1, Spring Festival in Tsing Yi. According to the Book of Rites of the Later Han Dynasty, "On the day of beginning of spring, within five minutes, all the officials in the capital were in Tsing Yi, all the officials in counties and towns were in Tsing Yi, and all the officials in beginning of spring were in Niu Geng to show the people."
The ancients believed that spring marked the revival of all things and the world was green, so spring corresponded to cyan in attributes, and the god of spring was also called "Di Qing". In order to show his connection with heaven, the emperor of the Han Dynasty also wore blue clothes as the etiquette of the Spring Festival.
2. Drink pepper and cypress wine/Tu Su wine. Different from the pepper introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty, Zanthoxylum bungeanum originated in Qinling Mountains, China, and was mentioned many times in The Songs of Chu and The Book of Songs, and then spread all over the country.
3. Eat seven plates of porridge. According to Dong Fangshuo's record in the gauntlet, Nu Wa made chickens on the first day of the first month, dogs on the second day, and people on the seventh day, so the seventh day is people's birthday, which is called "People's Day".
Customs and habits of modern Spring Festival:
Sticking Spring Festival couplets: On New Year's Eve, every household removes the old door gods and couplets, and then sticks new couplets and door gods. This means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.
Setting off firecrackers: Setting off firecrackers is a link from New Year's Eve to the beginning of the year. It's probably the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and every place and every household is different.
Setting off firecrackers to worship ancestors: On the last day of the New Year, we need delicious food and drinks to worship ancestors and immortals and pray for a bumper harvest in the coming year. Reunion dinner and reunion dinner are happy to have a big meal together. Fish is indispensable to a big meal, and sausages are also essential.