Shijiazhuang Folklore

The 23rd day of the Lunar New Year, the stove fire master in the sky; 24th, sweeping day; 25th, paste the window; 26th, stewed meat; 27th, slaughtered a chicken; 28th, white flour hair; 29th, pasted Road You (couplets); 30th, the family reunion pinched flat food (dumplings)

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people get up early to worship the gods, firecrackers, but also with the same clan or the whole village organized kowtow to pay tribute to the New Year, first to the elders, and then to the brothers and sisters of the same generation, and then to the village. The first to worship elders, and then worship peer brother and sister-in-law.

The second and third days of the first month of the year, is the nephews to pay tribute to the New Year, in Shijiazhuang area also has a daughter-in-law son-in-law back to pay tribute to the New Year.

The fourth and sixth and other days to visit friends and relatives to pay homage to the New Year. "Since ancient times, the fifth day is a bad day, the fifth day of the first month is known as" broken five ". This day is also hate the poor day, to firecrackers and not strings, to prevent to other people's homes to bring the poor gas. In some places, this day to do some light labor, hoping that through this day of symbolic labor to get rich. After "breaking five", some people start to prepare for the Lantern Festival program, and some stores in the city will open for business."

The tenth day of the first month of the first month is the rat festival in Hebei Province, Gaocheng City, Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, for the rats to marry their wives to make dumplings and get high, the twelfth day of the first month of the first month in Jinzhou City, the rat festival. Around the meaning of the rat as a festival is different, one is to hate rats, wrapped into dumplings to cook rats; one is to take care of rats, let it live with humans, just so that it is less to bite the box cabinet.

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month is the first full moon of the new year.

On the sixteenth day of the first month, the Taihang Mountain area should roast cypress spirit fire, folk believe that roast cypress spirit fire will get rid of all diseases, but now the mountainous area roast fire often cause fire. After the sixteenth day of the first month, it is generally believed that the New Year is over.