Guangshui people New Year's Eve customs and habits of the Spring Festival

Traditional Festivals and Customs in Guangshui:

Seasonal Festivals

1. Traditional Festivals The traditional grand festivals of folklore are the Spring Festival, the Lantern Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival. Spring Festival December 30th of the lunar calendar (month small for the 29th) for the New Year's Eve. This day, family reunion, out of most to rush home to eat New Year's dinner. In the afternoon, families put up Spring Festival couplets, and in the evening, the whole family observes the New Year's Eve. The first day of the first month of the lunar calendar from 00:00 a.m., full dress, prepared candles, incense, paper, firecrackers, parents and some family members to go out and choose a direction, light candles, incense, burning yellow table, kowtow, burning firecrackers, to welcome the spring to receive the blessing, called the "travel" or "out of the heavenly side". Early in the morning to the morning, neighbors congratulate each other on New Year's Eve, meet and say "with your New Year's Eve", "congratulations on wealth", "New Year's Eve" and other words. In the afternoon, it is called "New Year's Eve". "Travel" since 1964 has been greatly reduced in the 1980s in the countryside is more prevalent in towns and cities only firecrackers to show that in addition to the old and welcome the new. Spring Festival to pay respects, generally the first day of worship neighbors, the second day of worship in-laws, uncle's family, after the third day of worship friends and relatives. The countryside more extended to the first month of the fifteenth, Chengguan, Guangshui and other organizations to hold a "reunion", the Spring Festival more to play lanterns, colorful boats, lions, dragon lanterns, Beng Wang Jing, stilts, etc. to entertain. Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, known as "on the first", commonly known as "moon half". Yingshan custom "half of the moon is as big as the year". On this day, wine and meat are served, and dumplings are eaten. From the 13th to the 15th day of the first month, lanterns, fireworks, lion dances and dragon lanterns are played every night. Cities and towns regardless of the old and young hand in hand to watch the lanterns, often late into the night, some all night long. For the most lively folk festival. March 3 Lunar March 3 wind and sunshine, spring blossoms, less long outing, known as trekking (the old custom of Qingming Festival for the trekking festival), rumor has it that you can step on a hundred diseases. Children fly kites in the countryside. "March 3, eat eggs", the countryside in this day with dog meat and eggs cooked and eaten, rumor has it that can be immune to evil. Ching Ming Festival between the second and third months of the lunar calendar. Wake up early in the morning on this day, every family folded willow inserted in the gate above both sides, set up a wine case to pay tribute to ancestors. In the morning on the ancestral graves, burning incense, paper, firecrackers, earth package grave, called "on the grave". After the founding of the People's Republic of China, every Qingming Festival, unit groups or schools to visit the graves of martyrs. Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Tianzhong Festival, commonly known as "Duanyang". Originally, the Dragon Boat Festival was held on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, which was called "Little Duan Yang", but because of the busy farming schedule at that time, the countryside was mostly used for the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifteenth day of the fifth month of May, which was called "Big Duan Yang". In the old days, this day, every family inserted in front of Ai Zhi, everyone drinks andrographis wine, small children with mint incense packets, rumored to drive away evil spirits to avoid disasters. Family and friends give each other zongzi, duck eggs. Nowadays, the Dragon Boat Festival, family cleaning, prepared to do wine and meat meals, inserted Ai Ye, food dumplings. Most men in the countryside carry gifts to the women's home on this day to set the date of marriage. The first Dragon Boat Festival after marriage, couples with peaches, dumplings and other things to the women's side of the mother's home, called "send Danyang", the mother's home back to the umbrellas, mats and other things. June 6, the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. In ancient times, this day to worship the God of the earth, sunbathing clothes, burning mugwort leaves, cure chronic diseases. Nowadays, this day is only for tanning clothes. Mid-Autumn Festival 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Since ancient times, many people ate mooncakes, drank wine and enjoyed the moon, and gave mooncakes to friends and relatives. Nowadays, on this day, families get together and eat mooncakes or chicken stewed with chestnuts. Chrysanthemum Festival On the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar, it is also known as the Festival of Ascending Heights. In ancient times, people would bring wine with them and drink Cornus wine on the way up. Now this custom disappeared. 1986 set this day for the elderly festival, held more cultural and recreational activities for the benefit of the elderly.

2, legal holidays The legal holidays celebrated in the city are New Year's Day, International Women's Day (March 8), International Labor Day (May 1), and Youth Day (May 4), "International Children's Day and National Day. New Year's Day is January 1 every year after the establishment of the national calendar. After the founding of the State organs and organizations on this day to post couplets, special publications, lights and colors to celebrate. Urban and rural youths often choose this day to hold weddings. "March 8" Women's Day for March 8 every year, the Municipal Women's Federation on this day to recognize the three - eight red flag bearers, held a celebration. "May 1" Labor Day, "May 4" Youth Day and "June 1" Children's Day, when they have a special issue of the magazine, held a cultural and artistic performances to celebrate, commemorate. "Ten - one" National Day for the Chinese people *** and the anniversary of the founding of the country, since 1950, October 1 every year, for the very grand anniversary, urban and rural towns and units flying the national flag, lights and colors, out of the National Day special edition. Towns and cities, young people in this day to hold weddings.

Other commemorative holidays, such as the anniversary of the founding of the Chinese ****production party (July 1), the People's Liberation Army Army Day (August 1), Teachers' Day (September 10, began in 1985) more commemorative, celebratory activities.