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Handwritten newspaper about the Spring Festival in the Year of the Loong
1. Introduction to Spring Festival:
Spring Festival, that is, Lunar New Year, commonly known as Chinese New Year, generally refers to New Year's Eve and the first day of the first month. But among the people, the traditional Spring Festival refers to the sacrificial ceremony from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month or the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first lunar month in La Worship, with New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month as the climax. The Spring Festival has a long history, which originated from the activities of offering sacrifices to gods and ancestors in the beginning and end of the Shang Dynasty. During the Spring Festival, Han people and many ethnic minorities in China will hold various activities to celebrate. The main contents of these activities are offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, paying homage to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, and praying for a bumper harvest. The activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics.
Second, eat New Year's cakes.
Eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival, "it is better to take the year to pray for it." It means that every year goes well. The types of rice cakes are: white rice cakes and yellow rice cakes in the north; There are water mill rice cakes in Jiangnan; There is glutinous rice in the southwest; There are red turtle cakes in Taiwan Province province. "Gao" has been called in Han dialect, which was popular in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. ? Jia Sixie's Book of Qi Yaomin records the production method. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, cakes have developed into snacks supplied in the market all year round, and the flavors in the north and south are different. There are two kinds of rice cakes in the north: steamed and fried. In addition to steaming and frying, there are other methods in the south, such as frying in slices and cooking in soup.
Third, eat jiaozi in the northern Spring Festival.
There is a tradition of eating jiaozi for dinner, but the custom of eating jiaozi varies from place to place. Some places eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve, some places eat jiaozi on New Year's Day, and some mountainous areas in the north have the custom of eating jiaozi every morning from the first day to the fifth day. Eating jiaozi is a unique way for people to express their wish for good luck when they bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. According to the method of punctuality in ancient China, the time is from 1 1 in the evening to 1 the next morning. ? "Intersection" is the moment when the new year and the old year intersect. Jiaozi means getting married at an older age, and eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival is considered a great luck. In addition, jiaozi is shaped like an ingot, wrapping jiaozi means wrapping good luck, while eating jiaozi symbolizes prosperity. Different from the north, the New Year's Eve dinner in the south usually has hot pot and fish. Hot pot boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, thriving; "Fish" and "fish" are homophonic, symbolizing "good luck and wishful thinking", and also implying happiness in life and "having more than one year". There are also some places in the south that pay attention to eating rice cakes during the Spring Festival, which is high every year, symbolizing a bumper harvest year by year and a higher realm.
Sweep the dust?
"twelfth lunar month, clean the house"? According to "Lv Chunqiu", during the Yao and Shun period, China had the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival. According to the folk saying: Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "getting rid of the old and not being new", and its original intention is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck. This custom has placed people's desire to break the old and create new ones and their prayers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. ? Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels. Everywhere is filled with the joyful atmosphere of cleaning and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly.
Post Spring Festival couplets?
Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival. This custom began in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Liang Zhangju's monograph Poetry of Spring Festival couplets discusses the origin of couplets and the characteristics of various works.
New year pictures?
Hanging New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. Thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and festive atmosphere to thousands of families. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, which reflects people's simple customs and beliefs and places their hopes on the future. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". ? With the rise of block printing, the content of New Year pictures is not limited to monotonous themes such as door gods, but has become rich and colorful. Some New Year pictures workshops have produced classic color New Year pictures, such as Fu Lushou's Samsung, God bless the people, abundant crops, prosperous livestock and welcoming the New Year, to meet people's good wishes of celebrating and praying for the New Year. ? There are three important producing areas of Chinese New Year pictures: Taohuawu in Suzhou, Yangliuqing in Tianjin and Weifang in Shandong; Three schools of New Year pictures have been formed, each with its own characteristics.
Poetry of the Spring Festival?
Tian Jia yuan ri?
(Tang) Meng Haoran
I returned to the north last night and set out from the east today;
I'm already strong, and I'm worried about agriculture without money.
Mulberry field cultivates father, lotus hoe follows shepherd boy;
Tian said that this year's climate is abundant. ?
Selling dementia
(Tang) Fan Chengda
On new year's eve, people don't sleep, tired of being depressed and forcing the new year;
Children are told to take the long street, and clouds are called to sell if they have dementia.
Except at night.
Tang) came to ancient times.
It's a matter of unity being empty, and Wan Li is lovesick overnight.
Worried that the crow dies, you will see the spring breeze again.
The first day of the lunar month
(Song) Wang Anshi?
In addition to the one-year-old firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su; ?
Thousands of families always trade new peaches for old ones.
Yuanri? Yulouchun?
Maopang (Song Dynasty)
Every year, the lotus drops leak, and Bijing Tu Su sinks the frozen wine. ?
Han Xiao is still cheating. She is slim in spring. ?
Beauty urges a long life, and cypress leaves and green peppers are covered with beautiful sleeves. ?
Deep in my hometown, I don't know each other, but I only stay with Dong Jun.
Except at night?
Wen Tianxiang (Southern Song Dynasty)
Dry kunkong, years go to the church;
The end of the road is stormy, and the poor side is full of ice and snow.
Life disappears with the years, and the body is forgotten;
There is no such thing as killing Su Meng. It's still early at night.
Pay new year's call
(Ming) Wen Zhiming?
I don't want to meet, but I want to talk about it. The famous papers are all us.
I also throw some paper at people. The world is too simple and empty.
Is new and correct.
Julia (Ming)
The wind and frost in heaven and earth are exhausted, and the weather in Gankun is harmonious;
Add the New Year, and the old mountains and rivers will spring.
Mei Liufang is full of pride, sloppy and old;
Tu Sucheng was drunk and laughed at Baiyun.
Today is New Year's Eve.
(Qing) Huang Jingren
A thousand smiles are slow, and worries are hidden from the outside.
People standing high on the stone bridge seem to be on earth, staring at the sky, but seeing a star like a moon.
Fengcheng new year speech
(Qing) Check Shen Xing?
Cleverly cut Silla and paint colorful gold like a moth;
Since then, the scissors have been idle for a month, and there are more sewing in the boudoir before the age of 20. ?
Wu Jia New Year's Day?
(clear) hole
Xiao Shu's white hair is not full of ups and downs, and the old-age stove actually sleeps. ?
Cut the candles and dry the midnight wine, and spent all the money to buy spring money. ?
Listen to the childlike innocence of burning firecrackers and see the change of peach blossom characters. ?
Add a plum blossom to the drum horn to celebrate the New Year in Lian Xiao.
New Year's Day takes up the charm of Liu Yazi.
Dong
* * * Laughing and laughing for the New Year, Hongyan Lady sends plum blossoms;
Everyone toasted each other in the toast to express their wishes for the New Year. After all the people were not satisfied, they tasted the tea of victory together and talked about current affairs.
Only loyal to the country, there is no paradise at home;
Song and dance accompany Beijing to welcome the festival and overlook Yan' an scenery.
See the flower market during the Spring Festival.
Lin
Mickey met to see the flower market, but leaned against the arcade like a gallery;
Bundled potted plants are lined up, and the grass plants are woody and fragrant.
The lights are bright all night, and the songs are fascinating.
It was this year that the scenery was beautiful and colorful.
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