Meet ancestors, send the kitchen god, eat New Year's Eve, keep old, go abroad, pay New Year's greetings, eat Yuanxiao, play with dragon lanterns, solve riddles on the lanterns, send the god of wealth and other customs.
The Spring Festival is the first day of the first lunar month. Xishui Spring Festival is actually from the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to the 15th of the first month. Twenty-four years is called off-year, the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the first day of the first month.
Meet the ancestors and send the kitchen god.
The new year is coming. Strangers should celebrate the New Year, and they should not forget their dead ancestors and take them home for the New Year. And send a message to Kitchen God. Legend has it that the Kitchen God Bodhisattva is the messenger sent to the world by the Jade Emperor, whose duty is to examine ethics and observe the good and evil of people. Return to the Heavenly Palace on the 24th night of the twelfth lunar month every year. Therefore, in addition to fish and tofu, the sacrifice was specially made of Ciba and rice sugar, which was intended to stick the mouth and teeth of Kitchen God, so that he could only say good things but not bad things, and report good news instead of bad news. After the sacrifice, the old image of the Kitchen God was taken down and replaced with a new one, and a couplet was posted: "Heaven says good, and it is auspicious to come down to earth." From that night on, the cooking oil lamp was lit on the stove until the fifteenth day of the first month. After the new year, every family is busy buying new year's goods, and poor families are at a loss. In rural areas, a folk song once circulated: "In the coming year, it is an enemy, children want hats, women want flowers, daughters-in-law want their sons (headdresses) to leave their parents' homes, fathers want spicy meat for bodhisattvas, and mother-in-law wants glutinous rice to eat, so as to be in charge and make children laugh. "
Fu Huan
Even eating New Year's Eve is called a reunion dinner. There are two customs in practicing water: eating New Year's Eve on the 28th and 30th of the twelfth lunar month. Some places eat it in the morning and some places eat it at night. In the morning, people usually get up very early to eat New Year's Eve, and some eat it before dawn, which shows that people are diligent and spring is early. The New Year's Eve dinner is especially rich. First, we worship our ancestors, and then we eat together, so the whole family can share the family happiness. The thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month is the last day of the year, also called New Year's Eve. Since ancient times, people who have been away from home, no matter how far, have to get home. Although there is plenty of food and wine, there is no need for staple food, but every family has to cook a lot of glutinous rice, enough for the whole family to eat for three days, to show "more than one year."
stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve
On the thirtieth night of the twelfth lunar month, a young family sat around the fireplace "to keep watch" and used the largest pine tree as fuel. The more prosperous the fire, the more prosperous the days will be next year. Whoever has the biggest tree will raise the biggest pig next year. The family is full of laughter and happiness. The younger generation congratulates the old people on adding happiness and longevity, and the elders should give their children "lucky money". Don't set off firecrackers until midnight, but the young adults who are in charge should stay until dawn.
Chufang
Also known as the Arabian nights. In the early morning of the first day of the first lunar month, people worship their ancestors first, then open the door and light long firecrackers, which is called "going out". In some places, they will also go to the small temple in front of the village to worship the land god and pray for good weather and good harvests in the new year.
Pay new year's call
After breakfast, young people and children bring gifts to the elders in their families and relatives to pay New Year greetings.
From the fourth day of the fourth lunar month, people began to play with dragon lanterns, dance lions and row colorful lotus boats. The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month pushed the festive and peaceful atmosphere to a climax, thus ending the year.