Shandong New Year's Eve customs?

1, quit stove

Like other regions, Shandong people's "New Year", from the wax month 23 "small year" began, some of the small year in the southeast of the mountain in the 24th. "Xiaonian", the old days called "quit stove day". Legend has it that this day is the day when Master Zao went up to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor on the situation of his family. Therefore, on this day, people should be in the home "sacrificial stove", set up offerings to the God of the stove, to send it to heaven to report on the work, in order to pray for blessings and good luck.

2, posting Spring Festival couplets, posting Fu

New Year's Eve posting Spring Festival couplets, Fu, is a Chinese tradition, Shandong is no exception. On the 30th day of the New Year, from the moment you get up in the morning, all kinds of New Year's activities start in order, which is the busiest and happiest day of the year. Putting up spring couplets and lucky charms is usually done on the morning of the New Year's Eve in Shandong.

3, please family hall

New Year's Eve busy day, to the evening, the main event of the day began - please family hall. "Please home hall", that is, hold a ceremony to the deceased ancestors, relatives invited home for the New Year, in Shandong, this is the most solemn and serious annual activities on the thirtieth day of the New Year, but in recent years a lot less.

4, **** build a wall, "Heshan Hepai boundary".

In Shandong, generally very few live in the courtyard habit, basically the house is north-south, there are independent of the small yard, and the small yards between neighbors separated only by a wall, is *** build wall, Shandong Jiaodong region known as the "Heshang Hejie".

5, drink (ha) sheep soup

Shandong, although there is no vast grasslands to graze, but is the third largest sheep-producing province. The same is also a big province to eat mutton. Shandong people eat mutton way is to put meat, bone, boiled, drink mutton soup.