What are the handwritten newspapers of ancient traditional culture?

1, the legend of Laba Festival-Diligence is a cash cow and frugality is a cornucopia.

Once upon a time, there was a farmer and an old couple were guarding a son. The old man is a hard-working man, who spends all day in the fields, goes out early and returns late, intensively cultivates several acres of farmland every year. My wife is a thrifty person. She built a melon shed in the yard to cover the sky and spread the vegetables on the ground for three meals a day. Although her family is not rich, she has food and clothing all year round. The old couple are not only hardworking and thrifty, but also kind-hearted. When they meet someone, they often bring some rice to help others to tide over the difficulties.

Time flies, the sun and the moon fly like a shuttle. In a blink of an eye, their son was seventeen or eighteen. Although big and small, they are not as lazy as his parents. This is also from eating to opening your mouth to coquetry. When I grow up, I still eat and sleep, wander around and do nothing.

One day, the old man touched his gray beard and felt old. He said to his son, "parents can only raise you young, not old." You have to sweat to eat. You should learn to grow crops in the future. " My son snorted. He went in one ear and out the other. He was still wandering around, eating and sleeping.

Soon, the old couple married their son's wife. I want my son to be a family, and this young couple should know how to work and live. I just know that this daughter-in-law is as lazy as her son, she doesn't take grass, she doesn't sleep, she stays at sunrise and at sunset, she doesn't move her needle and thread, she doesn't go into the kitchen, and she doesn't help her.

One day, his wife was full of white hair and knew that the soil had been buried in her neck. She said to her daughter-in-law, "Diligence is a cash cow and thrift is a cornucopia. To live a good life, thrift is a treasure. " The daughter-in-law turned a deaf ear to these words and didn't take a word to heart.

A few years later, the old couple was seriously ill and bedridden. They called the young couple to the bed and told them again and again, "If you want to live a rich life, the rooster has to crow three times to get up. Men should work hard, women should knit more ... "The old couple died together before the words were finished.

The young couple asked the villagers to bury two old people, look at the rice in the grain tank and the clothes in the cotton box in the cupboard. The humanitarian said, "Don't worry about eating and drinking, why go down to the mountain to bask in the sun?" The woman said, "There are light clothes in summer and cotton in winter. Why should we spin to the sun?" Echoing each other from afar, a young couple has long forgotten the wills of the two old people.

Year after year passed, and several acres of land became grassland gardens. There are fewer and fewer daily necessities, clothes, shoes and socks at home. The young couple are in no hurry. As long as someone stutters, they are lazy. Bloom falls again, and autumn goes to winter. There is no food in the field, and there is no food and clothing at home. The young couple were speechless, and the neighbors looked at the face of the dead old man. The host gave him a bun and Lucy sent a bowl of soup. The young couple are still thinking, "Begging can also kill time."

In the twelfth month, the weather is getting colder and colder. On the eighth day, it was freezing and dripping into ice. As the saying goes: "Pull up Bala and freeze to death' beggar'." The young couple had no fire in their mouths, no clothes on their bodies and no food in their bellies, and curled up on the cool kang mat to "sift the chaff". But four eyes are still searching in the room. I suddenly found some Mi Dou in the seam of the kang, so I buckled it out by hand. I also found rice grains in the cracks, all of which were dug out. This is a lifesaver. They grabbed a handful and put it in the pot. Put the grass spread on the kang into the stove, and cooked a pot of miscellaneous porridge like this. There are millet, corn, soybeans, adzuki beans, sorghum, dried vegetable leaves ... anything that can satisfy the hunger is put in. After cooking, everyone ate a bowl and ate sadly. At this time, the two remembered the teachings of the two old people and regretted not listening early. It's too late now.

