Shanxi nursery rhymes

Children, children, don't be greedy, after Laba is the year;

Laba porridge, after drinking for a few days, is twenty-three miles away; Twenty-three, honeydew melon is sticky; Twenty-four house sweeps;

Twenty-five, frozen tofu; Twenty-six, go to buy meat;

Twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; Twenty-eight, send face;

Twenty-nine, steamed bread; Stay up for 30 nights;

Walking all over the street the first day and the second day.

Because every family has to go out to pay New Year's greetings on the first and second days of New Year's Day, the streets are full of people coming and going at this time. This nursery rhyme vividly summarizes the whole custom that people are busy with the Chinese New Year, and has been widely circulated in Beijing for many years.