Characteristics of Spring Festival Customs in Henan Province

The customs and characteristics of the Spring Festival in Henan are: cooking on the eve of the 30 th, taboo on the first day of the New Year, many temple fairs in Henan, visiting relatives, and breaking the festival on the fifth day.

1, enjoy 30 nights.

You have to stay up for 30 nights, which is called "staying up for a long time" in Henan dialect. Who stays up long is the happiest. As a result, children are often so excited that they don't sleep at midnight, and adults fall asleep early. Then, at midnight, firecrackers must be set off to start the new year.

There are taboos on New Year's Day.

On New Year's Day, adults generally like to get up early. Children who sleep late under a quilt will be dragged up, and some will be awakened by hanging firecrackers instead of being dragged up. Then cook jiaozi, respect the heaven, the land, the ancestors and the whole family. On the first day of New Year's Day, many taboos are considered unlucky, such as sweeping the floor, taking out the garbage, moving scissors and making loud noises.

3. Crowded temple fairs

There are many markets to watch with adults, all kinds of lion and dragon dances and yangko performances, and get some snacks by the way. This is also the happiest time. The temple fair must first have a temple, arrange a trustworthy god in the temple, find a good day to say hello to God, and the incense of offering sacrifices to the gods and ancestors is indispensable; Temple fairs are very interesting. If you want to experience the fun of temple fairs, an uncrowded temple fair is definitely not a good temple fair.

Step 4 visit relatives

There are many rules for visiting relatives in Henan, which last for a long time. It runs through the whole festival. It is called "early years" before the first grade, and "old age" after the sixteenth grade. The peak period is from the first day to the fifteenth day, and ends on the second day of February after the delivery of new year's goods. The custom of worshipping my father-in-law on the first, second and third days of junior high school is widely circulated among the people in Henan.

Step 5 take a five-minute break

Breaking five means that you can break the taboo during the Chinese New Year. You must eat jiaozi and set off firecrackers when you get up early that day. Five miles is different from customs, and ten miles becomes rules. In Pingdingshan, Xuchang, Nanyang, Baofeng and other places in Henan, firecrackers are usually set off at noon, but after five days, noodles or porridge are not allowed, and steamed bread is not allowed.