What are the traditional off-year folk customs in southern China?

On this day of off-year, every household should clean the house, clean the windows, wash clothes and have a general cleaning. This activity is carried out in the north and south, the south is called dust removal, and the north is called house cleaning.

2. Sacrifice to the Kitchen God

According to folklore, in the early years, Kitchen God asked Heaven to tell the Jade Emperor about the good and evil of this family. Therefore, people will send the kitchen god in the evening during the off-year period and offer candy, water, beans and grass in front of the statue of the kitchen god. The last three are for the mount of the kitchen god.

Step 3 eat rice cakes

When I was a child, Wuxuan and Guiping in Guangxi had the custom of making rice cakes. Made of glutinous rice flour, peanuts, sesame seeds and sugar, which means "round and round".

Step 4 eat rice cakes

It is a tradition in many places in the south to make rice cakes on this day of off-year. Rice cakes, also known as "rice cakes", have the meaning of "getting taller every year".