New Year's Eve, or "New Year's Eve". The last day of the year. This day is a day for people to eat, drink and be merry. Northerners make jiaozi and southerners make rice cakes. The shape of jiaozi is like an "ingot" and the sound of rice cakes is like "rice cakes", which are good signs of good luck.
Wang Anshi's poem "January Day" said: "In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tu Su. Thousands of families always change new peaches for old ones every day. " "Dream of Liang Lu" Volume 6: "At the end of December, it is said that' the month is poor and the year is over', which is called' except night'. Scholars, large and small, sweep the gates, clean up the tenants, change the door gods, hang bells, nail peach charms, paste spring cards and offer sacrifices to tenants. At night, prepare fragrant flowers to greet the gods and pray for peace in the new year. " "Wanli Jiaxing Prefecture Records": "In the twelfth lunar month, villagers painted their faces with Zhu Mo, danced in the city and performed ancient Nuo ceremonies. On New Year's Eve, Yimen God, Fu Tao, Chuntie and Jing (Shiwei) are all sealed, firecrackers are set to burn purple, wine and fruit are gathered together, and gongs and drums are played all night, which is called observing the Year. " New Year's Eve began in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. (Liang) Xu Shi's "Wife Sitting at Night Watching Old Age": "I am not very affectionate and can't drink enough. Peaches in wine, bayberry in zongzi. Open the curtain and enter the account, and the candle will burn ash. Don't doubt that your temple is heavy, and Guang Xiao will urge you. " On New Year's Eve, there are still customs of "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new" and giving "lucky money". "Yanjing Years Old": "Those who wear embroidered robes to exhaust their relatives and friends on New Year's Eve are called words. It is also called resignation for family members to destroy their elders. The newlyweds must go to the Yue family to resign, otherwise it will be disrespectful. " "Put the colored rope on, make it into a dragon, and put it at the foot of the bed, which is called lucky money. The elders give their children lucky money. "
On New Year's Eve, the whole family eats a "reunion dinner" together, which smells like a family reunion in the New Year. When having a reunion dinner, the "fish" on the table should not be moved, because this fish represents "wealth" and "more than every year" and symbolizes "wealth and good luck" in the coming year. It belongs to a decoration and can't be touched. A few places have different customs, such as Guizhou. The fish on the table is not inedible, but there is some left, which means "more than one year")
The climax of New Year's Eve is that the elders give "lucky money" after the New Year's Eve. Next, post Spring Festival couplets and door gods and close the door. It was not until the morning of the first day that the door was opened to "pick up the god of wealth", and then the whole family stayed up until the early morning.
The lights on New Year's Eve never go out all night, commonly known as "light years".
Ever since I left my hometown to study in Beijing for the first time almost ten years ago, I have been showing off to the people around me how much fun it is to have a "fire jumping group" in my hometown on New Year's Eve. As a result, I have been explaining for a long time and I don't understand what the "jumping fire group" is. Looking at their puzzled faces, I guess they must have regarded our villagers as Indians jumping around the fire hand in hand.
Although years have passed for a long time, today I still want to introduce in detail this traditional religious ceremony that I go home every year-jumping on the fire.
Name explanation: "Tihuoqun/ti m 4 u-hé-gú n/" is only translated into Chinese characters according to the pronunciation of Minnan. As for why it is called this name, I don't know. The bold guess is: I jumped from the fire, but I had to go into the house to complete a trip to the Sky Lantern, and then I came back and jumped again, so I became a "group".
Activity route: Take Ancuo as an example, draw the general route of "jumping fire group".
Ceremony flow:
On New Year's Eve, after dinner, we burn incense in the shrine.
(2) The grass for the fire has been prepared in the yard-"Spring Grass" (straw) and sweet potato vine.
(3) quickly ignite with spring grass, and everything is ready after the sweet potato vine burns a fire.
The males at home are waiting at the starting point of the yard. The males with the highest seniority lead the way and jump over the fire first, while others jump in the order of seniority.
⑤ Skip the fire, climb the stairs, enter the "Cuo" from the main entrance, and go straight to the "Shenguang" in the shrine to complete a trip. Then jump back to the starting point of the yard along the original road. It doesn't matter how many times you jump.
