Urgent！！！！ Essay about the customs of Dongguan (500 words or so) ！！！！ Need good ones!!!

Dongguan Spring Festival Customs Benyi "Golden Snake Dance" was adapted by Nie Er in 1934 based on the folk music "inverted eight boards", and personally conducted Irrigation into the record. The music is accompanied by a vigorous gong and drum sound, which creates a warm and joyful atmosphere. Nie Er named the piece "Dance of the Golden Snake", reflecting his strong desire for a new China and his revolutionary optimism. Derivation Spring Festival hygiene is not to be imagined as a messy mess around the house. In fact, it's a great way for the whole family to work together for the most important holiday of all. If you have enough time, it's fun to do your own cleaning. Looking at your home after cleaning and tidying it up gives you a sense of accomplishment and makes you feel good no matter how tired you are. Moreover, at the same time of cleaning, you can also organize some old things, the so-called old does not go, the new does not come, clean up some unused things, and then add some new, and sometimes just some small decorations, will make the whole home a new look. And these things, the bellhop is not to do, they can only help you "clean" but not for you "management". In fact, a lot of household chores are just a matter of hands, I used to not be able to hire a timekeeper for a month or two, washing and drying, cleaning windows and mopping floors, I did almost everything by myself. I used to do almost everything by myself, and I got a sense of satisfaction and exercise at the same time. Therefore, my view on whether it is necessary to hire a bellhop to do the cleaning is that we should not hire one if we can, but there are always two sides to the problem. At the end of the year, when you are very busy at work and you see your house getting dirty and you do not have time to clean it, you will feel that cleaning is a burden. Cleaning before New Year's Eve is different from the usual routine, as you can usually do a superficial job, but when it's New Year's Eve, it's a Chinese custom not to bring old and dirty things into the new year, so you have to go through the corners and edges that you normally don't care about when you're cleaning, and you have to hire a maid to help you out. That's not true! That's why the pre-holiday market is so hot! With the Chinese New Year approaching, it's a time for cleaning and sprucing up the house, both inside and outside. The custom of cleaning before the Spring Festival, in some places in folklore called "dusting" or "pick house", allegedly intended to wash away the dust of the year, praying for a new year with new weather. Folk customs have always been "three miles of different winds, five miles of different customs", inherited from each other and changed over time, north and south are different and east and west are different. Dongguan "dusting" customs and how? A few days ago, the reporter interviewed Mr. Zhang Tiewen, president of the Dongguan Collectors Association. Mr. Zhang retired in Dongguan City Bureau of Culture, Dongguan folklore quite a study. The sixteenth day of the lunar month to start cleaning "old Dongguan, generally from the sixteenth day of the lunar month, you can clean up and prepare for the New Year." Zhang Tiewen told reporters that on the 16th day of the Lunar New Year to eat unma (unteeth), unma refers to the worship of God with the sacrificial offerings, such as beef and mutton, etc., after eating unma, the big families will give the long laborers leave, so that everyone has time to clean up the house. It is reported that Dongguan people before cleaning generally start from cleaning the ceiling, and then the walls, cleaning tools are generally used bamboo branches and leaves bundled into a large broom, mainly to sweep the roof, eaves and walls on the accumulation of dust, cobwebs and other dirt. But also to clean furniture, clothing, cleaning the courtyard, etc., generally busy until the New Year, that is, the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year. "On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, it is time to start sacrificing stoves." Zhang Tiewen said, sacrificial stove is actually also clean, according to folk tradition, civil officials generally in the waxing moon 23 sacrificial stove, military officials and people in the waxing moon 24, boat dwellers in the waxing moon 25. Stove sacrifice must be completed by men, sacrificial stove is sacrificed Zaojun (Zao Wangde) statue, the image posted on the stove above the mouth, the man should be in the Zaojun statue of the mouth coated with maltose, with hemp bone to do the sky ladder, with sugar cane worship, so that Zaojun "to the sky to say good things, and down to the ground to ensure peace. Zhang Tiewen said, the reason why the sacrificial stove is also hygiene, because after sacrificing the stove should be replaced with a new Zaojun statue, Zaojun statue can be bought on the street, is a woodcut printed on paper. It is said that some people are afraid that Zaojun will take away their wives when he leaves, so when they change the Zaojun statue, they also put a picture of Zaojun's wife next to it. And some of the more difficult to wash bits and pieces of items are generally washed on the day of the twenty-eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Zhang Tiewen said, Dongguan has a saying, called "the year 28, wash Dirt", in Dongguan words, rotten tower refers to a number of small fragments of things, these things are generally not often cleaned, more dirty. Women wash their heads, men shave their heads After cleaning up the house, it is time to engage in personal hygiene. According to reports, after the sixteenth day of the lunar month, women can wash their heads. "Women's hair washing is very troublesome, but also quite elaborate." Zhang Tiewen said, in his memory, women's hair washing is generally to be placed in the house are cleaned after, otherwise, cleaning the house will be dirty hair. Allegedly, because there was no shampoo and other things, women generally wash their hair with chafing powder, chafing is to do the tea oil left residue, is poisonous, can be poisoned to faint lice, like tofu dregs, the washing effect is very good. After washing the hair, not married girls will be combed into two crochets, married women to the chignon braided, chignon bow, flying sky, coiled dragons, snails and other shapes, braided up more cumbersome. Compared with women, men are much simpler. Zhang Tiewen told reporters that men generally in the waxing moon before the 28th must be shaved, because the first month can not shave the head, otherwise, it will be dead uncle. For the death of uncle this statement, Zhang Tiewen said there are allusions. It is reported that the Qing government asked the Han people to shave their heads, in order to rebel against Manchu rule, the Han people made up the first month of shaving the head of the dead uncle's saying, and uncle in the Chinese tradition, is a symbol of justice, the general family separation is by the uncle to preside over justice. Zhang Tiewen said, adults