The custom of celebrating the Spring Festival in Hunan

1, New Year's Eve is one of the folk customs in Hunan. That night, the firewood in the stove will not go out all night, and the family will stay together until after twelve o'clock. Miao nationality in western Hunan is more distinctive. Every New Year's Eve, the whole family will fry delicious bacon, prepare delicacies such as sour fish, prepare corn and soju, and have a "reunion dinner" happily. But at this time, the whole family can't sit down. Armed to the teeth, with a spear in his hand, the master hid himself in the corner of the gate, keeping his eyes on the outside of the village to prevent wild animals and foreigners from invading. If a friend comes, the host happily runs out of the door, pulls the friend into the house, and has a friendly reunion dinner there to celebrate New Year's Eve.

2. Eat New Year's Eve, such as Zhuzhou, Changsha and Yongzhou; There are also mornings before dawn, such as Shaoyang and Loudi. There are also at noon, such as Hengyang. At the reunion dinner, the family sits around a table, and the oldest person tastes the dishes first, and asks that every dish on the table, big or small, should be clamped with chopsticks. Women who usually don't drink should also take a symbolic sip of wine for good luck. Many dishes on the table are very interesting. For example, fish balls (meatballs) and meatballs symbolize reunion, radish symbolizes a good color, a whole chicken, and some fried foods. Because they are fried and fried, they show "prosperous wealth". If you have to go out in time for a reunion dinner, you should also leave a seat, put a cup of chopsticks on it, and even put this person's clothes on the empty seat to show that the whole family misses him. In Zhuzhou, Hengyang and other places, people eat reunion dinners. Vegetables do not need to be chopped with a knife. Just tear it by hand. They don't bite when eating, but eat slowly, which means wishing their parents a long life. In Shaoyang, Huaihua and other places, it is forbidden to "waste a year" without eating cabbage when having a reunion dinner.