As soon as the twelfth lunar month arrives, you can start preparing bacon, go to the market to choose meat, season, pickle, air dry and do everything yourself.

2. Sun? Eel? Salted fish and dried fish

People in Ningbo have a special liking for eels, and there is a saying among the people that eels are better than chickens. Roasted eel has naturally become an indispensable part for Ningbo people to prepare for the New Year.

3. do it. Year? cake

In Ningbo, rice cakes are a must-have item for the Spring Festival. People in Ningbo love to eat rice cakes, which are delicious and emotional, ranging from snacks to big ones.

4. pickling? Is it salty? sabotage

People in Ningbo can't live without red paste and crabs on the dinner table for the New Year, just like the repertoire of China traditional opera, without it.

5. Sacrifice to the Kitchen God

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as "off-year". There is an old custom in Ningbo: "Sacrifice the jujube king on December 23rd, with five colors of jujube fruit in the middle". Legend has it that this day is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven, and every household should "send the kitchen stove" and "sacrifice the kitchen stove". ?

6. Xie Nian risotto

A few years ago, another great event was "Xie Nian". "Xie Nian" means that people in Ningbo thank nature at the end of the year, comfort their ancestors and pray for good luck in the coming year. "Xie Nian" is also called "Xie Nian soup rice".

7. Dust

From the end of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, every household has to do a general cleaning. Cleaning is a must during the Spring Festival. At this time, adults will be busy outside, moving out all kinds of cabinets, boxes and quilts to wash and dry. At the same time, people should cut their nails, have a haircut, take a bath, remove and wash bedding, scrub utensils, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

8. Prepare new year's goods

Entering the twelfth lunar month, the family will start to buy new year's goods. Candy, melon seeds, pistachios and fruits were once essential snacks for the New Year. Now they buy more upscale things than before, including all kinds of nuts and packaged snacks.

9. Post Spring Festival couplets

During the Spring Festival, most people have the habit of posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures.