Over the Lunar New Year during the northwest region have what customs?

Fifth: broken five - Shanxi central New Year's culture [Qixian Spring Festival folk]

Today is broken five, meaning that after today's New Year's taboos in the broken, production began to normal, early in the morning to celebrate the cannon, but this day is also the most stringent taboos of the day, stay at home, not to do things even more can not go out. Today is also the last day of the New Year to offer incense to the gods, morning, afternoon and evening every time to sound the cannon.

Breaking five is not only Qixian and Jinzhong around the custom, in most places in Shanxi have similar customs, has a deep traditional culture, in the Chinese culture is a bright spot.

Customs in other parts of Shanxi:

Northwest Jin, the sun is not yet out of the mountains, to lift the bed mat, clean some of the kang soil, sent to the field; sounding cannons, incense, paper, known as the "send poor".

Jinbei region, the folk used to cut adult images with colored paper, children to the street, exchanging each other. To give their own paper people to others, known as "send away poor daughter-in-law"; to change the paper people of others back, known as "get a blessed person".

South-eastern Jin, folk used to throw the rotten clothes outside the wall. Legend has it that the ancient Gao Yang's son wore a tattered coat and pants in the first month of the year, life on the hangman, and later died a horrible death outside the alley. Folk throw clothes to sacrifice, known as "send poor ghosts".

Jinnan region to send poor origin, and legend has it that in ancient times Zhuanxu period, the palace gave birth to a boy, wearing new clothes on the cry. If the new clothes to him, either torn, or deliberately rolling in the pile of urine and feces, people called "poor son". On the festival of sending the poor, it was customary to empty the toilet and pile the feces outside the door, called "sending the poor". It has evolved into a custom that encourages people to seize the day and work hard to get rich.

Other places, used to the morning of the fifth day, take a little ash in the basket, and cut five paper people, sent to the door, incense, fireworks and return. Called "sweeping five ghosts".

The tradition of Yicheng and other counties in the southern region of Jinan, on the fifth day of the first month to send ancestors. In the evening, the ancestors of the offerings displayed on the table removed, firecrackers, incense and worship, move the god in the original niche. The following year, the Spring Festival, and then make offerings. Fushan and other counties of the custom, and in the door burning incense, honoring the paper, meaning that the ghosts of the ancestors to the outside of the house. Yanbei area folk custom in the fixed shift, women are out of the gate, burning paper to pay homage to the spirits, crying, commonly known as the Crying Festival.