What does it mean to ban festivals in Qing Dynasty?

This is a festival of the Qing Dynasty.

There are countless traditional folk festivals in the Qing Dynasty, but the annual festivals, such as Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, are large in scale, widely circulated and increasingly rich in content. People constantly create colorful cultural atmosphere and auspicious and festive atmosphere in these festivals and customs.

Customs of Qing dynasty:

The New Year Festival is a festival that all ethnic groups in China attach great importance to. Because different nationalities use different calendars and different living habits, the time of festivals is also different. The annual festival celebrated by the Han nationality and some ethnic minorities refers to the Lunar New Year. As soon as the Qing Dynasty passed Laba, the annual activities began gradually, and the whole festival didn't end until the plague was sent away on the 16th day of the first month. The Miao nationality's Miao year is from10.5 to10.25 in the summer calendar. Generally, the Yi Year of the Yi people is held by Bimo (a wizard) at the beginning of October in the Yi calendar. As an auspicious day, the festival lasts for three days. The year of the Qiang nationality is set on the first day of October in the summer calendar. The festival of the Shui nationality lasts from the end of1February to February of the following year (from the end of August to the beginning of1October in the lunar calendar), and festivals are held in batches in various places according to traditional customs.

The Hani people celebrate October and the festival lasts about five days. Tajiks will hold the annual "Tiki Chandi" Festival in March. The Tibetan calendar is held on the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar. It can be said that almost every nation has its own unique holiday customs. However, when the festival customs of the Han nationality developed to the Qing Dynasty, not only the spread areas and nationalities expanded and increased, but also the prosperity of urban commercial culture, the recovery and development of agricultural economy and many other factors injected more cultural connotations and relaxed auspicious atmosphere into the festival customs.

In fact, the custom of Chinese New Year can be divided into two periods according to its content: from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve; The first day to the sixteenth day of the first month is the New Year. Resigning the old year is related to exorcising evil spirits and avoiding filth, and welcoming the new year is related to Najib's blessing.

(1) Laba porridge

In the Qing Dynasty, most Han areas drank Laba porridge. This kind of porridge has been increased from the original "seven treasures porridge" and "five flavors porridge" to "eight treasures" and decorated to become delicious and beautiful Laba porridge. It uses yellow rice, white rice, glutinous rice, millet, water chestnut, red Jiang Dou, peeled jujube paste and so on. Cook porridge and use red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar and grapes for spot dyeing. " Although the ancient custom of eating porridge to exorcise ghosts in Laba no longer exists, the ancient custom of eating porridge to pray for a happy New Year is still faintly visible and adds pleasing elements.

1 Qing Fu Cha Dunchong: Yanjing Yearbook Laba Porridge.

(2) Having a small year

Off-year is usually held on the 24th night after the sacrifice of Kitchen God on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to celebrate the New Year in advance, drive away disasters and seek refuge in advance, and make money into treasures, there is a scene in the notes of the Qing Dynasty about people in Xiangcheng County (now Anhui Province) in Anqing: "On the evening of the 24th, wine glasses were set up to extend their ancestors, and the inside and outside of the house went to the facade, with bright lights and candlelight, and the sound of fireworks reached four lanes, no different except (late) night. Locals call it small. (2) New Year is better than last season.

② Qing Yao Xingquan: Long Mian mixed memories.

(3) Prepare to post Spring Festival couplets years ago.

Also known as "spring posting". This custom originated from the ancient peach symbol. The official name of Spring Festival couplets originated from the Ming Dynasty, and the custom of Spring Festival couplets has taken shape since the Qing Dynasty. There are booksellers who specialize in writing Spring Festival couplets, and there are also bookstores in the store for booksellers to write Spring Festival couplets. The Qing people recorded this scene: "After entering the customs, some literati wrote Spring Festival couplets under the eaves of the city in order to polish their writing style." (3) The Spring Festival couplets in the capital of Qing Dynasty should be "gradually posted, and thousands of families will take on a new look" after offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month. (4) Because there is a meaning of praying to the gods, a ceremony such as cleaning hands, burning incense and setting off firecrackers should be held before posting to show respect for posting Spring Festival couplets.

Folk Spring Festival couplets celebrate the Spring Festival with red paper. However, the imperial court, princes and imperial clan in Qing dynasty all used white paper with red or blue edges, which was different from the folk. This kind of paper shall not be used for other purposes without authorization except writing Spring Festival couplets.

3 Qing Fu Cha Dunchong: Yanjing New Year's Eve Spring Festival couplets.

4 the same book.