How do Hakkas greet the Spring Festival?

Hakka people have unique customs and cultural traditions. Beginning of spring customs are also rich and colorful. So, below, I will introduce it to you a

How do Hakkas greet the Spring Festival?

Hakka people have unique customs and cultural traditions. Beginning of spring customs are also rich and colorful. So, below, I will introduce it to you and welcome you to read it.

Beginning of spring Customs of Hakkas 1. Worship the god of spring.

Hakka Spring God, the ancient Ju Mang God, is the god in charge of agriculture among the gods. As a model group of agricultural civilization in China, Hakkas especially worship the Spring God. The custom of worshipping the God of Spring in Sanming Hakka is called "Spring Festival". When spring comes, farmers put red notes on the gate, such as "Welcome to Spring", "Welcome to Spring Home" and "Come to Fu Lin in Spring", to welcome the arrival of the spring god.

The season in beginning of spring is February 4th or 5th of the solar calendar, also known as the Gregorian calendar, that is, around the Hakka calendar in western Fujian. Beginning of spring is called "Spring in the Year" after the Lunar New Year, and beginning of spring is called "Spring Outside the Year" before the Lunar New Year. The so-called Spring Newspaper is the day before beginning of spring and the day in beginning of spring. People dressed as spring officials, officials or gods shouted "Spring is coming" and "Spring is coming" in the streets and clubs to report the news of spring to their neighbors. Another purpose of the custom of announcing spring is to bring back spring and Ju Mang.

The beginning of Hakka's second spring custom. Make love.

Hakka people in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian are used to calling beginning of spring "Spring Day". The Hakkas' "love for spring" doesn't include three days as one day in beginning of spring solar terms, but refers to the time when beginning of spring Day "spring" comes. When spring comes, Hakka traditional customs require every household to set off firecrackers to welcome them, and Hakka people in Sanming, western Fujian even worship heaven, which is called "receiving spring". On this day, when spring begins, even in the middle of the night, Hakka people in southern Jiangxi will light incense sticks and set off firecrackers to welcome spring. Then they will put on spring wine, eat spring rolls and light spring lanterns to celebrate each other as in the past.

How to judge the moment of spring? Hakkas often put their eggs upright. If they let go and the eggs don't fall, it is "spring". Or put the eggs in water, and the eggs floating horizontally on the water can stand up slowly in spring. Hakkas believe that only at this moment will the new year really begin. Whether it's "worshipping spring gods", "eating spring cakes", "sending spring cows" or "dancing spring cows", the Hakka custom of opening spring is very old and traditional.

In the Zhou Dynasty, there was a ceremony for the emperor to welcome the Spring in the East Hall. At that time, Ju Mang, the god of spring, was sacrificed. Ju Mang, also known as Mang God, is the god in charge of agriculture. In ancient times, the earliest Japanese worshippers of beginning of spring were not only full-time etiquette officials, but also farmers engaged in farming. In the Han Dynasty, there was a folk custom of offering sacrifices to spring cattle from 206 BC to 23 AD, and in the Song Dynasty, there was a custom of sending spring cattle and eating spring rolls from 960 AD to 65438 AD+0297 AD. Sending spring cattle is also called "calling for spring, playing spring and praising spring". A few days ago in beginning of spring, someone knocked on bamboo boards with a small gong, sang praises to spring, and sent pictures of spring cows from door to door.