Just as the young couple were sad, a strong wind blew over. Because the house is in disrepair, it is in tatters. As soon as the wind blew, the house collapsed and the young couple were pinned down. When the neighbors came to dig, they were all dead, and there was half a bowl of miscellaneous bean porridge next to them. Since then, every day on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the villagers will cook a pot of mixed rice porridge for the children and tell them the story of mixed rice porridge to educate them. In this way, one spread ten, ten spread a hundred, and the farther it spread; Fathers pass on children, and children pass on grandchildren. Has been passed down to modern times. Formed the custom of eating "miscellaneous rice porridge" on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Because this kind of porridge is eaten on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, it is called "Laba porridge".

2. Poetry related to the winter solstice

Closely related to the winter solstice is the Jiujiu Song, which has been circulating in Beijing for hundreds of years. Starting from the winter solstice, nine days are counted as a unit, and nine days are counted continuously. By the 8th1day, winter had passed.

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1929 did not shoot; Walking on the ice in 3949;

5969 see willows along the river; 79 rivers open 89 geese;

99 plus 19, plowing cattle everywhere.

Ash Ketchum

Du Fu (Tang Dynasty)

The days and personnel change rapidly every day, and then the winter solstice, after the winter solstice, after the weather gets warmer, spring comes back.

Embroider five elements with weak lines and blow six tubes of dynamic fly ash.

The river bank seems to be waiting for the last month to pass, so that the willows can stick out their branches and take out new buds, and the mountains can break through the cold so that the plum blossoms can bloom.

Although I am in a foreign land, the scenery here is no different from my hometown, so let the children pour wine and have a drink.

Winter solstice

Du Fu (Tang Dynasty)

I'm a guest all year round, and I'm worried about killing people!

Jiang Shang described me as a lonely old man, and the custom of Horizon is self-dating.

After the snow, the staff came to Danhe, and the Jade Dynasty came to disperse Chen Zi.

My heart is broken at this time, where can I see Sanqin?

Solstice night in winter in Handan

(Tang) Bai Juyi

Every winter solstice, I am accompanied by the shadow in front of the knee lamp.

If you want to sit at home late at night, you should also talk about travelers.

3. The custom of winter solstice festival

After thousands of years of development, a unique seasonal diet culture has been formed from winter solstice to Sunday. Such as wonton, jiaozi, glutinous rice balls, red bean porridge, millet and rice cakes. Can be used as new year's goods. The once popular "Winter Solstice Day Annual Banquet" has many names, such as eating winter solstice meat, offering winter solstice dishes, offering winter solstice groups, and worshiping winter with wonton.

There is a custom of eating wonton on the solstice in winter. As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, people in Lin 'an ate wonton on the solstice in winter. At first, it was to worship ancestors, and then it gradually became popular. There is a folk saying that "there are wonton on the solstice in winter and noodles on the solstice in summer". Today, wonton has become a famous snack with many kinds, different productions and delicious taste all over the country, which is deeply loved by people. Wonton has many names, such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang Wonton, Guangdong Wonton, Hubei Noodle, Jiangxi Clear Soup, Sichuan Wonton, Xinjiang Ququ and so on.

Eating jiaozi is also a traditional custom from winter solstice, especially in the south of the Yangtze River. "Tangyuan" is an essential food from winter solstice, and it is a round dessert made of glutinous rice flour. "Round" means "reunion" and "perfection". Eating glutinous rice balls on the winter solstice is also called "the winter solstice group". There is a folk saying that "eating glutinous rice balls is one year older". The winter solstice group can be used to worship ancestors or give gifts to relatives and friends. In the past, Shanghainese were most particular about eating jiaozi. An ancient poem said, "Every family beats rice to make glutinous rice balls, knowing that it is the winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty."

In many places in the north, there is a custom of eating dog meat and mutton from winter to Sunday, because the weather enters the coldest period from winter to the future. Chinese medicine believes that mutton and dog meat have the functions of aphrodisiac and tonic, and there is still a folk custom of tonic in winter to day.