⑥ When the fire dies down, the women at home take the poker and tiles (now there are fewer tiles, which can be replaced by other containers), take out some unburned sweet potato vines with sparks from the fire, put them on the tiles, and put them under the "room" and "bed". Only in the "room" where husband and wife live. The bachelor's bedroom is free)
⑦ Still the most senior male, holding a pole, he lit a fire in the direction of the gate and let the ashes of Martians disperse.
⑧ Set off firecrackers. If you don't have a pole at home, you can throw firecrackers directly into the fire, and the sparks will splash immediately. )
Moral: Since there is no textual research and I have never heard of the meaning of "jumping fire group" from adults, let's make a bold guess here: fire has always been a tool to exorcise evil spirits, just like the bride has to go through a stove when she enters the door, and the jumping fire group is probably a religious ceremony held to exorcise evil spirits and get rid of the bad luck of the old year. Putting Mars under the bed is probably to keep it warm. Although it is exorcism, the old year and the new year will always be handed down, so it is an auspicious image of "leaderless" ~ ~ The last fire should be a spark filled with a room, symbolizing good luck in the New Year.
Feudal thought: the custom of "jumping on fire" seriously retained the traditional thought of China feudal society;
(1) The idea of son preference. Women are not allowed to jump into the fire. Except for the little girl, everyone can be held and danced together by others, wishing the children healthy growth. But when I grow up a little, if I still want to jump into the fire, adults will blame me: girls don't recognize points. Outsiders may not understand, but in fact this is the tradition, and everyone is used to it.
(2) The idea of orderly growth. Men who take part in fire fighting must jump in the order of generations, and the order must not be reversed. Although in our place, most brothers and sisters are called by their first names, even uncles and aunts can sometimes call them by their first names. Although the villagers belong to the same clan, all adults and children are called by their first names. Outsiders always think that we are a wilderness here, but in fact, young and orderly thoughts are well preserved here.
Nowadays, the custom of Chinese New Year seems to be less and less. But as long as there is a "fire jumping group", I will be very excited on the deserted New Year's Eve. It often rains in Jinjiang during the Spring Festival. As the saying goes, "wet year is coming" means "wet year 30". Sometimes we have to "jump into the fire" when the rain stops-in that case, although we can't jump well, it's also very exciting. ...
custom
Family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is extremely important for China people. On this day, people are ready to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and have a family reunion dinner. In ancient China, some prison officials even let prisoners go home to reunite with their families for the New Year, which shows how important "reunion dinner" is to ancient China people.
Family is the cornerstone of China society, and the annual reunion dinner fully shows the mutual respect and care among family members in China, which makes the relationship between families closer. Family reunion often comforts and satisfies the head of the family spiritually. The old people see their children and grandchildren all over the house, and the family is happy. How happy it was to care for and raise their children in the past. The younger generation can also take this opportunity to express their gratitude to their parents for their parenting.
When children are playing and setting off firecrackers, it is also the busiest time for housewives in the kitchen. The New Year's Eve dinner was prepared a few days ago, and the New Year's Eve dinner was always cooked by the chef. In the north, jiaozi on the first day of New Year's Day will also be wrapped up on the evening of 30th. At this time, everyone's chopping boards are busy chopping meat and vegetables. At this time, the sound of chopping boards from every household, firecrackers from streets and alleys, the sound of "scratching" abacus, and the cadence of reimbursement from shops and shops are mixed with laughter and laughter everywhere, echoing with joy and interweaving into a cheerful movement on New Year's Eve.
Speaking of the anvil sound on New Year's Eve, Deng Yunxiang's "Yanjing Local Records" recorded a very bleak story on New Year's Eve: in the old society, the poor lived a hard life, and the New Year's Eve was a pass. There is a family whose husband hasn't brought money back until late at night. "There is no bottle of millet at home, and there is no new year's goods. The woman let her children sleep at home and could do nothing. She was in great pain when she heard the chopping block next door. I wonder if her husband can bring back some money or something. I don't know how to spend this year tomorrow, and I'm afraid there is no chopping block at home to make people laugh. So she chopped the chopping board with a knife, smashed and chopped, and shed tears ... This story is really sad.
