What are the customs in Northeast China?

Northeast customs include: brazier, off-year offering sacrifices to stoves, sweeping dust, dancing yangko and pasting Spring Festival couplets.

1, brazier

Brazier is a folk heating tool in Northeast China. It is filled with "little ash" and brought to the kang to warm the whole house. Once upon a time, northern residents mostly relied on fire kang for indoor heating, and the indoor heat was often not easy to rise.

2, off-year sacrificial stoves

On the 23 rd of the twelfth lunar month, after the off-year, the stove was sacrificed. There is a folk song in the northeast: "Honey melons offer sacrifices to the stove and come in the New Year". The Old Northeast will offer sacrifices to stoves during the New Year, hoping that the Kitchen God will bless the whole family. When offering sacrifices to the stove, small foods such as honeydew melon and kwantung sugar are used, and they are made of colloidal maltose, which is slightly sour in sweetness.

Step 3 clean the dust

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the dust blows, which is intended to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck. Clean the room inside and out before the new year. This is the biggest cleaning in a year. It is also called saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and thoroughly cleaning and painting to welcome the new year.

Step 4 dance yangko

Yangko is a representative dance deeply loved by the people in Northeast China, and it is one of the first projects in China to enter the national intangible cultural heritage list.

5. Post Spring Festival couplets

Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. The "door core" is attached to the center of the upper end of the door panel; The "door frame pair" is attached to the left and right door frames; "Cross dressing" is posted on the crossbar of the door symbol.