In Taiwan Province Province, China, the tradition of offering nine-layer cakes to ancestors from winter to the sun is still preserved. Glutinous rice flour is used to knead animals such as chickens, ducks, turtles, pigs, cattle and sheep. , a symbol of good luck, and then put it in a steamer and steam it layer by layer to worship the ancestors to show that they don't forget their ancestors. In the early days of the winter solstice or before and after the agreement, people with the same surname and clan gather in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors one by one in the order of generations. After the ceremony, there will be a grand banquet for the people who come to worship their ancestors. Everyone drinks heartily and meets again after a long separation, which is called "food ancestor". The ancestors of the winter solstice festival are handed down from generation to generation in Taiwan Province to show that they have never forgotten their roots.

Winter solstice is a rich festival. It is said that New Year's Day was the winter from the Japanese to the Zhou Dynasty in history, which used to be a very lively day. In today's Jiangnan area, there is another saying that eating winter makes you one year older, commonly known as "adding years"

4. Back to the Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month is the traditional Double Ninth Festival. Because in the ancient Book of Changes, "six" is defined as yin number, "nine" is defined as yang number, and on September 9, the sun and the moon combined with yang, so it is called Chongyang, also known as Chongyang. The name of "Double Ninth Festival" was recorded in the Three Kingdoms period. According to xelloss's "Nine Days and Zhong You Book", "Year to month, suddenly September 9th. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon coincide. It is well known and considered suitable for a long time, so it is a feast. "

Double Ninth Festival is a festival with a long history. Due to its long history, the formation of the festival is not easy to investigate. Therefore, there are different opinions about the origin of the Double Ninth Festival:

First of all:

The origin of Chongyang can be traced back to before the pre-Qin period. "Lu Chunqiu Qiu Ji Ji" says: "In September, the family was ordered to slaughter, and the fields were prepared for harvest, and five important things were listed. The Tibetan emperor's book is collected in the holy warehouse, and I only respect it. " "It's the day, Great Emperor. I'll taste the sacrifice and tell the son of heaven." It can be seen that at that time, when the crops were harvested in autumn and September, there were activities of offering sacrifices to the emperor and ancestors to thank them for their kindness.

Jia, the imperial secretary in Xijing Miscellanies of the Han Dynasty, said: "On September 9, Pei Yun ate the bait and drank chrysanthemum wine, and the clouds made people live longer." According to legend, since then, there has been the custom of seeking longevity on the Double Ninth Festival. This is influenced by the ancient wizards (later Taoist priests) who pursued immortality and collected drugs to take. At the same time, there are also large-scale banquet activities, which developed from the Qingfeng banquet in the pre-Qin period. The Chronicle of Jingchu Age said: "On September 9th, four people got together for a picnic." Duke Du of Sui wrote: "I don't know when the banquet on September 9 started, and it hasn't changed since I was stationed in the Song Dynasty." Longevity and feast form the basis of the Double Ninth Festival.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei Wen, wrote in Nine Days and Zhong You: "From the year to the month, I suddenly returned to September 9. Nine is the number of yang, and the sun and the moon coincide. Compared with its name, it is suitable for a long time, so it is a feast. " It can be seen that holiday customs have been finalized. The theme of the Double Ninth Festival is to seek longevity, wear dogwood, brew chrysanthemum wine, enjoy chrysanthemums, make wine and offer sacrifices to the gods. Spread to this day, it has increased the connotation of respecting the elderly and is more meaningful. In addition, there are hiking picnics and various games. (Talking about Festivals, edited by Ma Dayong, Jincheng Publishing House)

Second:

One of the prototypes of the Double Ninth Festival is the ancient fire sacrifice ceremony.

