What are the festival times and customs of the month of Lunar New Year?

1, Lapa, drink Lapa congee.

Every year, the eighth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year is the Chinese Laha Festival, which is said to have originated in Buddhism, where monks cooked Laha congee with grains and fruits and gave it to their disciples.

Later introduced into China, Laha Festival began to become a festival of worship of ancestors, worship of the gods of the grains, Laha Festival bowl of Laha congee, wishing themselves a new year, "eight sides of the wealth, everything 'porridge' to".

2. On the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, you can sacrifice to the Jade Emperor and pray for peace.

The fifteenth full moon, representing the completion of the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year is the end of the year, on this day, the folk custom is to "sacrifice to the Jade Emperor, praying for peace," the past, people have to write a "peace of mind" to the Jade Emperor to express their prayers for peace. Jade Emperor to express the desire to pray for peace, no matter how this year, but hope that next year, safe and sound, healthy.

3, Lunar New Year 23, commonly known as the "small year", Zao Wang Wang to heaven.

Annually, the 23rd day of the Lunar New Year is also known as the small year, is the day of worship of Zao Wang, legend has it that Zao Wang in this day to report to the Jade Emperor the family's good and evil, New Year's Eve back to reward the good and punish the bad, blessing and disaster, so people in this day, will take the sugar melon sticky Zao Wang's mouth, I hope that he could be more to say some good things.

4, Lunar New Year's Eve, dusting and sweeping the house.

The twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the day of the end of the cleaning, the north called "sweeping room", the south called "dusting", families have to clean the courtyard, cleaning utensils, unwashing bedding, dredge the ditches, clean up the inside and outside! clean and happy to welcome the coming of the New Year.

5. The 25th day of the Lunar New Year is the day to receive the Jade Emperor.

After the Zaoshen went up to heaven, the Jade Emperor himself would come down to the world to inspect the good and evil on earth, and judge the coming year's misfortune. Therefore, on this day, every family sacrificed and prayed for blessings, which was called "Receiving the Jade Emperor", and they were very careful about what they said and did, in order to win the heart of the Jade Emperor, and hoped that they could be blessed in the coming year.

6, Lunar New Year's Eve 26, the teeth.

Anciently, twice a month to sacrifice to the Lord of the land, called the "tooth festival", Lunar New Year's Eve 26 is the last time in a year to play the tooth festival, so also known as the "Tail Teeth Festival", is the grandest of the year, the people in the past! The day when people can eat meat is the most grandiose of the year, and in the past, people could seldom touch meat, so they called this day when they can eat meat "tooth festival".

7, Lunar New Year's Eve, the cake steamed buns paste flowers.

The ballad says, "On the 28th day of the Lunar New Year, the cake is steamed and steamed buns are pasted with flowers", which on the one hand is the preparation of the New Year's staple food, and on the other hand is the pasting of Spring Festival couplets and window displays, and the custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets originated from the ancient peach symbols, which the ancients believed to have a role in warding off evil and driving away epidemics.

8, Lunar New Year's Eve 29, go to the grave to invite ancestors on the big offerings.

New Year's rhyme says "Lunar New Year's Eve is the 29th day of the Lunar New Year, and the family should burn incense outdoors to celebrate the new year, as well as going to the graves to invite ancestors, set up the tablets and tributes, and offer sacrifices to the ancestors.

9, the New Year's Eve vigil.

The day of the New Year's Eve is the day when the old and the new of the year come to an end. On this day, people make dumplings, observe the New Year's Eve, set off firecrackers to welcome the New Year, and the family eats a reunion dinner together, wishing for happiness and well-being in the coming year.