What are the customs of New Year's Eve?

What are the customs of New Year's Eve? What should I do on New Year's Eve?

Introduction to New Year's Day 28

Refers to the common name of the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in China. On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Han folk songs include "Twenty-eight of the twelfth lunar month, mixing noodles", "Twenty-eight of the twelfth lunar month, making cakes and steaming steamed buns with appliques" and "Don't panic, don't be busy, and there is another one on the 28th (the saying that the countryside is rushing to buy new year's goods). It can be seen that on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, no matter mixing noodles or making steamed buns, in short, every household will begin to prepare staple food.

On this day, every household keeps the traditional customs of putting up New Year pictures, washing dirty clothes, putting up Spring Festival couplets, mixing dough, making cakes and steamed buns.

New Year picture

New Year pictures are unique to China. They are named New Year pictures because they are posted during the New Year. Traditional New Year pictures are mostly woodcut watermarks with bright colors, lively pictures and simple lines. The main themes are bumper harvest, spring cattle, scenery, flowers and birds and some feudal superstitions. Door gods are one of the most important themes in New Year pictures. Is an ancient folk god, guarding the portal with the same faith. People always put his idol on the door to drive away evil, defend their homes, maintain peace, help public utilities and bring good luck. It is one of the most popular folk protectors.

Washing is not clean

"Twenty-eight years old, washing sloppy" is a traditional custom of Cantonese people. What do you mean sloppy? Some people interpret it as filthy and dirty. Twenty-eight-year-old, the mandarin saying for washing sloppy clothes is "the 28th cleaning of the twelfth lunar month". However, this sentence has another meaning in Cantonese, that is, washing dirty clothes means sweeping all the bad luck and musty smell out of the house with dirty garbage. After sweeping away all the bad things in this year, people can enjoy a brand-new environment and bathe in auspicious atmosphere during the New Year, so there is no need to wash and sweep on the festival day, otherwise their good luck will be swept away.

Fermented dough

Legend has it that there is a pair of sisters-in-law, one lazy and the other diligent. One year on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, my mother-in-law asked them to send some noodles and prepare steamed buns and steamed buns for the guests. Sister-in-law was lazy and lied that she was uncomfortable, which made her very uncomfortable. The honest brother-in-law made many faces, but the eldest daughter-in-law laughed at her stupidity. In the second year, my brother's husband's family was richer, but my eldest daughter's family was poorer.

The eldest daughter-in-law was not convinced and went to the city god to ask. Later, the city god said that because of the appearance of the twelfth lunar month, my brother's husband's family life became more and more prosperous.

Although this is only a legendary story, "getting rich" embodies people's desire to make a fortune in the coming year.

According to the old principle, you can't steam steamed bread or stir-fry with fire from the first day to the fifth day. Homophonic sounds like a quarrel. For the happiness and beauty of a year, people will prepare food for the next few days of the year in advance, and then they can eat it as long as they heat it, so they will deliberately avoid things that sound discordant.

Steamed jujube flowers

On this day, Taiyuan people want to steam "two cake buns"; Hebei people are preparing to offer sacrifices to their ancestors on New Year's Eve by steaming jujube flowers. Henan people are also "28 th, steaming buns and frying pagodas." Only Beijingers are slow to make moves, so they "cover their hair on their faces" and wait until the 29th to "steam steamed buns".

Put up couplets and hang lanterns.

The twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month can basically be said to be the New Year. So we will finish couplets and lanterns at home these two days, so that the whole family can be happy.

Dry fish pond

This custom exists only in rural areas. Many ponds in rural areas are public. Put some fry in the spring, and then share the dried fish in the Spring Festival to have a lively New Year.