1, Nianzongzi: Nanning people have the custom of eating Nianzongzi in the coming year. Zongzi is a symbol of good luck in the New Year. As the saying goes, "Nianzongzi is the year of high school (Zongzi)". The New Year's Zongzi on Dragon Boat Festival is different from Liang Zongzi. It has stuffing, big and small, long and short, round and flat.
2. Fried corn: In southeastern Shanxi, there is a custom of eating fried corn. There is a saying in the folk proverb, "Twenty-three, don't eat fried, pour a pot on New Year's Day". People like to bond fried corn with maltose and freeze it into pieces, which tastes crisp and sweet.
3. Sticking cakes: There is a folk song of "Twenty-three Sticky Cakes Sticking" in Luxi, Shandong Province. Every year, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, it is the day for every household to steam and eat sticky cakes, which means to stick the mouth of the kitchen god and let him say the good things in the sky, not the bad things on earth. Sticky cakes are made of yellow rice and red dates, which are sweet and rich, and the entrance is soft, meaning "high every year". In addition, Hainan people use coconuts as ingredients to make coconut cakes for eating and praying, which means "high every year".
Off-year date
Due to different regions, customs and traditions, the days of off-year are different all over the country. In most parts of the south, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is a "folk traditional year". In the Song Dynasty, there was a custom of "having a small annual holiday on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month". "In ancient times, it was said that on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the kitchen owner expressed his ambition to heaven". Today, in most parts of the south, the ancient tradition of celebrating the New Year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is still maintained.
Most parts of the north: the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is a "small year in the north". From the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the sacrificial ceremony was held on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save money", the emperor also worshipped the kitchen god on this day. Since then, the royal family and Baylor have followed suit and sacrificed stoves on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. Since then, there has been a division between the government and the people, and they have spent off-year on different days. Influenced by the government, the off-year in most parts of the north is now the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.
Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai: The night before New Year's Eve is "New Year's Eve". Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai are used to calling New Year's Eve "New Year's Eve". Correspondingly, the night before New Year's Eve is called "New Year's Eve". Nanjing, which belongs to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, falls on the same day as the Lantern Festival. Parts of Sichuan and Guizhou: New Year's Eve. In some places in southwest China, people will spend New Year's Eve, and their New Year is usually on the 14th or 15th of the first month.