Every Spring Festival. What do people do? What are the symbols and implications?

Spring Festival custom: offering sacrifices to the kitchen god;

Offering sacrifices to stoves is a popular and influential custom in China. In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god. Legend has it that he was named "Commander-in-Chief of the Nine-Day East Chef" by the Jade Emperor, who was in charge of the stoves and fires of various families. People call this kind of god "Commander-in-Chief Bodhisattva" or "Chef's Commander-in-Chief" and are worshipped as the protector of the family.

The folk song "Twenty-three, cantaloupe stick" refers to the annual sacrifice on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and it is said that "officials, three people, four boatmen and five", that is, the official government held the sacrifice on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, ordinary people held it on the 24th, and houseboats held it on the 25th.

Legend has it that on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God will ascend to heaven and report the good and evil of this family for a year to the Jade Emperor. According to Kitchen God's report, the Jade Emperor will give the family the good and bad fortune they deserve in the new year to Kitchen God.

The ceremony of sending the kitchen god is called "sending the kitchen" or "saying goodbye to the kitchen". People presented red candles and honeydew melons, and sent Kitchen God to heaven with solemn ceremony, hoping that Kitchen God would "speak well in heaven and be lucky in the next life".

Today, this custom is still followed in many rural areas. "Twenty-four, cleaning day". To welcome the new, we must first get rid of the old. Dust removal is year-end cleaning, which is called "house cleaning" in the north and "dust removal" in the south.

Sweeping dust before the Spring Festival is a traditional custom in our country. On the day of dusting, the whole family began to clean the house and yard together, scrub the pots and pans, dismantle and wash the bedding, and greet the New Year cleanly. In fact, people use the homonym of "dust" and "Chen" to express their willingness to get rid of the old and welcome the new.

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About the origin of the Spring Festival:

The Spring Festival has a long history. It originated from many kinds of statements. There are several representative sayings, such as the Spring Festival originated in La Worship, the Spring Festival originated in witchcraft ceremony, and the Spring Festival originated in Ghost Festival, but it is generally believed that the Spring Festival originated in Yu Shun.

One day more than 2000 BC, Shun became emperor and led his men to worship heaven and earth. Since then, people have regarded this day as the beginning of a year. This is the origin of the Lunar New Year, which was later called the Spring Festival.