From the end of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, every household should do a general cleaning, and use a long-handled broom to dust off the cobwebs on the four corners of the roof and walls, which is called "eaves dusting". Because "Chen" and "Chen" have similar pronunciations in Fengxian dialect, they are also called "Chen", which means "unlucky". At the same time, people cut their nails, have their hair cut and take a bath to show that they are bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new.

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"Sugar soup tea" is usually drunk in the morning, and some are candied dates, a spoonful of white sugar or rock sugar. Some people fill hot water bottles in advance and drink them early tomorrow morning. People who believe in Buddhism or have rules are said to be vegetarian all day.

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Square cake

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In Fengxian, this is an ancient custom. Chinese new year is to make square cakes, which are white and square, and the entrance is very sweet. But now for the sake of simplicity, everyone goes shopping directly. Few people will do it by themselves.

God of offering sacrifices to stoves

Sacrificing a stove is a traditional custom, which has a great influence among the people in China and is widely spread. According to the old yellow calendar, on the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month, every household should "offer sacrifices to the stove". That night, every household put the statue of Kitchen God on the kitchen stove, and cooked fish, good meat, eggs, jiaozi, bean sprouts, water chestnut and so on. Kitchen God is the most representative folk god in China, with the widest mass base. It gives the working people in China a beautiful wish, that is, to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and welcome good luck.

Buy new year's goods

special purchases for the Spring Festival

Buying new year's goods is an indispensable top priority for ordinary people's homes, including food, clothing, housing and transportation, use and so on. Now the supermarkets in Fengxian will be much more crowded than usual, and purchasing new year's goods is an important preparation for the New Year. Remember when I was a child, I followed my parents to buy new year's goods?

paste up Spring Festival couplets

During the Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose beautiful red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on their doors to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, so as to increase the festive atmosphere. Some people put up New Year pictures of Spring Festival couplets to symbolize good luck. Spring Festival couplets express the good wishes of working people in China to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters. Different Spring Festival couplets have different symbols, but they all have people's good wishes.

Family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is the most important part during the Spring Festival. In Fengxian, there are many stresses on eating New Year's Eve: meatballs and egg dumplings are absolutely essential on the table. Because meatballs symbolize reunion, eggs and jiaozi mean getting rich. At the same time, the dishes eaten on this day also have different names, "Chang Geng Cai" (spinach); "Anle cuisine" (green vegetables); "Ruyi cuisine" (soybean sprouts) has everything. At the same time, water chestnuts must be embedded in rice and picked out with chopsticks when eating, which is called "digging gold ingots". In addition, the fish on the table is generally inexhaustible, which means that there will be more (fish) every year in the coming year.