Chaozhou Spring Festival Customs Chaozhou Spring Festival customs are really quite numerous. The most distinctive thing is to send oranges in the New Year. In Chaozhou, there is an emphasis on "bringing good luck to oranges in the new year". In the folk, in China and Guangdong, people are used to writing orange characters, which are very similar to auspicious characters. Therefore, during the Spring Festival, people give oranges to each other for good luck, hoping for good luck in the new year. The custom of exchanging oranges during the Spring Festival is very popular in Chaozhou. In Chaozhou, people call oranges "big oranges", and its homonym is "good luck". Therefore, people should bring oranges to relatives' homes for the New Year, and the host will exchange his big oranges with those brought by the guests, so as to be friendly to each other and have good luck. Usually, when a woman visits relatives and friends for New Year's greetings, she will prepare some oranges and carry them in a basket as New Year's gifts, and these are the gifts she gives back. In Chaozhou, according to the custom in China, young people pay New Year greetings to their elders, who will naturally repay them. As for what food to give to the younger generation, it is natural to choose items that children love to eat and have auspicious significance, so oranges are chosen as such foods with special significance. As for giving red envelopes, it is to let children buy what they like to eat and play, and later it was changed to simplify the procedures. Although the meaning is the same, it is still not as meaningful as traditional oranges. Give Oranges as Gifts If A's children beat and scold B's children during the Spring Festival, A's family must give a pair of oranges as gifts, and A's parents don't blame their children. The second family accepted oranges and forgave the children of the first family. This shows that family B has suffered an unlucky struggle. If family A is lucky enough to give it to family B, nothing unlucky will happen to the children of family B and family B this year. Take relatives to eat oranges in Hakka area of Jiexi County, Chaozhou. It is the busiest time to visit relatives from the first day of the first month to the Lantern Festival every year. People come and go on this road called "You Zheng". The gift you bring must be a pair of raw oranges and two pieces of garlic, indicating a happy New Year. The host can't accept oranges and garlic from the guests, so be sure to keep them and take them back with the gift. With oranges, chaozhou people's New Year will be a little more auspicious and a little more characteristic of the Spring Festival. Chaozhou also has its own unique habit of New Year greetings. The first day of the first lunar month is called January Day, which is the head of the New Year and the beginning of spring. Also known as the Spring Festival. Early in the morning, every household sets off firecrackers, commonly known as "opening the door" to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. In the early morning of the Spring Festival, every household should prepare dishes and go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors. All ancestral temples should be hung with lanterns, indicating their surnames, showing their ancestors' official positions or Tessa family style. Chaozhou citizens buy auspicious ornaments from the first day to the third day of the first month. The younger generation should pay New Year greetings to their elders, and relatives and friends congratulate each other. This is called New Year greetings or paying homage to righteousness. When children greet their elders with betel nuts (or olives instead of betel nuts) in the early morning, the elders will reward them with some money to buy him candy, commonly known as face money. When you meet acquaintances when you go out on this day, you should congratulate each other and wish Xinzheng all the best. Visit each other and worship each other with deep friendship. Chaozhou, the god of wealth, also has its own emphasis on eating during the New Year. On the first day of the first month, the whole family is vegetarian. On the second day of the second year, families eat meat to worship their ancestors, commonly known as "shame." It means respect for ancestors. On New Year's Eve, every household closes the door to "surround the kitchen" and the dishes are rich. There is a "kitchen" in the middle of the table, commonly known as "guest kitchen". On New Year's Eve, all relatives far away from Sang Zi go home for reunion. Interestingly, after the New Year's Eve dinner, parents should take out the "turtle shell" prepared in advance and let everyone taste it to congratulate their health and success in the coming year. During the Chinese New Year, chaozhou people is also very particular about talking. On New Year's Day, everyone should say auspicious words, don't swear, don't sweep the floor, don't pour dirty water, don't use knives and scissors, and don't ask others for debts. When a child breaks a plate, he should immediately say "Don't avoid eating too much", or "Open your mouth to get rich", "Open your mouth to get rich" or "Open your mouth to get rich". If you accidentally light a lantern, it is said to be "brightly lit". Familiar relatives and friends meet on the road and say "new glory and good luck" to each other. You can't sweep the floor this day. You have to hide the broom and let the garbage pile up, saying it's "piling up gold and accumulating jade" The Year of the Loong Spring Festival, chaozhou people also has its own unique entertainment activities. Chaoshan Spring Festival cultural activities are the most active. There are all kinds of gongs and drums, such as dragon dance, centipede dance, lion dance and Ying Ge. In some villages, it is also necessary to pay New Year greetings through lion dance teams to maintain nostalgia and friendship. Drums are played from the first day to the third day of the first month, and ancestors are worshipped for three consecutive days. There is a custom of drum music to help sacrifice, so some string clubs and shadow play classes form small bands at this time to tour ancestral temples all over the country, sing songs to help sacrifice and participate in new music. The host gave these bands red envelopes respectively, and the children gave them away on betel nut plates. Chaozhou people, a lion dancer, really enjoyed the Chinese New Year, eating delicious food and playing heartily ... The custom of giving big oranges added to the festive and lively New Year in chaozhou people. /Good things to share with you.