What are the New Year customs in Foshan? How did Foshan get its name?

1. Foshan’s Spring Festival customs are part of the traditional Spring Festival customs of Guangdong Province.

2. According to different expression forms and customary times, it can be roughly divided into three categories: welcoming the spring in the twelfth lunar month, celebrating the New Year, and praying for blessings to the gods. From the second half of the twelfth lunar month to the thirtieth of the twelfth lunar month, there are customs to welcome the spring, including thanking the stove, sweeping the house, celebrating the spring festival, opening the oil wok, walking on the flower street, selling laziness, lighting up the lamps on New Year's Eve, and taking responsibility for the new year ("responsibility" means "pressure") )wait. From the first day of the first lunar month to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, it is the new year. New Year customs include: lighting firecrackers to celebrate the new year, welcoming the God of Wealth, buying giant clams for making a fortune, singing dragon boat songs and carp songs, paying New Year greetings, walking on the bank road, and waking up. Lion celebrates the New Year and so on. The main customs of praying for gods during the Spring Festival include: visiting ancestral temples on the first day of the lunar month, visiting gods and praying for blessings, Lantern Festival and lantern shows, Lantern Festival outings, lettuce parties, burning fireworks and performing dramas, and the sixteenth line of the first lunar month.

3. Foshan, referred to as "Zen", is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, a Buddhist pagoda and temple was built here, and it was considered the "Buddhist Mountain", hence its name.