What are the customs of celebrating the Spring Festival in Tianjin?

The customs of the Spring Festival in Tianjin are as follows:

1. Sweep the dust: During the Spring Festival in Tianjin, there is a custom of "sweeping the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" on New Year's Eve. The folk proverb says "Twenty-four, sweep the house". Folk call it "Dust Day". Dust removal is year-end cleaning. Every household should clean their own homes, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels.

2. Sticking Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. During the Spring Festival, every household will put up couplets to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

3. Handling New Year's Goods: Tianjin prepares and buys New Year's Goods during the Spring Festival, including food and clothing, stickers (New Year's Eve) and gifts (New Year's Eve), which are collectively referred to as "handling New Year's Goods".

4. Ancestor worship: The most important thing in Tianjin Spring Festival and New Year is ancestor worship, which is also a traditional custom of China people. Due to cultural differences, the forms of ancestor worship vary from place to place. Some go to the wild to sweep graves, and some go to the ancestral temple to worship. No matter what the form, it is to commemorate the ancestors.

5. Wandering God: Also known as camp god and wandering master, it is a folk significance to invite the idol out of the temple to inspect the community, which has pure land to exorcise evil spirits, protect the environment and pray for prosperity. During the Spring Festival every year, in chronological order, various towns and villages take turns to hold folk worship activities. The scene is very lively. We pray for peace in the coming year, good weather, suppression of evil and promotion of good, and good luck in everything.