The Development of Spring Festival in Beijing —— Auspicious Implication in Traditional Culture

Do you know why you want to eat rice cakes during the Spring Festival? It turns out that the homonym of "rice cake" is "high year", so it is extended to "everything goes well every year"

Eating rice cakes in the New Year: It means that every year goes smoothly.

So do you know what it means to eat fish in the New Year? What does it mean to carve bats on ancient buildings?

Can the above sentence pick up a dragon?

Eating rice cakes in the New Year: It means that every year goes smoothly.

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We found that "fish" and "fish" are homophonic. More than a year is more than a year. When eating New Year's Eve, there must be fish in the dish, which represents a good color that is more than enough every year. In some areas, only fish tails are eaten on New Year's Eve, and fish heads are eaten on the first day.

? Eating fish in the New Year: It means that you have more savings every year.

? Eating fish in the new year: it means getting rich every year.

? Bats, now everyone smells them, all blame bats for bringing novel coronavirus, which led us to have a deserted Spring Festival and could not start school as scheduled. Such an unlucky little animal, why did the ancients carve bats on buildings? It turns out that bats hang upside down on trees when they perch, which means "the four seas are blessed", "the sky is blessed" and "the world is blessed", because "bat" and "blessed" are homophonic.

? Carving bats on buildings means that happiness comes from heaven and life is beautiful.

? Carving bats upstairs: it means that happiness falls from the sky and is more than enough every year.

? Carving bats on buildings means that there are many blessings from the sky.

? Carving bats on buildings means that there are blessings all over the world.

? Carving bats on buildings means that five blessings is willing to drive by himself.

? Carving a Bat Upstairs: It means that five blessings is happy every year (Chinese Book 16 Notes).

What's the matter? Is your brain wide open?

? Thousands of years of traditional culture in China endows each festival with meaningful activities, which contain people's good wishes. Let's share a few traditional folk customs with auspicious meanings and see how many you know.

Beginning of spring offered sacrifices to farmers.

? 1 month 1 day to 1 month 15 is beginning of spring, which is an ancient traditional festival to worship farmers. In fact, this festival is the real Spring Festival. Beginning of spring worships farmers, which means good weather and abundant crops in the coming year. Another folk custom is to dress children with "spring chicken" in the spring, which means adequate food and clothing, strong growth and good luck.

? Keep old on new year's eve

? New Year's Eve refers to the evening of the last day of the year, which is connected with the Spring Festival from beginning to end. It is an important moment of "one night for two years, five hours for two years". "Except" means "going", and New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the old year is exhausted", which means that the old year will be replaced by the new year next year. New Year's Eve is the first climax of the New Year's Festival. Shounian, commonly known as "Enduring the Year", begins with eating New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is the most intimate and warm family dinner in a year. At this time, people not only enjoy a table full of delicious food, but also enjoy deep affection and festive celebrations. After the New Year's Eve, except for the young children, the whole family began to observe the new year, saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year.

? Setting off firecrackers on the first day

? There is a folk proverb in China. When the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers, and to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new with the sound of firecrackers. Setting off firecrackers is an entertainment activity in China festivals, which can bring happiness and good luck to people!

? Send lucky money

? On New Year's Eve, the elders should give the younger generation lucky money, also called lucky money. Because "old" and "treasure" are homophonic, elders hope that lucky money can ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters, and protect children's safety. The lucky money is entrusted with the ardent hope and deep concern of the elders for the younger generation. So students should not compare the amount of lucky money with each other, but should pay attention to its emotional value. At the same time, we should use the lucky money reasonably, and use it to study or do something meaningful.

? Happy new year in the first month.

? Paying New Year greetings is an important activity during the Spring Festival. Like the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, it is the Spring Festival custom that best reflects the "taste of the year". In the past, the order of family visiting New Year was to worship heaven and earth, ancestors and temples. Generally, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders on the first day of the New Year's Day, wishing them happiness as the East China Sea and longevity as the South Mountain. After the New Year, the general rule is to worship family members on the first day, the Yue family on the second day and relatives on the third day. Students, colleagues, friends, collaborators and neighbors should also pay New Year greetings to each other. In the sound of "Happy New Year", the distance between hearts has been narrowed and the feelings between people have been enhanced. As the old saying goes, New Year greetings are "based on friendship and nostalgia".

