Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Lucky day inquiry - What are the customs of Hainan Spring Festival?

What are the customs of Hainan Spring Festival?

1, sacrifice to the kitchen god, on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, brush the kitchen stove clean after dark, take down the old kitchen god and burn it. On New Year's Eve, the Kitchen God will be invited to descend to earth again, and the people will hang up the idol of the Kitchen God before preparing for the New Year's Eve.

2, open the door firecrackers, Spring Festival morning, open the door, first set off firecrackers, called "open the door firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground is broken red, which is the so-called "full house". This is a street full of auspicious spirit and celebration.

3, rice cakes, because of the homophonic "high year", coupled with a variety of flavors, have almost become a must-have food for every household. The styles of rice cakes are square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of making a fortune in the New Year.

4. Eating jiaozi. Eating jiaozi on the morning of New Year's Day is of special significance. It means: All the best, happy reunion. Eating jiaozi in the New Year is not called "jiaozi" or "Yuanbao", and eating jiaozi is not called "eating jiaozi" but "getting Yuanbao".

It is a traditional folk custom in China to give children lucky money during the Spring Festival. The lucky money is full of blessings from the elders to the younger generation.