Traditional Crosstalk Shandong People's New Year's Party

Because Shandong people think that this is the cultural heritage handed down by our ancestors and cannot be thrown away. In fact, this fancy New Year greeting ceremony came from the previous bow-down ceremony, originally to respect our ancestors. Therefore, although different from people in other places, Shandong people still choose to keep this New Year greeting ceremony.

First, Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius.

First of all, Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius. Influenced by Confucius and Mencius, Shandong people are very polite. For example, they must get up early on New Year's Day to pay a New Year call to their elders. Moreover, New Year greetings are only for boys, and girls can not go. In addition, when paying New Year greetings, the younger generation is later and the older generation is earlier. These are also rules handed down from generation to generation.

Second, Shandong is less affected by the coastal open atmosphere.

Shandong is located in the north, so when the coastal areas are gradually opening up, Shandong people still retain the previous custom of paying New Year greetings and are not influenced by many other concepts of paying New Year greetings.

Even some Shandongese admit that when they were young, they thought the New Year greetings from China people in other areas were the same as them.

Although many Shandong people go out to work now, they still choose to go back to their hometown during the Chinese New Year, and then get up early on the first day to pay New Year greetings to their elders. Because this is passed down from generation to generation, the younger generation will learn the style of their elders when they grow up and bring their children to pay New Year greetings to their elders.

This custom passed down from generation to generation is also the reason why Shandong is less affected by the coastal open atmosphere.

Third, the clan concept in Shandong is very strong.

Like the southern clans, there are clans in Shandong, and the clan concept is very strong. Although the clan forces in various places have almost collapsed, the concept of clan still exists, and the essence of many rules of Shandong people is actually to respect their ancestors.

In fact, the essence of rules like New Year greetings is to continue the custom, make the relationship between relatives closer, strengthen cohesion, and ensure that every member of the clan can unite.