods and ancestors in Shanxi now, but the rule of eating and not talking at the age of 30 remains. The first meal of the Spring Festival is jiaozi. When cooking jiaozi, set off firecrackers. In order to drive away evil and seek good luck, jiaozi is cooked with sesame stalks in some areas, which means that the new year is like sesame blossoms and the days are getting better and better. Jiaozi wants to cook more, it must be more than enough. When eating, in addition to one bowl per person, one or two more bowls should be served in order to prosper the population.

2. Fujian

Before going out on New Year's Day, Xiamen people should worship the jade emperor in the sky, which is called "offering sacrifices to the gods". Sacrifice flowers and fruits to God in the morning, and sacrifice and a bowl of spring rice to God at noon. Spring rice is a spring flower made by inserting red paper on white rice. Spring rice is a good way to make use of its "annual surplus". The fourth day in Zhangzhou is called "the festival". In addition to burning incense in the temple, a candy and cake box called "recommendation box" should be prepared to welcome the gods in the main hall.

3. Liaoning Province

Many people in Liaoning light the longevity lantern on New Year's Eve and keep it on all night. From New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, every family hangs red lanterns, lights are lit on New Year's Eve, and lights are lit all night, which means longevity. Married daughters can't spend the New Year at their parents' home, otherwise this year will be bad for their brothers. That's what the so-called "don't look at the bride's lamp" means on New Year's Eve.

4. Guangdong

In Haifeng area, young people and elders pay New Year greetings, and elders will give them red envelopes or oranges. Chaozhou's Spring Festival diet includes pickled vegetables, rotten jiaozi, fermented steamed stuffed buns, tube frying and five-fruit soup. On the fourth night, every household should light a lamp and prepare a jar of water, which is called "waiting for water". On the first day of the first month in Dongguan, taro is offered with sugar, which is called "wealth is predestined friends".

5.jiangsu province

During the Spring Festival in Jiangning County, a rooster was posted at your door. On New Year's Day, there were more believers in Wuxian than in Tong Yuan Temple. Suzhou people's congress needs three firecrackers to open the door in advance on the first day of the lunar new year, which is called "promotion to the third level" When you go out in the morning, you should follow the direction specified by the Gregorian calendar, that is, the so-called "happy side of God", and go to temples such as the City God Temple and the Land Fair to burn incense. You have to go through ten temples, which is the so-called "ten temples to burn incense". From New Year's Day to Lantern Festival, huge coal is burning in the stove, which is called "Happy Group".