New Year's Customs

Also known as sending off the God of Zao. Legend has it that Zaosheng is the god sent by the Jade Emperor to oversee good and evil on earth, and that every year he goes up to heaven to report back to the Jade Emperor, and the folk set up sacrifices for him to send him off. On the evening of the twenty-third day of the lunar month, every family offers cakes, paper and silk in front of the stove, and honors maltose. The intention is to stick to the mouth of the god of the stove, so as not to make it talk nonsense. And stickers with "good words in heaven, back to the Palace of good luck" and other banners.

Sacrificing Zaoshen in the Lunar New Year

The ballad says: "Twenty-three, sacrificing Zaoshen; twenty-four, writing big words; twenty-five, sweeping the dust; twenty-six, cooking pork in small quantities; twenty-seven; killing New Year's chickens; twenty-eight, sending the surface; twenty-nine, posting the inverted You (that is, posting the Spring Festival couplets); thirty-night, the night of the night, to keep a night." After the Lunar New Year's Eve, the year will come.

There are two ballads circulating in the folklore of Southeast Jin, one of which is "Twenty-three, send the master to heaven; twenty-four, sweep the house; twenty-five, steam dumplings; twenty-six, cut down the meat; twenty-seven, rubbing the tin; twenty-eight, composting the dirt; twenty-nine, wash the hands and feet; thirty days, the door god, the couplets are posted together. This reflects the time constraints and the intensity of the preparations. The second is a nursery rhyme: "On the twenty-third day, after sacrificing the stove, the children clapped their hands and laughed. After five or six days, the New Year will come. The box to ward off evil spirits, play with the walnuts, and the two cannons are fired. The five sons are on their way to the top, and the fire rises higher than the sky." Reflects the joyful psychology of children looking forward to the New Year.

In Beijing, the ballad is sung like this: "Children, children, children, don't be greedy, after Lapa is the year; Lapa congee, drink for a few days, miles and miles of twenty-three; twenty-three, sugar gourd sticky; twenty-four sweeping the house; twenty-five, freezing tofu; twenty-six, go to buy meat; twenty-seven, slaughtering the rooster; twenty-eight, the noodle; twenty-nine, steaming steamed buns; thirty night to stay up a night; The first two days of the year are full of street walks."

After the New Year, it was sung: "Sugar gourd sacrifices to the stove, the New Year has come; the girl wants a flower, the boy wants a cannon;

The old man wants a new felt hat, the old lady wants a new cotton jacket."

New Year's Memorandum

Lunar New Year's Day, the twenty-third of the month of sacrifice to the God of the stove

Lunar New Year's Day, the twenty-third of the month of sacrifice to the God of the year, in addition to the stove, the family should also be prepared to wine and cook, set off firecrackers, the folk is also known as "over the New Year".

Lunar New Year's Eve dust sweeping

This day to end of the year sweeping, folk commonly known as "dust sweeping", puts people's desire to break up the old and new, and the old and welcome the new prayers.

Lunar New Year's Eve window paste

The day before the day after cleaning, this day should paste the window, most people do not have to paste the window, but the windowpane, sticker, hanging couplets is essential to the program.

Lunar New Year's meat cut on the 26th day of the Lunar New Year

Folklore has it that on this day, we should "cut the meat of the Lunar New Year", that is to say, we should start to buy new year's goods.

The 27th day of the Lunar New Year

This is the day when folklore begins to focus on bathing and washing, removing the bad luck of the year and preparing for the coming New Year.

Lunar New Year's Day 28 to the surface of the hair

According to traditional customs, each family must steam a few pots of steamed bread. The custom of the flour and steamed buns, take the next year to make a fortune, the days of the good luck of prosperity.

Lunar New Year's Eve on the 29th

New Year's Eve the day before, called "small New Year's Eve", the family set up a feast, people visit called "don't year". The day before New Year's Eve, it is called "Little New Year's Eve", when families set up a banquet and people visit each other for three days.

Lunar New Year's Eve

The last day of Lunar New Year's Eve is called New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, and so on, also known as New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, and so on. On this day, people send the old and welcome the new year's main activities are concentrated on this day. The main one is ringing (firecrackers), the second is red (posting Spring Festival couplets), and the third is fire (lighting lanterns to keep the New Year's Eve). In addition to the New Year's Eve dinner, the most important thing is to "keep the New Year's Eve" until the next morning.

Eating dumplings on the first day of the first month

Eating dumplings on the first day of the first month of the first year of the family to eat dumplings, eating dumplings means to attract wealth and prosperity in the New Year.

Sacrificing to the God of Wealth on the second day of the first month of the lunar year

The custom of sacrificing to the God of Wealth is practiced before dawn on this day, in order to seek a year of prosperity, food and clothing.

The third day of the first month of the first three

This day is the son-in-law to the father-in-law to pay homage to the day, commonly known as the first three. There are folklore that the third is the birthday of the Valley, taboo on this day to eat rice, otherwise it will hurt the Valley no rice to eat.

The fourth day of the first month to check the family

Customary rumor is that on the fourth day of the Zaowang to check the family, the whole family must be on duty, accept the verification.

The fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar to send away the poor

Each family should sweep away the garbage and throw it out of the door to show that they are sending away the poor and wishing the New Year to be fruitful and prosperous.

On the sixth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the market opens

On this day, stores in all cities open for business.

People's Day on the seventh day of the first month of the lunar year

People's Day, also known as People's Victory Festival, originated from the ancient divination techniques of the pre-Qin Dynasty. People want to cut colors for people on this day, or openwork gold foil for the human figure, made of decorations called "people win" to give each other. Some places to eat spring cake on this day.

The eighth day of the first month of the star festival

The legend says that the eighth day of the first month of the stars in the sky is the day of the world, the ordinary people in the yard set up a case to the north, to burn incense and worship, pray for a good year and peace.

The first nine days of the first month of the Tiangong birthday

The Jade Emperor is the Taoist religion honors the down to the people of the sky god, the common rumor is that the first nine days of the first month of its birthday. On this day, believers go to Taoist temples to fast.

The tenth day of the first month of the stone does not move

The tenth day of the first month of the stone is said to be the birthday of the day to burn incense in front of the stone worship, avoid moving all stone tools, such as grinding, milling, pestle and mortar.

New Year's Eve fourteen test lamp

Modern Lantern Festival evolved into three days, the first fourteen days for the test lamp, that is, on this day, finished hanging, rehearsal.

The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month

The Lantern Festival is the first full moon of the year. It is commonly known as the Lantern Festival. It is another festival climax after the Spring Festival.