Off-year, off-year in rural areas, is not as interesting as expected, so this day is a general cleaning. Clean all the furniture, pots and pans. Welcome the new year with a brand-new look.
New Year's Eve is the most important day. There are many things to do. Shortly after lunch, men and children usually take a bath and put on new clothes first. This means getting rid of a year's bad luck and dust. Then prepare dishes, and the dishes for the New Year's Eve are also particular. Generally, twelve dishes will be prepared. Prepare two chickens, a rooster and a "line chicken". Cocks are used to worship God, and "line chickens" are used to eat. Duck, Fish, Meat, Rich Vegetables, Tofu When there is not much cooking in .............................................................................................................................................................., it is of course a man's business to worship God first. The chicken sacrificed to God is half-cooked, and the chicken in the water is half-cooked. When you worship God, put it in the water and put it in the chicken's stomach. Chicken intestines are wrapped in chicken. Wine, tea, peanuts, melon seeds, sweets, dates, apples and pears are arranged in a basket around the chicken. The order of offering sacrifices to the gods is: God of Heaven, Door God, Kitchen God (grandma's father-in-law) and Dragon King of Well. Burn the incense and wax when you worship God. There are three incense sticks and two wax sticks. Well, the dragon king doesn't need wax, and the incense sticks don't need to be lit. To offer sacrifices to the gods, insert incense wax, then set off a red firecracker and three firecrackers. It means that it is booming. After the firecrackers are set off, you should hold the basket in the air and "sing elegantly" (bow). Then worship the door god, kitchen god and well dragon king in turn. After worshipping God, I will start to eat New Year's Eve, and I will go to my uncle and elder's house nearby to eat New Year's Eve together. After eating, men and children play freely. The housewife began to take a bath and wash the clothes at home. When everyone is free, adults will give red envelopes to the children and the elderly at home. Many places have the habit of observing age.
The first day, this day is the time for my mother to sleep in. Because dad cooked this meal here this morning. You can't sweep the floor, open drawers or open warehouses on this day.
The next day, I went to my grandfather's house to pay a New Year call. In some places, people go to church (after the old lady leaves, everyone gets together). Around the county seat and in the north, we will also go to the mountains to sweep graves and worship our ancestors on this day.
From the third day to the sixth day, visit relatives.
Set off firecrackers in front of the host's house when visiting the New Year, and eat eggs when you go, which means that the financial resources are rolling in.
Acquaintances will bless each other when they meet during this period.
From then on, I was very free, until the Lantern Festival, I would play with dragons, and there would be fire dragons at night.