A brief introduction to the customs of the twelfth lunar month

1, children don't go out of the city on the first and fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month. This is what the older generation said, which is a bit mysterious.

2. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is Laba Festival. On this day we will cook Laba porridge at noon. Because the north is salty, our Laba porridge is salty, not sweet. Laba porridge is also very simple. Rice, peanuts, lean meat, mushrooms, carrots and so on. They are all cut into pieces, and the ingredients are cooked in an electric cooker.

3, the twelfth lunar month, the stove. When I was a child, on this day, I would see a white-haired and ragged old man holding Master Zao's New Year pictures and sending blessings from door to door. Every family will buy 1 and stick it on the edge of the earthen stove. It indicates that the coming year will be smooth sailing and the financial resources will be rolling.

4. Dusting in the twelfth lunar month welcomes the New Year. The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is the day of cleaning. On this day, we will clean up the old ashes accumulated in the past year to welcome the Spring Festival.

5. Make tofu on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. Nowadays, tofu is more common and can be bought basically, so few people make it. Young people nowadays basically don't know how to make tofu.

6, cutting meat in the twelfth lunar month. Prepare the dishes needed for the Spring Festival. In the past, vegetables were basically grown by themselves, and meat needed to be purchased. Now both vegetables and meat need to be purchased and prepared in advance.

7. Wash Fulu on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. Wash the clothes and bedding that need cleaning, and wash away the floating dust to welcome the New Year.

8. twelfth lunar month mask. In the north, pasta is the staple food, steamed bread is the most common staple food, and steamed bread should be steamed during the New Year. There was no baking powder before, so we could only use the dough left over from a steamed bread. Re-soak hair, knead dough and ferment.

9. Steamed steamed buns on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. There is a custom of steaming steamed buns in the north (Mo, two sounds). Generally, steamed buns can be eaten until the fifteenth day of the first month. Of course, it is not limited to steamed bread, but also buns and rolls of various flavors.

10, Lunar New Year's Eve. That is, as the saying goes, on New Year's Eve, you should be old and rest after twelve o'clock, which indicates a long life. Nowadays, young people generally work late and can spend their old age safely. After 12 in the afternoon, firecrackers came and went.