As a symbol of ancient seasonal stars, the "Fire of September" (Antares) retired, and it was called "Fire of September" in summer. The retreat of Mars not only made the ancients who had always regarded Mars as a symbol of seasonal production and life lose the coordinates of time, but also made the ancients who regarded fire as a god feel inexplicable fear. The dormancy of Vulcan means the arrival of the long East. Therefore, although the situation of ancient sacrificial ceremonies in Inner Fire is obscure, we can still find some traces of ancient customs from the utensils of the Double Ninth Festival in later generations. For example, in some places in the south of the Yangtze River, Chongyang has the custom of offering sacrifices to stoves, which is the fire god at home, thus showing the clue of offering sacrifices to "fire" in ancient September. The ancients regarded Chongyang, Shangsi or cold food, September 9 and March 3 as the corresponding spring and autumn festivals. Liu Hanxin's Miscellanies of Xijing said: "Go to the third grade in March, play the game of maids in September, and then climb the mountain." The correspondence among thinking, cold food and Chongyang is based on the appearance of "fire".

With the progress of people's livelihood science and technology, people have a new understanding of time, and the "fire calendar" has given way to the general calendar. The ritual of sacrificing fire in September declined, but people still have special feelings about the natural climate change caused by the decline of yang in September, so the ancient custom of climbing mountains and avoiding it still spread to cities, although the world has a new explanation.

Chongyang has become a landmark building in people's life after the return of Xia Dong. If thinking and cold food are the Spring Festival when people go out to swim after a long winter, then Chongyang is a ceremonial autumn outing when autumn cold comes and people are about to live in seclusion, so there is thinking "outing" and Chongyang's "farewell". The custom of Double Ninth Festival revolves around people's feelings in this season. (The Time Life of Traditional China People at the Age of "Xiao Fang Zhonghua Book Company")

5. The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival

Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history. Like other traditional festivals, it develops slowly. The ancient emperors had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. As early as in Zhou Li, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was recorded. Later, aristocratic scholars followed suit. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, they watch and worship the bright and round moon in the sky to express their feelings. This custom spread to the people and formed a traditional activity. Until the Tang Dynasty, people paid more attention to this custom of offering sacrifices to the moon, and the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. Emperor Taizong recorded the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, which was very popular in the Song Dynasty.

The legend of Mid-Autumn Festival is very rich, and fairy tales such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting Guangxi and Jade Rabbit smashing medicine are widely circulated.

One of the legends of Mid-Autumn Festival-the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon

According to legend, in ancient times, there were ten days in the sky at the same time, the crops died in the sun and the people were poor. A hero named Hou Yi has infinite power. He sympathized with the suffering people, climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain, made full use of his divine power, drew his bow, shot down more than nine suns in one breath, and ordered the last one to rise and fall on time for the benefit of the people.

Hou Yi was respected and loved by the people. He married a beautiful and kind wife named Chang 'e. Besides hunting, Hou Yi spends all his time with his wife, and people envy this beautiful and loving couple.

Many people with lofty ideals came here to study as teachers, and Meng Peng with ulterior motives joined in.

One day, Hou Yi went to Kunlun Mountain to visit friends and seek truth. He happened to meet the Queen Mother passing by and asked her for a bag of elixir. It is said that taking this medicine can immediately ascend to heaven. However, Hou Yi was reluctant to leave his wife, so he had to temporarily give the elixir to Chang 'e. Chang 'e hid the medicine in the dresser's treasure chest, but the villain Meng Peng saw it. He wants to steal the elixir to make himself immortal.

Three days later, Hou Yi led his entourage out hunting, while Meng Peng with ulterior motives pretended to be ill. Shortly after Hou Yi led the crowd to leave, Meng Peng broke into the backyard of the back room with a sword in his hand, threatening Chang 'e to hand over the elixir. Chang 'e knew that she was no match for Meng Peng. In times of crisis, she made a decisive decision, turned around and opened the treasure chest, took out the elixir and swallowed it in one gulp. Chang 'e swallowed the medicine and immediately floated off the ground, rushed out of the window and flew into the sky. Because Chang 'e was worried about her husband, she flew to the nearest moon and became a fairy.

