What are the customs and habits in Shaoguan during the Spring Festival?

I come from Shaoguan. In fact, Cantonese speakers in Guangdong have similar customs for celebrating the Spring Festival. Let me first talk about the customs of Cantonese people who generally celebrate the Spring Festival.

Before the Chinese New Year, we should "wash carelessly" every year and do a good job in household hygiene.

Three days before Lunar New Year's Day: 27, 28, 29 (some 30 start on the 28th, others start on the 27th)! You can go shopping these days.

New Year's Day: The first day of the first lunar month is called "January Day", which is the beginning of the New Year and the beginning of spring.

On this day, people get up early in the morning to worship their ancestors and kill chickens. In the past, people used to burn incense and set off firecrackers when they got up, which meant "seizing the spring". Due to the city management regulations, Guangzhou has now cancelled the link of burning incense and setting off firecrackers.

The first day of the first month has always been the peak of New Year greetings. People visit each other and call it "Happy New Year". When visiting the New Year, the elders will also distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. In Guangdong, lucky money is called "Shili" (also called Shili, Lili), which means to bring wishes and good luck to the younger generation. On the first day of the first year, you usually eat quickly and pray for a smoother next year. There is a saying that "fasting on the first day of the first year is better than fasting for one year".

It is worth noting that the first day of the first month is the birthday of the broom, so don't move the broom, otherwise it will sweep away good luck and attract a "broom star". In addition, you can't throw water on the garbage on this day, for fear of breaking the money.

New Year's Day: When I return to my parents' home in the early hours of the second day, the women at home will preside over the "cooking pot", add peanut oil, fry radish cakes and cook fish. Next is the "New Year's Eve", which is also the most grand meal at the beginning of the new year. On the second day of the first month of the lunar calendar, there is also the common name of "June 1", which is the day when people return to their parents' homes in folk customs. It is very popular for a daughter to bring her family back to her family. When you go back to your mother's house, you usually bring fruit, rice cakes, mushrooms and other new year's goods. The opening of the New Year's Eve dinner is also very particular. Chicken, lettuce, oysters, carp and shad are essential dishes, which embodies the meaning of "making money to create a market" and good luck.

On the second day of the New Year's Day, some suburban villages in Guangzhou still keep the custom of "releasing fish", buying live carp, covering the eyes of the fish with red paper, and then offering sacrifices to the gods and releasing them in the pond. Never heard of it in Shaoguan.

New Year's Day: Chikou Day is the poor day in the third day. When every family gets up in the morning, the first thing to do is to "sweep away poverty", that is, to sweep away filth and poverty.

On this day, people usually don't go out to pay New Year greetings, because the third day of the first month is "Red Mouth", also known as "Red Dog Day". It is said that the red dog is the god of anger, and it is easy to cause quarrels when they meet, especially the older generation will pay more attention to it. On this day, they will stay at home, stay at home and avoid meeting fierce people. And if someone visits, they will be thrown out as "poor ghosts". However, the concept of "Red Dog Day" has gradually faded in the eyes of modern people, and more and more young people still go out to play as usual.

The fourth day of the lunar calendar: According to folklore, the fifth day of the first month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so after the first day of the lunar calendar, the most important activity is to meet the God of Wealth-the day before the birthday of the God of Wealth, every household will hold a banquet to celebrate the God of Wealth. As the saying goes, "Send God early and receive God late". The ceremony of receiving God is usually held from 4 pm to evening, and there are three offerings, such as fruit, tea and candy. If the Chinese New Year is not going well, you can use "a bowl of clear water and three pillars of incense" to respect the king, and the developed Chinese New Year should use chicken, duck and fish to respect him.

Lunar New Year's Eve and Lunar New Year's Eve: Enjoy the traditional ceremony from the first day to the fourth day, and complete the "task" by the fifth and sixth day of Lunar New Year's Eve.

July 7: People's Day The seventh day of the first month is called "People's Day", which is commonly known as "People's Birthday" in Guangdong. Generally, at the breakfast on this day, a sumptuous family dinner will be held to celebrate "people's birthdays". People want to eat seven kinds of vegetables (celery, mustard, spinach, shallots, garlic, etc. It is said that before the Republic of China, on this day, young people would travel together and choose the most beautiful girl, the "Queen of People's Day", to host the activities of the day.

Lunar New Year's Day: Don't go home, don't go on the seventh day, and don't come back on the eighth day. On the seventh day, I went out to visit relatives and friends, but I couldn't go home on the eighth day, so I had to stay with my relatives.

On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month: on the birthday of the Ninth Emperor, chickens, ducks, fish and meat will be offered to worship the Jade Emperor.

