The custom of Chinese New Year in Anhui

The custom of the Spring Festival in Anhui includes eating only one meal during the Spring Festival, sticking "Yuanbao" on the threshold and not putting red candles.

1, only eat one meal during the New Year.

On New Year's Eve, no one in the family is allowed to have breakfast and lunch, but only New Year's Eve. To eat New Year's Eve, you must have a plate of fresh fish, but no one is allowed to eat this plate of fresh fish (meaning more than one year). You can't eat this plate of fish with chopsticks until New Year's Eve. Everyone should take a bite. Don't talk when eating New Year's Eve. Be sure to leave some rice in the bowl when eating New Year's Eve.

2. "Yuanbao" is placed on the threshold.

Opening the door to make a fortune, "Yuanbao" rolled in and was vividly interpreted by local people in Feixi and Lu 'an. People who stay indoors after twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve. During this period, some local busybodies put fake ingots on the threshold of the gate. These ingots are usually made of loess and have the same size and shape as real ingots. On the morning of New Year's Day, as soon as the host opened the door, "Yuanbao" rolled in. The layman was elated when he saw the "Yuanbao" and respectfully put it on the incense table.

Don't put out the red candle.

When people celebrate the Lunar New Year, there is a traditional folk custom passed down from ancient times. From Lunar New Year's Eve to the first day of the new year, two red candles are lit in the hall (living room), and some tributes, such as chicken, fish and meat, are placed in the middle of the red candles. In the meantime, do not put out the red candle.

Brief introduction of Anhui

Anhui Province, referred to as "Anhui" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC). Hefei, the capital, is located in the Yangtze River Delta in the east of China, bordering Jiangsu Province in the east, Henan Province and Hubei Province in the west, Zhejiang Province in the southeast, Jiangxi Province in the south and Shandong Province in the north, with a total area of14.05438+00,000 square kilometers.

In the coastal waters of Anhui, there are 800-mile urban agglomerations along the Yangtze River and demonstration zones for undertaking industrial transfer in Wanjiang city belt, with Yangtze River waterway inside and coastal economic radiation outside. The terrain consists of plains, hills and mountains; Across the Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Xin 'anjiang River. Anhui province is located in the transitional zone between warm temperate zone and subtropical zone. The north of Huaihe River has a warm temperate semi-humid monsoon climate, and the south of Huaihe River has a subtropical humid monsoon climate, which is compatible with the north and the south.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Anhui Province