What are the customs during the Spring Festival?

December of the lunar calendar is the twelfth lunar month, and the folk customs of the twelfth lunar month are very rich. After drinking Laba porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Lunar New Year is celebrated on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and then the house is cleaned, Spring Festival couplets are written, and new year's goods are bought until New Year's Eve.

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December of the lunar calendar is called "twelfth lunar month", and it was also called "twelfth lunar month" in ancient times. This title has little to do with natural seasons, but mainly with the 20-year-old sacrifice. The so-called "wax" was originally the name of sacrifice at the end of the year. Han Yingshao's "Customs" says that "Jia Ping, Qing Si, Zhou uses big wax, and Han changes big wax. Those who wax and hunt say that they hunt animals in the fields to sacrifice to their ancestors. " Or: "Those who wax, accept it, hand over the old and the new, so it is a big sacrifice." What is said here is that whether animals are sacrificed to ancestors after hunting or to gods because of the alternation of old and new, they are all engaged in sacrificial activities anyway, so the twelfth lunar month is a "sacrificial month". Broadly speaking, the Chinese New Year begins on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, even after drinking Laba porridge, and ends on the 15th day of the first month of the first month. In the past, some official families even postponed the Spring Festival to February 2, when the dragon looked up, which can be seen from the classic Dream of Red Mansions.

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The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month-Laba porridge

Laba Festival, commonly known as Laba, is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. The ancients had a tradition of offering sacrifices to ancestors and gods and praying for good harvest and good luck. In some areas, they have the custom of drinking Laba porridge.

Laba porridge was cooked with adzuki beans and glutinous rice in ancient times, and then the materials were gradually increased. Now, glutinous rice, red beans, dates, chestnuts, peanuts, ginkgo, lotus seeds and lilies are used to cook sweet porridge. Longan, longan and candied fruit are all ripe. Eating a steaming bowl of Laba porridge in winter is delicious and nutritious, which can really increase happiness and prolong life.

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Twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month-honeydew melon sticky

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, also called "off-year", is the day when people worship the kitchen. There is a folk custom that "men don't Yue Bai, women don't offer sacrifices to stoves", so the owner of offering sacrifices to stoves is limited to men. Among the folk gods in China, the qualification of Kitchen God has a long history. Kitchen God, in the Xia Dynasty, has become a respected god. Starting from the Zhou Dynasty, the imperial palace also included sacrificial stoves in sacrificial ceremonies, and established rules for sacrificial stoves throughout the country, which became a fixed ceremony.

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December-sweeping the house

After the Stove Festival, preparations for the Chinese New Year officially began.

Dust-cleaning day, that is, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, is a year-end cleaning. Every household cleans cobwebs, raises dust and cleans them up. In addition, pay attention to wearing masks, hats and glasses when cleaning. Change clothes in time after sweeping the dust.

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On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month-See the Jade Emperor (grinding bean curd)

According to the old custom, when the kitchen god goes to heaven (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month), the jade emperor in the sky will personally go down to the lower bound on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month to investigate the good and evil on earth and decide the fortunes of the coming year, so every household should offer a blessing to it, which is called "receiving the jade emperor".

On this day, the folk activities of the Han nationality mainly include picking up the jade emperor, raising silkworms in the fields, the Thousand Lantern Festival, and driving away chaos. And we should be careful in our daily life and words on this day and strive for good performance in order to win the favor of the Jade Emperor and bring happiness to the next year.

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On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month-kill pigs and cut meat.

The 26th of the twelfth lunar month refers to the common name of the 26th of the twelfth lunar month in our country. One of the customs of the Han nationality during the Spring Festival. On this day, we will cut annual meat and start buying new year's goods.

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December 27th-Killing Year Chicken

Common name for New Year's Eve on December 27th of the lunar calendar. It is a traditional custom of the Spring Festival of the Han nationality. The folk proverb of the Han nationality says, "On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, kill the chicken and catch a big gathering".

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Twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month-face-sending.

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Han folk songs include "Twenty-eight of the twelfth lunar month, mixing noodles" and "Twenty-eight of the twelfth lunar month, steamed cakes and decorative flowers". The traditional folk custom of the Han nationality has 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.

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Twenty-nine of the twelfth lunar month-steamed bread

The day before New Year's Eve on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month is called Xiaonian30, a folk culture of the Han nationality. On this day, there will be a banquet at home and people will visit each other to celebrate the New Year. Burning incense outdoors is called Tianxiang, which usually takes three days.

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130 February-overnight

The 30th of the twelfth lunar month, also called New Year's Eve, is one of the traditional festivals in China. The evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month) every year.

On this day, the main traditional folk activities are offering sacrifices to ancestors, putting up doors, setting off firecrackers, giving lucky money, eating New Year's Eve and sending the God of Wealth.

On New Year's Eve, people in China usually stay up all night. As the saying goes, "thirty without sleep."

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The first to fifteenth day of the first month.

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The first day of the lunar new year

In traditional customs, New Year's Day greetings must be paid by elders or neighbors, who generally don't go far away. Folklore experts told reporters that it is actually directly related to New Year's Eve. According to legend, every New Year's Eve, animals will come out to do evil. After a night's vigil and setting off firecrackers at midnight, people scared away the animals, so people opened the door to congratulate each other on the first morning of the first day.

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The second day of the first lunar month.

