Spring Festival custom in hometown

From New Year's Eve to the 15th National Congress, the first day is early, the second day is early, and the third day is full. On the fourth day, I was attached to God, on the fifth day, I was separated, and on the sixth day, I was fat. End on the seventh day and finish on the eighth day; On the ninth day of the ninth day, there is food on the tenth day; Eleven invited a son-in-law, twelve stopped a son to worship, thirteen ate black glutinous rice with mustard, fourteen tied a lantern shed, and fifteen went to the Yuan Dynasty. From ancient times to the present, the custom of Chinese New Year has been constantly changing, which hides the beliefs and customs of the ancients and the pace of modern people keeping pace with the times. Whether you do it or not, believe it or not, you must see it first! Celebrate reunion around the stove on New Year's Eve ◆ New Year's Eve is called New Year's Eve, which means that the old year will be replaced by the new year tomorrow. On this afternoon, a sacrificial ceremony will be prepared to worship the gods and ancestors, which is called "resigning the old year". ◆ On New Year's Eve, the whole family get together and have a reunion dinner around the stove, and the later the better! ◆ Eat longevity vegetables (mustard in the north-central part of Taiwan Province Province and spinach in the south), swallow them in one gulp, chew them slowly, and you can live longer. ◆ The shape of jiaozi is like a gold ingot. Those who bite the hidden copper coins can be lucky and prosperous for a whole year! ◆ Remember to take a bath before dark, and dry the clothes after washing. Don't get wet during the Spring Festival! The temple will be closed on New Year's Eve. At midnight, the bell rang and believers flocked in. It is said that the person who wins the first fragrance will get good luck in the new year! ◆ Eating fish every year is more than enough; Eat leeks for a long time; The vegetable head will have a good start; Pills symbolize reunion; The rice cake means "step by step". ◆ After New Year's Eve, the elders will send lucky money to the younger generation to pray for a long life; Stay up all night until dawn, which is called "Shounian". Spring is auspicious on the first day of the New Year ◆ Set a good time with dry support, and set off firecrackers at that time, symbolizing driving away the Nian beast; And offering dumplings in front of the gods to show the beginning of spring. ◆ Wear new clothes and shoes, representing Vientiane's renewal! It is also said that wearing red underwear will make you "lucky" all year round. ◆ Go to the temple to pray, and pay attention to the direction when going out, and walk in the direction of Geely, thinking that this will bring good luck! In order to pray for a long life every year, the incense on the altar must be lit all day. Visit relatives and friends back and forth to wish each other good luck and health in the coming year. ◆ When driving out, you will sprinkle some "four-sided gold" and "Lu Gong gold" when passing through caves or continental bridges, which can eliminate disasters and solve problems and turn adversity into luck. This custom still exists in central China and Miaoli people. ◆ Eating melon seeds symbolizes "many children and grandchildren"; Sugar lotus seed means "continuous birth"; Sugar lotus root means "every year" ◆ Don't eat porridge. If you eat porridge on this day, you will get wet when you go out this year, and even the heavy rain will wash away the fields. In addition, eating porridge is a symbol of poverty. Eating porridge on the first day of school may lead to poverty in the future. ◆ Some Hakkas and Minnan people will have breakfast. It is said that being vegetarian on the first day of the month means being vegetarian all year round. ◆ It is strictly forbidden to sweep the garbage and take out the garbage, which will sweep away the good luck at home; If you really want to move the broom, remember to sweep it from the outside in! ◆ Try not to use the knife to cut the needle and thread. If there is any mistake, it will lead to bad luck such as broken line; It is also possible to cut off the financial path. Breaking dishes and cups on New Year's Day means that there will be "bad luck" this year. The folk prescription is wrapped in red paper, and auspicious words such as "Peace through the years" are read in the mouth, which can be put on the sacred case for a few days to resolve the disaster. ◆ No siesta. If a person takes a nap on this day, his field will collapse; If a woman takes a nap this day, the stove will collapse. This is also the ancient idea of persuading people not to be lazy. ◆ Avoid washing clothes, because the birthday of Water God is the second day of the first day, so it is not appropriate to wash clothes these two days. ◆ Don't lie in bed and say congratulations. Legend has it that you will stay in bed for years! ◆ Don't hit people, swear or cry, and leave a good sign. Avoid saying unlucky words such as "broken", "dead", "sick", "lost" and "defeated"; If you accidentally commit a taboo, you should vomit and say "children talk nonsense" to resolve the possible ominous consequences. ◆ Remember to pay off the debt before the Chinese New Year. If you have already owed money for the New Year, you can't come to collect debts from the first day to the fifth day, otherwise you will have bad luck for a whole year! ◆ Not suitable for killing. Killing will see blood, which is an ominous sign and will cause disasters such as knife disaster, soldier disaster and blood disaster. ◆ The married daughter can't go back to her family on the first day, which is said to ruin her family. On the second day of