Which national festival is it to catch the New Year?

Catching the New Year is a traditional festival of Tujia nationality.

Traditionally, Tujia people celebrate the New Year one or several days earlier than Han people, with a big moon, a small moon on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, a small moon on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month and a small moon on the 27th of the 26th. So it's called "catching up with the Chinese New Year" or "adjusting the annual meeting". This custom of "catching up with the New Year" is popular among Tujia people in Xiangxi, Sichuan and Guizhou. First, the Tujia army in the Ming Dynasty set out in advance to suppress Japanese thieves before the New Year, and made "the first meritorious military service in Southeast China", which was commemorated by future generations. Second, Tujia ancestors resisted foreign aggression and had dinner in advance to meet them.

Third, according to legend, Tujia ancestors were poor, and they had to work for the rich at the age of 30, have dinner in advance and reunite with their families; Fourth, in the old days, at the end of each year, government troops came to drive away the people, and Tujia people had a reunion dinner in advance to escape. Now, most Tujia people celebrate the Spring Festival like Han people.

Folk custom of "catching up with the New Year";

1. Post Spring Festival couplets: Tujia people call posting Spring Festival couplets couplets couplets. It depicts the background of the times with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, and expresses the good wishes of Tujia people. It is a unique cultural form in Tujia areas.

2. Gatekeepers: Portraits of Tujia gatekeepers include Qin and Weichi Gong, and some are affixed with naphthalene or other gods.

3. Have a reunion dinner: Reunion dinner is the most important ceremony for Tujia people in the New Year. In order to seize the New Year's Day and make a good reunion dinner, Tujia people often carefully prepare the reunion dinner one or two days in advance. Tujia people have had a small year and a big year. The new year is one day earlier than the new year. In some places, the off-year is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. New Year's Eve dinner is simple and not demanding.

4. Insert cypress and plum, post-it notes: On New Year's Day, every Tujia family will insert cypress and plum branches on the pillars of shrines, halls and gates, which is related to the war living environment of Tujia ancestors.

5, send light: that is, send light. After the reunion dinner, we will go to the graves of our dead ancestors one by one, which Tujia people call "sending light".