Essay on New Year's Eve Customs in Luoyang

New Year's Eve boiled New Year's Eve "One night is even two years old, and five nights are divided into two years. The year is divided into two years, the fifth night is divided into two years, the year is divided into two years. In Luoyang, as long as the mention of such words, we all know that it is "New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve". "Bo Nian is also known as the year-end vigil." Luoyang City Bureau of Culture Office Director said folklore thirty night, as long as there is perseverance, will wait until God's daughter to open the South Heavenly Gate to the earth blessing, if you go to bed early there is no blessing. Every year on the 30th night of the Lunar New Year, the whole family together to chat endlessly, take advantage of this to enjoy the joy of heaven. The housewives set up an incense burner and offer sacrifices, keep the lamps lit all night long, and offer incense five times. It is forbidden to make a loud noise at night, so as not to alarm the gods; forbidden to open the cabinet, so as not to run away from the money; forbidden to look in the mirror, take the comb, so as not to see the "ghosts"; forbidden to see the knife and scissors, so as not to break the family; forbidden to sweep the floor, so as not to flow out of the silver and gold; forbidden to pour the potty, so as not to pollute the spirits. Thirty night to throw the leftovers, called the next year's rice. Early on the first day of the morning to throw the leftovers, in order to omen auspicious celebrations. After the 1980s, new elements were added to the New Year's Eve, when the whole family gathered in front of the TV to watch the annual Spring Festival Gala. Nearly 0 o'clock, the youth of each family right hand paw gun, left hand take fire, right foot across the door, left foot step in the door, eyes watching the TV screen, the TV screen at 0 o'clock, thousands of households firecrackers, a variety of colorful firecrackers will be the sky dotted with colorful. The first bow ridge child "thirty children pinch the nose child, the first child bow ridge child". The older Nanyang people know, "pinch the nose" refers to the dumplings, and "bow ridge" refers to the New Year's Eve. Wancheng District, Huangtai Town, 74-year-old Zhang Wenxiang old man introduced the traditional customs, the first day of the morning after breakfast, began to go out to pay homage to the New Year. Zhang Wenxiang said, New Year's activities are limited to the village among the clan, the younger generation of children in groups of three to five, door to door to congratulate the pre-liberation are lying on the ground to the elders kowtow, after the liberation of bowing and bowing mainly. The New Year's payers have to say auspicious words to the elders, and the elders have to pay the New Year's payers the New Year's money, which is called "pressure waist money" in the Nanyang dialect. "At that time, if any child didn't pay New Year's payers to the clansmen, people would laugh at him for not understanding things." "In recent years, large-scale New Year's greetings are not seen anymore, and only relatives pay New Year's greetings to each other." Mentioned the traditional Spring Festival people pay New Year's Day feast, Zhang Wenxiang old man some loss, his age, just should accept people pay New Year's Day. Wancheng District Cultural Center, a staff member, the custom of New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve has a cause and effect relationship, people after a night of vigilance and midnight firecrackers, eliminating the annual beasts of the infestation and scourge of the first morning of the New Year, people open the door to congratulate each other, congratulations on the peace and prosperity. In the past, the rich and powerful people think that the New Year's greeting gifts to each other time-consuming and laborious, and change the name of the post to congratulate each other, which is later on the New Year's greetings piece. On the second day of the New Year's Eve, "the first day of the year," said the same village, and from the second day of the New Year's Eve, the busiest thing began, that is, to go to the relatives. "All the relatives have to finish before the seventh day of the first month. On the seventh day of the first month do not go out, after the eighth day of the first month may friends walk around each other. That's why there is a folk saying 'seven don't go out and eight don't return'." Luohe writer Liu Jintao, who is quite a study of New Year's Eve, said. According to Luohe folklore and folklore records, local relatives in the early Republic of China in the late Qing Dynasty can be documented. The order of the relatives is: nephews go grandma's house, daughter with son-in-law to go to the mother's house, and then go to the aunt, aunt, sister's house. In addition to special circumstances, are to return to worship. According to Liu Jintao introduction, in Luohe, the second day of the first month, married and not married engaged, are to go to the parents-in-law's home to visit relatives, this custom has been extended to the present. This time there are four gifts must be brought: one is with the ribs of 5 kilograms of pork, symbolizing the backbone and family wealth. The second is lotus seed cabbage, which symbolizes being united as one family. Third, leeks, symbolizing permanence. The fourth is celery, symbolizing affection.