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What is the custom of the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month?

The custom of the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month is to steam steamed bread to worship ancestors.

Folk song: "twelfth lunar month, grasp the dough." We still need steamed buns on the 29th. Make dough on the 28th and steam steamed bread on the 29th. People use their imagination to make steamed bread into various shapes such as peaches and small animals. This is a traditional folk custom. Before the Chinese New Year, everyone was busy preparing new year's goods, especially the steamed stuffed buns for the Chinese New Year.

In the whole festival, the 29th of the twelfth lunar month can be said to be the busiest day. In addition to preparing all kinds of food and clothing sacrifices, there is also an extremely important activity "going to the grave to ask for ancestors". In that year, people said, "On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, please go to the grave and ask your ancestors to make great contributions". On the 29th, in addition to preparing all kinds of food and clothing sacrifices for the New Year's Festival, we also need to "go to the grave to ask our ancestors". The time to go to the grave to ask ancestors is mostly on the morning of the 29th.

As the saying goes, "a kind word warms three winters, and a bad word hurts June." The Spring Festival is coming soon. Old people are more afraid of people saying unlucky things. They often tell us the meaning of saying auspicious words and beauty. We can't swear or swear, because the old people think that saying unlucky things in the New Year will bring bad luck, and there will be no good luck in the New Year, let alone good luck.

The twelfth lunar month is the month of sacrifice, and all the immortals return to heaven. If you suddenly move at this time, the fairy at home will get lost, can't find the direction to go home, and you will lose the protection of the fairy. In addition, if the immortal loses his temper, you will not have a smooth year, so there is a folk saying that "moving in the twelfth month will be poor for one year." In fact, according to the lunar calendar, the 29th and 30th nights of the twelfth lunar month are the days when families celebrate the New Year with kindness, so it is best not to go out, and it is most important to accompany their families.