The customs and habits of Chinese New Year in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.

The customs and habits of Xuzhou people for the New Year are the most authentic. However, today, there are fewer and fewer authentic customs and habits preserved in the city, while many traditional customs have been continued in Xuzhou rural areas. Suppose we have a New Year's Eve dinner. On New Year's Eve, the whole family will have dinner together, and jiaozi will celebrate his birthday, which is also very particular. The ancient custom of eating New Year's Eve in rural areas still remains. First, the offerings are on the table. Jiaozi, vegetables and fruits should be placed on the table first, and the incense should be lit. It is this year's harvest, good luck and respect for ancestors. The concept of Xuzhou people is that heaven and earth should be respected, and they should be respected more. The Vulcan in the kitchen will also be offered. Then the family sat together for dinner. The chickens and dogs raised at home should also be given to Jiaozi. Besides having a family reunion dinner in jiaozi, New Year greetings are also the most local custom in rural Xuzhou. Li, director of Xuzhou Folk Museum, told us in detail about the New Year greetings in the countryside: "On the first day of the Spring Festival, everyone got up early. Sometimes at four or five o'clock in the morning, when the sky is still full of stars, I get up. After getting up, I eat jiaozi. After eating jiaozi, I kowtowed to my parents to pay New Year's greetings, and then the whole village paid New Year's greetings to each other. During the Chinese New Year, one is lucky, and the other is that villagers usually get along with each other. It is inevitable that there will be some misunderstandings and contradictions. It is also the tradition of the Chinese nation to resolve contradictions in this way. " The Spring Festival in rural Xuzhou lasts from the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth lunar month. On the fifteenth day of the first month, that is, the Lantern Festival, every household is decorated with lanterns, children play with lanterns and set off fireworks, and the village also organizes activities such as dragon dance, lion dance and stilt walking. After the Tenth Five-Year Plan, the Spring Festival is really over.