The main theme before the busy year is to take off the old cloth, and sweeping dust is one of the new customs of taking off the old cloth on New Year's Day. The folk proverb says, "On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, dust and sweep the house". 23/24 ended, and officially began to prepare for the New Year. Sweeping dust means year-end cleaning, which is called "house sweeping" in the north and "house sweeping" in the south.

2. Sacrifice to the Kitchen God

On the 23rd or 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, the kitchen stove should be cleaned after dark, and the old kitchen stove should be removed and burned. In addition to posting new pictures in the morning and evening, there are also wine, meat, candy, sugar cane and rice fruit. To put incense, light candles and light paper cannons.

Step 3 make tofu

The folk proverb says, "On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, grinding bean curd." In some places, there is also the custom of eating tofu residue before New Year's Eve. In some areas, it is said that after the kitchen god died, the jade emperor would go to the lower bound to see if each family was acting like the kitchen god, so each family ate tofu dregs to show their hardship and avoid the punishment of the jade emperor.

5. Catch up with the chaos

It was not until New Year's Eve that Kitchen God was sent to welcome him back. During this period, mankind has no god under its jurisdiction. In "Everyone is Happy", many people get married, which is called "getting rid of chaos". Luannian is a special period designed by people to adjust their social life. At the end of the year, people have leisure and savings. For those who have little energy to do great things, this is a good opportunity for recreation. Therefore, people invented this special time folk custom according to the needs of real life.

As the saying goes, "Kill pigs and cut meat on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month" or "26 machete heads", which means that this day is mainly for preparing meat for the Chinese New Year. The reason why "cutting the annual meat" is written into the annual festival ballad is because the agricultural society and economy are underdeveloped, and people often eat meat at the annual festival, so it is called "annual meat".

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December 27th.

In traditional folk customs, we should concentrate on bathing and washing clothes 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 sick, twenty-eight washes sloppy". Taking a bath on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month is "washing Fulu".

December 28 at 7: 00.

There is a saying in the middle of the year: "On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, cakes and steamed buns should be decorated with flowers" or "On the 28th, make noodles". The so-called decals are new year pictures, Spring Festival couplets, window grilles and all kinds of things posted during the Spring Festival.

Twenty-nine o'clock in the twelfth lunar month

offer sacrifices to ancestors

In the twelfth lunar month, it was said, "Please go to the grave and ask your ancestors for a big donation." Ancestor worship has a long history in China. Seeing death as death is not only an important symbol of filial piety, but also a virtue of respecting the elderly. The Spring Festival is a big festival, and the ceremony of paying homage to one's ancestors is particularly grand. In most areas, ancestors were invited on the morning of the 29th.

9: 30 in twelfth lunar month

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve refers to the night on the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the first day of the first month. The word "except" in "New Year's Eve" is "go; Evening means "alternate". New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the old year is exhausted". People should bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. Therefore, the activities during the period are centered on resigning the old and welcoming the new, eliminating disasters and praying for blessings.