Introduction of Chinese New Year Customs in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan

Spring Festival is a day celebrated by China people. However, China has a vast territory and abundant natural resources, and all localities have formed their own holiday customs to a greater or lesser extent. Next, I would like to introduce the Chinese New Year customs in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Welcome to read them.

Introduction of Macao New Year customs;

The old customs in Macao are very unique. ? Xie Zao? This is one of the most traditional China customs preserved in Macau. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God was sent. What do Macao people call it? Xie Zao? .

According to the tradition in China, Macau people also give the kitchen god sugar, saying that it is to paste the mouth of the kitchen god with sugar, so as not to speak ill of him in front of the Jade Emperor. I saw a portrait of Santa Claus on the stove of a Macao family in Flower Street, Macau. Strangely, it's right next to it. God says it's a good thing, but going home is good luck? Couplets.

Macao people celebrate the New Year from the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, which is a dialect in Cantonese. Easy to send? Most business owners invite employees to dinner at this late age? Reunion dinner? To show prosperity and good luck. From the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, we can truly feel the annual flavor of Macao.

On New Year's Eve, watching the Spring Festival and visiting the flower market are two major events for Macao people to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. Shousui is playing mahjong, watching TV, catching up and chatting, enjoying family happiness; Probably influenced by Christmas and Valentine's Day in the West, people in Macao are also scrambling to buy some auspicious flowers and trees to welcome the New Year. Now this has become a custom in Macao. Macau holds a flower market on Lunar New Year's Eve, mostly peach blossoms, daffodils, potted bamboos and potted oranges. Flowers are rich and prosperous, wishing peace and a bright future in the new year. The flower market in Macao was held for three days, which brought endless comfort to Macao people who had been running around for a year.

Do Macao people attach importance to the Spring Festival? Profit market? ,? Profit market? This is a red envelope. On this day, the boss meets the employees, the elders meet the younger generation, and even the married see the unmarried. Profit market? . ? Profit market? Crispness is a sign of good luck. What do Macao people call New Year's Day? Open the year? . The custom is to eat? Open the year? Rice, this meal must have seaweed, lettuce and carp, which is intended to make money and profit. From where? Open the year? From this day on, the Macao government will allow civil servants within three days? Gambling? (Gambling) After the Chinese New Year, Macau has completely returned to the traditional Chinese New Year custom in China. Until the Lantern Festival, it is also a fireworks festival, playing with dragons and lions, and being in high spirits.

Introduction of Chinese New Year custom in Taiwan Province Province;

The Spring Festival is a traditional folk festival with a long history of the Chinese nation. Taiwan Province Province, which is separated from Fujian Province by water, has the same history, culture, customs, living habits and kinship with Chinese mainland, especially in southern Fujian, so the Spring Festival customs of the people on the island are naturally similar to those of Chinese mainland.

Because the ancestors of Bao Dao residents (mostly Minnan and Hakka) went to Taiwan for development with a long history and experienced vicissitudes, the Spring Festival customs there gradually formed some unique patterns and colors.

Twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month? Sacrifice the stove? In April, compatriots in Taiwan Province province should get dressed, provide livestock and seafood such as pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks and fish, and offerings such as melons, sugar and fragrant tea at home, then burn incense and set off firecrackers to see Kitchen God off and pray for him? God speaks well? . Starting today, China New Year? It's starting.

Before New Year's Eve, compatriots in Taiwan Province Province will also do a comprehensive cleaning and tidy up their quadrangles. They are busy preparing for the Spring Festival.

On New Year's Eve, every household often sticks Spring Festival couplets, symbolizing good luck in the New Year, all the best and abundant financial resources. In their doors and windows, grain depot, pigsty, well platform, etc. Then put offerings and incense sticks on the table in the hall to worship the ancestors and welcome them? Going home for the New Year? . Since then, the sound of setting off fireworks and firecrackers has been one after another, and it has been very lively until the morning of New Year's Day.

