What are the traditional customs of the Spring Festival in Anhui?

The traditional customs of the Spring Festival in Anhui are as follows:

1, twelfth lunar month preparation. In the twelfth lunar month, Anhui people will carry out various preparatory activities, such as cooking traditional foods such as jiaozi and steamed bread, killing pigs, curing bacon and frying dumplings.

2. Sacrifice the stove to sweep the dust. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as off-year, Anhui people will meet in king of people, which is the beginning of the Spring Festival. On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, every household will post couplets, blessings and window decorations.

3. New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, Anhui families will get together for New Year's Eve dinner. The dishes are usually very rich, including jiaozi, chicken and fish. On New Year's Eve, elders will give their children lucky money, and after dinner, the whole family will watch the Spring Festival Gala together.

4. Customs on the first day. On New Year's Day, every household in Anhui will set off firecrackers to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, and in some places there is the custom of welcoming the door gods. After getting up, families will pay New Year greetings to each other and eat traditional foods, such as red dates, chestnuts, tea, eggs and longevity noodles.

5. Activities with local characteristics. Such as Nuo opera in Guichi, bench dragon in Xucun, broadsword lamp, etc. These activities are usually held in ancestral temples in rural areas and are important cultural activities during the Spring Festival.