The Customs of Hometown Henan

The customs in Henan are: dragon dancing, resigning from office, posting Spring Festival couplets, having a family reunion dinner, and making money.

1, dragon dance

Dragon Dance, commonly known as Dragon Lantern, is a traditional folk cultural activity of the Han nationality that originated in China. Dragon dance originated from the ancient people's worship of dragons. During the festival, people will dance dragons, starting from the Spring Festival, and then the dragons will look up in February and also dance dragons during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Step 2 give up

Resignation is the thirtieth of the twelfth lunar month. Men in the family will spend time burning incense and paper in front of the graves of their deceased relatives. Those who die within a year are called lanterns, and those who die a year later are called resignations.

Step 3 post Spring Festival couplets

Sticking Spring Festival couplets is usually made by children or young people. In the past, windows were pasted except Spring Festival couplets. Seal the window with white paper or rice paper, and stick a red paper sticker in the middle, which reads auspicious wishes such as harvest, auspiciousness, fairness and justice.

Step 4 have a reunion dinner

After a busy year, the most relaxing and happy moment is the reunion dinner on New Year's Eve. On this day, the family was full of excitement and smiles. Of course, lucky money is essential and what children look forward to most.

5. Open the door to finance

Opening the door in the early morning of the first day of the first month is called making money. Every household is extremely cautious about this. In the early morning of the first day, the lay man washed his face, put on clothes, offered offerings to ancestral shrines, lit incense, burned paper money, then opened the door in the sound of firecrackers and chanted prayers to congratulate him on making a fortune. After opening the door, some villagers went out to burn incense in the direction of Italy and worship the world. This is called going out to pray for the world.