What are the customs and taboos during the Spring Festival?

Introduction: Chinese New Year is a process in which people enjoy happiness. During the Chinese New Year, we need to live according to customs, and we also need to pay attention to what we can't do, so that we can finish this year safely and smoothly, and the next whole year will be smooth. So, what are the customs and taboos for the New Year? The following is a complete list of taboos I brought with me for the New Year. Interested friends come and have a look.

What are the customs and taboos during the Spring Festival?

1, post a blessing.

During the Spring Festival, every household should put the word "Fu" on doors, walls and lintels.

Step 2 Eat jiaozi

Jiaozi is a folk food with a long history and is deeply loved by people. There is a folk saying "delicious but not as good as jiaozi".

3, lucky money

When visiting the New Year during the Spring Festival, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can kill evil spirits, because "old" and "expensive" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend a year safely with lucky money.

Step 4 set off firecrackers

There is a folk proverb in China, "Open the door and set off firecrackers". That is, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecracker is a specialty of China, also known as "Firecracker", "Firecracker" and "Firecracker".

5. Happy New Year

New Year greeting is a traditional folk custom in China, and it is a way for people to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and express their best wishes to each other. In ancient times, the original meaning of the word "Happy New Year" was to pay New Year greetings to the elderly, including kowtowing to the elderly, congratulating them on a happy New Year and greeting their lives.

A complete list of taboos during the New Year in China.

New Year's Eve (New Year's Eve):

1, don't say unlucky things on New Year's Eve.

No matter whether you keep the New Year's Eve or not, don't turn off the lights at home and keep them on all night, which means the bright future.

The debt of the previous year should be paid off before New Year's Eve. If you have been in debt for the New Year, you can't come to collect debts from the first day to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

4. Be sure to prepare fish for the New Year's Eve dinner and say "more than enough". When eating fish, leave the head and tail behind, which means that there will be not only food and clothing, but also a surplus in the coming year.

5. Avoid pouring sewage, taking out garbage, throwing sundries, sweeping the floor, sprinkling water and urinating everywhere on New Year's Eve. It is said that if you are not careful, it will spill on the immortal, and the immortal's anger will bring disaster to people.

6. Red is posted on New Year's Eve, and the word "Fu" cannot be posted backwards. The gate is a place to welcome Fu, and the word "Fu" should be posted. If your door is facing the neighbor's door, be sure to hang two Chinese knots on the door frame outside your door to avoid disadvantages.

Spring Festival (New Year's Day):

1, avoid breaking bowls, mirrors and other glass ceramics, including glass bottles and other beauty products and appliances during the Spring Festival. In case you break your fortune and accidentally break the folk prescription, you should wrap it in red paper, put it on the altar first, say the auspicious words of "Peace through the years" and discard it five days later.

2. Avoid bathing, shampooing and washing clothes in the morning of the Spring Festival, so as not to wash away the fortune.

Don't call others' names to wake people up during the Spring Festival, which will make them be urged to do things all year round.

Avoid eating porridge, meat and medicine in the morning of Spring Festival. In ancient times, the poor could not afford porridge, and eating porridge during the Spring Festival would lead to poverty for a whole year.

It is forbidden to kill animals during the Spring Festival, so it is not suitable for eating meat. Therefore, there is a proverb in Taiwanese that "eating vegetables in the early morning of the New Year's Day just wins a year of fasting".

6. Try not to take medicine during the Spring Festival. Unless you are seriously ill, healthy people are not suitable for taking tonic on this day, and they will be embarrassed to be ill for a year.

7. Don't cook new meals during the Chinese New Year, and eat the rest of the New Year's Eve. It means that last year's food can't be eaten, and there is still some left this year.

8. Don't take a nap during the Spring Festival. As the old saying goes, "Don't sleep by day", and people should not be lazy. Taking a nap on New Year's Day will affect your career.

9. Avoid washing clothes two days before the Spring Festival. It is said that these two days are the birthday of the water god. Dirty washing will annoy the water god.

The second day of the first month:

1. On the second day of the first month, when the daughter returns to her parents' home, it is forbidden to return the gift money as a single. Because the singular number is traditionally considered unlucky, the gifts that the son-in-law brings back to her family must be in pairs.

2, avoid laundry on the second day of the first month, it is said that these two days are the birthday of the water god, so avoid laundry.

The third day of the first month:

1, on the third day of the first month, don't light the mouse when it gets married.

2. On the third day of the first month, red dogs are forbidden to pay New Year greetings. Red dogs are angry gods and should not go out to pay New Year's greetings.

The fourth day of the first month:

Don't go out on the fourth day of the first month, because this day is a day for the people to welcome the gods, kitchen gods and family gods to protect their families. Kitchen gods will call the roll and should not go out.

The fifth day of the first month:

Don't mess up on the fifth day of the first month. We must clean up the garbage we make during the Chinese New Year. This is called "sending the poor", otherwise it will bring poverty.

The sixth day of the first month:

The sixth day of the first month is horse day, which is a day to "send God". There is nothing particularly taboo when shops start to resume business.

The seventh day of the first month:

On the seventh day of the first month, it is people's birthday, and it is also the custom of having dinner, eating and drinking, setting off fireworks, and it is the "birthday of fire".

But the seventh day of the first month is the seventh evil day, so it is not appropriate to do anything, especially not to travel far.

The eighth day of the first month:

The eighth day of the first month is the valley day, and the stars are in the lower bound, so they should be sacrificed to the stars. On this day, temples usually set up altars to offer sacrifices to the stars and receive alms. There must be no shortage of food at home on this day.

The ninth day of the first month:

On the ninth day of the first month, it is the birthday in the sky and the Christmas of the Jade Emperor. It is necessary to hold a grand ceremony to worship the heavens, and avoid drying clothes and being choosy.

On the tenth day of the first month:

The 10th day of the first month is the Stone Festival, which is the birthday of the Stone God. Don't use any stone tools such as grinding, grinding and grinding, or even burn incense to worship stone tools.