Luoyang's unique Spring Festival custom

New Year's Eve is "one night for two years, five hours for two years." When I was young, I got drunk and had a fling. "In Luoyang, as long as you mention this, everyone knows that it is' 30 years old, the year of endurance'." "The year of the year is also called Shousui. "The director of the Luoyang Municipal Cultural Bureau Office said that the folklore of 30 nights, as long as there is perseverance, will wait until the daughter of God opens the worse gate to bless the world. If you go to bed early, you will not be blessed. Every year on the thirtieth night of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family talks endlessly, taking this opportunity to enjoy family happiness. Housewives set up incense tables to prepare sacrifices, lit lanterns all night and burned incense five times. It is forbidden to talk loudly at night, so as not to disturb the gods; It is forbidden to open the cabinet to avoid absconding with the money; It is forbidden to take a wooden comb in the mirror to avoid seeing "ghosts"; It is forbidden to see knives and scissors, so as not to break the house; It is forbidden to sweep the floor to avoid the outflow of gold and silver; It is forbidden to pour urinals, so as not to blaspheme. If you throw away the leftovers after 30 nights, it's called dinner next year. It is not only a good sign to throw away the leftovers early on the first day of the New Year. After 80s, new content was added to the Spring Festival, and the whole family gathered in front of the TV to watch the annual Spring Festival Gala. Near 0: 00, young people from all walks of life weighed their guns in their right hands, held the fire in their left hands, stepped out of the door with their right feet, and stepped into the door with their left feet, watching the TV screen. At 0 o'clock on the TV screen, thousands of families set off firecrackers, and all kinds of colored guns decorated the sky with colors. On the first day, I bowed my spine. " Thirty children pinched my nose. On the first day, I bowed my spine. "Older Nanyang people know that" pinching the nose "refers to Bao jiaozi, and" bowing the back "refers to New Year's greetings. Zhang Wenxiang, a 74-year-old man from Huangtai Town, Wancheng District, said that after breakfast on New Year's Day, he began to go out to pay New Year's greetings. Zhang Wenxiang said that the New Year greeting activities were limited to the villagers, and the younger generation went door to door to congratulate them. Before liberation, everyone knelt on the ground and kowtowed to their elders. After liberation, the main thing was to kowtow and bow. People who pay New Year's greetings should say auspicious words to their elders, and elders should give lucky money to those who pay New Year's greetings. Nanyang dialect calls it "waist-pressing money." At that time, people would laugh at anyone whose child didn't pay New Year greetings to his people. ""In recent years, there has been no large-scale New Year greetings, and only relatives will pay New Year greetings. " When it comes to the grand occasion of people's New Year greetings during the traditional Spring Festival, Lao Zhangman Wen Xiang is somewhat depressed. At his age, he should accept New Year greetings. A staff member of Wancheng Cultural Center said that there is a causal relationship between the custom of New Year's greetings and the celebration of New Year's Eve. After a night of vigil and setting off firecrackers at midnight, the harassment and harm of Nian beast have been eliminated. On the morning of New Year's Day, people open doors to congratulate each other on their safety. In the past, wealthy families thought it was time-consuming and laborious to give gifts to each other during New Year's greetings. They congratulated each other with famous cards. This is the later New Year card. On the second day of the second year, the "first day" visits relatives, which is to pay a New Year call to the same village. From the second day of junior high school, the busiest thing for Chinese New Year began, that is, visiting relatives. "All relatives should leave before the seventh day of the first month. I won't go out on the seventh day, but after the eighth day, friends may walk around with each other. Therefore, there is a folk saying that' seven don't go out and eight don't return'. Liu Jintao, a writer of Luohe who has studied old customs, said. According to the folk literature and records of Luohe, there is evidence to research the local relatives in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. The order of visiting relatives is: nephew goes to grandma's house, daughter goes to her parents' house with her husband, and then goes to aunt, aunt and sister's house. Except for special circumstances, we should all go back to worship. According to Liu Jintao, in Luohe, on the second day of the first month, married people and those who are not married and engaged go to visit their parents-in-law. This custom has continued to this day. At this time, there are four gifts that must be brought: one is 5 Jin of ribs, which symbolizes backbone and wealth. The second is the lotus root, which symbolizes being connected into a whole and becoming a family. The third kind is leek, which symbolizes permanent coexistence. The fourth is celery, which symbolizes family ties.