Eating New Year's Eve is the most lively and enjoyable time for every household in the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, a table is full of rich New Year's dishes, and the family get together, sit around the table and have a reunion dinner. The sense of accomplishment in my heart is really indescribable. People not only enjoy the delicious food on the table, but also enjoy the happy atmosphere. There are big dishes, cold dishes, stir-fried dishes and snacks on the table. Generally, two things are indispensable, one is hot pot and the other is fish. The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, which indicates that it is thriving; "Fish" and "fish" are homophonic, which is a symbol of "auspicious celebration is more than enough" and also a metaphor for "more than enough every year". There are also radishes, commonly known as vegetable heads. Good luck. Lobster, fried fish and other fried foods, wish your family prosperity, such as "cooking oil with fire" Finally, I want a dessert. I wish you a sweet life in the future. On this day, even if I can't drink, I will drink a little. In ancient times, people paid great attention to the quality of wine when drinking during the Spring Festival. Some wines are gone now, leaving only many touching names, such as wine, Wei Lan wine, Yichun wine, Mei Huajiu wine, peach blossom wine wine and Tu Su wine.
paste up Spring Festival couplets
Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets and peach symbols. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and delicate words, which are unique literary forms in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of bright red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival. This custom began in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Liang Zhangju's monograph Poetry of Spring Festival couplets discusses the origin of couplets and the characteristics of various works.
There are many kinds of Spring Festival couplets, which can be divided into door heart, frame pair, cross string, spring strip and bucket square according to the place of use. The "door core" is attached to the center of the upper end of the door panel; The "door frame pair" is attached to the left and right door frames; "Cross-dressing" is posted on the crossbar of the door; "Spring strips" are posted in corresponding places according to different contents; "Dou Jin", also known as "door leaf", is a square diamond, often attached to furniture and screen walls.
Stick the window grilles and the word "fu" upside down.
In the folk, people also like to stick various paper-cuts on the windows-window grilles. Window grilles not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also integrate decoration, appreciation and practicality. Paper-cutting is a very popular folk art in China, which has been loved by people for thousands of years. Because it is often pasted on the window, it is also called "window grilles". With its unique generalization and exaggeration, window grilles show auspicious things and good wishes incisively and vividly, and decorate festivals with colorful colors.
While putting up Spring Festival couplets, some people have to put large and small "Fu" characters on doors, walls and lintels. Sticking the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom in China. The word "Fu" symbolizes good luck and wishes for a happy life and a bright future. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, some people simply put the word "Fu" upside down, indicating that "Fu has arrived" and "Fu has arrived". Others elaborate the word "Fu" into various patterns, such as longevity, longevity peach, carp yue longmen, abundant grains, dragons and phoenixes, and so on.
New Year picture
Hanging New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. Thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and festive atmosphere to thousands of families. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China, which reflects people's simple customs and beliefs and places their hopes on the future. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". With the rise of block printing, the content of New Year pictures is not limited to monotonous themes such as door gods, but has become rich and colorful. Some New Year pictures workshops have produced classic color New Year pictures, such as Fu Lushou's Samsung, God bless the people, abundant crops, prosperous livestock and welcoming the New Year, to meet people's good wishes of celebrating and praying for the New Year. There are three important producing areas of Chinese New Year pictures: Taohuawu in Suzhou, Yangliuqing in Tianjin and Weifang in Shandong; Three schools of New Year pictures have been formed, each with its own characteristics.
The earliest existing collection of New Year pictures in China is the woodcut New Year pictures of the Southern Song Dynasty, which depict four ancient beauties: Wang Zhaojun, Zhao, Ban Ji and Lvzhu. The most popular folk painting is the Year of Marrying the Rat. It depicts an interesting scene in which a mouse marries a bride according to human custom. In the early years of the Republic of China, Zheng of Shanghai combined the monthly calendar with the New Year pictures. This is a new form of New Year pictures. This new year's picture, which was combined into one, later developed into a calendar and has been popular all over the country.
