What are the important folk activities on New Year's Day in Song Dynasty?

New Year's Day in the Northern Song Dynasty is the beginning of a year, but it is the first day of the first lunar month, which has also become the Zheng Dan Spring Festival. Whether it is official or folk, it is regarded as a grand festival, which is equivalent to the Spring Festival now. In ancient times, winter solstice, New Year's Day and Cold Food Festival were all big festivals, so we had to rest for seven days!

In the Song Dynasty, Wu said in Liang Lumeng: "The first day of the first month is called New Year's Day, commonly known as New Year's Day." Like the traditional New Year's Day, New Year's Day should also be cleaned up-with a pious, clean-up, to better welcome the new year.

How to celebrate New Year's Day?

Play-every household should get up early to freshen up, wear new clothes, visit relatives and friends, send blessings and have fun. The government has also approved that you can participate in the game of Huaguan Robot for three days-that is, now with a little gambling, the official shop can gamble a lot, and houses, singers, horses and chariots can be banned. Get used to it, don't laugh at each other.

Eat-at that time, most people wanted cakes. Plain cakes are yellow or light yellow crisp round cakes, which are divided into three layers: crisp, crisp and sunken. Now there are various varieties, such as sesame crisp, longan crisp and whole wheat crisp. More traditional vegetarian cakes are made of ghee, walnut kernel, peanut kernel, pulp, sugar, peanut oil, special powder for vegetarian cakes and natural coconut powder.

Others "use one hundred, one persimmon and one orange, and they will break in the middle and share them, thinking that one year old is a good omen." Let's look at ancient Japan. At that time, cakes were very valuable food, so eating cakes in the New Year was more representative, which showed that everyone attached importance to festivals. In the past, every household had to hammer glutinous rice into rice cakes with a mallet before the Spring Festival. Doing it yourself is much better than buying delicious food in the supermarket.

Le-In the Song Dynasty, many bustling streets in Beijing were decorated with colored sheds, and various items were placed, such as jewelry, pearls, clothes, toys, shoes and boots, combs and so on. Cars and BMWs emerge one after another. There is also a handicraft-paper-cutting-which some people think is a traditional craft, but it is a very "organic" way of life for children to pass on this ancient China folk custom at school or at home. (Color matching paper-cut is to set off various pieces of paper on the main manuscript of monochrome paper-cut in advance, which is similar to the color effect of color matching prints. The key of color matching paper-cutting lies in the use of color, which not only sets off the main body, but also pays attention to the law of decorative color. The main manuscript is generally black, but other colors can be selected according to the specific situation. In the process of color matching, color can be used locally to make the finishing touch; All colors can also be set, and the colors are rich and colorful. )

It's the Spring Festival, how can you be short of wine!

Because the formula of Tu Su wine comes from Huatuo, it has been highly praised by many famous artists such as Sun Simiao, Zhang Zhongjing and Li Shizhen, and it has been circulated in countless classics, gaining the reputation of folk practice for thousands of years, which makes it have supreme authority and unparalleled influence. With the passage of time, drinking Tu Su wine on New Year's Day has become a folk custom. Throughout the country and many ethnic groups, the ruling party and the opposition party have been handed down from generation to generation. Numerous celebrity classics are recorded, leaving articles. Among the few famous historical and cultural wines in China, Tu Su Liquor stands out, and its cultural connotation is unparalleled. In some places, Tu Su wine can not only prevent and treat all diseases, but also bring good luck and health, which is also a myth.

It is said that Tu Su wine is made from more than ten kinds of medicinal materials, such as Zanthoxylum bungeanum, Atractylodes macrocephala, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Platycodon grandiflorum, Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae and Cinnamomum cassia. Although the prescription will vary from person to person and from place to place, the effects people want to achieve are generally similar: preventing colds, keeping fit and so on. Zanthoxylum bungeanum can strengthen the stomach, resist bacteria and induce diuresis; Atractylodes macrocephala can strengthen the stomach and relieve pain; Saposhnikovia divaricata has sweating, antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects; Platycodon grandiflorum is used for expelling pus and resolving phlegm ... Tu Su wine is not so much for preventing diseases and strengthening the body.

No matter the custom or the eating custom, it is for eating and playing at first, but it is actually very warm.