Yuhuan Spring Festival custom

In traditional customs, New Year's Day greetings must be paid by elders or neighbors, who generally don't go far away. After New Year's Eve, people open the door on the first morning and congratulate each other "Happy New Year! Peace and good luck ... ". The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to ward off evil spirits.

The second day of the first month is also a New Year's greeting, but the daughter who got married on this day will take her son-in-law with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go home. For example, bring gifts in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house.

In traditional customs, the third day of the first month is considered as the day when mice marry girls, so they should rest early at night and don't disturb mice to marry girls. Rats have a taste of "whoever doesn't let me have a good day, I will make him feel bad for a whole year". If they are disturbed and marry a daughter, rats will hurt the family. Go to bed early for the harvest in the field.

In the past, the boss wanted to "fire" a person. On this day, he was not invited to worship God. The other party knew it well and packed up and left. There is also a legend that Kitchen God will come to visit households this day and should not go far away.

Sending the poor: On the fifth day of the first month, "sending the poor" was a very distinctive folk custom in ancient China. People hope to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, send away the traditional psychology of poverty and hardship in the old society and welcome a better life in the new year.

Sacrifice to the God of Wealth: Sacrifice to the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first month. According to folklore, the God of Wealth is the Five Gods. The so-called five roads refer to the east, west, north and south, which means that you can get money when you go out of five doors.

Opening: During the Spring Festival, shops of all sizes are closed from the beginning of the New Year, but open on the fifth day of the first month. People are used to taking the fifth day of the first month as the holy day of the god of wealth, thinking that choosing this day to open the market will definitely make a fortune.

Officially opened: shops and restaurants officially opened and set off firecrackers.

Cuofei: The sixth day is Horse Day, which was called Cuofei in ancient times. People really started working or doing business on this day. It can't be cleaned from the first month until the fifth day of May, so this day is a general cleaning. This day also means that farmers in the old days began to farm on this day to prepare for spring ploughing.