Investigation Report on Cultural Development of Spring Festival in China

Investigation Report on China New Year Culture (Spring Festival)

Since the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, the Spring Festival, the most traditional festival in China, is approaching day by day. From the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month to the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax, this is a complete Spring Festival.

On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, we usually call it Laba. On this day, we will eat laba rice. The so-called laba rice is to cook several kinds of miscellaneous grains together into porridge. With the improvement of people's living standards, the varieties and patterns of Laba porridge are becoming more and more diverse. There are also many legends about why people drink Laba porridge. It has been said that some people have been thinking hard and regret without eating anything. Isn't that just learning a lesson? It is also said that after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he educated future generations in order not to forget the difficult experience of the past. But no matter what kind of legends, they all express their good wishes of not forgetting the industrious virtues of their ancestors and hoping that the gods will bring good years.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, "off-year" is celebrated, which is called "giving" by the people. Every year in the twelfth lunar month, every household will "invite" the "Master Chef", which some people call "Kitchen Code". Above is a portrait of Kitchen God, and below is a list of 24 solar terms.

It's the day when Master Chef went to heaven to meet the Jade Emperor. "Heaven says, the lower bound is safe", so Master Chef Wang should give him candy when he leaves, so that he can put in a good word in the future and bless his family with plenty of food and clothing in the coming year.

"The real name of the kitchen king is Zhang, and he drinks a bowl of noodle soup every year." On this day, people will set off firecrackers, eat noodle soup (noodles) and eat jiaozi in some places. Sacrifice before eating, and set the sacrificial table. The sacrificial table was filled with sweets, fruits and other offerings on small plates. When eating, the old master of the kitchen king in the kitchen yard was cut off and burned, and the rest of the kitchen dock (24 solar terms table) was posted on the kitchen table.

On the day we resign from the kitchen, we will clean up, tie the newly bought broom to a long stick with a rope, clean up the corners of the house and let the kitchen god report the cleanliness of the house to heaven in order to pray for decline.

On New Year's Eve, every household will post Spring Festival couplets. Some people will hang two red lanterns in front of the gate, and some people will hang lanterns on the trees in the yard on New Year's Eve to light the ever-burning lamps all night. Red lanterns really add a lot of festive atmosphere to this happy festival.

In addition to posting Spring Festival couplets and blessings, grandma also has radish money (also called door money), which is to post radish money on the lintel and window of every door and place people's good wishes on it.

In the afternoon of New Year's Eve, women bought jiaozi and grain, and men also took offerings. The grain rang to the graves of their ancestors and invited them home for the New Year. Jiaozi for New Year's Eve is stuffed with meat. With the sound of firecrackers, chubby jiaozi also served on the table.

On New Year's Eve, vegetarian dishes must be installed in jiaozi. Most people in grandma's family pack tofu, because tofu is homophonic "blessed", which means that everyone is blessed.

Grandma's family will wash steel and jump, generally putting ten, symbolizing perfection; Ten soaked dates symbolize sweetness; Cut the rice cake into ten small portions, symbolizing climbing step by step, and wrap it in jiaozi. Eating money on New Year's Eve indicates a prosperous fortune in the coming year. The family that eats dates is happy, sweet and beautiful; The career of eating cakes is successful, and the new year will be prosperous and step by step. Of course, these are people's beautiful ideals and pursuits.

Then keep the year, stay up late to welcome the arrival of the new year, also known as New Year's Eve keep the year, the common name is "endure the year". The all-night vigil symbolizes driving away all evil plagues and diseases and looking forward to good luck in the new year.

On New Year's Eve, a series of sacrificial ceremonies and blessing activities will be held. In the courtyard, tables will be provided for incense table and burning incense. The stacked gold ingots will fill the basket. At the end of twelve o'clock, they will be taken to the yard and burned. At this time, the long firecrackers that have already been hung up have also been lit, and firecrackers, thousands of lights and laughter will come from all directions.

A large family, old and young, is short of everyone. Everyone's face is full of smiles, sitting around, chatting, watching TV and eating melon seeds, and the room is harmonious and happy. Everyone had a family reunion dinner, and everyone said hello to each other and paid a New Year call. The old people happily put the brand-new lucky money they had already prepared into the pockets of their grandchildren, and the children snuggled in the arms of the old people happily. The adults took out the festive Tang suit bought for the old man and put it on him. What a beautiful picture of family happiness.

With the change of society, people's ideas have also changed. In some places, it is no longer so early to celebrate the New Year. Some people get up early at four or five, and some people celebrate the New Year at six or seven. Everything is based on local customs.

On New Year's Day, at dawn, crowds of people wearing brand-new clothes began to visit their families and greet each other for the New Year. First of all, an ancestor of his own family walked over and said hello. Those who are too busy to drop in at ordinary times also take this opportunity to visit their old neighbors and friends. Everywhere they go, there are laughter and blessings everywhere. Now the information is developed, no matter how far apart, a phone call and a short message will pay a New Year call. I wish you good luck and you will enjoy it!

Grandma's family is still popular to bow down, that is, to kowtow to the elders. Unmarried girls don't kowtow, married kannika nimtragol will follow her husband and kowtow to their elders with other men in the family. Put a cushion under the main room where nave incense table is placed. Young students knelt on the mat and kowtowed to their elders. One elder kowtowed, and the second grandma kowtowed to her mother-in-law. It is the most solemn to kowtow to the elders these days, and she will get a lucky money when she is young, so she likes to kowtow every year. Older people are unwilling and helpless, even if they pretend, they still have to knock. This custom is probably the oldest way of blessing so far.

The 15th day of the first lunar month is the traditional Lantern Festival in China. People eat Yuanxiao to celebrate reunion. Festival activities during the Spring Festival will also reach its climax on this day.

Lantern Festival, also called "Lantern Festival", is the night of Lantern Festival. The streets and alleys are covered with lanterns. People light10,000 lanterns, take their relatives and friends to the flower market, set off fireworks, and sing and dance in riddles to celebrate the Lantern Festival.

In this way, people spent one Spring Festival after another in beauty, happiness and reunion.

With the increasing progress of society, the customs in some places may change gradually, except for the old and the new, and follow people's beautiful ideals!