The custom of Chaoshan people celebrating the Spring Festival

1, Chaoshan customs, starting from the second day of the twelfth lunar month. The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is the day when "Master goes to heaven". The so-called "master" is the god who has been looking forward to protecting family security in the family for a long time. From the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month to the 4th day of the first lunar month, he must go to heaven to "report on his work". On this day, every household will "worship the Lord" and beg him to "speak well from heaven"

After Master died, every household cleaned up to sweep away all the disappointments in previous years, and cleaned themselves, including washing their hair, taking a bath and getting a haircut, so as to eliminate disasters and diseases.

2. One or two days before the Chinese New Year, every household will start to prepare the staple food for the Chinese New Year, the most important of which is to make clams, such as heart clams, mouse clams, sweet clams and cauliflower clams. There are chickens, ducks, geese, fish, pork and so on. With the development of the times, more and more people now choose to buy goods in the market.

It is a matter of course to have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve! Before having the reunion dinner, we must "worship Gong Zu" (worship our ancestors) and invite our ancestors to dinner first. After that, the whole family sat together for dinner, which ushered in a beautiful moment of family reunion.

Eat vegetables from beginning to end, which means a long time. When eating fish, you should deliberately eat some leftovers, which means that you still have more than one year. There is also a must-have dish for New Year's Eve, that is, vampire, which looks very "heavy" and contains the meaning of making a fortune. Eating bloody food is unacceptable to others, but Chaoshan people enjoy it.

After New Year's Eve, the whole family will get together to "keep watch", commonly known as "endure the year". Traditionally, keeping old is to pray for parents' longevity. At midnight, people set off firecrackers to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

On New Year's Eve or New Year's Day, the younger generation will pay New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders will send lucky money, commonly known as "lucky money", which means that their pockets are full of reality and wealth all year round. The younger generation with income should also send money to their elders. In some families, when children sleep, parents will put a large bill in their children's belly pocket and bring it back after waking up.

During the Spring Festival, Chaoshan people will also visit relatives and friends for New Year's greetings. As the Chaoshan saying goes, "the first day and the second day have the meaning of New Year's greetings, and the third day and the fourth day have no intention of New Year's greetings." It is said that the sooner you pay a New Year call, the more you can see its sincerity.

People who pay New Year's greetings usually bring two oranges to their hosts (namely Chaozhou oranges, homophonic), and the hosts will also give back two oranges. The host and guest wish each other happiness, congratulations on making a fortune and adding blessings. There is such a joke. On New Year's Day, when I went out, I only put two oranges in my trouser pocket. After the New Year call, those two oranges are still in your trouser pocket. Therefore, some people joked that the custom of New Year's greetings at the beginning of the year was "orange-changing movement".

6. On the second day of the first month, the married daughter should take her husband and children back to her family (called "home" in Chaoshan dialect) to pay a New Year call. Daughters and sons-in-law who go home must bring gifts.

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taboo

Because the first month is the beginning of a year, Chaoshan people often regard it as a sign of good or bad luck in the New Year, so there are many "taboos" during the New Year.

Bad, bad, no, death, light, ghost, killing, illness, pain, loss, poverty and other unfortunate words are forbidden to say.

It is also necessary to avoid crying of babies, because crying is "not winning the first prize", which indicates illness and disaster. Therefore, even if the child is in trouble on this day, don't fight or reprimand him, lest he cry endlessly. Behavior, end cup, end plate, end bowl, end plate should be extra careful not to break. When you accidentally break them, taking water is just a form. The custom of prohibiting sweeping the floor is gradually being eliminated, because firecrackers are set off during the Spring Festival, people come and go, and there are a lot of scraps of paper and garbage on the ground. It's really harmful not to clean. Therefore, starting from paying attention to hygiene, many young people are not very particular about these traditional taboo customs.

Creditors are not allowed to collect debts on this day, because it is considered unlucky for both borrowers and borrowers. Also avoid taking things from other people's pockets. People think that pulling out a pocket on the first day of the first month may lead to the danger of being "hollowed out" for one year.

Avoid dead people and funerals, because it will bring bad luck to the family. At the same time, don't have a haircut on this day, because people always associate a haircut with a funeral on this day. Killing is even forbidden on this day. Killing is considered to lead to disasters such as knife disaster, soldier disaster and blood disaster. But now people's living standards have improved, and they have no qualms about eating fresh food for quick appetite.

In terms of diet, taking medicine is strictly prohibited on this day. Otherwise, I think it will lead to illness all the year round and take medicine constantly. There are several ways to avoid eating meat for breakfast on the first day of junior high school: one is to eat this meal quickly, and the effect is equal to one year; Another metaphor is frugality, not extravagance and waste.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Chaoshan Spring Festival