New Year custom

Spring Festival is an important festival in China folk tradition. It is the first festival in the four seasons and the happiest festival in a year. In the new year, we

Bao jiaozi,

Have snowball fights,

Eat hot pot,

Set off firecrackers,

Make window decorations and paper cuts

stroll around the temple fair

paste up Spring Festival couplets

Visit relatives

Dance yangko

Hang lanterns happily and laugh happily, and Shanghai will have another scene! Look at the custom of Spring Festival in Shanghai.

New year's goods start from the twelfth lunar month:

According to the tradition of China, entering the twelfth lunar month, that is, the twelfth lunar month, is already suitable for buying new year's goods. Besides buying bacon and candy, we should also bear fruit. Among them, apples represent good luck, oranges represent reunion, and it doesn't hurt to buy more.

At the age of 24, Xie Zao:

According to legend, the 24th day of the year is the day when the gods return to heaven to report their work. Among them, Zao Jun is the god in charge of human food and clothing, so people have raised the etiquette of thanking Zao. Thanks to the offerings of jujube, fruit, roasted meat and some vegetarian dishes, glutinous rice balls and maltose are even more essential. It is said that these desserts can silence Zhao Jun and prevent him from complaining to the Jade Emperor in heaven. As for the sacrificial ceremony, after putting all the offerings on the stove, they will burn incense to worship and pray for food and clothing and good health in the coming year. After that, they will burn clothes and spill wine. It's better to put some soup on the stove, or coat maltose on the gold paint of the stove tablet, and the effect will be better.

28-year-old laundry:

The 28th of the year is a good time to clean the house. Traditionally, in China, the whole family has to help clean up the house, risking sweeping away all the bad things and disappointments in previous years, and cleaning up by themselves, including washing hair, taking a bath and getting a haircut. It is said that we can eliminate disasters and diseases this year.

Choose a good time to release spring:

Every year, there is a fleeting good opportunity to make spring. You can know by consulting Tongsheng that there are also some taboos to pay attention to in making spring. Most people like to stick the word "Fu" upside down at the door, which means "Happiness is at the door". And don't post four pieces of spring, because four words are unlucky, it is best to post eight pieces, which means "hair" from beginning to end.

In addition, we should also pay attention to whether the word "swing spring" conflicts with our family's zodiac. For example, in the spirit of "dragon horse", "dragon" conflicts with dogs, and "horse" conflicts with mice. If anyone in our family belongs to these zodiac signs, it's best not to post this.

Send new year's eve dinner:

Lunar New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, which has the significance of gratitude and reunion. In the afternoon, the ceremony to send the New Year will begin, the altar will be opened, and five sacrifices and various annual sacrifices will be arranged to worship the gods. Then they will worship their ancestors, thank their ancestors and gods for their care over the past year and pray for continued peace and prosperity in the coming year.

In the evening, the whole family get together for a New Year's Eve dinner, which features chicken, fish and vegetables. Especially when eating vegetables, it takes a long time to eat them from beginning to end. When eating fish, you should deliberately eat leftovers, which means that you have more than enough money every year. After eating the New Year's Eve dinner, it's time for elders to give lucky money. According to ancient folk custom, there will be 100 copper coins with red lines in the profit-making room. Now use money instead, but the money must be even to achieve good luck. On New Year's Eve, many people stay up until dawn. According to traditional customs, staying up late is to pray for parents' longevity. At midnight, people set off firecrackers to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

On the first day of the first month, ancestor worship is appropriate:

It is an important custom to worship ancestors on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Put some red dates, candied wax gourd, peanut candy, fruit on the ancestral shrine, burn incense and wear clothes with your family. After the ancestor worship, the New Year greetings began. The younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders or relatives and friends and congratulates each other. If relatives and friends come to pay New Year greetings, they should greet people with a smile and say something auspicious. Don't lose your temper or say something dark on the first day of the new year.

In addition, don't sweep the floor or take out the garbage on New Year's Day. It is said that this will send away wealth, so don't say anything unlucky. Otherwise, you should try not to break plates or pots and pans. If you do accidentally break them, you should say something kind, such as "It's safe to break them" or "It's blooming on the ground and it's prosperous".

The next day, the women returned to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings:

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the married daughter returned to her family. Why can't she come back the first day and the next? It is said that going back to my parents' home at the beginning of the year will make my parents poor, so everyone is going back to the second day. In addition, you can't go back to your mother's house empty-handed. You must prepare some gifts, such as candy or fruit.

At the beginning of the third year:

Everyone stays at home and doesn't go out to worship God for fear of causing trouble.

Meet the god of wealth on the fourth day of the fourth lunar month;

It is said that on the 24th of a year, the gods will return to heaven, and on the 4th of a year, the gods will return from heaven to earth. As the saying goes, "God sends early, and God receives late." Therefore, it is not too late to send God early in the morning and receive God on the afternoon of the 4th. In terms of offerings, three kinds of animals, fruits and dining tables should be prepared, and incense sticks should be lit to burn gold clothes. In terms of gold clothing, "God Horse", "Armored Horse" and "Heavenly Soldiers" are all indispensable for welcoming the gods back to the earth.

On the fifth day of the year:

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is commonly called "the fifth day of the fifth lunar month". At this time, the offerings to the gods can be put away. Business people can worship God to open a shop and send a large number of workers to help them work smoothly, while some New Year's taboos, such as washing hair, taking out garbage and sweeping the floor, can be unsealed and lead the same life as usual.