On new year's eve, the whole family on the island will get together? Around the stove? That is, a family of men, women and children eat New Year's Eve dinner around the stove or hot pot (or? Reunion dinner? )。 Of course, this meal should be exceptionally rich.

On New Year's Eve, besides eating fish balls and meatballs, there are snacks symbolizing family reunion? Start with eating chicken? The meaning of chicken, and expression? Longevity Leek, as well as fried foods with various local flavors, glutinous rice balls and rice cakes, are especially suitable for eating? Turtle bean paste rice cake? (A kind of rice cake made by pressing a wooden mold engraved with the shape of a turtle, filled with bean paste), which means longevity. In addition, there is a kind of salted radish rice cake, which needs to be baked and heated before it can be wrapped with laver. It not only has the function of relieving the smell of meat, but also contains the meaning of coming year. Good color? Blessing (Taiwan Province province calls radish the first dish, and? Color head? Homophonic).

After the New Year's Eve dinner, do the elders give it to their children and grandchildren? Lucky money? The method of giving is also quite distinctive: older children, their? Lucky money? Wrap it in red paper in advance and give it to them; Where are the children? Lucky money? It is the adults who wrap it in red rope in advance, tie it into a small collar and put it around their necks.

On the first day of the first month, people will get up early, get dressed and wash, and then begin to greet each other, express their respect and wishes, visit relatives and friends or visit parks. Very lively and pleasant. People are generally immersed in the festive atmosphere of joy, celebration, happiness and happiness.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, it was the new son-in-law who took his wife to visit her husband's house. It is naturally more interesting for the son-in-law to come to the door and the daughter to return to her family.

The third day is regarded as an unlucky day by compatriots in Taiwan Province Province. People don't go out much, eat early and go to bed early at night, which is also a good opportunity to stay away from the noise and rest.

The fourth day, is it to meet? Kitchen god? On the day of descent, there are naturally lively scenes.

Since the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, many people have started their own businesses, and everyone who should go to work has gone to work.

On the ninth day, according to legend? God? On his birthday, every family needs to prepare the best wine and food, burn incense and worship, and play and chant for him. God? birthday This is the last day of the Spring Festival every year.

After that, what's next? Lantern Festival? It is the last scene of the whole Spring Festival. On this day, according to the traditional custom, every household should eat glutinous rice balls and enjoy lanterns. Under the full moon, all kinds of colored lights win glory, as well as lion dances, dragon lanterns and welcoming guests. Drum boy? And other activities, colorful, dazzling. Especially those children who are full of childlike interest have been carrying lanterns and chanting songs across the street, like fish swimming around the bottom of the sea, adding icing on the cake to the lively Lantern Festival night!

The folk Spring Festival in Taiwan Province Province originated from the mainland, especially for people in Taiwan Province Province who speak Minnan dialect, and the way of celebrating the Spring Festival is more similar to that of Minnan.

People's Chinese New Year activities in Taiwan Province Province started from 65438+February 65438+June? Let's get started. On this day, every household should pay tribute to the landlord, especially the businessman. In order to make a fortune in the new year, it is necessary to offer sacrifices with sacrificial bodies and gold paper, and share the sacrifices with colleagues to reward employees. What's this called? Eat tail teeth? . When "eating tail teeth", the employees who are about to be dismissed are pointed at each other by the employer, indicating that they will find another job next year. Therefore, there is a proverb in Taiwan Province Province: "Eat your tail teeth and worry, eat your head teeth and caress your mouth.". Tail-toothed rice is related to work or staying.

The 24th lunar month is the day when people send immortals to heaven, just like the 23rd twelfth lunar month in southern Fujian. Must it be included in the sacrifice? Sweet round boy? (Tangyuan), stick the stove mouth to let the kitchen god? Good news travels a thousand miles, and bad things go away? . On this day, we should clean up and put everything in the house? Bad luck? Sweep it away and welcome the new year.