firecracker
There is a folk saying in China that "open the door and set off firecrackers". That is, when the new year comes, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Firecracker is a specialty of China, also known as "Firecracker", "Firecracker" and "Firecracker". Its origin is very early, and it has a history of more than two thousand years. Setting off firecrackers can create a festive and lively atmosphere, which is a kind of entertainment in festivals and can bring happiness and good luck to people. With the passage of time, firecrackers are more and more widely used, and there are more and more varieties and colors. Every major festival and happy celebration, as well as marriage, building, opening, etc. We should set off firecrackers to celebrate and make good luck. At present, Liuyang, Foshan in Hunan, Dongyao in Guangdong, Yichun and Pingxiang in Jiangxi, Wenzhou in Zhejiang and other regions are famous fireworks towns in China. The firecrackers produced have many colors and high quality, which are not only sold well all over the country, but also exported to all parts of the world.
The custom of going to the grave
There is a custom of going to the grave on New Year's Eve in the mountainous area of Lvliang in western Shanxi, which is called sending new year's goods. The time to go to the grave is usually New Year's Eve afternoon. People send the prepared New Year's Eve dinner to the graves of their deceased relatives, so that the deceased relatives and the living can enjoy the delicious food on New Year's Eve together, in order to pin people's grief over their deceased relatives. Liu Zhou's poem "Tears in My Heart" describes the scene of sending new year's goods on New Year's Eve in Lvliang mountainous areas.
Heart tears
On New Year's Eve in Yihai, it was snowing heavily. I rode my bike 70 miles back and forth. I came home from the county seat to visit my grandmother and my dead father. This is what is usually called sending food for the New Year. When you feel hurt, you can turn singing into a unique skill.
The winter clouds in Leng Xue are bleak and windy.
The sad wind blows the sad people.
Beware of the tears of two Yingtai.
Twenty years for a lifetime. Yes
Note: B Hai: 1995 B Hai Year. Yingtai: Cemetery.
Dietary customs
In ancient agricultural society, housewives began to prepare food for the New Year from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Because curing bacon takes a long time, it must be prepared as soon as possible. Many provinces in China have the custom of curing bacon, among which Guangdong is the most famous.
Steamed rice cake, because of its homophonic "high year" and diverse tastes, has almost become a must-have food for every household. The styles of rice cakes are square yellow and white rice cakes, which symbolize gold and silver and express the meaning of making a fortune in the New Year.
The taste of rice cakes varies from place to place. Beijingers like to eat jujube rice cakes, 100-fruit rice cakes and white rice cakes made of glutinous rice or yellow rice. Hebei people like to add jujube, red beans and mung beans to rice cakes and steam them together. In northern Shanxi, Inner Mongolia and other places, it is customary to eat yellow wheat fried rice cakes during the New Year, and some people will also stuff them with bean paste and jujube paste, while Shandong people steam rice cakes with yellow rice and red dates. The rice cakes in the north are mainly sweet, steamed or fried, and some people simply eat them with sugar. There are sweet and salty rice cakes in the south, such as those in Suzhou and Ningbo, which are made of japonica rice and have a light taste. In addition to steaming and frying, you can also slice and fry or cook soup. Sweet rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour with sugar, lard, rose, osmanthus, mint, vegetable paste and other ingredients. They are fine in workmanship and can be steamed directly or fried with egg white.
The night before the real Chinese New Year is called Reunion Night. A wanderer who has left his hometown has to go home from thousands of miles away. During the Spring Festival, the whole family will sit around and wrap jiaozi. Jiaozi's practice is to use flour to make dumpling wrappers first, and then use leather bags to fill them. The contents of stuffing are varied, and all kinds of meat, eggs, seafood and seasonal vegetables can be stuffed. The orthodox practice in jiaozi is to cook it with clear water, remove it and mix it with vinegar, minced garlic and vegetables. There are also methods of frying jiaozi and baking jiaozi (fried dumpling). Because the word "he" in dough mixing means "he"; Jiaozi's "jiao" and "glue" are homophonic, and "harmony" and "glue" have the meaning of reunion, so jiaozi is used to symbolize the reunion of acacia; It is very auspicious to make friends with older people; In addition, jiaozi, which is shaped like an ingot, has the auspicious meaning of "making a fortune" when eating jiaozi in the New Year. All the families get together to pack jiaozi, so it's fun to celebrate the Spring Festival.
