2. There is a taboo of "no pumping" in the New Year. People who have wells at home, except Sunday, should "seal the wells" before dusk, put wooden covers on the wells, burn incense and worship, and then open the covers three days later for reuse.
3. "Married women don't look at the bride's family lights on New Year's Eve" and "Married women can't look at the bride's family lights at night, which will kill their parents", but "the teacher is famous". Because the old society was dominated by men; Married daughters are often at odds with their mother-in-law. If women who have become "wives" (especially those with rich and powerful backgrounds) try their best to run to their parents' homes, then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law families will not be able to maintain a happy reunion. In order to ensure the mother-in-law's family reunion, this folk custom spread in the form of goodwill and "unwarranted". There is no legal provision, which is unknown, but it has played a role in cohesion and harmony.
You must go home for reunion at 0 o'clock. After the New Year's Eve dinner is finished with laughter, the family will sit around the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala, or go to relatives' homes to chat, but they must get home before zero. At zero, the whole family should "keep watch" at home. When the hands of the clock pass 12 o'clock, people will set off firecrackers already prepared to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.
5, the first month does not shave in old Tianjin, the barber began to work from his early 30 s, whether shaving or braiding, or washing and cutting men's heads, they all worked all night until the first morning. Most hairdressers at that time were Baodi people. At dawn, they packed up their bags and went back to their hometown. When they shaved their heads again, they couldn't find the master. This is to urge people to do all the cleaning and hygiene work before the new year.