2. "Drink porridge", that is, as the saying goes, "drink Laba porridge". The custom of drinking porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month has a long history. This porridge is made of rice, beans, dates, lotus, peanuts, medlar, chestnuts, nuts, longan, raisins and walnuts.
3. "Making teeth", also known as "making sumptuous food", was originally a ritual to worship the land father-in-law, and the so-called "having a toothache" came from it. Tooth-making pays attention to "head teeth" and "tail teeth". The head teeth are on February 2 of the lunar calendar and the tail teeth are on December 16, and the whole family sits together to "eat tail teeth".
4, "dust removal", also known as "removing the old" and "dusting", is a general cleaning: "Every family paints the wall and sweeps away the ominous" to sweep away the poor luck; On the contrary, "the twelfth lunar month does not remove dust, and the next year will attract plague." Dust removal is generally carried out on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, that is, the day of "offering sacrifices to stoves".
5. "Paste the window" means pasting the window with new paper. "Paste the window for good luck." For the sake of beauty, some people will cut some auspicious patterns and stick them on the windows, so it is also called "stick grilles", which is usually held on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.
6. "Steamed offering" is an offering prepared for sacrifice. In the past, cakes, cakes and steamed buns used for sacrifice were all steamed with flour.