New Year's Eve refers to the night on the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). The word "except" in "New Year's Eve" is "go"; Easy; "Alternating" means that New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the old year is exhausted". People want to get rid of the old department and the old year, and the coming year means getting a new year. This is the last night of the Lunar New Year. Therefore, the activities during this period are all around changing the old for the new, eliminating disasters and praying for blessings.
During the Zhou and Qin Dynasties, an exorcism ceremony was held in the palace at the end of each year, and drumming was called exorcism, and then it was called exorcism on the day before New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is New Year's Eve, that is, New Year's Eve.
New Year's Eve is the most unforgettable night of the year. New Year's Eve is the most lively and noisy night. As soon as it was smeared, children or young men had already set off firecrackers with incense, ringing in the east and ringing in the west, boldly amplifying firecrackers. The young one put his hand over his ear and leaned out from a distance, while the other children put their hands over their ears and waited nervously and anxiously. This scene can be remembered even when people are old.
Attachment: Spring Festival recipes
Ping 'an jiaozi
Ingredients: 200g flour, 2 eggs, 30g shrimp, 50g lean pork stuffing, a little minced onion and ginger, 2g soy sauce, 2g salt and a little sesame oil.
Methods: 1. Wash the onion and ginger, cut the foam, and beat the eggs into the bowl.
2. Heat the wok, add a little oil after heating, pour in the egg liquid, spread the eggs into egg skins by rotating the wok, chop them with a knife after taking out of the wok, add the meat stuffing, shrimp, soy sauce, onion, ginger foam and a little salt, and finally pour in a few drops of sesame oil and stir evenly to get the three fresh meat stuffing.
3. Wrap jiaozi with methods 3 and 4.
Features: the rice road is delicious and nutritious.
C cutting vegetables: choose vegetables that your family likes, usually Chinese cabbage with a little leek. First blanch the Chinese cabbage in boiling water, take it out and chop it up, then pour it into the pot, pour in cooking oil, sprinkle with chopped leeks and mix well together. Then pour in the meat and stir. The taste is salty and light. If necessary, add some salt and stir well, and the dumpling stuffing will be ready.
Note: Some people are used to squeezing vegetables before mixing stuffing, which will greatly reduce the nutrition and umami taste. In the case of not too much vegetable juice, just mix the cut vegetables with oil and wrap them with oil film, so that it is not easy to get water when it comes to salt.
D Rolling: Take out the woken dough and divide it into several evenly sized portions. Take one portion first, put the rest back into the basin and cover it with a lid, or cover it with a towel to prevent the water from evaporating. Knead this small portion of dough into a long strip (cylinder), cut it into small pieces (about 2.5cm wide) with a knife, and knead each piece into a flat shape. When rolling with a rolling pin, pay attention to the thick middle and thin edges. Thick in the middle prevents stuffing from leaking, and thin in the side tastes good.
Note: Don't roll a lot of dumpling wrappers at a time. It depends on the speed of wrapping jiaozi. Generally, 5 or 6 wrappers are enough, otherwise it will be difficult to wrap dumpling wrappers after a long time.
E boiling: put water in the pot. After the pot is boiled, add the raw jiaozi, and stir while putting it to prevent it from sticking to the pot. The height of the sinking jiaozi layer at the lower part of the pot and the thickness of the water layer above it should not exceed 3:2. Jiaozi is easily broken when eaten too much. Add the lid. The whole process remains prosperous. The water is boiling again. At this time, jiaozi should all float on the water, and add a little cold water to prevent the tumbling soup from tumbling and stirring. The water is boiling again. Add a little cold water and stir. When the water boils again, jiaozi can take it out with a colander. The way to judge whether it is ripe or not: press jiaozi's stomach with your fingers, then bulge it after you leave, and it will be cooked.
More than a year.
Ingredients: Yellow croaker, tomato sauce, sugar, vinegar, minced beef, chopped green onion, garlic and diced bamboo shoots.
Method: Cut the yellow croaker with a cross knife, fry it until it is 80% ripe, take it out, leave the bottom oil in the pot, add the above seasoning, thicken it and pour it on the fish.
