Chaozhou Spring Festival custom

After the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, every household will steam rice cakes, mainly to offer sacrifices to the gods. These two days, all the people in the family get together to make rice cakes, and the Chaoshan area is called "Guo", which is also the happiest day for children. On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, every household began to post Spring Festival couplets. People pay attention to it, and God will stick it, and doors will stick it, and things will stick it, so Spring Festival couplets have the largest number and the most complete content.

The couplets in front of the statues are particularly particular, and they are mostly words of admiration and blessing. Chaoshan people paste Spring Festival couplets mostly in the morning or afternoon of New Year's Eve. The content of Spring Festival couplets mostly embodies the characteristics of Chaoshan people's diligence, progress, unity and harmony. For example, "a harmonious family adds a hundred blessings, and the word peace is worth a thousand dollars", "diligent production and abundant crops, good governance of a family, and prosperity of six animals" and so on.

Sometimes, people will put a big "spring" on a door, in a valley or in a niche. First, it means that spring returns to the earth and everything is renewed; Secondly, the homonym of "spring" and "you" in Chaozhou dialect indicates a good wish for more than a year. The last day of the Lunar New Year is called "New Year's Eve", and this night is called New Year's Eve. Chaoshan custom calls it "Chinese New Year".

In the morning, housewives at home begin to prepare dinner around the stove, usually from 2-3 noon, which means reunion. After the reunion dinner, adults began to visit relatives and friends and give lucky money to children and elders.

This time is also the happiest time for children! Young people also began to visit relatives and friends and party for fun! The first day of the first lunar month is called January Day, which is the head of the New Year and the beginning of spring. At the dawn of heaven, I heard guns. On the big table in the hall of every household, red plates are filled with good luck (oranges are bigger than oranges, so they are called good luck), green olives and various exquisite sweets. Decorated with lanterns in front of the door, the younger generation wishes the older generation tea.

On this day, most families should be vegetarian, at least not eating meat for breakfast. After breakfast, adults and children go to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings with good luck, and the host and guest exchange blessings, congratulations on making a fortune and adding blessings. The host treats you with Daji, Betel nut (the ancient custom of honoring Betel nut is now changed to green olive) and * * * congou. The guest presents Daji to congratulate the host on his good luck, and the host wants to give it back with Daji, which is said to be a good wish.