Sichuan people's New Year custom.

BC 104, during the Western Han Dynasty, an astronomer in Langzhong took the first month of the year as the beginning of the year in taichu calendar Law.

Since then, in the long history of more than 2,000 years, the Spring Festival has become the most important festival for China people to welcome the New Year and spring. Sichuan's Chinese New Year customs include "offering sacrifices to stoves", "raising dust", preparing new year's goods, "celebrating the New Year" and "guarding the old age", and the rules and regulations of the first day, from the second day to the fourteenth day, each with its own theme, "Celebrating the New Year" on the fifteenth day of the first month and "visiting all diseases" on the sixteenth day of the first month.

The scope of the "Year of the Communist Youth League" is also relatively wide. All kinds of parties during the Chinese New Year are called "Year of the Communist Youth League", but the most important one is "Year of the Communist Youth League" on New Year's Eve, that is, "New Year's Eve". Although people lament that "the taste of the year is getting weaker and weaker" every year, in the minds of China people, the Chinese New Year is still one of the most important things all year round. Of course, with the development of the times, especially the richness of materials, the traditional customs of that year are indeed drifting away from us, which is an inevitable process of the development of the times.

So, how much do you remember about the traditional Chinese New Year process in Sichuan? Let's review it with us. 1, "sacrifice the stove" and "dust removal". In Sichuan, the generalized "New Year" begins on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In many places in China, there has always been a saying of "off-year". The northern off-year is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and the southern off-year is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. However, Sichuan is an exception. In most areas, there is no concept of "Chinese New Year"-in some places, New Year's Eve is called "New Year's Eve" and Yuanxiao Night is called "New Year's Eve".

2. prepare new year's goods. After dusting, I began to prepare the new year's goods for the New Year. It was not convenient to buy things before, and the work of preparing new year's goods was hard and enjoyable. Although hard, but only these days, you can eat with an empty stomach all year round.

3. "Reunion dinner" and "Shounian". In the eyes of Sichuanese, although the period from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the Lantern Festival is "Chinese New Year" in a broad sense, the most important days are undoubtedly New Year's Eve and the first day. On New Year's Eve, the most important things are "reunion dinner" and "keeping the old age". The scope of the "Year of the Communist Youth League" is also relatively wide. All kinds of parties during the Chinese New Year are called the "Year of the Communist Youth League", but the most important one is the "Year of the Communist Youth League" on New Year's Eve, which is also the "New Year's Eve" among migrants.

4. "New Year" on the fifteenth day of the first month. Unlike many parts of the country, Sichuanese call the 15th day of the first month (Lantern Festival) "New Year". Since it is "New Year's Day", Lantern Festival is also the second grand day after Sichuan New Year's Eve. On this day, it is generally necessary to organize another new year's goods and clean up the new year's goods prepared before.

5. On the 16th day of the first month, "all diseases can swim". In most parts of Sichuan, the Spring Festival ends on the 15th day of the first month. However, in Bazhong, Guangyuan, Langzhong and other areas in northern Sichuan, there is a custom of "traveling to all diseases" on the 16th day of the first month, which is a continuation of the Spring Festival. In fact, "crossing various diseases" means climbing mountains. It is said that going out for a hike or outing on this day can get rid of all the diseases on your body, make you healthy all year round, and place people's good yearning for the coming year. So on the sixteenth day of the first month, the mountains in these places were crowded and very lively.