Spring Festival customs in Guangxi:

1. Chongzuo area in Nanning

When the Spring Festival comes, Nanning citizens will prepare many Spring Festival foods, among which, rice cakes, zongzi and flour cakes are the traditional foods that Nanning people must have for the Spring Festival, which is commonly known as the "three-piece food".

rice cakes and zongzi mean "high (cake) and medium (zongzi) every year", and Nanning people should print the word "fat" when buying rice cakes. Fenli, on the other hand, is combined with potted oranges placed on both sides of the portal during the Spring Festival to form the meaning of "auspicious (orange) benefits every year".

2. In Guilin-Liuzhou-Hechi area

Dragon and lion dancing to celebrate the New Year is a traditional project loved by Guiliu people. Therefore, on the eve of the Spring Festival, the dragon and lion dancing team will dress up the dragon and lion and practice the traditional routines of dragon and lion dancing.

3, Beihai-Qinzhou-Fangchenggang Beibu Gulf area

Spring Festival-all doors are closed on the first day of the lunar new year, and every family sticks red couplets. It is customary not to go to the street on the first day. The phrase "Congratulations on the New Year, make a fortune" can be heard anytime and anywhere. It is customary to eat fast on the first day of the New Year, and it is not allowed to pour water to the ground. It is a etiquette to greet people in the New Year, and elders are used to giving packets to children.

On the first day of the first month, you should pay homage to your head, and the business owner is particularly grand. It is lucky to choose a date, a time and a direction when you go out in the New Year.

4. People in this direction in Guiping-Yulin-Wuzhou

celebrate the Spring Festival with local flavor. A few days ago, people began to "do three things":

when they were busy cleaning their households, every family had to clean up and remove dirt;

Second, busy "organizing the New Year", preparing chickens (mainly capons, mainly geese in Luchuan area), ducks, fish, meat and all kinds of vegetables needed for the New Year. And Spring Festival couplets, firecrackers, scented paper candles, etc.

three busy "fried food", making all kinds of fried food such as "white powder", crispy horn, crispy seeds and so on.

from the end of the year to midnight, every family scrambled to set off firecrackers, bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year in a jubilant mood, and began to bless each other with the best words. In Rongxian, Bobai and other places, most of the New Year's Eve stays up all night and stays up all night.

5. Baise-Debao-Jingxi = Longlin area

In many counties and villages in Baise City, western Guangxi, during the Spring Festival, some ancient and old customs that are different, unique, interesting and colorful are still followed.

Every year during the Chinese New Year, many rural areas kill pigs for the Chinese New Year.

Extended information:

Guangxi, referred to as "Guangxi". Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Named after the ancient place name "Guangxin", Guangdong and Guangxi are divided by Guangxin, and the west of Guangxin is called Guangxi. Adjacent to Guangdong, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan, and across the sea from Hainan, it has jurisdiction over 14 prefecture-level cities and 111 county-level administrative regions (4 municipal districts, 8 county-level cities, 52 counties and 12 autonomous counties). South of Beibu Gulf, it is the only coastal autonomous region in China.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Customs and Habits of Yao Nationality in Guangxi