In the evening, when Hou Yi came home, the maids cried and told what happened during the day. Hou Yi was surprised and angry, and drew his sword to kill the villain. Meng Peng escaped early. Angry and heartbroken, Hou Yi looked up at the night sky and shouted the name of his beloved wife. At this time, he was surprised to find that today's moon is exceptionally bright and bright. There is a swaying figure resembling Chang 'e. He chased the moon desperately, but he chased it three times, the moon retreated three times, he retreated three times, and the moon advanced three times. He couldn't catch up anyway.

Hou Yi had no choice but to miss his wife, so he had to send someone to Chang 'e's favorite back garden, put on a table sweetmeats, put on her favorite honey and fresh fruit, and offer a sacrifice to Chang 'e who was attached to him at the Moon Palace. After hearing the news that the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon became an immortal, people made an incense table under the moon and prayed for good luck and peace to the kind Chang 'e.

Since then, the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival in Yue Bai has spread among the people.

WU GANG, the second legend of Mid-Autumn Festival, won the laurel.

There is also a legend about the Mid-Autumn Festival: It is said that osmanthus trees in front of Guanghan Palace on the moon are flourishing, reaching more than 500 feet. There is a man who often cuts down, but every time he finishes cutting, the cut place closes immediately. For thousands of years, this laurel tree can never be cut down. It is said that this tree-chopping man named WU GANG, a native of Xihe in Han Dynasty, once went to heaven with the immortal, but when he made a mistake, the immortal banished him to the Moon Palace and did this kind of hard work in vain every day as a punishment. In Li Bai's poems, there is a record that "if you want to be in the middle of the month, you will pay for the cold."

Legend of Mid-Autumn Festival III —— Zhu Yuanzhang and Moon Cake Uprising

It is said that eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival began in the Yuan Dynasty. At that time, the broad masses of the people in the Central Plains could not bear the cruel rule of the ruling class in the Yuan Dynasty and rose up against the Yuan Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang joined forces with various resistance forces to prepare for the uprising. However, the officers and men of the imperial court searched very closely and it was very difficult to pass on the news. Liu Bowen, a military strategist, came up with a plan and ordered his men to hide a note with the words "Uprising on the 15th of August" in the cake, and then sent people to the uprising troops in different places to inform them to respond to the uprising on the 15th of August. On the day of the uprising, all the rebels responded together, such as a single spark can start a prairie fire.

Soon, Xu Da captured the Yuan Dynasty and the uprising was successful. When the news came, Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and quickly sent a message saying that all the soldiers should have fun with the people in the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, and they should give the "moon cakes" secretly sent at the time of the war as seasonal cakes to the ministers. Since then, the production of "moon cakes" has become more and more elaborate, and there are more and more varieties, such as dishes, which have also become good gifts. After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of eating moon cakes spread among the people.

6. The custom of inserting willows in Tomb-Sweeping Day

There is another saying in Tomb-Sweeping Day: It turns out that China people regard Tomb-Sweeping Day, July 30th and the first day of October as the three major ghost festivals, which are the time for ghosts to haunt and ask for help. In order to prevent the harassment and persecution of ghosts, people put willows and put them on. Willow has the function of ward off evil spirits in people's minds. Influenced by Buddhism, people think that willows can exorcise ghosts and call them "ghost trees". Guanyin dipped willow branches in water to help all beings. Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty said in the Book of Qi Yao Min: "Take a willow branch and put it on the house, and a hundred ghosts will not enter the house." Tomb-Sweeping Day is a ghost festival. When wicker sprouted, people naturally inserted willows to ward off evil spirits.

