What are the Spring Festival customs in Jinan?

December 23 of the lunar calendar is the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves, also known as the Kitchen God Festival or the Kitchen God Festival. People call this day "off-year" or "off-year". People think that Kitchen God is the "head of a family" who is in charge of the ups and downs of a family. "Take care of a family's health, watch a family's good and evil, and play a family's merits and demerits." On this day, people in Jinan will hold a ceremony to offer sacrifices to the gods and wish the whole family peace and good luck.

Step 2 visit the temple fair

People in Jinan have the custom of climbing mountains and praying for blessings in the New Year. Every Spring Festival and the first and fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, many citizens go to temples to worship Buddha in the form of climbing mountains, seeking to eliminate obstacles and disasters and increase happiness, but they express their good expectations for life.

3, please family hall

In the old custom of Jinan, it is an important custom to invite a family to a family meeting. On New Year's Eve, most people in Jinan will "invite their families"-that is, hold a ceremony to invite their deceased ancestors and relatives home for the New Year. Go to jiaozi, worship the ancestors, take down the "home hall axis" and go to the streets to see them off. What it shows is actually the affection that people deeply miss their ancestors and relatives.

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People in Jinan celebrate New Year's Eve, and there are many taboos:

1, you can't just drop in on New Year's Eve and the first day, let alone eat at other people's homes, even the married daughter is no exception, saying that you are afraid of poverty.

2. When you first sweep the garbage, you can only sweep it from the outside to the inside, otherwise you will sweep the wealth out.

You can't turn off the lights on New Year's Eve, or you will sneak in and have a bad year. People who have died less than a year (some say three years) can't go out to pay New Year greetings, lest they bring bad luck to others.

Don't move the scissors on April 30th, or there will be a bloodbath next year.

You can't hit your child on New Year's Eve and the first day of junior high school, otherwise you will be out of touch with your child for one year. You can't work on the first day, or you will be tired for a year.

6. You can't eat noodles on the first day of school. It is said that eating noodles has been troublesome for a year.

7. Breaking tableware such as plates and bowls during the New Year in China is considered as an unlucky sign. If you accidentally break them, you should quickly say "year after year" to break them.

Reference: People's Network-Old Jinan Spring Festival Customs