The style of Guilin! !

With the ringing of the bell on February 24, 65438, the Spring Festival has entered the urban and rural areas of Guilin. This day is Guilin people's "New Year's Eve", that is, "Chinese New Year". On New Year's Day, people kill chickens and ducks to celebrate the Spring Festival. The firecrackers on this day, with people's wish to send the kitchen god "God speaks well", crackled and spread to Gao Yu. People think that the Kitchen God is the head of the family, in charge of good and evil, good and bad, good and bad, so every year, the Kitchen God should be sent to heaven to explain to the Jade Emperor, so as to save the whole family from disaster. The ritual of offering sacrifices to stoves is mostly completed by the elders in the family. They put candy on the kitchen stove and offered sacrifices to the kitchen god, praying that the kitchen god would "speak well in heaven and bring good luck to the world". Sacrificing candy to the kitchen god aims to make candy "stick" to the kitchen god's mouth and make his sweet mouth speak well. After the night falls on New Year's Eve, firecrackers will be set off to welcome the Kitchen God. This is an ancient custom of "Chinese New Year" in Guilin. Nowadays, even setting off firecrackers is only a remnant ceremony of an ancient custom.

From the 24th to 30th of the twelfth lunar month, people are busy buying new year's goods, cleaning the inside and outside of the house and welcoming the New Year cleanly. There are many kinds of traditional holiday foods, which contain good wishes: steamed rice cakes on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month are sweet, successful, fragrant and well-made. After eating rice cakes (high), life and work in the new year are flourishing and promoted step by step.

At the dinner party on New Year's Eve, people like family reunion. There must be "mariko" and "hi" in the dish, which represent reunion and joy. That night, everyone went to the empty building and stayed at home. Burn charcoal fire in the brazier when you are old, which symbolizes the richness of life. At 0: 00, people of all ages are beaming and greet the New Year with firecrackers. This kind of happy voice comes one after another, until now it is still late at night, people are still awake and the fire is still on. Even if they want to have a rest, they still won't forget to snuggle up in the brazier and light a good fire tomorrow morning. The fire of Chinese New Year is like human life. This bodes well for wealth and prosperity in the new year. People's feelings for fire are so deep, perhaps because fire has brought civilization and warmth to mankind. Loving fire is like loving your own life, especially in the new year.

From the lunar new year to the fifteenth day of the first month

On New Year's Day, firecrackers from the God of Wealth awakened the dawn. Neighbors, friends and colleagues, the first sentence when they meet is to wish a happy new year. The Spring Festival is a good time for people to enhance their feelings and consolidate their friendship. People pay New Year greetings to each other, have fun, look back on the past and look forward to the future.

In the streets and lanes, teams of Swiss lions are very active when dancing. Many children followed the lion to see the excitement of the lion's New Year. When the lions came to the front of a shop, the shopkeeper lit firecrackers to welcome them. The lions bowed to their owners in front of the door, and the team leader also bowed to their owners to pay New Year greetings. The lion's humanized New Year greeting and the leader's auspicious words will make the shopkeeper happy and the shop will be prosperous. At this time, the lion danced in the firecrackers, showing great spirit and glory. Its beaming big head, broad forehead, big eyes, protruding nose, square mouth and long golden red hair make people fondle it. I saw the lion vigorous and brave, coming out of the hole, crossing the bridge, flying wildly on the bridge with his head up and bowing his head to the abyss. At this time, the lion was shocked by the drums, and the thrilling and wonderful lion performance was thrilling. Then go up and down the mountain, drink water and eat green, walk on the stars, climb the ladder, take the moon for nine days and so on. , and the lion's head and tail cooperate tacitly. At the climax of the dance, the stacked arhats pick green, and the lion nods and bows to the audience after picking green. Then I cut my hair, and my hair was cut, which was quite interesting. The drums stopped suddenly, and the lion fell straight from the nine-day cold, shocking the audience. Looking intently, the lion is firmly in the hands of the arhats and is looking back at the moon. This stunt was amazing in silence and won a full house applause.

The lion's New Year greeting is a traditional project loved by Guilin people. Therefore, on the eve of the Spring Festival, lions will dress up as lions and practice traditional lion dance routines. As soon as the Spring Festival arrives, lions dance in the street and pay New Year greetings in pre-arranged houses or shops. The lion danced wildly, jumping, rushing, howling, stepping, jumping and so on. Big-head monk dance Dance, which plays the lion, twisted three times with the big-headed doll, and the monkey, who plays the lion, was full of energy. The sound of the lions' gongs and drums in the procession added joy to Guilin and brought spring.

Lions in Guilin also pay New Year greetings in various forms, such as monkeys picking spring, picking high green and eating green land. Some lions can dance on the platform more than 6 meters high and on the mountain of 13 bench, and they can move freely on it. Funny! After the dance, the lion came down from the stool slowly, and his expression was still so natural. Of course, the skill of the lion who eats ground green is slightly lower than that of the lion who picks high green. The host put the package and vegetables on the bench and put a basin of water in front of it. Lions should drink water before eating green, and rinse their mouths after eating green. These actions, which are full of animal interest and personification, are unbearable.

The lion pays a New Year call, and in some rural areas in Lingui, it is accompanied by auspicious lion songs: The lion's head is yellow at three o'clock, and he will come to your hall today. Congratulations on the birth of your son, which is famous in all corners of the country. The first three points of the lion are blue. Today, he worships your family. Congratulations on your family's good fortune. The lion's tail is a ball. He comes to your house to worship pigs and cows. Congratulations to the pig for growing up. He has always had food and clothing. The lion's eyes were fascinated. Congratulations on how lucky the main family is. Six kinds of animals are thriving, including geese, ducks and chickens.

Lions sing beautifully and have been circulated among the people for thousands of years. Every Spring Festival, they will bless their neighbors and make people happy.

Unconsciously, it was the Lantern Festival. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, the city of Guilin was brightly lit, although there was no magnificent scene of fire trees and silver flowers.

In the past, during the Lantern Festival in Guilin, there were dragon lanterns on the 13th day of the first month. The dragon lantern walked the streets for three consecutive nights. Wherever they go, every household sets off firecrackers, burns incense and lights candles, praying that the dragon lantern will bring good luck. When the Dragon Lantern travels, there are all kinds of Xiao Sheng drum music, stilts, brand lights, gongs and drums sheds, etc. Together, they flocked to the streets to form a mighty dragon lantern parade. The scene was spectacular. On holiday nights, thousands of lights are on all night. Together with the dancing dragon lantern, it decorated Guilin City into a city that never sleeps.

Now, the Lantern Festival in Guilin still retains the custom of burning lanterns. On the night of Lantern Festival, it is refreshing to climb high and look far, with thousands of lights. The flashing lights merge into a river of light, just like the milky way in the sky. The light is still or flowing, flashing on tall buildings and blooming among green leaves, making the night sky in Guilin brilliant. At this time, the halls and rooms of every household are brightly lit, and the family is sitting under the lights eating sweet-scented osmanthus dumplings and peanut sesame dumplings ... The traditional food and delicious food in My Sweetie make every family immersed in the joy of the festival. "Fire on New Year's Eve, light on the 15th" is a folk proverb in Guilin. The brazier on New Year's Eve is full of fire, and the lights on the fifteenth day must be closely related to "fire", which is also a hope for the new year.