What is the custom of New Year's Eve in your hometown?

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every household in Hebei will cook a pot of sweet and sticky Laba porridge with whole grains, peanuts, chestnuts, red dates, walnuts, lotus seeds and preserved fruits. Of course, few people make Laba porridge in some cities in Hebei now, but eating Laba porridge is still an indispensable staple food for people in the New Year. On this day, adults soak peeled garlic cloves in vinegar bottles for more than 20 days, and then dip them in jiaozi on New Year's Eve.

After Laba, it is getting closer and closer to the New Year. There is a folk saying in Hebei: Wazi Wazi, don't be greedy, it is the year after Laba. Laba porridge, after drinking for a few days, Lili Lala is twenty-three. The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is what people call a small year. On this day, the streets and alleys are filled with the atmosphere of the New Year, buying and selling new year's goods. Perhaps this is the most prosperous time of the year. Sacrificing stoves is also an indispensable program for northerners, especially in rural areas in the north. "Heaven says yes, good luck back to the palace!" This is a long-standing folk custom, and now more people are trying to be lucky. Twenty-three, send a chef, twenty-four, clean the house; Twenty-five, paste the window; Twenty-six, stew; Twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; Twenty-eight, send face; Twenty-nine, paste Spring Festival couplets; On New Year's Eve, the whole family likes to eat jiaozi.

Breaking Five is a day that northerners pay more attention to. On this day, women are not allowed to do needlework, and the fifth day is announced with festive firecrackers in the morning.

Now the fifth day has also become a day for people to dance yangko. On the fifth day, there are often Yangko competitions in cultural squares and other places in the city, and its festive atmosphere is extremely prosperous throughout the year. On this day, the rest adults love to take their children to join in the yangko dance, and the whole city is filled with festive atmosphere.