Keywords: Children's Day/Sacrifice to the God of Wealth (Eid al-Fitr)

The second day of the first month is also a New Year's greeting, but the daughter who got married on this day will take her son-in-law with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go home. For example, bring gifts in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house.

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On the third day of the first month

Keywords: Sheep Day/Burning Door God Paper/Xiaomi Birthday/Little Year Tide

In traditional customs, the third day of the first month is considered as the day when mice marry girls, so they should rest early at night and don't disturb mice to marry girls. Rats have a taste of "whoever doesn't let me have a good day, I will make him feel bad for a whole year". If they are disturbed and marry a daughter, rats will hurt the family.

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The fourth day of the first month

Keywords: Welcome to Kitchen God

In the past, the boss wanted to "fire" a person. On this day, he came to worship God uninvited. The other party knew it well and packed up and left. There is also a legend that Kitchen God will come to check the household registration this day, so it is not advisable to travel far.

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The fifth day of the first month

Keywords: Welcome the God of Wealth/Road God/Send the poor/Open the market

The fifth day, also called "Breaking the Fifth Day", is a big day for businessmen. This day is to pray for a bumper year and meet the god of wealth. "The store will open its doors and set off firecrackers on this day."

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The sixth day of the first month

Keywords: Stone Birthday/Send to the Poor (Send to the Son)

On the fifth day, I just welcomed the god of wealth into the door, and on the sixth day, I will send away the poor god. On the day of sending the poor god, we will do a general cleaning at home and throw away all the rubbish, useless rags and the like. In addition, you should also drink a vegetarian soup, which is made of seven kinds of vegetables such as spinach and green vegetables.

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The seventh day of the first month

Key words: human day/fishing for raw fish/spreading pancakes/hiking/climbing.

Also known as People's Victory Day, People's Celebration Day, Population Day and People's Seven Days. Legend has it that Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, people had the custom of "men winning". The man won as a headdress. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers and people, or put gold foil on people's screens and put it on their hair.

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The eighth day of the first month

Key Day: Guri/Shunxing

On the eighth day of the first month, people make small lanterns and burn them for sacrifice, which is called Shunxing, also called "offering sacrifices to stars" and "receiving stars". Some people say that the eighth day is Xiaomi's birthday. If the weather is fine, there will be a bumper harvest of rice, and it will be cloudy.

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Early September

Keywords: sun/

The ninth day of the first month is heaven, commonly known as "born in heaven". It is said that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. The main customs are offering sacrifices to the jade emperor and Taoist temple to heaven. In some places, when the weather is fine, women will prepare incense sticks and fast rice bowls and put them in the open air at the entrance of patio lane to worship heaven and pray for God's blessing.

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The tenth day of the first month

Keywords: stone does not move

On this day, all stone tools such as grinding and grinding can't be moved, and even sacrifices are set up to enjoy the stones, for fear of hurting crops. Also known as "stone does not move" and "ten does not move". Henan custom: On this day, every household pays tribute and burns incense on stones. You must eat steamed stuffed buns for lunch, thinking that you can make a fortune within one year after eating cake. In Yuncheng, Shandong and other places, there is a move to lift the stone god. In early Kuya, a crock was frozen on a smooth stone, and ten boys or girls took turns to carry it. If the stone does not fall to the ground, it indicates a bumper harvest that year.

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Eleventh day of the first month

Key day: son-in-law day

There is a saying in folk songs that "the son-in-law is invited on the eleventh day", that is, the eleventh day of the first month is the "son-in-law's day", on which the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. According to legend, this is because the food celebrated on the ninth day can't be eaten until the tenth day, so it is used to invite the son-in-law to dinner on the eleventh day, and the family doesn't have to spend any more money.

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The twelfth day of the first month

Keywords: building a light shed

From the new year to the eleventh day of the first month, most of the food people eat is greasy. So from this day on, people began to eat lightly, clearing intestines and moistening dryness. More importantly, since the Lantern Festival will be celebrated in three days, we should start making preparations from this day. At home, we will buy lanterns and build a light shed.

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The thirteenth day of the first month

Keywords: buying lanterns/lighting

Today is the thirteenth day of the first lunar month. Preparations for the Lantern Festival are still going on. In the south of China, people enjoy lanterns on this day. On this day, an endless stream of China people will go to the Chenghuang Temple to enjoy the lanterns. And this is just the prelude to the Lantern Festival. Besides traditional red lanterns, there are many different styles of lanterns. The lantern show usually starts today and ends on the 18th day of the first month.

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The fourteenth day of the first month

Keywords: solving the riddle on the lantern

Today is the fourteenth day of the first lunar month. In most parts of China, everything on 14 is for the Lantern Festival the next day. On this day, the Lantern Festival is open for people to buy lanterns. For the Lantern Festival, performances such as dragon and lion dances began to be staged in the street. Some people write riddles on lanterns to add to the festive atmosphere. In China, riddles are very traditional crossword puzzles. Adults and children like to solve these problems.

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The fifteenth day of the first month

Keywords: Lantern Festival

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a kind of food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among the people. This kind of food was originally called "Floating Zi Yuan", later called "Yuanxiao", and merchants also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, or "Tangyuan", contains sugar, roses, sesame seeds, red bean paste, cinnamon bark, walnut kernel, nuts, jujube paste and so on. And wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle, you can be vegetarian and have different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion. Jiaozi, Shaanxi is not wrapped, but "rolled" in glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, warm and round.

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