Spring Festival customs in various places in China:

1. How to eat during the Spring Festival in "Old Beijing":

Beijing folk song: "Sugar melons are sacrificed to the stove, and the New Year is here." , the first food to enter the festival is Tanggua, Guandong sugar and other snacks used for "sacrifice to the stove". They are made of colloidal maltose. They are sweet and slightly sour. In an era when life was not so rich, this was an excellent delicacy. Moreover, the presence of Tanggua and Guandong sugar at home indicates that the Spring Festival is not far away. Of course, the "Kitchen Lord" does not eat the fireworks of the world. This kind of "bribery" in the hope that the "Kitchen Lord" will "say good things to God and ensure peace in the lower world" has naturally become a favorite among children.

Old Beijingers pay special attention to "Celebrating the New Year", so they have this saying: "Children, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after Laba Festival, Laba porridge, drink it for a few days, blah blah blah twenty-three, two Thirteen, sticky melons, twenty-four, clean the house, twenty-five, fried tofu, twenty-six, stew mutton, twenty-seven, kill the rooster, twenty-eight, make the dough, twenty-nine, steam the steamed buns, Stay up all night on the 30th, twist and turn on the New Year's Day..." ballad. Laba porridge, fried tofu, stewed mutton, etc. listed in the folk song are all delicacies of old Beijing during the Spring Festival. Today, these are commonplace meals, but in the 1950s and 1960s, they could only be enjoyed during the Chinese New Year.

There are only the above kinds of food during the Spring Festival, which is certainly not rich. For example, pastries used to worship gods and ancestors in ancient times - Mi Gong, Shaqima, etc. are not only the food of Manchu and Mongolian ethnic minorities in Beijing. , is also a must-have food in Beijing people’s homes. Some well-off Beijingers still had the custom of eating fish on New Year's Eve. The fish must be carp. It was originally used as a sacrifice to the gods, but later it was associated with the auspicious saying of "good luck and good fortune". Fish is both a delicacy and an offering.

As for the dumplings on New Year's Eve, the dumplings with vegetarian fillings are used to worship the gods, while everyone eats the dumplings stuffed with meat. People who are not well-off use a mixture of meat and vegetables as fillings. Even the poorest families have many "procedures" to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. In addition to well-known delicacies such as dumplings and rice cakes, people in "Old Beijing" also make "douerjiang" - a cold dish made of pork skin, dried tofu, soybeans, green beans, water mustard, etc., with a color like Amber, similar to "aspic". There is also "mustard dumpling", which is a cold dish used to accompany wine and appetizers. People eat a lot of greasy food during festivals, which tends to cause fire and phlegm. These cold dishes can make up for this shortcoming.

When all kinds of meat and vegetable dishes are prepared, Beijingers also prepare candies, dried fruits, melon seeds and "mixed fruits". The so-called "mixed fruits" are today's assorted preserved fruits. In those days, these snacks were delicacies for people to sit around the fire and bid farewell to the New Year.

Today, almost all the offerings and traditional foods in the name of worshiping ancestors and gods have been preserved, but they are not so eye-catching. As for today's Spring Festival, the dining table can only be summed up by the word "abundant". Sichuan and Shandong cuisine and fresh seafood will appear on ordinary people's New Year's Eve dining tables. People who believe in "new style" will also go to big restaurants to "have a meal" to welcome the New Year!

2. Interesting Jiangsu Spring Festival customs

In addition to pasting Spring Festival couplets, hanging New Year pictures, staying up late, lion dancing, New Year greetings and other customs that are the same as those across the country, Jiangsu folk also have Some unique customs are now compiled for the benefit of readers.

