Jiangxi Spring Festival custom

1, Happy New Year: On the first day of the first month, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders in turn, and the elders lead the younger generation to pay New Year greetings to their neighbors. There is a saying in Nanchang: (Nanchang dialect) A one-year-old boy, a two-year-old boy, a three-year-old uncle, a three-year-old boy and a four-year-old boy also pay homage to their deceased relatives.

2, change tea: it means changing money, everyone is rich. Wrap the cake with thick wool paper and a layer of white paper, then stick a piece of red paper and distribute it everywhere.

3. The last seven years are like years: Jiangxi people attach importance to the last seven years. On this day, they should eat good meals and paste soup, which symbolizes the promotion step by step. On this day, grand sacrificial activities are generally held.

4. Lantern Festival: (Nanchang dialect) "After the Lantern Festival, it is a light." After the Lantern Festival, the annual activities are basically over. (Nanchang dialect) "30-mile fire, Lantern Festival", watching Lantern Festival, playing with lanterns and solving riddles on lanterns are very lively.

Spring Festival is the China Lunar New Year, commonly known as Spring Festival, New Year, New Year's Eve and so on. And it is also called Chinese New Year and New Year's Eve verbally. The Spring Festival has a long history, which evolved from praying for the New Year at the beginning of the year in ancient times. Everything is based on the sky, and people are based on their ancestors. Pray for the ancestors who respect the sky and return to the truth. The origin of the Spring Festival contains profound cultural connotations, and it carries rich historical and cultural connotations in its inheritance and development. During the Spring Festival, various activities will be held all over the country to celebrate the Spring Festival, which has strong regional characteristics. These activities are rich and colorful, which have condensed the essence of China traditional culture, mainly to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, exorcise evil spirits and disturb disasters, offer sacrifices to gods and ancestors, and pray for the New Year.