Customs of Spring Festival in Zhicheng Town, Yidu City, Yichang City

The Spring Festival is a very important festival for China people. People generally prepare for the Spring Festival from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month until the 15th of the first month.

1, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as "off-year", is said to be the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the house was cleaned. This day is the usual cleaning day.

3. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is said that the Jade Emperor will visit the lower world and eat tofu dregs to show his hard work.

On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, people can only eat meat in the annual festival.

5. On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, kill chickens in the New Year and catch up with the big party. All the items needed for the Spring Festival are under purchase.

6. On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, make cakes and steamed buns with decals. The ancients used mahogany as the wood to ward off evil spirits, and later it was replaced by red paper.

7. On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, please go to the grave and ask your ancestors for a big donation. Ancestor worship has a long history in China.

8. On New Year's Eve, one night is two years old, and the five shifts are divided into two days. At the end of the year, winter snow and winter snow melt, and it seems that a warm spring breeze blows in the warm palace.

9. On New Year's Day, the golden rooster announces the dawn. The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to curb evil worship.

10, New Year's Day, Golden Skin announces spring. The family goes to pay New Year's greetings, the host stays for dinner, and western families arrange feasts.

1 1, New Year's Day, Fat Pig Arch. The son-in-law visits his father-in-law, and the daughter-in-law goes back to her mother's house, giving a double gift.

12, New Year's Day, Sanyang Kaitai. Kitchen God checks the household registration and welcomes the kitchen God Hui people.

13, Lunar New Year's Day, spring in Niu Geng. Five roads lead to the god of wealth, east and west, north and south, and wealth is led by five roads.

14, the first day of the lunar new year, the horse is successful. In the street, every household is watching, and no one does not send the poor.

15, Lunar New Year's Day, people live long. Spread pancakes and eat seven treasures, and live in peace.

16, Lunar New Year's Day, release and pray. On the day of the lower bound of the stars, build a small lamp to burn it, one inch of time and one inch of gold.

17, Lunar New Year's Day, Jade Emperor's birthday. Because he is the supreme god who rules the universe, people will hold ceremonies to celebrate.

18, Lunar New Year's Day, offering a stone to give thanks. One day, there will be land and houses for people and animals. Rice, wheat and rice are the birthplace.

19, the eleventh day of the first month, offering sacrifices to the children. The oppressed women regard her as the patron saint of the disadvantaged women.

20. On the twelfth day of the first month, set up a light shed. The Lantern Festival is coming, so we began to prepare for it.

2 1, on the 13th day of the first month, light a lamp under the stove. Since the 13th, all the alleys have been decorated with bamboo lanterns.

22. The fourteenth day of the first month is the birthday of the Queen of Waterfront, also known as "The Lady of Shuntian", who is a fairy who saves women who have difficulty in childbirth.

23, the fifteenth day of the first month, the night shines on the silkworm (God). Judging the year's abundance and sorrow by observing the color, it evolved into the Lantern Festival.