Traditional customs on the second day of New Year's Day

Traditional customs on the second day of the Lunar New Year include: eating New Year's Eve, eating noodles, going back to parents' home, eating hair cakes and offering sacrifices to the god of wealth.

1, have New Year's Eve dinner

The second day of the first month is called "opening the year". From this day on, people will visit relatives and friends with gifts, such as three kinds of animals, bazin and French fries. In terms of food customs, the lunch on the second day of the first month is called "New Year's Eve", and the dishes are diverse, all of which are auspicious.

Chicken is indispensable, burning meat represents "red skin and strong body" (good health), and fried rice represents "showing your talents"; Pig gizzard (tongue) means "Italy", and lettuce means "making money", garlic means writing and calculating, onion means being smart, and leek means being long and long. Qin Yu is very hardworking.

Step 2 eat noodles

A folk proverb says: On the first day of jiaozi, you must eat noodles on the second day of the New Year. In some places, this statement is interpreted as welcoming the daughter back to the door. There are also many delicate faces in the second day of junior high school. It is said that the next day's noodles will be made from the first day's jiaozi noodles. And this must be cold soup. That is, noodles are cooked and soaked in cold water, which is called cold soup.

3. Go back to your mother's house

On the second day of the first lunar month, many places have the custom of returning to their parents' homes. Married daughters will take their husbands and children back to their parents' home for the New Year. Daughters who go back to their parents' home must bring some gifts and red envelopes to their children and have lunch at their parents' home. Especially for newlyweds, it is considered very important to go back to their parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year.

Step 4 eat hair cakes

On the second day of New Year's Day, Enping people "start the New Year" with a unique and interesting custom: they worship their ancestors with a kind of rice cake called "fat cake", together with other sacrifices. After eating the ancestor worship, he shouted: "Eat fat cakes in the New Year, and come back with wealth!"

Step 5 sacrifice the god of wealth

Due to the cultural differences between the north and the south, it is generally believed in the north that the second day of the first month is the day to worship the god of wealth. Businessmen engaged in commercial activities, in particular, pay special attention to offering sacrifices to the God of Wealth on the second day of the second lunar month, hoping that through their pious offerings, they will be taken care of by the God of Wealth in their careers and prosper.