What are the characteristics and traditional customs of the Spring Festival?

In addition to temple fairs, folk self-entertainment and social fire are also long-standing annual entertainment activities. Social fire originated from the worship of land gods and fire gods in ancient times. Society, land god; The ancestor of fire, fire, is the legendary Vulcan. The worship of land and fire in ancient times produced the custom of offering sacrifices to social fires. With the development of society, the ceremony of offering sacrifices to social fires has gradually become a grand, rich and diverse folk entertainment.

Step 2 drink laba porridge

Entering the twelfth lunar month, people are busy preparing for the New Year. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is Laba Festival. People use cereals, dates, chestnuts and other fruits to cook porridge and offer sacrifices to farmers and ancestors. Laba Festival originated from the ancient Laba Festival, also known as La Worship or Wax Festival.

3. Sacrifice to the Kitchen God

Offering sacrifices to stoves is a popular and influential custom in China. In the past, almost every kitchen had a kitchen god. According to legend, he is the commander-in-chief of Jiutian East Chef, responsible for managing the stoves of each family. People call this god Commander-in-Chief Bodhisattva or Commander-in-Chief, and he is worshipped as the protector of the family.