The origin of busy year songs

This is a traditional folk children's song popular in northern China. Also known as New Year's Ballad.

The full text is as follows:

Son, son, don't be greedy. After Laba, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated. ?

Laba porridge, in a few days, the idea came from Lala 23.

Twenty-three, sweet potato sticks, twenty-four, sweeping the house,

Twenty-five, making tofu, twenty-six, stewing pork,

Twenty-seven, slaughter a one-year-old chicken, twenty-eight, lift your face,

Twenty-nine, steamed buns, staying for thirty nights,

Jiaozi twists his waist on the first day of New Year's Eve every year.

Explanation:

Son, son, don't be greedy. It was a year after Laba. Laba porridge, drunk for a few days, Li Li La La twenty-three. Twenty-three, honeydew melon is sticky; Twenty-four, sweeping the house (writing blessings and posting couplets); Twenty-five, make tofu; Twenty-six, cut meat (stewed pork, beef, mutton); Twenty-seven, slaughter cock (chicken, duck, goose); Twenty-eight, send face; Twenty-nine, steamed bread (paste). Thirty nights and one night, jiaozi in the first day has it every year;

Extended materials:

1, 23 candied melon sticks

Every household buys honeydew melons to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god, as well as to the five gods of households, houses, doors and wells. Because food is the most important thing for the people, the natural kitchen god has become the top leader, buying honeydew melons to worship the kitchen god (commonly known as the kitchen god in rural areas). Moral: After the Kitchen God eats honeydew melon, his mouth is sweet and he speaks well, but when he speaks ill, honeydew melon can stick his mouth on. There is a folk saying that "Heaven says good, and the lower bound is auspicious".

2. Sweep the house twenty-four times (clean the windows, write blessings and paste couplets).

On this day, the villagers said: Every household should clean the room. Moral: Sweep away the people and things that went wrong in the past year, make good luck and have a happy New Year. Wipe the dust off the window for a year. Moral: Wipe away the dirt and make the new year full of light. Outside the gate, the neighbors, men, women and children, went into battle together, cutting window grilles, putting up couplets, hanging money, and putting up blessings upside down. At this time, when I went to the countryside, I saw a thriving scene of Chinese New Year. Moral: the word "fu" is posted backwards, which means lucky to get home. Others imply peace, auspiciousness, exorcism and prosperity, and the new year will be more prosperous.

3, 25 Making tofu

Almost all vegetarian dishes are available.

4, 26 stew

Today, I started to cook the first dish of New Year's dishes, stew. Not braised pork. This dish used to be called "stew". In the countryside, there was once one thing that was indispensable: a bowl of meat and two bowls of stew. I think it's like deducting meat without slicing it. The method is similar, the size is 4 inches square. Moral: the new year is square and square, and all directions are happy lives. I hope the fat will flow in the coming year.

5, 27 slaughter cock (chicken, duck, goose, fish)

Because hens have laid eggs for a year, they can't "kill donkeys". Moral: There should be a chicken on the table at the New Year's Eve, so that it can flourish all year round, and a whole fish should be served, indicating that there are more (fish) every year.

6, 28 white hairs

Because few white flour (rich flour) used to be called No.1 flour, but most of them usually eat black flour, which we call two sides. Take out the white flour that is usually auspicious for the New Year. Moral: On this day, we will start to make dough and various kinds of pasta to exorcise evil spirits and receive blessings, and make 100 (white) money every year.

7. Twenty-nine steamed buns: thriving

New Year's Eve, or New Year's Eve, is also called Shounian. New Year's Eve is divided into two periods. The first time was New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is the highlight of the year for every household.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-busy year song