What are the preparations before the Spring Festival?

1, sweeping dust: "On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, dust sweeps the house". According to folk sayings, as "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "getting rid of the old and not getting new", and its original intention is to sweep away all unlucky and bad luck.

2. Every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every household should offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God and put maltose on his mouth, so that the Kitchen God can't speak ill of him.

3, stick the door. At first, the janitor carved mahogany into a human shape and hung it next to people. Later, it was painted as a janitor and posted on the door. The early guardians were Shen Tu and Lei Yu, two legendary brothers in charge of ghosts. Later, it was changed to other words. For the safety of the family.

4. Post Spring Festival couplets, window grilles, blessings and New Year pictures. The word "Fu" at the gate is pasted upside down, meaning "Fu is here" and "Fu is here".

Other festivals

1, enjoy the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival has customs such as offering sacrifices to the moon, enjoying the moon, eating moon cakes, enjoying osmanthus and drinking osmanthus wine. Since ancient times, and spread to this day, it lasts for a long time. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a colorful and precious cultural heritage, which symbolizes people's reunion with the full moon, their feelings of missing their hometown and relatives, and their hope for a bumper harvest and happiness.

2. Chongyang ascends the mountain

There is a custom of climbing mountains on the Double Ninth Festival. In autumn and September, the sky is crisp. Climbing mountains and overlooking in this season can achieve the purpose of relaxing body and mind, keeping fit and getting rid of diseases. The custom of eating Chongyang cake is related to mountain climbing. Gaohe cake is homophonic. As a holiday food, it was originally to celebrate the harvest of autumn grain and taste new grain. Later, people had the auspicious meaning of climbing high and eating cakes step by step.