How do Jiangxi people spend their off-year?

Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai used to call New Year's Eve "New Year's Eve". Correspondingly, the night before New Year's Eve is called "New Year's Eve", also called "New Year's Eve".

Non-annual customs:

1, king of men

Legend has it that Kitchen God will report the good and evil of his family for one year in his early years. People worship the kitchen god with honeydew melons, rice cakes, dates and chestnuts. And pray for him to say a good word in front of the jade emperor.

Step 2 clean the dust

Off-year this day to thoroughly clean the room, commonly known as sweeping the dust. In order to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, welcome good luck.

Step 3 cut the window grilles

It is a tradition to cut window grilles in stick grilles. The content includes "Five Bats Holding Longevity" and "Magpie Climbing Plums".

4. Post Spring Festival couplets

Since the Ming Dynasty, the folk custom of posting Spring Festival couplets has been very popular. After the New Year, every household began to post Spring Festival couplets and write blessings. Spring Festival couplets are humorous and the flavor of the year is getting stronger and stronger.

Step 5 talk about marriage

After the off-year, people think that the immortal has gone to heaven, and everything on earth can take this opportunity and don't care too much. So there is no need to choose a good date for marriage.

6. Take a bath and get a haircut

There is a folk saying that "people who have money and no money shave their heads for the New Year". On New Year's Day, everyone takes a bath and gets a haircut, which means that the dust fades and the auspicious New Year begins.