Traditional Festival Customs of Spring Festival in Guangxi

Chongzuo District, Nanning 1: Every Spring Festival comes, Nanning citizens will prepare many New Year foods, among which rice cakes, zongzi and Li Fen are the traditional foods that Nanning people must eat during the New Year, which is also commonly known as the "three-piece set of New Year's Eve". Rice cakes and zongzi mean "high every year (cakes) and mid-year (zongzi)", and Nanning people should print the word "fat" when buying rice cakes; On the other hand, Li Fen is combined with potted oranges placed on both sides of the portal during the Spring Festival, forming the meaning of "Lucky (orange) benefits every year".

2. Guilin-Liuzhou-Hechi area: Dragon and lion dancing is a traditional project loved by Guiliu people. Therefore, on the eve of the Spring Festival, the dragon and lion dance teams dress up and practice their traditional routines.

3. The Spring Festival in Beihai-Qinzhou-Fangchenggang Beibu Gulf-All the doors are closed on New Year's Day, and red couplets are posted on every family. It is customary not to go to the streets on the first day. The phrase "Congratulations on making a fortune, making a fortune" can be heard anytime and anywhere. It is customary to eat vegetarian food on New Year's Day, and it is not allowed to pour water on the ground. Greeting people during the Spring Festival is a kind of etiquette, and elders are used to giving packages to their children.

4. Guiping-Yulin-Wuzhou area. People in this direction celebrate the Spring Festival with local flavor. A few days ago, people began to be "three busy": one was "cleaning households", and every household had to clean up and decontaminate; Second, busy "organizing new year's goods", preparing chickens (mainly capons, mainly geese in Luchuan area), ducks, fish, meat and various vegetables needed for the New Year. There are also Spring Festival couplets, firecrackers, scented paper candles and so on. Three busy "fried food", making all kinds of fried food such as "white powder", crisp corner, crisp son, thin crisp and so on.

5. Baise-Debao-Jingxi = Longlin area: In many counties and rural areas of Baise City in western Guangxi, during the Spring Festival, some unique, interesting and colorful old customs are still followed.