It has been almost 1000 years since I graduated from my university and came to Zhanjiang, Guangdong. Seeing some customs of the New Year in Leizhou Peninsula, I can't help thinking of some customs in my hometown.
My hometown is in a small mountain village below Anqing City, Anhui Province. My hometown is beautiful, with four distinct seasons. Ancestors work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and have been engaged in farming life here. Usually everyone lives a quiet life, and only the Spring Festival is the most solemn and lively season.
Meet our ancestors and see them off.
The twelfth lunar month in our hometown is called off-year. Entering the off-year, Spring Festival travel rush begins. Entering the new year, the first priority is to take our ancestors home for the New Year. On this night, every family will burn incense and shoot guns in the ancestral hall, telling their ancestors that today is the beginning of the New Year, and their children and grandchildren invite you back for the New Year. Then I went home and offered offerings to my ancestors every day. On the morning of New Year's Eve, every family will personally go to the ancestral grave on the mountain to worship again, and they will also invite their ancestors back for the New Year for fear of omission. This activity lasted until the fourth day of the first month. On the morning of the fourth day of the fourth lunar month, every family will put on rich food to send their ancestors home, which is called farewell. It means that the new year is coming to an end, the new year has begun, people are diligent, and spring comes early. It is time for our ancestors to go back and start farming.
Sticking the moral of Spring Festival couplets
On New Year's Eve, usually in the afternoon, every household will post Spring Festival couplets. I used to know that posting Spring Festival couplets was a festive thing. With the growth of age, I heard my parents say that posting Spring Festival couplets in rural areas has another meaning, that is, everyone was poor before, and most people borrowed money to live. By the end of the year, creditors kept coming to collect debts. Some people have to go out to hide their debts. However, no matter how you hide, you still have to go home on the 30 th. And creditors often stay in your home on this day and refuse to leave. At this time, there is only one way to invite him, and that is to post Spring Festival couplets. Because I don't know when it started, there is an agreement in the countryside: as long as people post Spring Festival couplets, they can no longer rely on others to ask for debts. Chinese New Year is as big as the sky. Debt can only wait until next year.
Watch the years and light the lights.
Perhaps many places have the custom of observing the age of 30, and our place is no exception. In the past, there were no electric lights. Before the Spring Festival, my father polished the kerosene lamp cover at home early. All rooms should be lit on New Year's Eve, and on New Year's Eve and the first day of junior high school for two consecutive nights, which means prosperity in the coming year. Therefore, this light is very important, so don't let it stay off all night. If accidentally blown out by the wind, the family will be a little unhappy; If it is destroyed by a child's careless fire, there will be scolding, or a few fingers will "light chestnuts". When I was young, our children went to bed early, and my father always stayed until 12, and then opened the gate to set off firecrackers, indicating that the new year had a good start. Generally, the sooner you open the door, the more auspicious it is, and the louder the firecrackers, the more prosperous they are.
There are many taboos on the first day of the year.
The first day of the new year is the first day of the new year. How you look at the mood of this day will naturally indicate the mood of this year. Therefore, there are many taboos and many stresses on this day. Generally speaking, children like to pay New Year greetings to families on New Year's Eve. In the past, rural people were poor, and children could get a low-priced cigarette or a string of firecrackers at most during the New Year. However, in the first day, children generally don't go to other people's homes or relatives' homes, and children can't reach out and ask adults for things. According to parents, now that people are rich, children are no longer coming, and there is no strong flavor of the year before. On the first day, you can't beat children or swear, because if you are beaten and scolded on this day, you may have bad luck all year round; Also, you can't pour tea on the ground on the first day. If it falls, it means there will be wind and rain when you go out.
It has been 22 years since I went to college to work. Although I am far away from home, I can't often go home for the New Year, but every New Year, I always think of the taste of New Year in my hometown, and call my parents from time to time to ask them about the New Year. Parents said that although the taste of the year is much less now, some common customs have remained, just like the process we often use in our work, and we can't miss a step.
Spring Festival is the most traditional and grand festival in China, and it also lasts for the longest time. From the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th day of the first lunar month, people were busy for a month.
