Some paragraphs of the article Spring Festival in Beijing
According to the old rules in Beijing, the Lunar New Year (Spring Festival) begins almost at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month. "La Qi La Ba, freezing to death in Western jackdaw", this is the coldest time of the year. However, in the severe winter, it will soon be spring, so people do not reduce their enthusiasm for Spring Festival and Spring Festival because of the cold.
On Laba Day, Laba porridge is cooked in people's homes and temples. This special porridge is for ancestor worship, but when you think about it, it is a kind of pride of agricultural society-this porridge is made of all kinds of rice, all kinds of beans, and all kinds of dried fruits (almonds, walnuts, melon seeds, litchi meat, lotus seeds, peanuts, raisins, water chestnut rice ...).
This is not porridge, but a small agricultural exhibition. Laba will also soak Laba garlic on this day. Put the garlic cloves in high vinegar on this day, and seal them for eating jiaozi in the New Year. By the end of the year, garlic is soaked like jade, and vinegar has some spicy taste, which makes people want to eat more jiaozi. In Beijing, during the Spring Festival, every family eats jiaozi.
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Artistic Features of Spring Festival in Beijing
The Spring Festival is the most lively festival in China, with rich and colorful activities. This article is comprehensive and detailed, but it is also selective and focused. The author writes in authentic Beijing dialect, especially in the text, the folk sayings and things are called pure Beijing dialect, which makes people feel the strong life atmosphere of Beijing from the text.
This article begins with the beginning of the Spring Festival in Beijing, and briefly introduces what people have done to prepare for the Spring Festival. Some folk customs are only mentioned in one sentence, for example, "We must have a thorough cleaning" and "Most shops are closed in Wutian Gate, and they don't open until the sixth day of the first month". Finally, briefly explain the end of the Spring Festival. The advantages of this writing are point-to-face combination, prominent focus and clear priorities, which impressed readers deeply.
It can be said that it has written all the Spring Festival customs of Beijing in the first half of the 20th century. From the eighth day of Laba to the 28th, from New Year's Eve to New Year's Day, and then to the opening of shops on the sixth day of the sixth day and the grand occasion of having Lantern Festival in every household, various festival activities and festive atmosphere are clearly and meticulously presented in the works.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival in Beijing