What are the customs of celebrating the Spring Festival in Taiyuan?

There are many customs for celebrating the Spring Festival in Taiyuan, including: the 23rd King and the 24th Cleaning Day, commonly known as "Hu Cleaning Day". Since then, the preparations for the whole year have reached a climax. There used to be a proverb in Taiyuan: "Grinding bean curd is twenty-five, working is twenty-six, going to the market is twenty-seven, pasting is twenty-eight, drinking is twenty-nine, and jiaozi is thirty." I have something to do and a plan every day. I have been busy until the afternoon of New Year's Eve, and I have to clean the outdoor, that is, I have begun to make new clothes and hats, pack jiaozi, and prepare incense, lamps and other items to meet the gods.

On New Year's Eve, every family stays up all night, commonly known as "old age". As soon as the rooster crows, they start burning incense, lighting lamps, offering offerings, setting off fireworks, offering sacrifices to their ancestors, and then the whole family pays New Year greetings to each other. Children kowtow to their elders to pay New Year greetings, and elders give them lucky money for good luck. According to the traditional custom, we should have breakfast before the sun comes out. After breakfast, when relatives go out to pay New Year greetings, they go to church. Unwilling people meet on the road, bow and exchange good wishes, which are nothing more than "Congratulations on the New Year", "Congratulations on your fortune" and "Happy New Year". During the New Year in China, businessmen's families are the most pious to offer sacrifices to the God of Wealth.