What does this mean?

Due to the regional differences between north and south, there is no fixed time for Lunar New Year's Eve. It's the 24th of the twelfth lunar month in the south and the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the north. In some areas of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month and the night before New Year's Eve are both called Lunar New Year's Eve. It is the fifteenth day of the first month in Nanjing and the sixteenth day in some parts of Yunnan. However, Lunar New Year's Eve represents people's expectation for a better life in the new year.

What is the exact date of Lunar New Year's Eve?

New Year's Eve is one of the traditional festivals in China, which is also called the Day of Sacrificing Kitchen. Due to the difference between the north and the south, the Lunar New Year's Eve in the south is usually not the same day, and in the north it is the 24th and 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, every household began to prepare new year's goods and sweep away dust and offer sacrifices to welcome the New Year, which is also people's beautiful expectation for the New Year.

In some Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas, the night before the 24th of the twelfth lunar month and New Year's Eve is called off-year; In Nanjing, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is called off-year; In some areas of Yunnan, off-year is on the 16th day of the first month, and so on. Therefore, off-year is not a specific day; Due to local customs, the days called off-year are also different.

What are the customs during the Spring Festival?

The most important custom on New Year's Eve is to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god. It is said that on Lunar New Year's Eve, the Kitchen God will tell the Jade Emperor what the family has done in the past year, and the Jade Emperor will decide whether to reward or punish according to the report. Kitchen God Festival is also a festival to send the kitchen god to heaven.

On New Year's Eve, the north usually pays attention to eating jiaozi, while the south will make rice cakes. The shape of jiaozi is similar to that of "Yuanbao", which represents luck and wealth, while the homonym "Niangao" means getting taller every year. In addition, the sticky rice cake is stuck on the mouth of the kitchen god, asking him to tell the sky that he only says good things, not bad things.