At the same time, look at our neighbors' Spring Festival customs.
On the first day of the first month in Jiangyan, the master will get up at five o'clock, light candles and burn incense, set off firecrackers to meet the god of heaven and earth, and can't open the door without burning incense. Get up in the morning, there are dried silk, fruit tea, gold ingots (glutinous rice balls), cakes, ginger and so on. You can't finish every class, so leave a little; Have an overnight meal at noon, and the dishes are all made on New Year's Eve, which is intended to eat old dishes, which are more than enough every year; Dinner, noodles. On the first day, you can't sweep the floor. On the fifth day, after worshipping the god of wealth, several people sweep from outside to inside, in order to make money and treasure. Don't light at night, go to bed early and pray for fewer mosquitoes in summer. The next day, the newlyweds sent "fruit tea" to the relatives of the patriarch. Early in the morning on the third day, every household asked their children to go to the land temple to compete for the first fragrance.
On the first day of the first month in Jingjiang, women don't cook breakfast on the stove. Eating zongzi for breakfast is called "reunion" Peanuts, broad beans, melon seeds, sweets, etc. are all for the New Year's greetings. Eating wonton noodles, jiaozi or leftovers from New Year's Eve for lunch means "more than one year". On the Lantern Festival in Jingjiang, farmers made models of chickens, fish, pigs, ducks, cotton bags, fruits, etc. from rice scraps, painted them with colored steamed, and offered them to the Buddha in the morning, burning incense and lighting candles, praying that "the five grains will be abundant and the six livestock will flourish". Large market towns such as Beijing and Jishi also held lantern activities. Dragon lanterns and flower boats in rural areas are also gathered in cities.