generally bathe in the year 28, and children bathing in the sale of lazy before. Sell lazy is to let the children take a duck egg (Guangzhou generally use eggs), inserted incense to the village outside the run three times, the children's mouth also sing sell lazy song: "Sell lazy son, sell lazy child, sell to Guangxi Wang Aunt. Today all come to sell lazy, wake up (tomorrow) morning early in the New Year." It is said that as long as the children can sell the duck, they will be able to sell it. "It is said that as long as a child can sell the duck egg, it means that he has sold all his laziness, but many children secretly eat the duck egg by themselves and come back to tell the adults that they have sold it. "Sell lazy on New Year's Eve, this day early in the morning parents will wake up the child, let the child get up to take a bath to change clothes, and then go to sell lazy, and change down the clothes, in this day after washing, the next year will be given to younger siblings to wear." Zhang Tiewen said. Toilets should not only be swept but also worshipped According to Mr. Zhang Tiewen's recollection, generally on the twenty-eighth day of the year, the soot at the bottom of the pot is also scraped. And shrines and the like are usually cleaned by men after Mima. "Toilet God is a special case, the toilet is usually cleaned on New Year's Eve night." Zhang Tiewen told reporters that the folk god of the toilet is called Zigu, generally after cleaning the toilet on New Year's Eve, we should put candles in the toilet and worship the god of the toilet with incense. For those who have poultry and livestock home, cleaning cattle pens and chicken nests, before the waxing moon. Zhang Tiewen said that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, no cleaning is allowed, no water can be poured out, and brooms have to be hidden so that outsiders can't see them. The Spring Festival in China usually begins with the sacrifice of the stove. In the folk song "twenty-three, sugar gourd sticking", it refers to the festival of zaos on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of Lunar New Year every year, and there is a so-called "government three, people four, boat family five", which means that the government holds the festival of zaos on the twenty-third day of the Lunar New Year, the general people's family on the twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and the people living in waterways hold the festival of zaos on the twenty-fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Second, dust sweeping After holding the Zao Festival, we will officially start to make preparations to welcome the New Year. Every year from the 23rd day of the lunar month to the New Year's Eve, China's folk called this period of time "to welcome the spring day", also known as "dust sweeping day". Sweeping is the end of the year cleaning, the north called "sweeping room", the south called "dusting". Sweeping dust before the Spring Festival is a traditional habit of our people. Whenever the Spring Festival is approaching, every household has to clean the environment, wash all kinds of appliances, dismantle and wash the bedding curtains, sprinkle the six capitals and courtyards, dusting and whisking the dust and cobwebs, and dredge the drains and ditches. Everywhere, in the south and north of the Yangtze River, there is an atmosphere of joyful hygiene and cleanliness to welcome the New Year. New Year's Eve Dinner (Lunar New Year's Dinner) III. New Year's Eve is a very important day for Chinese people. On this day, people prepare to get rid of the old and welcome the new by having a reunion dinner. In ancient China, some prison officials even let prisoners go home to spend the New Year's Eve with their families, so we can see how important the New Year's Eve dinner was to the ancient Chinese. Four. Ancestor Worship Chinese people never forget their dead ancestors during festivals, and the Chinese New Year is no exception. Offering food or flowers as a token of appreciation is a common ritual among Chinese people in China. The form of ancestor worship may vary according to religious beliefs, but the meaning of honoring ancestors is the same. It is customary for Chinese people to observe the New Year on New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve vigil begins with the New Year's Eve dinner, which is eaten slowly, from the time the lanterns are lit to the time the dinner is served, and some people have to eat it until late at night. According to the "Jing Chu Yearly Records" (荆楚年時記) written by Mr. Zong, the custom of having New Year's Eve dinner has existed at least since the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In modern times, however, most people welcome the Spring Festival at 12 midnight. Seven. Red packets (New Year's money) Giving out "red packets" is a Chinese New Year custom. The Chinese love the color red because it symbolizes vitality, happiness and good luck. The red color symbolizes energy, happiness and good luck. Giving oranges in the New Year In the Guangdong area of China, there is a popular custom of giving oranges to each other in the New Year's festivities, a custom that is closely related to the culture of the Chinese nation. In folklore, people are accustomed to write the character for orange as tangerine, and the character for tangerine and the character for good luck is very similar, the folk use tangerines to give each other for good luck in the New Year, hoping that in the new year of good luck, a small tangerine has also become a talisman of the people. Nine. New Year's firecrackers ten. Worship the New Year eleven. Receive the God of Wealth Folklore says that the fifth day of the first month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so after the first day of the year, the next most important activity is to receive the God of Wealth a one in the God of Wealth's birthday comes the night before, the family organized a banquet for the God of Wealth congratulations. Twelve, back to the mother's home on the second and third day of the first month, the daughters married off have brought their husbands and children back to the mother's home to pay homage to the New Year. When a daughter returns to her mother's home, she must prepare a big bag of cookies and candies, which her mother distributes to her neighbors, just like the New Year's scene. If there are more than one daughter in the family, and these daughters do not come back on the same day, then they will have to come one at a time, and the gift is quite thin, only four cookies. However, it reflects a very strong sentiment, truly "light gifts, heavy feelings", which expresses the girl's deep longing for her folks. When the girl returns home, if there is a nephew in the family, the aunt must pay for it again, even though it was already given on the first day of the year when the New Year's money was given, but this time it has a different significance. This custom is called "Eating Day" by the Chiu Shan people. As the name suggests, it's just a midday meal, and the daughter must get back to her mother-in-law's house before dinner.