After the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, Si Ming-ye went to heaven, and there was no god in charge of the world. It was all "auspicious days in the ecliptic". Marrying a daughter-in-law and a girl naturally didn't have to look at the day, and the folk custom called "getting rid of chaos". So from childhood until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, gongs, drums, horns and firecrackers can be heard everywhere, no matter in cities and villages, or in the north of the Yangtze River, in the streets and lanes, and in eight villages in Shili.
Second, dust
In the early morning of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family got up early and started work together. Male laborers put on old clothes and straw hats, tied brushes or feather dusters on the top of long bamboo poles, and dusted the floating dust and cobwebs on the roof, roof and wall in turn, and then cleaned the corners and edges.
After dust removal, the whole family took a bath and put on clean clothes. The hostess and eldest daughter began to clean the bedding and clothes. When they were on the thirtieth night of the twelfth lunar month, they put the new clothes of the whole family on their beds.
Third, write pairs
Shiyan people generally paste Spring Festival couplets and door paintings during the Spring Festival. Spring Festival couplets, also called "couplets", originated from Taofu. Pairs and door gods are "brothers", and Shiyan has the custom of affixing them to urban and rural areas, officials and people. Spring Festival couplets and door gods are two pairs of "Spring Trees" planted on various doors, with auspiciousness and celebration on them, which set off a school of spring scenery and year.
Fourth, the year of trouble
To celebrate the New Year is to pay homage to one's ancestors before New Year's Eve every year, which means to celebrate the New Year with one's ancestors. After the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, every household should bring food and wine to the ancestral graves to worship their ancestors. When offering sacrifices to ancestors, choose a place under the big tree in front of the grave, spread a straw mat, and put on tables, fruits and buns. On behalf of the whole family, the grave-goers pay a New Year call and toast to their ancestors to show the reunion of Yin and Yang and the feeling of nostalgia.
V. Year of the League
In ancient times, the reunion dinner was very particular, and it was richer than the wedding banquet. There were cold dishes, fried cooked dishes, steamed vegetables, stewed soup dishes, peanuts, melon seeds and so on. Cold dishes include bean sprouts, pork liver, beef, sausage, preserved fish, chicken feet (also known as "money grabbing hand"), salted chicken and duck eggs and small vegetables. Fried cooked vegetables include chicken and duck meat, pork, pork loin, sweet and sour fish, etc., with vegetarian dishes. Steamed vegetables are all kinds of steamed meat, eight-treasure rice, sweet potato balls, steamed crisp rolls and so on.
The soup dishes are mainly boiled pig's feet with lotus root, beef, mutton and radish soup, and there are also steamed fish, fish soup with warped mouth and Huang Sang fish soup along the Hanjiang River. Zhuxi county has a "Zhuxi steaming basin" where bacon and fresh meat are mixed. When all the dishes were served, a large set of firecrackers was lit, which caused sparks flying in front of the door. After the whole family worshipped God, they ate the reunion dinner for a year with the sound of blessings and laughter.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival Customs