The traditional 1 year is the first day of the lunar calendar, but on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, people begin the first task of welcoming the Spring Festival-cleaning. Nowadays, people are less and less willing to clean. Because of cleaning, we have to move everything out of the house and then clean the room. As we all know, this kind of cleaning has the meaning of sweeping away bad luck, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. After the cleaning, everyone can prepare delicious food on the 25th-29th of the twelfth lunar month. Among the foods, steamed bread is the most exquisite. There is no limit to the number of dim sum buns and bean buns, and there is a limit to the number of jujube buns. There are two big plates, two hedgehogs and a jujube flower.
On New Year's Eve, there is a special custom called "inviting graves". In the morning, after people put up couplets, they will prepare Huang Yi, tin foil, jujube flowers, firecrackers and lime. After eating jiaozi, they will invite the grave. People will put prepared things (except lime) in a basket to pay homage to the graves of their ancestors. According to the older generation, it is called "inviting the elderly to return to their souls." When you get home, draw a semicircle with lime at the gate, door and window sill, and sometimes there will be various decorations. Every year when grandpa is sprinkling lime, I stare at it, and sometimes I sprinkle two handfuls of lime myself. The traditional shape of lime circle is a semicircle with three ancient weapons inserted on it, and the one in the middle is the most exquisite. But the modeling has been passed down from generation to generation, and other styles have also developed.
The first day of New Year's Day is a day that people all look forward to. After the New Year's greetings, children can play at will. There are two versions of the legend of 2008: one is that an old man with a white beard saw through his fear of red, candlelight and firecrackers; Second, there was a child with a small bag wrapped in red paper under his pillow, which contained several copper coins and killed him for several years. Although these are just legends, it has become a custom to say "Happy Birthday", "Keep the Year" and set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival.
According to the rules of my family, I worship my grandmother the next day, my aunt the third day, my uncle the fourth day and my aunt the fifth day. On the fifth day, most people have finished worshipping their loved ones. This day is commonly known as "Breaking Five". According to custom, you can't cut things with scissors on this day.
At this point, the busy "Year" Festival is over. These experiences are my Spring Festival in my hometown. I don't know the difference between city New Year and home. But it must be so happy, warm and enjoyable.
I'm glad to go back to my hometown. The custom of the Spring Festival always surprises me. There are four most common types: having dinner, watching a party, setting off fireworks at midnight, and paying New Year greetings.
On New Year's Eve, uncles, aunts and other relatives get together, and grandparents are full of joy and busy. Yes, we are going to have New Year's Eve dinner today! "Scratching", a burst of firecrackers sounded, and the New Year's Eve dinner was ready! Of course, you can't forget the land when you eat New Year's Eve, Grandpa. I respect a few incense sticks, put a few bowls of vegetables and a bowl of rice, and ask Grandpa Land to bless me for a bumper harvest next year. Next, I will sit down. After dinner, everyone sat by the fire and chatted. Grandparents are busy at this time! Eating New Year's Eve (or reunion dinner) is one of the important customs of the Spring Festival. No matter where you are, everyone will come back to share this wonderful moment with their families. At New Year's Eve, everyone always has a lot to say, such as work, family and so on. The time to eat New Year's Eve is different. As long as the family members are here, we can eat it whenever we want.
At night, only my family. Before watching the festival gala, it is the time I look forward to most: collecting lucky money. Congratulations on making a fortune, with a red envelope! A big uncle, a little uncle, a grandmother ... everyone is very busy, it's time to sit down and have a rest, so we will get together to watch the Spring Festival Gala. Watch and talk as if you can't finish talking. Finally, 12, fireworks will be set off at midnight! "Boom!" A salute started, and the sky was suddenly covered with a colorful coat. With the beginning of the first salute, all households released various styles of fireworks and hung beautiful hats on the roof. The sound of fireworks was deafening, and the colorful fireworks dazzled me. My aunt and I ran to the roof to watch the fireworks. I was so excited that I jumped straight: "I really didn't make it to 12 this time." It's really spectacular! " Setting off fireworks at midnight may be a custom in every place, or it may be a unique custom in our hometown, but it's all the same. I've seen it, and you've heard it!
Ending: This day is the first day of junior high school. Just getting up, I heard a New Year greeting outside the door: "Happy New Year to you!" " "ah! Come on, happy new year! " "Happy New Year!" At this time, grandma is busy making breakfast and grandpa is busy greeting people. "Why don't you sit down?" "No, no" is always heard many times. I quickly finished my breakfast and went out with my uncle and others. My uncle's twin daughters Ziyi and Ziqian each carry a bag, and the things in the bag will increase a little everywhere, which makes them very happy. The so-called New Year greeting means going from house to house, sometimes sitting in which house for a while and chatting. And children are carrying bags to worship candy. For the record, I didn't!
With the sound of firecrackers, the New Year has arrived, and many people have returned to their hometown for the New Year.
We bought new Spring Festival couplets and fireworks. When I got home, I couldn't wait to tear off the old Spring Festival couplets and put them back on. I was about to hang them up when my mother stopped me. She said, "Look at it first!" I looked around and straightened up a little. My mother was so anxious that she shouted, "No, it's not like that." After that, she posted the Spring Festival couplets upside down, and I laughed: "Mom, you are confused. The Spring Festival couplets are posted backwards. " Mother said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense, the blessing is posted backwards, which means the blessing has arrived." I suddenly realized. In this way, the task of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new is completed.
My brother and I each lit a lighter with fireworks. Suddenly, there was a hiss and small sparks appeared on the fireworks. Then, fireworks crackled. Every 20 seconds, the color of fireworks will change. When the last color appeared, I couldn't help but sigh: "This is really fun!"
Dad picked up firecrackers and went outside. Obviously, he intends to detonate them. At the designated discharge point, dad lit the ignition port with a lighter and threw them away. The firecrackers went off. The flavor of nian is getting stronger and stronger.
What a wonderful new year!
Spring Festival Folk Composition 4 The Spring Festival in China generally begins with the annual sacrifice of the stove on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month. There is a saying that "officials, three people, four boatmen and five people", that is, officials hold sacrificial ceremonies on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, ordinary people on the 24th and government boats on the 25th. After holding the sacrificial stove, they officially began to prepare for the New Year. Every year from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, people call it "Spring Festival".
In traditional folk customs, intensive bathing and washing clothes are needed in these two days to get rid of the bad luck of the year and prepare for the Spring Festival next year. There is a saying in Beijing that "twenty-seven washes the sick, twenty-eight washes the sloppy". Taking a bath on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month is "washing Fulu".
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.
In the north, the god of wealth sacrifices on the second day of the first month. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary families will hold activities to worship the god of wealth. Families offered sacrifices to the God of Wealth who arrived on New Year's Eve. In fact, the bought rough printed matter was incinerated. I want to eat wonton at noon this day, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup". The sacrifices are fish and mutton. Big businesses in old Beijing hold large-scale sacrificial activities on this day, hoping to make a fortune this year.
The fifth day of the first month is commonly known as the fifth day. It is said that after this day, many taboos can be broken. According to the old custom, you should eat "dumplings", which is called "boiled cakes" in the north. Women no longer taboo, began to visit each other New Year. The bride will go home on this day. It is not appropriate to do things on the day of the break, otherwise something will happen this year. Other customs on this day mainly include sending the poor and opening the market, and the south worships the god of wealth on this day.