What is eaten on the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, a traditional Chinese festival?

On the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year dumplings, guan dong candies, rice cakes, sesame candies, fried corn, noodle flowers are eaten. The 23rd day of the Lunar New Year generally refers to Xiao Nian, a traditional Chinese holiday that is traditionally celebrated as Zao Zao Day.

Because the main event of the Lunar New Year, the Zaos Festival, takes place in the evening, it is also known as "Lunar New Year's Eve" and "Lunar New Year's Night". It is considered to be the beginning of the "busy year". Because of the different customs in different regions, the day of the year is not the same, and in most regions, it is celebrated on the 23rd or 24th day of the Lunar New Year.

Lunar New Year's Day 23 folk customs:

1, Zaosi, is an important activity on the day of the New Year. Zaoshen's duty is to take charge of the stove fire and manage food and drink. The festival has a history of thousands of years in Chinese folklore, and the belief in the God of the Stove is a reflection of the people's dream of having more than enough food and clothing.

In the old days, almost every family had a "Zao Wang" god in the stove room. People called this god "Sifu Bodhisattva" or "Zaojun Sifu", responsible for the management of each family's stove fire, was worshipped as a family's protective deity. Most Zaowang shrines are located in the north or east of the stove room, with an idol of the god Zaowang in the center. For those who don't have a Zaowang niche, they also put the image directly on the wall.

2, dust sweeping

The day of the New Year is still the day of dust sweeping. The custom of sweeping dust at the end of the year has been formed in the Song Dynasty, then in the New Year's Eve, the Ming and Qing dynasties are generally focused on sending the god of the stove after the folk said that the god of the stove in the sky, the home sweeping nothing to worry about. Of course, there are folk in the send stove before cleaning, they have another explanation, said the God of the stove painting dust record good and bad things, ready to use this as a basis for reporting to the emperor, in order to erase the record of the God of the stove, so in the send stove before, people will be dusted off the soot.