What are the customs of northerners for the New Year?

The time and concept of off-year are different in every place. In the north, off-year is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, the north will put candy, water, beans and grass on the console table in front of the kitchen god elephant, and the last three of them are for the kitchen god's mount to ascend to heaven. In order to make the kitchen god "speak well in heaven and return to the palace for good luck", people use various methods to deal with him. Some worship it with chewing gum candy, so as to stick the kitchen god's teeth so that it can't talk nonsense; Some paint the kitchen door on the wine trough and call it "drunk commander", so drunk that the kitchen god dare not talk nonsense. Kitchen God is treated specially by people. It is hard to speak ill of him if he is "soft grinding and hard foaming".

Step 2 sacrifice

During the Spring Festival, people will prepare tributes to express their memory of their deceased relatives and hope that they will bless their families in the new year.

Step 3 post Spring Festival couplets

In the north, during the Spring Festival, every household will put couplets on both sides of the gate to symbolize auspiciousness and bring festive atmosphere to the festival.