Customs of Spring Festival in Pucheng

There are three stages in this particular period of time: the first is to say goodbye to the New Year, which is also called saying goodbye to the old year; the second is to have a New Year's reunion, which refers to the family reunion on New Year's Eve; and the third is to pay respects to the New Year, which refers to various forms of visits to friends and relatives.

"Adults look forward to making money, children look forward to the New Year", "New Year's Day three days no size" and other sayings circulating in Pucheng for thousands of years, Pucheng people's New Year's mentality and reality of a vivid portrayal. The New Year's program of the people of Pucheng is complicated and complex, but also in the middle of the rules, in addition to the old and welcome the new, for anyone who is the first big thing in the year, not the slightest bit of sloppiness.

Particularly in the old days of Pucheng, whether rich or poor families, in the New Year this particular festival, we must seriously prepare, solid operation, mountain delicacies, small fish and meat, always to the New Year to live a lively, red-hot.

The most important of the rituals is the ancestor worship, which is believed to be not far away, but a continuous concern for us. Burning New Year's paper on the day before New Year's Eve is an ancestor offering, a way of keeping in touch with ancestors and expressing feelings for them and praying for blessings. On this day, the ancestors of all generations will be placed in the hall on the incense, and some also hang pictures.