The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival. From the first day to the fifth day, there are fixed and numerous festivals among the people. In the early morning of the first day of the first month, firecrackers must be set off, which is called "opening the door to welcome the spring", and it also means that the whole family wears new clothes and worships heaven and earth and ancestors under the leadership of their parents. Then, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give their children "lucky money". Eat reunion and cake for breakfast, and hold the luck of "family reunion, step by step promotion". Good men and women go to the temple to burn incense and worship God early in the morning. More pious people rushed to the temple to burn incense for good luck. Eating noodles at noon means longevity. Eating leftovers from the New Year's Eve dinner means "more than a year". Go to bed early at night, and sleep without lights. On the first day of the new year, don't move scissors, don't sweep the floor, and don't go out to take out the garbage, otherwise it will be regarded as dumping wealth. On the second day of the second year, we began to visit relatives and friends and celebrate New Year's Day with each other. Jiangyin has a saying that "the Chinese New Year will be held in the first half of the first month". The fifth day of the first month is the birthday of Bodhisattva Reuters. In the morning, "Reuters" is followed by "God of Wealth". If you are late, you are afraid of being taken away by others. Therefore, firecrackers will be heard from the middle of the fourth day to the dawn of the fifth day. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the store mainly invites all employees to eat "road wine". If the host wants to dismiss the employee, he will eat a chicken head to decide the banquet. In the old days, from the sixth day, large and small shops began to open, which was called "small opening", and after the eighteenth day of the first month, it was called "big opening".

offer sacrifices to ancestors

Speaking of customs, the customs in Jiangyin are not much different, and they are roughly the same as those in other places. Jiangyin people usually worship their ancestors before the New Year, which is also called Chinese New Year, but they must first dust off their cobwebs before they can worship. Specifically, there should be fish and meat, tofu venetian blinds, vegetables, rice cake steamed bread, bean sprouts and bream, a total of more than a dozen dishes, until the incense is burned and the paper money is spent. Finally set off firecrackers to close the door, and then no one at home can go out. But my mother-in-law's house is different from ours. They don't have to ask for more than a dozen dishes like me, and they don't have to wait for the incense to burn before wasting paper money. On New Year's Day, we have a reunion, and firecrackers are set off, turned on and off all the year round. On the second day of New Year's Day, I usually pay a New Year call to my uncle, and then get together on the fifteenth day of the first month. After that, the year is over.

sweep the dust

"On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, clean the house." Every spring festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains and dust cobwebs. Everywhere is filled with the joyful atmosphere of cleaning and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly. We call it cleaning.

And we have to clean up the dust and cobwebs before we can invite our ancestors to dinner. Do you want to worship our ancestors? Our ancestors had to prepare rice cakes, steamed buns and fish, washbasins, towels and toast for the New Year's Eve dinner three times. There are 36 small handleless wine cups in my family, and then we will eat rice and burn paper money. After that, the ancestors can clear the table, and finally the family can eat. After dinner, we will set off firecrackers and close the door.

paste up Spring Festival couplets

But now it seems that young people don't pay attention to it, and not every household has posted it.

Stick the window grilles and the word "fu" upside down.

Sticking the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom in China. The word "Fu" symbolizes good luck and wishes for a happy life and a bright future. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, some people simply put the word "Fu" upside down, indicating that "Fu has arrived" and "Fu has arrived". However, this kind of blessing is still posted by almost every family, and some people post that kind of Fuwa, a portrait of congratulations on making a fortune.

New Year's Eve

On the evening of the last day of the Lunar New Year. Except for the old cloth, it is new. Every family will get together for New Year's Eve dinner.

stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve

Keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve is one of the most important activities, and the custom of keeping the Lunar New Year's Eve has a long history. My family always watches the Spring Festival Gala after dinner, waiting for the arrival of the New Year.

firecracker

There is a folk saying in China that "open the door and set off firecrackers". That is, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecracker is a specialty of China, also known as "Firecracker", "Firecracker" and "Firecracker".

Eat rice cakes, jiaozi and wonton.

Steamed rice cakes, rice cakes because of homophonic "high year", higher year by year, also known as step by step. Now rice cakes have diversified, such as blood glutinous rice cakes. Our family used to make rice cakes, but now we eat less, so we buy ready-made ones. There is a place where jiaozi eats wonton. Wonton in our family is a must, and jiaozi is ready-made.

Open the door and set off firecrackers.

When the door is opened in the morning of the Spring Festival, firecrackers are set off first, which is called "opening the door to set off firecrackers". Dad usually plays in our family, but now my husband plays occasionally.