? Lantern Festival illumination

? In ancient times, in order to drive away the fear of darkness, people lit lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month, which meant driving away evil and praying for light. Therefore, Lantern Festival lanterns are also called "blessing lanterns" or "safety lanterns". In Minnan dialect, the pronunciation of "Deng" is similar to that of "Ding", and lanterns are also used to beg children to add Ding, seek fame and avoid evil spirits.

? Dragon Boat Racing

? The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the annual Dragon Boat Festival, which is very lively. Usually people spontaneously organize dragon boat races, eat zongzi, drink realgar wine and hang wormwood in the door. "Dragon Boat Race" is a custom that existed during the Warring States Period. There are many legends about dragon boat racing, but the meaning of making a good start and working hard has not changed.

? The Mid Autumn Festival moon

The Mid-Autumn Festival has customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. Since ancient times, and spread to this day, it lasts for a long time. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage, which symbolizes people's reunion with the full moon, their feelings of missing their hometown and relatives, and their hope for a bumper harvest and happiness.

? Gordon Chongyang

? There is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. In autumn and September, the sky is crisp. Climbing mountains and overlooking in this season can achieve the purpose of relaxing body and mind, keeping fit and getting rid of diseases. The custom of eating Chongyang cake is related to mountain climbing. Gaohe cake is homophonic. As a holiday food, it was originally to celebrate the harvest of autumn grain and taste new grain. Later, people had the auspicious meaning of climbing high and eating cakes step by step.

? Laba porridge

? In ancient China, the Emperor of Heaven and the monarch held a La Worship on Laba Festival to celebrate the harvest. Pray for good weather in the coming year. Villagers should offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestors and gods, be grateful for the kindness and protection in the past year, and pray for continued kindness in the coming year. Laba porridge is also called "Fushou porridge", which means to increase happiness and longevity.

? Small-year sacrificial furnace

? Offering sacrifices to stoves is a widely spread and influential custom among Chinese people. In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god. Legend has it that he was named "Commander-in-Chief of the Nine-Day East Chef" by the Jade Emperor, who was in charge of the stoves and fires of various families. People call this kind of god "Commander-in-Chief Bodhisattva" or "Chef's Commander-in-Chief" and are worshipped as the protector of the family. The folk song "Twenty-three, cantaloupe stick" refers to the annual sacrifice on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and it is said that "officials, three people, four boatmen and five", that is, the official government held the sacrifice on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, ordinary people held it on the 24th, and houseboats held it on the 25th.

? Legend has it that on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God will ascend to heaven and report the good and evil of this family for a year to the Jade Emperor. According to Kitchen God's report, the Jade Emperor will give the family the good and bad fortune they deserve in the new year to Kitchen God. The ceremony of sending the kitchen god is called "sending the kitchen" or "saying goodbye to the kitchen". People presented red candles and honeydew melons, and sent Kitchen God to heaven with solemn ceremony, hoping that Kitchen God would "speak well in heaven and be lucky in the next life". Today, this custom is still followed in many rural areas.

? 24-hour dust removal

? "Twenty-four, cleaning day". To welcome the new, we must first get rid of the old. Dust removal is year-end cleaning, which is called "house cleaning" in the north and "dust removal" in the south. Sweeping dust before the Spring Festival is a traditional custom in our country. On the day of dusting, the whole family began to clean the house and yard together, scrub the pots and pans, dismantle and wash the bedding, and greet the New Year cleanly. In fact, people have seen the traditional customs with homophonic expressions of "dust" and "Chen". Let's play solitaire.

Eating rice cakes in the New Year: It means that every year goes smoothly.

Celebrate the new year: bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

New Year's lucky money: exorcising evil spirits and avoiding disasters is good for your health.

The beginning of spring festival for farmers: it means that the grain is abundant, rain or shine.

Eating moon cakes in Mid-Autumn Festival: a symbol of happiness and reunion.

Climbing on the Double Ninth Festival: It means good luck and a better life.

Drinking Laba porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: good weather and good rain will prolong life (Chinese book 16 pages of notes)

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