What are the characteristics of Zhejiang New Year's customs?

One, the night in front of the door to light wax, the door to hang red

In addition to the Chinese New Year unique lanterns, couplets, fortune, in the evening of the New Year's Eve, each family will light two candles in front of the door. Candlelight flickers in the wind, and street after street of orange-red candles form a bright and sparkling road to guide the way for those returning home.

Second, the first day of the Lunar New Year, go to the mountains to sweep the tomb, the temple to burn incense

In the eyes of the vast majority of people, sweeping the tomb is the Qingming Festival only to do things, but in some areas of Wenzhou, the Spring Festival is the time to sweep the tomb. As for the historical origins of tomb-sweeping in the Spring Festival, it's a long story. Until now, the first day of the New Year tomb sweeping has the meaning of "please ancestors together with the New Year".

Three, soy sauce meat with rice

Soy sauce meat is also considered a Wenzhou specialty, Wenzhou people self-produced soy sauce meat and other provinces of bacon is different, usually will not be stored for a long time, the end of the year to make, immediately following the Spring Festival will be on the table. And is often a slice of meat or layered thickness of moderate three fat sandwich two lean

Four, sacrificing the God of the stove

The first day of the New Year's breakfast must be prepared on New Year's Eve, put on the table. The stove cannot be opened on the first day of the year. The wall of each house is left with a space on the wall affixed to the God of the stove, the morning before starting to eat breakfast to the God of the stove in front of the sacrificial lamp open, each dish is a little clip to a small dish, placed in front of the lamp, and then put two small orange, praying for the God of the stove to bless the whole family a year will not go hungry.

Five, year-old wine

New Year's Eve dinner in Wenzhou people here have a unique call: year-old wine, the New Year, when the old year alternates, can not be less year-old wine. Wenzhou people attach great importance to the year-end wine, the early New Year's sunshine system, pounding rice cakes, sacrificial stove ...... all folk activities are centered around the New Year's Eve one by one to carry out.