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Write a composition about Chaozhou New Year customs.

After the kitchen god went to heaven on December 24 of the lunar calendar, Chaoshan people began to prepare for the New Year. Every household carries out cleaning, rearrangement and decoration inside and outside the house; Steamed hearts, rat treading koji and other products; Buy new year's goods and new clothes; Haircut, beauty. Slaughter the "Three Birds" early on New Year's Eve and buy sacrificial items. After lunch, the whole family should take a bath, put on new clothes, pay homage to their ancestors, put up Spring Festival couplets, hang lanterns and put up notices on the walls. It is to set up a stove in the hall at night, and the family will have a reunion dinner around the stove. No matter how far your family is usually scattered, you should hurry home for reunion. After "surrounding the kitchen", elders should give their elders "lucky money" and those who can earn money should also give them red envelopes, which are called "waist-pressing pockets". On this day, you can't make noise and break plates, bowls and other utensils. If you break them, you can say something auspicious to make up for your mistakes, such as "opening your mouth to make a fortune", which symbolizes that the whole family is full from beginning to end. The water tank at home should be filled with water and the rice tank should be filled with rice, so as to

It symbolizes "more than a year". Stay up all night, and every family stays up all year.

Spring Festival is a sacred day, so there are many taboos in Chaoshan, such as not sweeping the floor, not washing clothes, and being afraid of losing money; Don't use long and short chopsticks when eating, or you will miss the opportunity in the transition; Don't eat porridge or drink rice soup, or it will rain when you go out; Don't speak ill, swear or fight. If a child hits or scolds a child, parents should apologize with a pair of oranges and wish others good luck.