Old Beijing loves to talk about Lazy and Bala, freezing to death in western Western jackdaw. In the Lama Temple in Qing Dynasty, there was a tradition of cooking Laba porridge to worship Buddha and courtiers, which was called Buddha porridge. The purpose is to become attached to the Buddha, which means that, like the Buddha, he drank the miscellaneous bean porridge given by the shepherdess and became a Buddha.
On the 23rd day of the lunar calendar, it is said that the Kitchen God told the Jade Emperor the good and evil on earth the next day, and the Jade Emperor benefited from it. Every household was busy offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God. On this evening, my parents presented Guandong sugar, honeydew melon (meaning sticking to the mouth of the kitchen god) and so on. And then even put the niche of the kitchen god on the branches of pine and cypress and the stems of sesame, which is called sacrifice. On this night, firecrackers exploded, and Beijingers said that it was New Year's Eve, the carnival night in China, and everything was to bid farewell to the old year, welcome the new year and pray for good luck. The whole family sits around, holds a family dinner and wishes each other family happiness. This is the so-called stove. After dinner, children will scatter sesame stalks in the yard and walk on them. This is called stepping on the year. Old Beijing set off firecrackers to pay New Year greetings to each other in the middle of the night, and the younger generation kowtowed to their elders to pay New Year's greetings and ask for lucky money. The whole family was vegetarian in jiaozi, which was called "Even jiaozi, jiaozi Reunion". Only one of hundreds of jiaozi has coins, which means that people who eat this kind of jiaozi have a good year.
Nowadays, Beijingers still retain many ancient traditional customs during the Spring Festival, and colorful cultural programs make the festive atmosphere more intense. From 65438 to 0994, after Beijing banned fireworks and firecrackers, Beijingers could only go to a few designated places in the suburbs to watch the festive New Year fireworks, but more and more Beijingers are trying to spend the Spring Festival in an increasingly fresh way.
The Spring Festival in Chengde actually started on the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, every temple and every household has to cook porridge, which is called Laba porridge. On the one hand, it commemorates the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a monk, and on the other hand, it celebrates the prosperity of Wuguan Valley. On this day, New Year pictures, firecrackers and meat began to go on sale. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every household should sweep the yard. This day is called off-year, and generally every family has to hold a banquet to worship the kitchen god. Spring Festival couplets began to be posted on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, and the festive atmosphere became stronger and stronger. On New Year's Eve, the whole family, old and young, had a family reunion dinner and bought jiaozi, ready to fight the cold war. In the early morning 12, firecrackers exploded to welcome the new year. On New Year's Day, we pay New Year greetings to each other and have fun together. The next day, we invite our children and girls home, the third day, we will meet our in-laws, and the fourth day, we will meet our friends. The climax of the fifth day in Spring Festival travel rush is over. On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival, also known as the Lantern Festival, people play dragon lanterns, dance yangko, walk on stilts, play with lions and play around the clock. After the 16th day of the first month, all walks of life began to resume business step by step, and the Spring Festival ended here.
The Chinese New Year custom in rural areas of southern Fujian is different from that in cities. Rural farmhouses have many houses and doors. In addition to posting Spring Festival couplets, there are two red paper sugarcane trees on both sides of the door, which are called "door sugarcane". The dialect "sugarcane" is similar to "Jia", which means to enter a good environment. In the hall, there are New Year's Eve dinners, long vegetables and cakes on the table, and "spring branches" tied with red and yellow paper are inserted, which means that food is abundant all year round, auspicious and rich. Every household should pile sweet potatoes, vines and sticks outside the door and light them until there is smoke around the fire. The man jumped over this pile of flames according to his generation, thinking, "Jump in and make a fortune every year;" Jump out, carefree * * *; Skip the east, the grain is not empty; Skip the west and money will roll in. " This is called "fire group", which symbolizes burning the evil spirits of the old year, eliminating disasters and welcoming a clean and prosperous New Year. After the "fire jumping", we must clean the hall with a new broom. After sweeping, put the broom cupboard together and dump it by the door, hoping to get out of the broom again and help make a fortune. At the same time, we must collect some ashes from the jumping fire and put them in the charcoal stove, which is called "Tianwang", symbolizing more prosperity. Parents lead their children to sit around the stove, which is called "keeping watch around the stove". It is best to stay up late. It is said that this is to add longevity to parents. At this time, the elders give the younger generation lucky money, which is called "dividing the circle". With the progress of society and the acceleration of the pace of life, some complicated customs in rural areas of southern Fujian are gradually abolished, but the custom of farmers looking forward to a good year still exists. Especially in the cold winter of December, the whole family gathered around the warm little stove and talked about how warm and happy it was to look forward to the future in the old year.
