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1what is the custom of February 28th?

China folk songs on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month include "the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, mixing noodles" and "the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, steamed cakes and decorative flowers". China's folk tradition reached the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Whether it's mixing noodles or making buns, every household should start preparing the staple food for the New Year.

The 28th of the twelfth lunar month is the common name of the 28th of the twelfth lunar month in Chinese lunar calendar, and it is also one of the traditional festivals of the Spring Festival in China. China folk songs on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month include "the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, mixing noodles" and "the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, steamed cakes and decorative flowers". China's folk tradition reached the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Whether it's mixing noodles or making buns, every household should start preparing the staple food for the New Year. Customs vary from place to place. For example, in the border areas of Shandong, Hebei and Henan provinces, and in the border areas of Susong and Taihu Lake in Anhui Province, many people with surnames celebrate the New Year on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

The 28th of the twelfth lunar month is a festive year. Generally, uncles, aunts, cousins, daughters, sons-in-law, cousins and so on from other places get together for a reunion dinner. Dinner will be served at five or six in the morning on the 28th. I didn't sit down until dawn. New Year's Eve is a year of less reunion, and there is a family reunion.

The "decals" on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month are New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets and stick grilles. Among them, the custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets originated from the ancient "Fu Tao". The ancients used peach wood as a wood to ward off evil spirits. The Book of Arts said, "Peach is the essence of five trees, so it also suppresses evil spirits." In the Five Dynasties, Meng Changya, the monarch of the post-Shu Dynasty, was good at literature. Every year, he made people write inscriptions for Fu Tao, which became the origin of Spring Festival couplets in later generations. The inscription on the Fu Tao "New Year's Qing Yu, Spring Festival Changchun" became the first "Spring Festival couplets" in China's recorded history.