Lunar month is December.

The month of Lunar New Year is an alternative name for the month of December at the end of the year. As far back as the Zhou Yi and the Zhou Li, there are records of "meat" and "preserved flavors" in the writings. The original meaning of "La" is "dried meat". The end of December is known by many names, but the most familiar is the month of "Lap". The weather in this month is ideal for drying meat, so it is called the "Lunar Month".

The end of December is a month with a lot of rituals because of the transition between the old and the new. As early as the pre-Qin period in some parts of China will be held in this month of transition between the old and the new, "the end of the year of the festival". Because of the end of the year December has "waxing", "waxing" and other aliases, so this month to hold the sacrifice called "waxing".

In ancient times, there were many aliases for the month, each with its own meaning. In addition to "Lunar month", there are other aliases for the month of December, such as "Lunar month", "Lunar winter", "Lunar winter", "Jia Ping", "Seasonal winter", and "Severe winter". Lunar month, now usually refers to the twelfth month of the lunar calendar.

Lunar New Year customs:

1, to receive the Jade Emperor

The old custom is that after the God of the stove in heaven, the Emperor Jade Emperor in the lunar calendar on the 25th day of the 12th month in person down to investigate the good and evil on earth, and set the next year, so the family sacrifice to pray for blessings, known as the "receiving Jade Emperor This is why families offer sacrifices to pray for good luck, which is called "receiving the Jade Emperor". On this day, you have to be careful in your life and speech, and strive for a good performance in order to win the Jade Emperor's heart and blessings for the coming year.

2, catch the messy year

Send the God of the stove to heaven until New Year's Eve to welcome back, during which the earth without God's jurisdiction, no taboos, folk more marriage, known as "catch the messy year". Messy year is the people designed for themselves to regulate the social life of a specific period of time. At the end of the year, people have leisure and savings, for people who usually have the energy to organize big events, this is a good time. Therefore, people invented this special time folklore according to the needs of real life.

3, according to the field of silkworms

Shine field silkworms, also known as "burn field silkworms", "burn field wealth", is popular in the south of the traditional folk custom of praying for the New Year. On the 25th day of the Lunar New Year, a torch is tied to a long pole in the field, and the flame is used to divine the New Year, and a strong flame is an omen of a good harvest in the coming year. In some places, the event is held on the 30th day of the Lunar New Year.