What are the traditional festivals and customs in Henan?

Traditional festivals and customs in Henan;

1. The atmosphere of the New Year begins on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, because there is a "sacrifice to the kitchen" on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. As the name implies, it means to sacrifice to the kitchen god. On this day, the newly invited kitchen god will be posted in the kitchen, and then sesame candy will be eaten at night. 24 to 25 are the days to go to the market to buy new year's goods.

On February 26th, we started steaming Chinese New Year's goods, serving jujube cakes, eating steamed buns, bean bags and sugar bags. Steaming these things is not done in a day. Most of them are steamed in three days, which is 28. Twenty-eight, stick the official horse. In other words, we have been posting couplets here since the 28th, but there have been some changes in these years, and they have all been changed to the 29th.

3, 29, tattered and gone. The 29th is usually about cleaning the house, cleaning the house, selling unused things and cleaning the glass.

4, 30 years old, including Jiaozi. At the age of 30, most women stay at home and pack jiaozi, while men go out to chat and play. Of course, men also include jiaozi. This is not absolute. At noon, men will go to the grave in the field, and invite the "ancestors" in the village to their homes to worship on the windowsill or behind the door.

5. I needed supplies last time. It's called the Grand Palace. It's specially served, usually served with square meat, jujube hill (jujube hill is a kind of steamed bread with dates on it, which looks like a mountain) and vegetables. One * * * is three, because this is to worship God. God has three ghosts and four, and only three can be used. The work of the year before last has been completed, and the rest is the New Year and the year after next.

6. At four or five o'clock in the morning of the first day, all the women in the village get up early. After cooking jiaozi, they still offer sacrifices and set off firecrackers. At this time, they will not open the door.

7. After eating jiaozi, open the door. Senior students begin to "meet" and junior students begin to "kowtow". But men often send a bowl of jiaozi to the elderly who are away from home, such as grandparents or parents, and then kowtow to the elders at home to pay New Year greetings.

8. Later, I should go to the village to pay New Year greetings to my elders. The generations in the village seem to be chaotic, but in fact they are all very orderly. There are rules to whom to pay New Year greetings.

9. Some people who have old people at home or are older than others meet at home. When people come to their home to pay New Year greetings, they should prepare some cigarettes, sugar, melon seeds and wine.

10, the kowtow activity will last until around 8: 00 in the morning, that is, the end of my street, and then young people, who have good friends in my village, will kowtow to each other's parents to pay New Year greetings.