On New Year's Eve, what is the name of Taiwan Province Province? Erjiu? 、? Thirty? It depends on the size of December in the lunar calendar. ? Hey? That is the meaning of the year. It's getting late, and every household is preparing offerings, such as sweet oranges, sweet rice cakes, and? Spring meal? 、? Lucky money? Wait a minute. ? Spring meal? Is to insert paper-cut spring characters on the pointed rice. Because of Minnan dialect? Spring? With what? Leftovers? Homophonic, meaning? More than a year, more than a year? . In addition, behind the gate, there are two sugarcane plants with leaves and leaves. Perennial sugarcane? The flowers are long and sweet. Come? Firm family luck and good luck? Meaning.

Have a New Year's Eve dinner? Around the stove? At that time, there was a new charcoal stove and a new sunflower fan under the square table, and red paper was written on the fan and stove? Spring? And then what? Fu? Words. Say auspicious words around the stove, such as? Eat red dates, good year after year! ? Eat New Year's Eve and earn every year! ? Wait, there must be mustard on the table. Long-year dish? , a symbol of longevity. Some people put it on the table? Leek? , that is? Leek? And then what? Dragon? Homophonic, symbolizing longevity. Radish is also indispensable. Is it called in Minnan dialect? Vegetable head? , say? Good color? This is a good sign. Homophonic with chicken and chicken? Home? ,? Start with eating chicken? Can greatly boost the family's right to speak. ? Around the stove? Vegetables are not cut with a knife. Wash it and cook it with roots, and don't bite it off when eating. But eat it slowly from beginning to end to wish parents a long life.

After the New Year's Eve, it is a birthday celebration. In Taiwan Province province? Shounian? Also called? Immortal night? The younger generation hopes that their parents will live a long life. ? Delivery time? After midnight (12), people gather young and old to worship the gods with red and white rice cakes, and then set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year.

In Taiwan Province Province, red turtle rice fruit, fat rice fruit and vegetable head rice fruit will be made as rice cakes during the New Year. Red turtle rice fruit looks like a turtle, the outside is dyed red and stamped with tortoise shell seal, symbolizing people's longevity and aging. Every family uses this kind of cake to worship the god who raised everything. If guests come to pay a New Year call, please eat sweets and say different auspicious words according to men, women and children. For example, a child can say to an old man:? Have a sweet meal and wish you a long life? Peer can say:? Have a sweet meal and wish you a rich income? .

Introduction of New Year Customs in Hong Kong:

Lunar New Year is a traditional grand festival in China, which I believe is unknown to all people in China. However, celebrating the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong is completely different from the traditional ones in terms of customs and atmosphere.

In recent years, few Hong Kong people put up Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures at home during the Lunar New Year. Instead, they have posted them in some shops or at home? Business is booming? 、? Safe entry and exit? Waiting for spring. Even so, the original intention of posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures is the same as that of posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures. I hope everything will be smooth and safe in the coming year.

In addition, lion dances and dragon lanterns will also appear in some villages and villages in the New Territories. It is difficult to see large-scale lion dances and dragon lanterns on the streets of urban areas in the New Year. As for setting off firecrackers and firecrackers, it is forbidden in Hong Kong. However, since 1982, a grand fireworks display has been held in Victoria Harbour every year on the second night of the Lunar New Year, which has been a program to welcome the Spring Festival for more than ten years.

What's the name of Hong Kong? Food paradise? There are many customs about eating during the Spring Festival. Most families will eat during the Spring Festival? Reunion dinner? Generally, banquets are held at home. On New Year's Eve, the whole family get together for dinner. I believe that the first choice for after-dinner programs is to visit the flower market. During the Lunar New Year, there are many flower markets in Hong Kong and Kowloon, among which the flower market in Victoria Park is the largest and most lively. Hong Kong people are used to visiting the flower market after dinner. On New Year's Eve, people are crowded and everyone will spend the holidays together.

What is the happiest thing about spending the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong? Lee? Son, you can hear it everywhere during the Spring Festival? Please. Li's laughter. ? Lee? So? Good thing? During the Spring Festival, good luck and generosity have become an indispensable custom.