1000 word composition on the topic of Spring Festival is another jubilant Spring Festival.
Since childhood, celebrating the Spring Festival means wearing new clothes, getting lucky money and setting off firecrackers. However, with the increase of epilepsy, the significance of the Spring Festival has also changed. I feel that the Spring Festival is a family reunion, and then forget the troubles of the past year and welcome the hope of the new year.
When I went home on a cold vacation, I treated myself as an adult and introduced myself to my parents. On the 28th and 29th of last month, my home was cleaned by my dad from top to bottom, inside and outside, and there were jubilant Spring Festival decorations hanging at home. Golden rooster, fiery red pepper, exaggerated firecrackers. Winter jasmine and daffodils are also in full bloom indoors, and red lanterns are hung on the balcony and will continue to bloom. Geely's "Fu" and couplets are posted outside the door. Because it is the first year in my new home, my couplet is "I am so happy when the new house is completed, and the whole family is happy". Spring is full inside and outside, and the atmosphere is rich. For the happiness of the whole family, my mother has been busy in the kitchen for two whole days, braised pork, stewed vegetables, chopped jiaozi and steamed buns, all for the New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve has finally arrived. I got up early, dressed up, and greeted the New Year with a full spirit. In our place, New Year's Eve dinner is usually eaten at 3 noon. Before eating, firecrackers should be hung in front of the house, just like "calling": dinner is ready! Adults and children went into battle together, pots and pans jingled, and the fragrance and strong wine smell broke out at this time. People are at their best at this time. Children rush to delicious food like tigers, whether their hands are dirty or not. Adults drink a lot and eat meat in chunks, regardless of their manners and eating habits. During the dinner, our elders will toast their elders. At this time, we need honey in our mouths! Jokes and jubilation filled the room. The toast should be done properly, and our red wallets are bulging after the toast. After the big meal, we will bring incense, yellow awn and firecrackers to the ancestral grave to "light up", so that relatives under Jiuquan can also feel the atmosphere of the New Year and seek their blessings. Next, the whole family eats snacks together and looks forward to the Spring Festival party. At night 12, every household was shouting, and the battle was described as "the fire tree and the silver flowers never sleep." This grand occasion can last all night, and then people will have a good sleep with their own wishes.
On the first day, I ate jiaozi, wore new clothes and paid a New Year call. The cooked, wrapped and cooked jiaozi is very delicious. I'm flattered. When you are full, you can put on your long-awaited new clothes and visit relatives with gifts. Of course, our "beautiful job" is to receive red envelopes in the New Year. From the second day to the third day ... until the eighth day, my parents were outside all morning before going to work, and they were very tired of eating and playing.
Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, and it will end one year later. This year, I ate dumplings wrapped by my mother at home during the Lantern Festival, and watched the fireworks party held by the government in the evening. That night, it seemed like New Year's Eve.
I can't help but mention the sixteenth day of the first month. Some people may wonder, isn't it the end of the year after the fifteenth day of the first month? But there is another custom in our country, that is, "swimming in all diseases." On the 16th day of the first month, people will choose a fun place to go out and play. "All diseases travel" means that everyone goes out to play on the 16th day of the first month, driving all diseases and disasters out of the house and staying outside. Usually, this day is a good day to go out and play.
After half a month's coming and going, even if it's New Year, although it feels a little tired, everyone is happy to reprimand it. These days, children are particularly "presumptuous", and relatives and friends often get together to contact their feelings. People's hearts are getting closer, and this year is also full of flavor.
After a year, people are one year older and think more rationally about the future. I hope each of us can be refreshed, healthy and all the best in the new year!