1. Twenty-three of the twelfth lunar month-seeing off the kitchen god

Twenty-three of the twelfth lunar month is the Lunar New Year's Eve, commonly known as "the day of sending off the kitchen stove", and every household sends the kitchen bodhisattva to heaven, hoping that he will "say good things in heaven and keep peace in the lower world". After New Year's Eve, the kitchen god in the sky will be brought back in the early morning of the New Year's Day, commonly known as "taking the kitchen".

On this day, every family cooks red beans and glutinous rice, first Kazuhiro Mori bowls are served to the kitchen god, and then the whole family will eat them. After eating, at dusk, everyone bowed down. After the worship, please take the idol of the kitchen god off the stove and put it in a kitchen chair.

2. The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month-dusting the house

The folk proverb says "the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, dusting the house". To welcome the New Year, the most important thing for Tongxiang people is to "sweep the dust" and "worship the ancestors". Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival has the meaning of "except Chen Buxin". It means sweeping away all "bad luck" and "bad luck" and welcoming the new year with a new atmosphere.

3. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month-push the mill to make tofu

A folk proverb says, "On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, push the mill to make tofu." In some places, there is also the custom of eating bean curd residue before New Year's Eve. It is said that after the Kitchen King reports to heaven, the Jade Emperor will visit the lower bound to see if every household is as the Kitchen King played. So every family ate tofu dregs to show their hardship and hide from the punishment of the Jade Emperor.

4. On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month-making New Year's cakes

New Year's cakes are essential. Especially in rural areas, in addition to chicken, duck, fish, meat and fruit, the rice cake must be indispensable on the sacrificial table. During the Spring Festival, when people visit relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings, they often take a few pieces of rice cakes, which means "high every year".

Extended information:

Tongxiang is the main producing area of sericulture in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are rich sericulture customs in its countryside, among which Qingming silk rolling is the most representative activity.

In the 21th century, with the rise of chemical fiber fabrics, the sericulture economy and the temple fair of silk rolling were affected and almost disappeared. After the reform and opening-up, the state paid more and more attention to the protection of folk customs. In 2111, Tongxiang sericulture custom, as a sub-project of sericulture and silk weaving techniques in China, was listed in the "List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity" by UNESCO.

China News Network-14 foreign friends walked into Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province to experience the traditional folk customs of Qingming.