On the tenth day of the new year, children from two neighboring villages will throw stones at each other in the suburban countryside. Which village wins means that the new year will be better.

On the eleventh day, parents will drive these children home.

Day 12: Lights should be lit in all the streets and alleys, and every household should be decorated with lanterns, and the countryside should also be lit in the ancestral temple.

Thirteen fourteen: Have fun.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Cantonese people will watch lanterns on this day. In addition, in suburban rural areas, people who gave birth to boys in the old years will hang lanterns in ancestral halls on this day to show their gratitude to their ancestors.

On the first morning, when people get up and put on new clothes, the first thing they do is to pay tribute to their elders. It is often the younger generation who wishes the elders first, and then the elders give them expectations. After breakfast, each of them pays a New Year call to relatives and friends. As the saying goes, "the first day and the second day have the meaning of New Year's greetings, and the third day and the fourth day have no intention of New Year's greetings." It is said that the sooner you pay a New Year call, the more you can see its sincerity. Therefore, some people go to pay New Year greetings to relatives and friends immediately after getting up, and then eat after coming back. No matter how many gifts people bring, oranges are indispensable. Big orange takes its homonym "Daji". It doesn't matter if you take more and less, but it can't be odd. People who pay New Year greetings enter the doors of relatives and friends, and they should look at different people and say different greetings. Say "Happy New Year" and "Longevity is better than Nanshan" to the old people, and they will grin. For those who have jobs, saying "smooth work" and "progress in the new year" will make the listeners very happy; If you are a business person, what you hear most is "making a big profit in the New Year" and "making a fortune and benefiting the market"; If children are studying, what they want most is to make progress in their studies and achieve excellent results in the new year. Send this greeting to them, and they will be very friendly to you. Before leaving, the host will leave two oranges in the gift of the recipient, and then exchange his oranges in order to bring good luck to the other party. Humorous people often only put two oranges in their trouser pockets when they go out to pay New Year's greetings. After the New Year call, the two oranges are still in his trouser pocket. Therefore, good-hearted people call the New Year's greetings at the beginning of the year "orange-changing movement". Guangdong Spring Festival taboo

On the second and third day of the first month, the married daughter goes back to her mother's house to celebrate the New Year with her husband and children. When a daughter returns to her mother's house, there must be a big bag of biscuits and sweets distributed by her mother to her neighbors, just like the scene of the New Year. If there are many daughters at home, and these daughters don't come back on the same day, then we must share one at a time. The gift is quite thin, just four biscuits. But it reflects the deep affection, the real "courtesy is light and affection is heavy", and expresses the girl's miss for the villagers. When the girl goes home, if there is a nephew at home, menstruation has to pay again. Although she gave lucky money on New Year's Day, this time it had a different meaning. The daughter must return to her husband's house before dinner. Because the first month is the beginning of a year, Guangzhou people often regard it as a sign of good or bad luck in the New Year, so there are many "taboos" during the New Year. In terms of language, all unlucky words such as "broken", "bad", "nothing", "death", "light", "ghost", "killing", "illness", "pain" and "poverty" are taboo. It is also necessary to avoid crying of babies, because crying is "not winning the first prize", which indicates illness and disaster. Therefore, even if the child is in trouble on this day, don't fight or reprimand him, lest he cry endlessly. Behavior, end cup, end plate, end bowl, end plate should be extra careful not to break. When you accidentally break them, taking water is just a form. The custom of prohibiting sweeping the floor is gradually being eliminated, because firecrackers are set off during the Spring Festival, people come and go, and there are a lot of scraps of paper and garbage on the ground. It's really harmful not to clean. Therefore, starting from paying attention to hygiene, many young people are not very particular about these traditional taboo customs. Creditors are not allowed to collect debts on this day, because it is considered unlucky for both borrowers and borrowers. Also avoid taking things from other people's pockets. People think that pulling out a pocket on the first day of the first month may lead to the danger of being "hollowed out" for one year. Avoid dead people and funerals, because it will bring bad luck to the family. At the same time, don't have a haircut on this day, because people always associate a haircut with a funeral on this day. On this day, even killing is forbidden. Killing is considered to lead to disasters such as knife disaster, soldier disaster and blood disaster. However, now people's living standards have improved, and they have no scruples about eating fresh food for quick appetite. In terms of diet, taking medicine is strictly prohibited on this day. Otherwise, I think it will lead to illness all the year round and take medicine constantly. There are several ways to avoid eating meat for breakfast on the first day of junior high school: one is to eat this meal quickly, and the effect is equal to one year; Another metaphor is frugality, not extravagance and waste.

Having said that, there are very few people who strictly follow the tradition. There are no special activities from our home to the sixth day of junior high school.