Eat reunion

On the morning of New Year's Day, we all want to get together here, the small one with some brown sugar. Some even want to steam rice cakes and steamed buns. Those who eat steamed stuffed buns from snack rice cakes look casual now, but reunion is still enjoyed by everyone. Eating in Jiangyin during the Spring Festival contains profound local food culture and people's beautiful pursuit of life in the new year. What to eat? How to eat? Lots of attention. In particular, every dish has its own name, as well as auspicious titles and meanings.

The following is the moral of Jiangyin cuisine:

1. cake, called "rice cake", means that position, income and age are increasing year by year.

2, dumplings, reunion, meaning: family reunion, all the best.

3, wonton, the title: "Gathering wealth", which means: treasures constantly enter the door and are neatly stacked at home.

4, noodles, appellation: "Shoumian" and "Yinxian", meaning: good health, long life of 800, no matter what you do, you make money, you have many friends and many contacts.

5. Oenanthe javanica (cut into inches), the title is "perfection", which means that everything goes well and everything goes well.

6, soybean teeth, the title: "Ruyi", meaning: Everything goes well, always goes well.

7. Stir-fried bean sprouts with cress. The title is "perfection", which means: all the best, all the best, all the best. This is as common as bream in ancestor worship.

8, red and white radish strips, the title: "Xinglong", meaning: the cause is prosperous and prosperous, and gold bars and silver bars are full of houses.

9, onion, title: "smart", meaning: good talent, developed mind, strong ability to accept knowledge.

10, shrimp, topic: "Smooth sailing", which means: things will succeed even if they encounter twists and turns.

1 1, Silver Carp: Title: "More than one year", which means: the family is good and has enough food and money every year.

12, Carassius auratus: Title: "Saving more than enough", which means: saving more than saving.

13, taro fish head, topic: "Meet the head" (opportunity), which means: there are many opportunities and good development space.

14, pig liver, title: "bamboo tube", which means: wearing a bamboo tube, with a prominent position.

15, pig ear, title: "Bon voyage", meaning: Bon voyage.

16, pig tongue, title: "make a fortune", which means: business is booming and financial resources are rolling in.

17, pig's head meat, meaning: always strive for the first place, ranking first.

18, hoof, title: "Lucky", which means: wealth beckons. Generally, meatballs are used to make soup, which contains fungus and so on. Every family is different and has personal preferences.

19, the name of the meat is "Yuanbao Meat", which means that the family is rich and the Yuanbao lasts forever. Almost every family invites guests to dinner.

20. Poached eggs are called "wallets", "gold ingots" and "golden treasures", meaning: wealth is prosperous and income is rich.

2 1, Zongdu, title: "Family photo", which means: family reunion, long life. Like the hot pot now, everything can be put in.

22, dried bamboo shoots, the title: "promotion", meaning: smooth career, rising status.

23, Nostoc flagelliforme, the title: "Make a fortune", which means: deep pockets, deep pockets.

24, Lotus Heart, the title: "heart to heart", meaning: work together, heart to heart.

25, peanuts, title: "eternal fruit", meaning: health and longevity, often live forever.

26, jujube, title: "jujube", meaning: early birth.

27. Sugarcane, the topic: "Sweeter every day", which means: sweeter every day, and the quality of life is getting better and better.

28, water chestnut, title: "horseshoe", meaning: spring breeze is proud, horseshoe is urgent, career is smooth, promotion is fast.

29, water chestnut, title: "exquisite", meaning: flexible and lovely. This is usually prepared by elders and grandmothers for children who are going to school.

30. pear: title: "smart", which means: flexible and interested. It's also for a school child, and it's in a new schoolbag.

3 1, Apple, the title: "Peace", which means: Nothing happened.

32. Sesame, the title: "Increasing day by day", means that the level of life development is increasing day by day.

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Jiangyin people eat a lot of dishes during the Spring Festival. No matter what the economic situation of each family is, you should eat a few.

Such as: red dates, peanuts, sugar cane, apples, water chestnuts and water chestnuts in fruits and dried fruits.

Cold dishes include cress, soybean sprouts, prawns, dried pork, pig ears, pig tongue and pig head meat.

Hot dishes: braised pork with dried bamboo shoots, braised pork with radish, braised pork with pig's feet, whole chicken in clear soup, braised silver carp, fried spinach with white leaves and fried vegetables.

"Family portrait" and "hot pot" in soup dishes.

Jiangyin people want to eat these dishes in the Spring Festival because each dish contains a beautiful meaning and people's pursuit of a better life.