Xi' an New Year Custom Composition

The annual Spring Festival is coming again, and the streets and alleys are very lively, and the holiday customs in various places have their own characteristics. Now, let me introduce our custom of celebrating the Spring Festival in Shiyan. During the Spring Festival, every household will post Spring Festival couplets. Spring Festival couplets are a kind of couplets, named after being posted during the Spring Festival. At first, people carved a human figure out of mahogany and hung it by the door to ward off evil spirits. Later, it was simplified to write the name of the keeper on the mahogany board. Spring Festival couplets are usually written on red paper, representing auspiciousness and happiness. During the Spring Festival, every family has the habit of vigil on New Year's Eve. Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. Eat this New Year's Eve dinner slowly, starting with the light on. Some families have to eat late into the night, but the children can't stand their temper and simply run out to play together. The custom of observing the old age not only includes the feeling of farewell and nostalgia for the fleeting time, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year. When the New Year bell rang after midnight, firecrackers shook the sky of the whole city. At this moment, there are still people who set up a "flourishing fire" in the courtyard to show their prosperity. Around the blazing fire, the children set off firecrackers and danced happily. At this time, the bright lights in the house, the sparks in front of the court and the deafening noise outside the house pushed the lively atmosphere of New Year's Eve to a climax. Every Spring Festival is also the busiest time for housewives in the kitchen. Chinese New Year's food was cooked a few days ago, the New Year's Eve dinner was always cooked by the chef, and jiaozi on the first day of Chinese New Year's Eve was also wrapped on the evening of 30th. At this time, everyone's chopping boards are busy chopping meat and vegetables. At this time, the sound of chopping boards and firecrackers, mixed with people's laughter, echoed one after another, interwoven into a cheerful movement on New Year's Eve. Eating New Year's Eve is the most lively and enjoyable time for every household in the Spring Festival. The sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner filled a table, and the family got together, sat around a table and had a reunion dinner. The sense of accomplishment in my heart is really unspeakable. People not only enjoyed a table full of delicious food, but also enjoyed a happy atmosphere. We usually have two things here, one is hot pot and the other is fish. The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, which indicates that it is thriving; "Fish" and "fish" are homophonic, which is a symbol of "auspicious celebration is more than enough" and also a metaphor for "more than enough every year". There are also radishes, commonly known as vegetable heads. Good luck. Lobster, fried fish and other fried foods, wish your family prosperity, such as "cooking oil with fire" Finally, a dessert, wishing the future sweet. On this day, even if you can't drink, you should drink a little. For a time, Shiyan's holiday customs could not be finished. When you come here, you can feel its charm for yourself.

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