Suizhou new year custom

There are more customs in the north than in the south, such as jiaozi and stick grilles. Various patterns symbolize good luck in the coming year, including the wearing and exquisiteness of some zodiac signs.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the dietary customs of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are obviously different in the north and south. On New Year's Eve in the north, jiaozi eats more, which means "making friends when young" in homophonic. Some put sugar in jiaozi to pray for a sweeter life in the coming year; Others wrap a coin in jiaozi, and whoever eats it will make a fortune in the new year. On New Year's Eve in the south, people usually eat Yuanxiao and rice cakes. Yuanxiao is also called "Tangyuan", "Tuanzi" and "Zi Yuan", with more sugar in the middle, which means a happy and sweet family reunion. The rice cake is made of glutinous rice, which is homophonic "high every year". Until today, the custom of including jiaozi in the north and south is still very common.

Eating rice cakes, jiaozi and glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival is one of the customs of China people. Because of its homophonic "high year", rice cakes are rising year by year. In addition, they have a variety of tastes, which are especially popular with the citizens in Hangjiahu area, and the market space is very large. Tangyuan, which means round and round, is a traditional food for the Spring Festival. Eating jiaozi in the New Year is influenced by the Chinese New Year custom in the north, but complicated procedures such as mixing flour, chopping stuffing and rolling skin are prohibitive, so quick-frozen jiaozi has become a big selling point in supermarkets.

Spring Festival custom: Go back to your mother's house on the second day of the first month.

The so-called going back to my parents' home, of course, refers to getting married. The so-called return to her parents' home, of course, refers to the married daughter taking her husband's children home to pay a New Year call to her parents.

Why must it be grade two instead of grade one?

Superstition holds that the deceased ancestors came home from heaven at the end of the year to enjoy sacrifice. If ancestors saw "outsiders" at home, they would not enter the home because married women were considered "outsiders"; So married women can't spend New Year's Eve and the first day at home.

After the ancestors enjoy the sacrifice, the daughter can go home on the first (or second) night. This rule was very strict in the old society, especially in the countryside. Violating it is disrespectful. Although people in the new society don't believe in ghosts and gods, they still strictly abide by them. If a married daughter spends the New Year at home for some special reason, then maybe her parents, family and herself will be very unhappy. This is also a long-standing cultural phenomenon, which may be implemented for a long time.

"Going home" is also called "mothering". In the past, there were many taboos for brides to go back to their parents' homes, but they only meant the taboos for brides to go back to their parents' homes. After the bride's return, her identity has changed and she belongs to others, so her family often "guards against her".