the New Year's Day, it is a festive day for a married daughter to take her son-in-law back to her mother's house, which is called "returning to the door". In the early days, the bride's family and brothers must come to meet them and prepare red envelopes to distribute to the younger generation. ◆ You can't go back empty-handed. Gifts for your family must be even, and odd numbers are unlucky. ◆ Make teeth. In the early days, the worship of the land Lord was mainly sacrificial ceremonies, but in modern times it has gradually changed to flowers and fruits. On the third day of the third year, the mouse got married ◆ You can sleep peacefully and get up late, because you are very tired from New Year's Eve to the second day, so you can take a good breath! ◆ Commonly known as "Red Dog Day", it is not appropriate to go out or entertain guests. According to legend, this day is the day when "mice get married". After nightfall, turn off the lights and go to bed early, so that the mouse family can hold a wedding. And sprinkle salt and rice all over the house. This is called "mouse sharing money". On the fourth day of the fourth lunar month, welcome to the kitchen god ◆ Welcome to the day when the kitchen god returns to the people. Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, so every household should stay at home, prepare abundant fruits, burn incense, light candles and set off firecrackers to welcome them. On the fifth day of the first year, it is called "breaking the fifth day" to worship the god of wealth and seek wealth. Because it can break the previous taboos after this day, it is also called "leaving the fifth day". ◆ On this day, the garbage has become "poor". It is necessary to clean the house and send the garbage out, commonly known as "sending the poor". ◆ "Five busy days", don't break ground, otherwise there may be disaster. This day is the birthday of the five-way god of wealth. Merchants set up offerings on the roadside, burned incense and worshipped god, in order to "get rich" and officially opened. Settle down on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month ◆ "People's Day", it is said that if the weather is fine on this day, the delegates will be comfortable; If it rains, diseases and plagues will appear. Also known as "Seven Evil Days", many things should not be done on this day, especially to avoid going out for a long trip. Happy birthday to the jade emperor on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month ◆ The ninth day is the jade emperor's birthday. People will prepare sacrifices in the center of the courtyard or temple and burn gold in the sky to celebrate the birthday of the Jade Emperor. The day when father-in-law fetes son-in-law, commonly known as son-in-law day. 12 Mother's Day went smoothly ◆ Daughter's Mother's Day. Eat big fish and meat for several days in a row. According to the traditional custom, you will eat light porridge with mustard on this day. Lantern Festival Shangyuan Festival, commonly known as Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, is the birthday of Emperor Tianguan and the last day of the Spring Festival. After that, everything returned to normal, so people celebrated enthusiastically. This is the so-called "off-year". On this day, we will eat Yuanxiao and carry lanterns. ◆ Taiwanese Miaoli Hakkas don't eat Yuanxiao, but cook it, also called "pig cage"? # 123; It is said that unmarried women can find a good husband by eating onions and vegetables in the dark after midnight snack! As the saying goes, "stealing onions is a good marriage." "Stealing food to marry a good husband. "Some taboos of the Lunar New Year ~ Taboos during the Lunar New Year: The Lunar New Year generally lasts from the first day to the fifth day. After the fifth day, it will be separated, indicating that one year has passed and it is time to return to normal life. There are some taboos in the traditional customs of Chinese New Year, such as not being angry and swearing, hitting children and so on. The following are taboos that most people often hear during the Chinese New Year. New Year's Day: 1. A married daughter can't go back to her parents' home: A daughter who gets married in the New Year will eat from a poor family, so she can only go back to her parents' home on the second or third day of the following year, but the implication is that the married daughter is already the daughter-in-law of another family, and many people in her husband's family will come to pay New Year greetings during the New Year, so the daughter-in-law can't go back to her parents' home on the first day. 2. Don't eat porridge, meat and medicine for breakfast: In the past, poor families only ate porridge, so they must eat dry food on the morning of New Year's Day, which means that the family will be rich all year round, while the morning of New Year's Day is called the gathering of the gods, which means that all the immortals come out to pay New Year's greetings. Therefore, to show respect, first of all, don't eat meat and be vegetarian. In addition, it is best not to eat general tonics and tonics on the first day of the New Year. 3. Don't call others' names to remind people to get up: Don't call others' names to remind people to get up on the first morning of the new year, which means that they need to urge each other to do things all year round. 4. Don't pay New Year greetings to people who are still sleeping: Don't pay New Year greetings to each other when they are still sleeping at the beginning of the year, wait until they get up, because this will make them lie in bed all year. Avoid washing clothes on the first day and the second day: water has a water god, and his birthday is the second day.