The Han people have the custom of "folding willows to bid farewell": Baqiao is in Chang 'an East, crossing the water is the bridge, and the Han people send guests to this bridge and fold willows to bid farewell. Li Bai has a saying: "Willow falls every year, Lingling hurts." In ancient times, on both sides of Chang 'an Baqiao, the embankment was ten miles long, one step at a time. Many people who walk from Chang 'an East come here to bid farewell to their loved ones and fold willow branches to bid farewell to their loved ones, because "willow" is homophonic with "stay" to show the meaning of retaining. This custom originated from the book of songs, Xiaoya Cai Wei, which said, "I was away yesterday, Liu Yiyi." Send a willow tree as a parting gift to express feelings that are inseparable and reluctant to part. Willow is a symbol of spring. Willow swaying in spring always gives people a feeling of prosperity. "Farewell to the Willows" contains the wish that "spring is always there". The ancients sawed off the willows and sent them to each other, which also meant that their relatives, such as willow branches, left their hometown. I hope that when they arrive in a new place, they can take root and sprout quickly, as if willow branches can grow everywhere. It's a good wish for friends. There are also many references to folding willows to give people away in ancient poems. Quan Deyu's poem in Tang Dynasty: "Give me new knowledge", Song Dynasty's poem: "There are no green willows on the other side of the road, don't worry", and Ming Dynasty's poem: "Give someone away when you are old, and the willows on the edge of the city will be folded." Chen Weisong's Ci in Qing Dynasty: "How many border crossings are left? Want a discount. " People will not only feel sad when they see willow trees, but also touch their mood when they hear the song "Breaking Willow". Li Bai's "Smelling the flute in Los Angeles on a Spring Night": "Everyone can't stand the homesickness." In fact, Liu can have many symbolic meanings. The ancients endowed Liu with various feelings, so it is reasonable to borrow Liu to send feelings.

A few days before Qingming? There are several versions. According to the Chronicle of Jingchu in Liang Zonggu of the Southern Dynasties, it is called the Cold Food Festival 105 days after the winter solstice, which happens to be two days before Tomb-Sweeping Day. Yuan Zhen's poem in Tang Dynasty said that "the first time I ate cold food was 160". He thinks that the day before Tomb-Sweeping Day is the Cold Food Festival, and there is a day difference between Tomb-Sweeping Day and Japan in winter. Because cold food is similar to the Qingming day, and the activities of cold food in the ancients often continued until Qingming. Over time, there is no strict distinction between cold food and Qingming.

There are many traditional customs and activities around Tomb-Sweeping Day. Such as lighting a fire with cold food, sweeping graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day, hiking, playing polo, flying kites, swinging, cockfighting and tug-of-war. These activities have changed with the passage of time and social evolution. Some customs have been abolished, while others have been preserved and given new contents.

7. What do you know about the nickname of Dragon Boat Festival?

According to statistics, the name of Dragon Boat Festival is called the most among all traditional festivals in China, reaching more than 20, which is the festival with the most aliases. For example, there are Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Duanyang Festival, Chongwu Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Tianzhong Festival, Summer Festival, May Festival, Long Festival, Pujie Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Magnolia Festival, Zongzi Festival and so on.

Duanyang Festival is recorded in Chronicle of Jingchu Age. Because the mountain climbs in midsummer and the sun is in the sky, May is midsummer, and its first afternoon is a fine day, so May 5th is called Duanyang Festival.

Mid-Autumn Festival belongs to the branch of 12, and the fifth month of the lunar calendar is noon, which is homophonic with May and Friday, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Mid-Autumn Festival or May Festival, and in some places it is also called May Festival.

The ancients believed that May 5th, when the sun was heavy, was called "Mid-Autumn Festival".

Dragon Boat Festival is in midsummer, and it is a season with frequent skin diseases. The ancients bathed and decontaminated with Cao Lan soup. The Great Dai Li in the Han Dynasty said, "Wash blue soup in the afternoon".

When the ancients ate brown on the Dragon Boat Festival, there was a competition to compare the length of each person's leaves, and the elders won, so it was also called "Xiezong Festival".

