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What are the five customs described in Yuan Ri?

first day of the lunar month

The roar of firecrackers, the old year has passed; The warm spring breeze ushered in the New Year, and people happily drank the newly brewed Tu Su wine.

The rising sun sheds light on doors of each household, New peachwood charm is put up to replace the old.

1 "firecrackers"-set off firecrackers

2 "Except for one year old"-keeping the old age (referring to family reunion on New Year's Eve and staying up late to welcome the Lunar New Year)

3 "Tu Su"-Drink Tu Su wine (ancient custom, every year on New Year's Eve, family members soak wine with Tu Su Cao, hang it in the well, and take it out on New Year's Day. The whole family drinks Tu Su wine in the East. )

4, 5 "new peach for old symbol"-paste the door and change the peach symbol (. Peach symbols are made of peach wood. In ancient times, every household painted two statues with two red wooden boards and hung them on the gate, saying that they could drive away the devil. )

Yuanri is a famous work by Wang Anshi, a famous writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. Described the scene of Spring Festival in Song Dynasty: the spring breeze warms people, the sun rises, every household sets off firecrackers, drinks Tu Su wine, and is busy taking off the old peach symbol on the door and replacing it with a new peach symbol with a door god. The author chose these typical scenes of the Spring Festival, showing a folk picture with a strong flavor of life.