Hubei people over the Spring Festival customs

People in Hubei have a small New Year on the 24th day of the Lunar New Year

Talking about the Hubei people's New Year's customs, there are a lot of things to talk about. Traditionally, the New Year should start on the winter solstice of the lunar calendar and end on the 15th day of the first lunar month.

From the day of the winter solstice, Hubei people will begin to busy year, began to kill the New Year's pig curing preserved meat, preserved fish.

Why the 24th day of the Lunar New Year. In ancient times, there is a jingle called: "the king twenty-three, the people twenty-four, the princes and vassals twenty-five," meaning that the king is the lunar month twenty-three over the New Year, the civilian population is the lunar month twenty-four over the New Year, the princes and vassals is the lunar month twenty-five over the New Year. The day before the New Year, we have to do something to get rid of the old and welcome the new, ordinary people's homes will begin to beat the dust, do sanitation, in addition to the old. With the white paper paste wall to see the new, to welcome the new.

The twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year should be incense to send Zaojun, please Zaojun "on the sky to say good things, back to the Palace of descending auspicious".

On New Year's Eve, families gather to worship their ancestors and eat New Year's dinner.

The New Year's Eve is also very conscientious, the first day of the New Year, to the father's family elders to pay tribute; the second day of the New Year, to the mother's family elders to pay tribute; the third day of the New Year, to his wife's family to pay tribute to his wife's mother's family; on the fourth day of the year, to friends and relatives to pay tribute to the New Year; on the fifth day of the New Year, the God of Fortune's birthday, the people of Hubei have a God of Fortune worship custom.