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What are the customs in Suqian for the New Year?

Customs of Suqian Spring Festival:

First, get up early on New Year's Eve, so as not to sleep late all year round. Set off firecrackers after getting up, put them behind the house and burn a handful of grass at the same time. It is said that burning grass and smoking was a signal to kill Tartars together.

Second, New Year's Eve couplets should be posted upside down, which means "happiness is imminent". People who have died within three years are not allowed to post couplets.

Third, the New Year's Eve dinner is the highlight of the Spring Festival. There must be fish and meat. But fried fish is not eaten on the same day, but only during the New Year, which means "more than a year".

Before going to bed on New Year's Eve, you must put some cakes and things like that in the pot, but you can't leave the pot empty, which means that the new year will be prosperous.

Clean the house on New Year's Eve, because it is forbidden to sweep the floor on the first day of the first month of the next day, so as not to drive away talents.

6. Before going to bed on New Year's Eve, you should put the lucky money in your child's pocket to symbolize your child's safety in the new year. Also put a cake on the bed, and everyone will take a bite when they wake up on the first day, indicating that the new year will be promoted step by step.

Seven, the first morning, also want to get up early, open the door completely, to welcome the god of wealth into the house. Generally, you can't splash water to avoid spilling money; Can't use scissors, so as not to cut off the financial path.

On the first day, I ate jiaozi and glutinous rice balls, which means round and round. Generally, coins are wrapped in jiaozi, and whoever eats them indicates that he will make a fortune in the new year.