What is the etiquette of housewarming?
Building a house and moving to a new house was regarded as one of the great celebrations by the ancients, and it was called "the joy of moving". Before moving into a new house, you must first choose an auspicious day. Before moving, put red paper couplets on the door and cut and paste the word "double happiness"; When you open the door of the new house, set off firecrackers; After moving the furniture into the new house, you should choose the right time, usually when the chicken crows, when there are no pedestrians in the village or on the road, take the old fire to the stove of the new house and set off firecrackers at the same time; When moving into a new house, you should bring lanterns (or oil lamps), fire cages, scales, etc. When you enter the house, you should also bring a nest of chickens and steam them into the new house to show the prosperity and happiness of the new couple. When the new house is lit for the first time, on the same day or a few days later, relatives and friends come to give gifts and set off firecrackers to celebrate, and the main family holds a banquet to thank them for their congratulations. Housewarming banquets are generally chosen on the day of relocation. The old etiquette was that the host enjoyed the meal and the guests prepared gifts. The banquet is called "People's Banquet", and the host should entertain relatives and friends, builders and helpers. There are leeks, tofu, pig intestines, pig blood and rice cakes in the dish, which means long time and high fortune. Relatives and friends went to congratulate and presented chickens and various cookers as gifts, which were called "warm pots". It is advisable to send steady and noble flowers and trees, such as gladiolus, roses, potted plants, bonsai, etc., to show grandeur.