1. New Year's Eve

A long time ago, there was a monster called Yu. He was as big and strong as Nian, had eyes and ears to see and hear, and would come out on New Year's Eve just like Nian. Every step he took was like an earthquake, and he could eat a cow with one mouth, but he wasn't afraid of the red lanterns, lights and drums, so the people couldn't do anything about it, and Xiu reigned supreme.

So the people sent Yu several jars of strong wine to Yu, and after getting Yu drunk, a young man cut off his head. Who knows, wherever Xi's head went, fire broke out, so the young man jumped into the Yellow River holding Xi's head. The same people called this day New Year's Eve in honor of it.

2. New Year's Eve

Legend has it that in ancient times, our ancestors were threatened by a kind of beast called "Nian". It hunted all kinds of animals for food, and in winter, when there was a lack of food in the mountains, it would break into villages and prey on people and livestock, leaving the people in a state of fear. After many years of fighting with the Nian, they discovered that the Nian was afraid of three things: the color red, the light of fire, and the sound of noise.

So in the winter people hang walnut boards on their doors, burning fires in front of the door, and staying up all night, banging and banging. On this night, the "year" broke into the village, saw the red and fire in every house, heard the sound of the sky, scared to run back to the mountains, never dare to come out In order to commemorate this victory, every winter at this time, every household is sticking red paper couplets on the door, electric lanterns, banging gongs and drums, fireworks firecrackers; at night, the all-night vigil; the next day, the next day, early in the morning to congratulate each other on the day of good luck. This has been passed down from generation to generation, and it has become the New Year.

3, Lantern Festival

In honor of Pinglue

Legend has it that the Lantern Festival was set up to commemorate "Pinglue" during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty. After the death of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was weak and indecisive, and the power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. After the death of Emperor Hui of Han, Empress Lu took control of the government and turned Liu's world into Lu's world. The court officials and Liu's clansmen were y indignant, but they were afraid of Empress Lu's brutality and dared not speak out in anger. After the illness and death of Empress Lu, all of them were afraid of being harmed and ostracized.

So, they secretly gathered at the home of General Lu Lu Lu and ****planned for a rebellion in order to completely seize the Liu family.

This incident reached the ears of Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, the clan of Liu, who decided to raise an army to crush Zhu Lu in order to protect Liu's empire, and then got in touch with Zhou Bo, the founding minister of the state, and Chen Ping, and designed to disarm Lu Lu. The Emperor Wen, the second son of Liu Bang, was crowned Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. Deeply impressed by the hard-won peace and prosperity, Emperor Wen set the 15th day of the first lunar month, the day of the quelling of the Zhulu Rebellion, as a day of happiness with the people, and every house in the capital was decorated with lanterns and colors to celebrate. Since then, the 15th day of the first month has become a folk festival celebrated by all the people - the "Lantern Festival".

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the worship of the god Taichi was scheduled for the 15th day of the first lunar month. (Taiyi: the god who dominates everything in the universe). When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", the Lantern Festival was already recognized as a major festival.

4, broken five festival

(Lunar) the fifth day of the first month, commonly known as "broken five" festival. This day women are not allowed to string door, string door is unlucky. Qing Yi class notes, "the fifth day of the first month for the broken five, women are not allowed to go out." On this day, every family ate dumplings, meaning that the dumplings wrapped up, for good luck. Nowadays, although people do not pay attention to women's visits, eating dumplings on this day has become the custom of each family.

5, Qingming customs

Qingming is the fifth of the 24 Chinese solar terms. The ancients attached great importance to this festival and left many interesting customs. The ones preserved in Jinan are "trekking", "tomb-sweeping", "swinging", "willow-planting" and "tree-planting". "planting trees.