The custom of Shandong people celebrating the Spring Festival

Near the 30th, the most lively scene of Confucius' busy year's activities, "Steaming Village", appeared. "Steaming Village" means steaming all kinds of steamed buns, jiaozi and cakes for the New Year.

Second, New Year's Eve

Package jiaozi on New Year's Eve. Lights are lit everywhere in the room, sandalwood powder is burned, carpets are laid, and colored sheds and ribbons are pulled in the yard. In the afternoon, go to the hall to salute, and after dinner, go to the ancestral temple to resign.

Third, the second day of Jinan returned to her family.

You must bring gifts when you go back to your mother's house in Jinan on the second day. According to the old rules, it is a knife of meat (not less than four or five kilograms), two fish (fresh carp, each weighing more than one kilogram, also known as "fish"), three bottles of white wine and four kilograms of snacks (egg cake, longevity cake, peach cake and Bai Zi cake). These gifts are collectively called "four-color gifts". It contains good wishes of peace and prosperity all the year round.

Fourth, Qingdao began to visit relatives on the first day of the first month.

In Qingdao, "pro" and "pro" are strictly separated. On New Year's Day, important people and elders are invited to pay New Year greetings, but aunts and cousins are not allowed to walk around on this day. On the second day of the second year, the son-in-law paid a New Year call to his grandmother. On the third day, the son-in-law paid a New Year call to his mother-in-law; On the fourth day, the unmarried but engaged daughter-in-law pays a New Year call to her future in-laws. On the fifth day, she began to walk around with her aunts and cousins.

Bringing gifts to relatives is called "weaving baskets" in Qingdao dialect, because relatives used to use bamboo baskets made of thin bamboo strips and brushed with clear oil. There is no particular stress on what to put. Put whatever you have at home. One or two bottles of Jimo wine, two Baoqing biscuits and a few apples are enough. Relatives will take out one or two things, and then press them back to change them, so as not to let them go back empty.

5. Laiwu called the New Year's Eve vigil "staying up for five nights".

Usually, old people look for old people, young people look for young people, and women look for women. Everyone chipped in and talked and laughed while drinking, but they couldn't get drunk. Some families even drink wine.