Setting off firecrackers

There is a folk saying in China that "opening the door to set off firecrackers". That is, at the arrival of the new year, the first thing for every household to open the door is to set off firecrackers to eliminate the old and welcome the new with the sound of firecrackers. Firecrackers are a specialty of China, also known as "firecrackers", "firecrackers" and "firecrackers". Nowadays, most of us think that setting off firecrackers can create a festive atmosphere, and it is a kind of entertainment in festivals, which can bring happiness and good luck to people. With the passage of time, the application of firecrackers has become more and more extensive, and the varieties and colors have become more and more numerous. Liuyang in Hunan, Foshan and Dongyao in Guangdong, Yichun and Pingxiang in Jiangxi and Wenzhou in Zhejiang are famous "hometown of fireworks" in China. The firecrackers produced by them are not only sold well all over the country, but also exported to other countries and regions in the world. People not only set off firecrackers in the Spring Festival to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, but also set off firecrackers to celebrate major festivals and happy events, such as Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, marriage, building and opening.

festive atmosphere index: ★★★★☆

lucky money

When paying New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival, the elders should distribute the lucky money prepared in advance to the younger generation. It is said that lucky money can suppress evil spirits, because "old" and "precious" are homophonic, and the younger generation can spend their first year safely with lucky money. There are two kinds of lucky money, one is to thread colored rope into a dragon shape and put it at the foot of the bed, which is recorded in Yanjing Year; The other is the most common, that is, parents wrap the money distributed to their children in red paper. The lucky money can be given in public after the younger generation pays New Year's greetings, or it can be put under the child's pillow by parents when the child is asleep on New Year's Eve. At present, the custom of the elders distributing lucky money to the younger generation is still prevalent, and the amount of money spent on the birthday varies. These lucky money are mostly used by children to buy books and school supplies, and the new fashion has given new content to the lucky money.

SAY: the happiest thing for the Spring Festival is to receive lucky money! According to folklore, children can use lucky money to resist the harm of "Nian Beast". Heh ~ heh ~ _ *

festive atmosphere index: ★★★★★

Dragon dancing in the Spring Festival

Playing dragon lanterns, also known as "dragon dancing" and "dragon lantern dancing", is a unique folk entertainment activity in China. From the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, there is a custom of playing dragon lanterns in urban and rural areas of China. After thousands of years of inheritance and development, playing dragon lantern has become a kind of folk dance with lively form, beautiful performance and romantic color. Playing with dragon lanterns originated from people's superstition about dragons, which has a history of more than two thousand years. In ancient times, people used dragon dancing to pray for the blessing of dragons, in order to achieve good weather and good harvests. The custom of dragon dancing has been carried forward and developed by overseas Chinese. Whenever China people have traditional festivals and major celebrations, they will dance lions and play dragon lanterns, showing a strong oriental spirit.

SAY: It's a pity that few places still have such a good custom of dragon dancing ~~

Festival atmosphere index: ★★★★ ★

Put the word "Fu" upside down

Every household should put the word "Fu" on the door, wall and lintel of the house during the Spring Festival. Sticking the word "Fu" in the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom in China. In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, the people simply put the word "fu" upside down, indicating that "happiness has fallen" and "blessing has arrived". There is another legend that the word "Fu" is posted upside down among the people. Ming Taizu Zhu Zhang used the word "Fu" as a secret word to prepare for murder. In order to eliminate this disaster, the kind-hearted Ma Huanghou made all the families in the city have to put a "blessing" on their doors before dawn. Naturally, no one dared to disobey Ma Huanghou's will, so the word "Fu" was posted on every door. One of the families can't read, so they put the word "Fu" upside down. The next day, the emperor sent people to the streets to check and found that every family had posted the word "Fu", and another family had posted the word "Fu" upside down. The emperor was furious when he heard the report, and immediately ordered the body-guard to chop down that house. When Ma Huanghou saw that things were not good, he quickly said to Zhu Yuanzhang, "The family knew that you were visiting today and deliberately pasted the word" Fu "upside down. Doesn't this mean" Fu Dao "?" As soon as the emperor heard the truth, he ordered the release, and a great disaster was finally eliminated. Since then, people have put the word "Fu" upside down, seeking good luck and commemorating Ma Huanghou.

SAY: no wonder, I said that the word "fu" was fine, so why should I stick it upside down? +_+

festive atmosphere index: ★★★★

Eat rice cakes

During the Spring Festival, many areas in China pay attention to eating rice cakes. New Year's cakes, also known as "New Year's cakes", are homophonic with "high every year", meaning that people's work and life are improved year by year. There are many kinds of rice cakes, such as white rice cakes from the north, yellow rice cakes from farmers in Saibei, Shuimo rice cakes from water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and red turtle cakes from Taiwan Province. Rice cakes have different flavors from north to south. There are two kinds of steamed and fried rice cakes in the north, both of which are sweet; In addition to steaming and frying, southern rice cakes are also fried in slices and boiled in soup, which are both sweet and salty. It is said that the earliest rice cakes were used for worshipping gods and ancestors at the New Year's Eve, and later became food for the Spring Festival. The rice cake is not only a kind of holiday food, but also brings people new hope with the passing of the year. As a poem in the late Qing Dynasty said, "People's hearts are high, and food is made in harmony, so that the year is better than the year, so as to pray for the year."

festive atmosphere index: ★★★☆

eating spring cakes every day in beginning of spring is called "biting spring". People in beginning of spring should eat some fresh vegetables in spring on this day, which is not only to prevent diseases, but also to welcome the Spring Festival. Tang's "Four Seasons Treasure Mirror" records: "beginning of spring, eating reed, spring cake and lettuce,no.' dish'." It can be seen that people in the Tang Dynasty have begun to try spring dishes and eat spring cakes. The so-called spring cake, also known as lotus leaf cake, is actually a kind of pancake with hot noodles-two small pieces of water, greased in the middle, rolled into pancakes, and peeled into two pieces after being cooked. Spring cakes are used to roll vegetables, including cooked vegetables and stir-fried dishes. In the past, when eating spring cakes, I paid attention to going to the box shop and calling it "Su Pan" (also called box dish). A box shop is a sauced meat shop, and the store sends people to deliver food to their homes. Put smoked pot belly, pine nut pot belly, oven meat, sauce meat, smoked elbow, sauce elbow, sauce mouth strip, smoked chicken, sauce duck, etc. in the box. When eating, change the knife and cut it into filaments, and add several kinds of home-cooked dishes (usually fried leeks with shredded pork, spinach with shredded pork, mung bean sprouts cooked with vinegar, vegetarian fried vermicelli, spread eggs, etc.).

festive atmosphere index: ★★★★★