What are the photos of Chinese New Year customs?

1, dust sweeping

The 23rd day of the Lunar New Year in northern China and the 24th day of the Lunar New Year in the south are commonly known as "Xiao Nian". At the New Year, every family has to clean up. Legend has it that the gods and goddesses will go up to heaven on the 24th day of the Lunar New Year to report on their duties, and cleaning at this time will not disturb them.

2, back to his mother's home

The second day of the first month of the New Year, this day is the "son-in-law day", married daughters back to their families, to be accompanied by their husbands and sons-in-law, so it is commonly known as "son-in-law day". On this day, the daughter of the bride's home must carry some gifts and red envelopes, distributed to the children of the bride's home, and eat lunch in the bride's home, but must be rushed back to the in-laws before dinner

3, the first three do not go out to pay homage to the New Year

The third of the first year, also known as the red dog day, and "red mouth" with the same sound, usually do not go out to pay homage to the New Year, the legend says that the day is prone to verbal disputes with the people on this day, and it is said that it is easy to get into verbal disputes with people. But this custom has long been obsolete, because now people rarely get together for the Spring Festival, which has been diluted a lot.

4, catch five poor

The first five days of the first month of the New Year, commonly known as the fifth, to "catch five poor", including "wisdom poor, learning poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor. People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up.

The firecrackers are set off from the inside out, and the firecrackers are set off as they go out the door. Said to be all unlucky things will be bombed out. On this day, the prevailing folk custom is to eat dumplings, commonly known as "pinch the mouth of the little man", Tianjin people break the five this day, every household to eat dumplings, and chopping board to chopping ding dong sound, so that the four neighbors hear, in order to show that they are chopping "little man".

5, stewed meat

Lunar New Year's Eve, the Jade Emperor himself will come down to investigate the good and evil on earth, to see whether the families are as diligent as the King of the stove played save, and set the next year of misfortune. So every family made tofu and ate tofu dregs to show their purity and misery, to hide from the Jade Emperor's punishment, and to bring down blessings for the coming year.