New year rice cake
Ingredients: red rice cake, white rice cake, sugar, water and shavings.
Method: Change the red and white rice cakes into rectangular blocks, dip them in Ru powder and oil them, then take them out and put them on a plate. Put sugar water in the pot, and thicken the rice cake after saccharification.
Assorted Taiping banquet
Ingredients: 10 quail eggs, meat swallows, mushrooms, shin flowers, winter bamboo shoots, celery, belly slices, radish, salt, monosodium glutamate, Shaoxing wine and sesame oil.
Method: Mix quail eggs and meat swallows, pour them into a bowl, slice the above raw materials, scatter them in water, take them out, pour Shao wine and sesame oil on them, and put them on the raw materials.
Fried mustard and spring rolls are also essential for New Year's Eve. Mustard symbolizes wealth.
Basheng hotpot
Ingredients: shin flower, shrimp, fresh squid, oyster, moth, sashimi, sturgeon strips, shredded celery, mushrooms, vermicelli, etc.
Method: Boil the delicious hot pot and rinse it into the pot at will.
When eating New Year's Eve, you should not forget the family members who prepared this feast, because it takes several days from preparation to production, and at the time of New Year's Eve, these families are still busy having fun for others.
taboo
There are many taboos on New Year's Eve [1]. For example, don't talk about ghosts, death, murder and other unlucky things, don't break dishes, don't swear, don't pee anywhere, and don't spill sewage and oil on the ground. When New Year's Eve comes, people celebrate festivals and harvest, while taking a bath, changing clothes and cleaning to drive away epidemics and evil spirits. Especially on New Year's Eve, there are more taboos.
1, the elders add vegetables to the younger generation. If you don't want it when you are full, you can't say "no", but say "yes"; If you have finished eating some tea fruits, you should say "I'm glad" or "too much" instead of "no more eating". These auspicious words are people's "New Year's Eve class", and adults should teach their children to say them, otherwise the New Year will not be smooth. Avoid saying unlucky words such as "broken", "dead", "sick", "lost" and "defeated"; If you accidentally commit a taboo, you should vomit and say "children talk nonsense" to resolve the possible ominous consequences.
2. Before the New Year's Eve, we should prepare sacrifices to worship our ancestors. Before inviting Zuling, family members and belongings must be complete, otherwise it means that people are not reunited and their wealth is incomplete. After the invitation of the ancestors, no one can occupy the seats on both sides of the altar, that is to say, they can't compete with their ancestors for seats; Don't make noise, let alone call names, otherwise it is disrespectful to our ancestors; Don't spill the remaining tea on the ground, so as not to confuse pouring water with splashing water; When offering sacrifices to ancestors, don't shout the child's name, lest the ownerless ghost outside the gate hear it and cause the child to die. When eating a formal meal, I am very afraid of being disturbed by others, especially when someone comes to visit, because this is called "stepping on New Year's Eve" and it will make the whole family fidgety.
3. After the New Year's Eve dinner, there is a custom of keeping old on New Year's Eve. The family got together and sat around the fire, talking about old things and new things, talking about good wishes and hopes for the new year, so they stayed up all night. At the same time, we should abide by some taboos of keeping the age, and avoid talking loudly so as not to wake the devil; Don't look in the mirror, lest you see the "devil"; It is forbidden to pour oil on the ground. If the taste of oil dilutes the taste of wine, the "devil" will wake up, leading to disasters one after another; Breaking utensils is forbidden, which means that there will be "bad luck" this year. The remedy is to wrap it in red paper, read auspicious words such as "Peace through the years" in your mouth, and put it on the holy table for a few days, and the disaster will be resolved.
4. New Year's Eve is a time to go to the old and welcome the new, especially for fear of epidemics and evil spirits. Therefore, people's taboo on New Year's Eve stems from the traditional special understanding of New Year. There are many taboos on New Year's Eve, which is also extremely important. It embodies people's psychological requirements of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil and praying for peace and happiness. In the era of keeping pace with the times, people's taboos on New Year's Eve are constantly changing and developing in a scientific, healthy and harmonious direction.