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The custom of the twelfth lunar month

1, janitor

The gatekeeper is a mythical figure circulated in China since ancient times. It is said that as long as the gatekeepers Shen Tu and Lei Yu are posted, the family will be safe and auspicious. Generally, there are two door gods on both sides of the gate. There are many idols, but Shen Tu and Lei Yu mainly post them. Because they specialize in mischief, children in GREAT GHOST dare not get involved, so your home can be safe and smooth.

2, paste Spring Festival couplets, paste blessings

Spring Festival couplets are also called couplets, couplets and so on. They express their feelings and good wishes in short, dual and neat words, which is a unique literary form in China. During the Spring Festival, every household should choose Spring Festival couplets and stick them on their doors to set off the festive atmosphere. In addition to posting Spring Festival couplets, we should also post the word "Fu", which means happiness, auspiciousness and wishful thinking. Sticking the words "Blessing" on the walls and lintels, has placed people's longing for a happy life and wishes for a better future.

Step 3 post new year pictures

New Year pictures have traditional folk functions of blessing and decorating houses. New Year pictures are an ancient traditional folk art in China. They reflect people's customs and beliefs and place their hopes on the future. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". Spring Festival couplets developed from the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu to figures, but New Year pictures still developed in the direction of painting. With the rise of block printing, the content of New Year pictures is not limited to the door gods, and the god of wealth is gradually invited to the home, and then in some New Year pictures workshops, three stars, Fu Lushou, God bless the people, and the harvest of grains, have emerged.

4. Set a table.

This is a temporary table, specially designed for New Year's Eve. Generally, there is no big Buddhist temple house, and special attention is paid to the heaven and earth, because there are few sacrifices to the Buddha at ordinary times, and the Buddha is rewarded once at the end of the year. In addition, this table is mainly used to pick up the gods. The content of heaven and earth table is different from that of perennial Buddhist temples. In addition to hanging money, incense sticks, five sacrifices and big sacrifices, most of its idols are temporary, such as "Percent", which is a woodcut idol album; "Ba Shen, the Eighteen Buddhas in the Three Realms of Heaven and Earth" is a complete ceremony of color printing with rhubarb fringed paper. Fu Lushou's three-star portrait, etc. Some of the above images are burned out after receiving god, such as "percentage" Others will not be burned until the fifth day or even the Lantern Festival. The position of the table is not uniform. For example, the room is spacious and can be put in the house. If there is no land at home, you can put it in the yard. It is said that this night is the time when the gods in heaven are in the lower world, so the traditional folk have this custom of receiving gods.

5, shou sui

Chinese traditional folk have had the habit of New Year's Eve, commonly known as "Enduring the Year". Observing the New Year's Eve dinner begins with eating the New Year's Eve dinner, and we should eat it slowly, starting with lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night. According to Zonggu's records of Jingchu's age, there was a custom of New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The custom of observing the old age not only includes the feeling of farewell and nostalgia for the fleeting time, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year.

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