Customs and habits during the Spring Festival in Tangshan

Today is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the traditional "Festival of Sacrificing Kitchen", also called "Off-year". The arrival of this day means that the whole Spring Festival celebration has begun! There are many traditional customs in China during the Spring Festival. Our ancestors arranged everything for us every day. The so-called flavor of the year is also emitted from one custom after another. Compare the following Chinese New Year customs and see if your Chinese New Year style is correct. The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month (24th day of the twelfth lunar month), which is a day for people to offer sacrifices to stoves. The folk song "Twenty-three, Melon Stick" refers to the sacrificial stove on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month every year. There is a saying that "officials, three people, four boatmen and five", that is, in the twelfth lunar month, officials hold sacrificial stoves, 24 people hold them, and 25 curtilage boats hold them. After the 24th and 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every household should write. People pay attention to it, and God will stick it, and doors will stick it, and things will stick it, so Spring Festival couplets have the largest number and the most complete content. The couplets of the former are particularly particular, mostly for admiration and blessing. The couplets on the gate are the facade of a family, which are particularly exquisite, lyrical or picturesque, rich in content and witty. According to the old custom, the kitchen god went to heaven on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the Jade Emperor personally went down to the underworld on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month to investigate the good and evil on earth and decide the fortune for the coming year. Therefore, every household gives its blessing, which is called "receiving the Jade Emperor". On this day, we should be careful in our daily life and words, strive for good performance, win the favor of the Jade Emperor and bring good luck for the coming year. In the traditional folk custom, on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, intensive bathing and washing clothes are needed in these two days to get rid of the bad luck for one year and prepare for the Spring Festival next year. Beijing twenty-seven, twenty-eight. Taking a bath on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month is "washing Fulu". The day before New Year's Eve on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month is called "New Year's Eve", and people call it "Another Year" when greeting each other. Burning incense outdoors is called "Tianxiang", which usually takes three days. Lunar New Year's Eve refers to the night on the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). The word "except" in "New Year's Eve" is "go; Easy; "Alternating" means that New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the old year is exhausted". People want to get rid of the old department and the old year, and the coming year means getting a new year. This is the last night of the Lunar New Year. Therefore, the activities during the period are centered on eliminating the old and welcoming the new, eliminating disasters and praying for blessings. On the first day of the first month, the Spring Festival is commonly known as "New Year's Day", formerly known as "New Year's Day". On the morning of the Spring Festival, first open the door and set off firecrackers, which is called "setting off firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground is broken red, which is the so-called "full house". At this time, the streets are full of anger and joy. The second day of the first month, the north is the second day of the first month. On this day, whether it is a business shop or an ordinary family, there will be activities to worship the god of wealth. Families offered sacrifices to the God of Wealth who arrived on New Year's Eve. In fact, the bought rough printed matter was incinerated. I want to eat wonton at noon this day, commonly known as Yuanbao soup. Fish and mutton were used as sacrifices. On this day, big businesses in old Beijing will hold large-scale sacrificial activities, with five offerings, namely whole pig, whole sheep, whole chicken, whole duck and red live carp, hoping to make a fortune this year. On the third day of the first month, the gatekeeper paper was burned. In the old days, pine and cypress branches and gatekeeper stationery hung day and night on festivals were burned to show that one year had passed and it was time to start business again. As the saying goes, "if you burn the janitor's paper, one will seek physiology." The fifth day of the first month is commonly known as the fifth day of the first month. Many taboos can be broken after folklore tells them on this day. According to the old custom, you should eat "dumplings" for five days, which is called "boiled cakes" in the north. Now some families only eat it for three or two days, and some eat it every other day. However, there is no one who does not eat. This is true from the royal residence to the small houses in the streets, even for entertaining guests. Women no longer taboo, began to visit each other and congratulate each other. The eighth day of the first month, it is said that the eighth day is Xiaomi's birthday. If the weather is fine this day, there will be a bumper harvest of rice this year. If it is cloudy, it will be a sorry year. On the tenth day of the first month, the stone birthday, on this day, all stone tools such as grinding and grinding can't be moved, and even sacrifices are held to enjoy the stone, for fear of hurting crops. Also known as "stone does not move" and "ten does not move". Henan custom: On this day, every household pays tribute and burns incense on stones. You must eat steamed stuffed buns for lunch, thinking that you can make a fortune within one year after eating cake. The 15th day of the first month is the main traditional festival in China, also called Yuanxi and Yuanye, and Shangyuan Festival, because it is the first full moon night of the New Year. Because this festival has the custom of watching lanterns in past dynasties, it is also called Lantern Festival. The formation of Lantern Festival custom has a long process. According to general data and folklore, the fifteenth day of the first month was paid attention to in the Western Han Dynasty. On the night of the first month, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty offered sacrifices to "Taiyi" in Ganquan Palace, which was regarded by later generations as the first sacrifice to the gods on the fifteenth day of the first month. However, the fifteenth day of the first month is indeed a folk festival after the Han and Wei Dynasties. The introduction of Buddhist culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty is of great significance to the formation of Lantern Festival customs.