Suzhou people put cooked water chestnuts in their meals on New Year's Eve and dig them out when eating, which is called "digging for ingots". When relatives and friends come and go, they put two green olives in when making tea, which is called "drinking ingot tea" ",May you be happy and prosperous.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, people in Wujin hung the portraits of their ancestors in the middle hall, served tea, fruits and rice cakes, and the whole family performed New Year's greetings in turn, which is called "worshiping the shadow of gods." They swept the floor and were not allowed to sweep from the house. , for fear of sweeping away "wealth" and "good luck", we can only sweep from the outside in. People in Jiangning have the custom of "beating the sacred drum" during the Spring Festival. A big flag opens the way, and gongs and drummers beat the drum vigorously to add to the fun. On the third day of the lunar month, they "beat the night drum", on the seventh day of the lunar month, they "beat the seven drums", and from the 13th to the 15th day of the lunar month, they play "shirtless drums". "Drum", the atmosphere was warm.

Nantong people have the custom of planting sesame stalks, holly, and cypress branches at the door of their homes or in front of their halls, which means that life is blooming and green all year round.

Huaiyin people also have the custom of "baking their children's heads" on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. At night, children are taken to the open field to light torches to drive away diseases and evil spirits. While roasting, they sing: "Roast your head to wake up your brain. Roast your feet to straighten your steps. Roast your belly to prevent diarrhea. Roast your whole body." "

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Wuxi fishermen have the habit of taking a boat to Xishan to worship the Yuwang Temple, pray for the blessing of the water god, and worship the Aofu Buddha, which is called "Shang?". After the Yuwang Temple was demolished. , this custom gradually became indifferent.

3. Hong Kong New Year Customs

The Lunar New Year is a grand festival in our country’s tradition, and I believe that every Chinese person does not know it. However, celebrating the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong is completely different from the traditional ones in terms of customs and atmosphere.

In recent years, few Hong Kong people have traditionally posted Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures at home during the Lunar New Year. Instead, they have posted "Business is booming", "Business is booming", "Come in and out safely", etc. in some shops or homes. of Huichun. Even so, the original intention of posting Huichun is the same as posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures. It means auspiciousness and hopes that everything will go well and be safe in the coming year.

4. Macao’s annual customs

Macao’s annual customs are unique. "Xie Zao" is one of the most traditional Chinese customs preserved in Macao. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people in Macao call it "Thanks to the Kitchen God".

According to Chinese tradition, Macau people also use kitchen sugar to treat the Kitchen God. It is said that the mouth of the Kitchen God is glued with sugar to prevent him from speaking ill of the Jade Emperor. I saw a portrait of Santa Claus on the kitchen stove of a Macanese family in Macau Flower Street. The strange thing is that there is a couplet on the side of the portrait of Santa Claus: "God speaks good things, and returns home with good luck."

5. Interesting Customs of Taiwan’s Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the most solemn traditional folk festival with a long history of the Chinese nation. In Taiwan, which is separated from Fujian Province by a river, its history, culture, customs, living customs, kinship, etc. are all in line with the mainland of the motherland, especially the southern Fujian region. Therefore, the Spring Festival customs of the people on the island are naturally in line with those of the people in the mainland of the motherland. Much the same.

6. Guilin Spring Festival customs

From "Little New Year's Eve" to New Year's Eve

The Spring Festival enters Guilin with the bell at zero o'clock on December 24th of the lunar calendar. Urban and rural. This day is the "Little New Year's Eve" for Guilin people, which is also the "Little New Year's Eve". On this day, people kill dogs and ducks to celebrate the coming of the Spring Festival. The sound of firecrackers on this day crackled with people's wish to send the Stove Lord "God said good things" to Gao Yu. People believe that the Kitchen God is the head of the family and is responsible for all the good, evil, deeds and misfortunes of the family. Therefore, at the end of each year, the Kitchen God is sent to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor to bring blessings and avoid disasters for the whole family. The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the stove is mostly performed by the elders of the family. They put candies on the stove to worship the Kitchen God, praying to the Kitchen God to "speak good things from heaven and bring good luck to the earth." The purpose of using candies to worship the Kitchen God is to make the sugar "stick" to the Kitchen God's mouth, so that his sweet mouth can say good things. After night falls on New Year's Eve, firecrackers are set off to welcome the Stove Lord to earth. This is an ancient custom in Guilin to "celebrate the off-year". Now even setting off firecrackers is just a ritual left over from ancient customs.