What are the customs in my hometown?

Eating wonton on the first day in Yangxian County is called "filling the warehouse". In Huangxian and Penglai areas, getting up early on the first day is a waste. The hostess holds a red candle to light up every corner of the room, which means to drive away the darkness with light, and then paste all kinds of window grilles made of flour on the windowsill.

After getting up, the child has to climb the door and play three swings. It is said that they grow very fast. In some areas, cooking jiaozi with sesame stems means that the New Year rises like sesame blossoms, and steamed bread should be put in the pot after meals, which means there are "leftover heads".

2. Shaanxi

All the clans in Fuping County are portraits of their ancestors. On the first day, they called their children to worship, and after the sacrifice, there was a golden banquet called "sacrificial sitting". On the second day of the following year, relatives and friends give each other pasta and pork, which is called "Worship Festival". On the first day of Gaoling County, yellow paper was hung on bamboo poles at dawn to worship the sky, which was called "welcoming the gods". It is said that charcoal can be hung on the door, and it can kill the plague.

Shiquan County takes yellow paper as money and hangs it on the door on the first day of the first lunar month, named "Bao Gai Qian". Lintong county regards the fifth day as "send the poor festival". After cutting the paper, every household takes it to the door and throws it away. Everyone must eat enough on that day, which is called "filling the five poor"

3. Anhui

In Anhui Province, New Year's greetings began at noon 12 on New Year's Eve and ended at noon 12 on the first day of junior high school. And compete with each other who puts the thickest firecracker paper, which means who has the grandest New Year. Young people play the game of "beating the old nest".

After New Year's greetings, he dug a hole in the ground and put in copper coins. Everyone threw out his own copper coins, and the money outside the hole belonged to him. On the fourth day of the fourth lunar month, Shouchun welcomed the God of Wealth. Merchants must offer offerings such as fish heads, mushrooms, taro, etc. The homonyms are "fish head", "time to arrive" and "luck", which are considered as good omen for making a fortune.

4. Guangdong

In Haifeng area, young people and elders pay New Year greetings, and elders will give them red envelopes or oranges. Chaozhou's Spring Festival diet includes pickled vegetables, rotten jiaozi, fermented steamed stuffed buns, tube frying and five-fruit soup. On the fourth night, every household should light a lamp and prepare a jar of water, which is called "waiting for water". On the first day of the first month in Dongguan, sugar is offered to cook taro, which is called "wealth is predestined friends".

5. Fujian

Before going out on the first day of the first lunar month, Xiamen people worship the jade emperor in the sky, which is called "offering sacrifices to the gods". Sacrifice flowers and fruits to God in the morning, and sacrifice and a bowl of spring rice to God at noon. Spring rice is a spring flower made by inserting red paper on white rice.

"Spring" and "leftover" are homophonic in Min dialect, and spring rice is a good choice because of its "surplus every year". The fourth day in Zhangzhou is called "Jiegu". In addition to burning incense in the temple, a candy and cake box called "recommendation box" should be prepared to welcome the gods in the main hall.