What are the customs of celebrating the Spring Festival in Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province?

The last day of the Lunar New Year is called New Year's Eve, and Jiangmen custom calls it "Chinese New Year".

Before New Year's Eve, people are busy buying all kinds of new year's goods: chickens, ducks, geese, fish, clothes, furniture, utensils, paintings, Spring Festival couplets, and so on. The big fish and big meat on the table, and the candy makes people drool.

People also buy oranges and green olives, which symbolize good luck.

The old customs have passed, and men need a new haircut and women need to "pull their faces".

December 24th of the lunar calendar is the time for "immortals" to "report on their work". From that day on, every household was cleaning, packing things and bills, which was called "picking up".

Family members who go out during the Spring Festival must come back for reunion. There will be a reunion dinner at home.

If it is late, the farmer's water tank should be filled with water, the rice tank should be filled with rice, and the lights should not be turned off, so that he can have good luck every year.

On the evening of the 23rd lunar month, commonly known as Lunar New Year's Eve, people expressed their gratitude to Kitchen Jun for protecting every kitchen fire in the past year and making everyone eat safely. When the chef reported to the Jade Emperor, he specially gave him a humble trip. Xie Zao wants to offer a tribute, which mainly includes: a bowl of clear water, a bowl of white rice, several sugarcane trees with tail leaves, fried rice cakes, oranges, brown sugar and a gift, as well as a "Book of Chefs", to the effect that you should confess to Chefs and ask them to put in a good word to ensure peace in the next world. This is Xie Zao.

Speaking of which, it's time to talk about the flower market.

As the Spring Festival approaches, Hong Kong people like to buy Spring Festival flowers according to customs, which means "flowers bloom with wealth".

What's the difference between the flower market in Hong Kong and that in Jiangmen? People can take advantage of the opportunity of Chinese New Year in Hong Kong to join in the fun in the crowded Lunar New Year's Eve market and see the annual flowers such as kumquat, daffodil, peony and peony, as well as the popular "five generations under one roof" in recent years. It is said that peach blossom can bring "peach blossom luck" to unmarried men and women, while oranges attached to leaves represent marriage "blossom and bear fruit" ...