Daughter's Day gang "Ten Thousand Miscellanies": "May Daughter's Day is a Dragon Boat Festival rope, wearing a five-poison spell. Ten thousand customs are decorated with little girls from the first day of May to the fifth day of May, and we do our best. Married women also have their own motherhood. Because it's called Daughter's Day. " Shen Bangwan's Miscellaneous Notes records: "From May 1st to 5th, the Yanjing family decorated their youngest daughter beautifully. Married women will also return to their homes in Liu Hua. This day is called Daughter's Day.

The ancients thought that "heavy noon" was a taboo day, when the five poisons were exhausted. Therefore, the custom of the Dragon Boat Festival is to drive away fishy smell and avoid poison, such as hanging calamus and mugwort leaves on the door, so the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Acorus Festival".

8. Poems on New Year's Eve

Vigilance on New Year's Eve is a long-standing and interesting custom of China people during the Spring Festival. Originally, it was to drive away "ghosts". With the development of history and social progress, the significance of exorcising ghosts has long ceased to exist, and now it has become an annual family gathering for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new and enjoy family happiness.

Throughout the ages, countless scholars have described the custom of "observing the age", leaving a well-known cultural heritage for future generations. Liang Xu wrote in the poem "Wife Sitting at Night Watching Life":

Don't stop drinking if you are not enthusiastic enough.

Peaches in wine, bayberry in zongzi.

Open the curtain and enter the account, and the candle will burn ash.

Don't worry about the thick sideburns, because Guang Xiao will destroy them.

This reflects in many ways the sight of people waiting for dawn on New Year's Eve more than 400 years ago.

More funds will be raised in winter, and barrel handles will return in spring.

Greetings are separated overnight, and the guest temple is destroyed for two years.

Li Deyu, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, described people staying up all night on New Year's Eve. Another poet in the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yue, said that the poem "Qinzhou Shousui" vividly reproduces the homesickness of those wanderers who can't reunite with their families on New Year's Eve due to official duties or other reasons:

So, the New Year is over tonight, and the New Year will come tomorrow.

Sorrow with bucket handle, the northeast of spring.

In the Song Dynasty, it was even more popular to keep watch on New Year's Eve. The famous phrase written by Su Dongpo, a great writer, such as "Children are strong and sleepless, and the night comes noisily", shows the noisy scene of children's vigil on New Year's Eve. As for the palace or some wealthy families, it is naturally much more luxurious to keep watch on New Year's Eve than ordinary families. Li Shimin once wrote a poem entitled "Shousui":

The setting sun shines obliquely on the splendid palace of Jinbi, and the years make the palace more beautiful.

At the end of the year, winter snow and winter snow melt, and it seems that a warm spring breeze blows in the warm palace.

Huge red candles are lit and look like a bunch of flowers.

* * * Spring Festival, send you all night.

Du Fu, another poet in the Tang Dynasty, also wrote a poem "Keeping the Year", which vividly shows the scenes of talking and laughing and being drunk and red when the dignitaries keep the Year:

In winter and winter, the prince and grandson of Di Zi hold royal banquets.

The Milky Way in Que Palace brushes the trees low, and the lanterns and candles in the palace smoke the sky.

Play the plum wind on the string and explore the biography of cypress wine.

If you want to sing longevity to Jacky, stay for a while and enjoy it before spring.

In Hanshan Temple in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, there is a custom of "ringing the bell every year". At midnight on New Year's Eve, the bell rang 108 to eliminate the world 108 kinds of troubles. Zhang Ji, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, vividly described this in a night-mooring near maple bridge:

Crows fell on the moon, crowed coldly, slept on maple trees, and slept in fishing lanes by the river.

In the lonely Hanshan Temple outside Suzhou, the bell that rang in the middle of the night reached the passenger ship.

Today, when people keep watch on New Year's Eve, listening to the sound of the bells of Hanshan Temple, they all miss their distant relatives and friends, and they are immersed in the ocean of happiness and joy.