Jingdezhen traditional festival

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This is the eighth day of the second lunar month, and some old customs began on this day. The so-called "Laba Laba, hunting chickens and killing ducks" means preparing for the New Year. Since then, many rural people have cooked rice cakes (made of glutinous rice flour), killed pigs, swept dust and washed furniture. Some people also use red dates, red beans and rice to cook porridge, which is named Laba porridge.

Winter solstice

Before liberation, there were grand sacrificial activities in ancestral halls and halls. Each ancestral hall is divided into "winter solstice meat" and male cakes according to their size, and some even divide two "bone cakes" for their married and living daughters. After liberation, this custom no longer exists, but there are still a few places where the custom of ancestor worship is preserved.

Little new year

Generally speaking, it is December 24 of the lunar calendar, and there are also days on or after the 23 rd. Because the residents of this city come from all directions and have different customs and habits, some people spend their off-year from 23rd to 27th. Be sure to sweep the dust (some in Laba) on the day of off-year, and be sure to do sanitation. In the evening, wine and vegetables were prepared to celebrate.

New Year's Eve

This is the last day of the Lunar New Year. On this day, each family decorated the hall, hung lanterns, posted Spring Festival couplets, and posted door gods. In the evening, we should first display sacrifices to the ancestors of heaven and earth, and then hold a family dinner and have a family reunion dinner. After dinner, lanterns are decorated everywhere, children set off firecrackers with lanterns, adults give young people lucky money, and sit around the stove to have tea and refreshments, which is called "guarding the old age". After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), feudal superstitions were eliminated, and the rest remained. In recent years, with the development of TV broadcasting, most families are sitting around the TV watching programs, waiting for the start of the new year.