What is the custom of Chinese New Year in Ji 'an, Jiangxi?

Chinese New Year custom in Ji 'an, Jiangxi:

1, Spring Festival The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, commonly known as "Chinese New Year", which is the most solemn and lively traditional festival in all counties of Luling (Ji 'an). From "off-year" to "New Year's Eve", the prelude of the Spring Festival is gradually opened.

2. December 24th of the lunar calendar is a small year. On this day, all families prepare tables and drinks, and the whole family gets together. A few years ago, there were two main activities. One is "sweeping dust", sweeping away all filth and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly. The second is to "send the stove". On New Year's Eve, the family put tea, rice, red dates and sugar cakes on the stove to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god, which is also called "paste life" and pray for the kitchen god to "do good in heaven and be lucky in earth".

Lunar calendar1February 30th (September 29th) is "New Year's Eve", also called "New Year's Eve". In the morning, adults take their children and grandchildren to the ancestral graves, killing chickens and burning paper money to worship their ancestors. Red Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures are posted outside the hall, and red paper with the words "Six Livestock Flourish" and "Golden Rooster Announces Good News" is also posted on pigsty, cowshed and chicken coop to express their good expectations. In the afternoon, a big family dinner, also known as "reunion dinner", is held for family reunion. Parents also bought a pair of tableware for relatives who can't come back from other places. ?

In the early morning of the first day of the first month, the first thing is that the man opens the "financial door". The gate was opened and firecrackers were set off to welcome the influx of wealth. Then he took a few steps in the direction of Xiuchao and said, "Travel well and benefit from all directions", hoping to have a successful career and make a fortune in one year. After opening the door to financial management, the whole family has a New Year's Eve dinner.

Lantern Festival The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival, also called Lantern Festival. At night, every household should "scatter lights", that is, light candles or oil lamps everywhere in the house to symbolize light. Eating jiaozi for the whole family is also called "Yuanxiao". Some counties also have Lantern Festival performances. Among the folk lanterns, the "carp lantern" in Gujiang, Ji 'an County is unique, the "shrimp lantern" in Taihe Luoxi, the "Five Dragons Going to Sea" in Zhutian, Suichuan, and the "unicorn lion elephant lantern" in wanan county are all unique. The "Aoyu Lantern" in the ancient waterside valley and the "Bailong Lantern" in Huangqiao and other places are also a must.