China has a history of 5, years, and it has also created a long history and profound Chinese culture. Among them, proverbs, as a vein of traditional culture, are the summary of people's own life experiences, some are descriptions of folk life, and some are reflections on life. Because they are easy to understand and catchy, they are widely circulated among the people, and there are many proverbs about the customs during the New Year, such as those said by the older generation of farmers. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, push the mill to make tofu

The so-called "tight twelfth lunar month, slow first month, slow November", after going through two things, that is, offering sacrifices to stoves in the off-year and sweeping dust on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, people can't stop welcoming the Spring Festival, and it is getting closer and closer, but there are still many things to be prepared, so every day also has a fixed custom. In the traditional Spring Festival festival custom, On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the most important thing is to "make tofu by grinding". Earlier, people made tofu by themselves at home, so they had to peel the beans early, soak them the night before, and then they could make tofu the next day. The mill grinding bean curd grinds out all the dregs and soybean milk, and then filters, boils soybean milk, points bean curd and presses bean curd to make a pot of bean curd.

In the past, people called tofu "Doufu", which means that making tofu on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month can cover all the couples in the family, so that the next year will be more blessed, and children will also eat the newly made tofu, which is a good wish of their elders to their children.

In addition to the saying of making tofu, there are six other customs on this day, all of which should be completed on this day. Customs of the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month

1. Receiving the Jade Emperor. In our traditional custom, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the kitchen god will report to heaven. After hearing the kitchen god's return, the Jade Emperor will personally go down to the next world on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month to see what the common people have done, observe the good and evil among the people, and decide the fortune in the coming year. Therefore, on this day, every household of the common people will hang a picture scroll arrived by the Jade Emperor for sacrifice, hoping for a good fortune in the coming year, which is called "receiving the Jade Emperor". People should be very careful when they live and speak on this day, and strive for good performance for the jade emperor to see, so that the next year will be blessed.

second, grinding grains. Not only in grinding bean curd, but also in rural areas in the past, there was a custom of grinding grains. The common people took the grains accumulated for a winter to the mill and ground them into flour to prepare for steaming steamed bread on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, and ate steamed bread made of grains, which meant a bumper harvest in the coming year.

third, a farewell gift. In some places, people will go to see their parents off on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, that is, the married daughter and son-in-law will go back to their parents' home together to give their parents a New Year gift. Especially in the first year of a daughter's marriage, no matter how far the journey is, she has to go back to her family. As the saying goes, "On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, the old man greets his son-in-law". In the past, in rural cognition, it was very important to be a new bride three years before marriage, and the wedding ceremony should begin on the sixteenth of the twelfth lunar month, while those who have been married for more than three years are called old brides, and the farewell ceremony will not begin until the twenty-fifth of the twelfth lunar month. In fact, there is no fixed time to send New Year's gifts. Nowadays, many couples usually go back on the second day of the New Year's Day, but before that, people would choose the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, because this is the time when every household is buying new year's goods, so sending the New Year's gifts to their parents' families earlier will save them from spending money on them.

fourth, stick grilles. There is a local folk proverb: "When the year is twenty-five, be busy being a silly new wife, cut a window flower with five petals, cut a magpie to chirp, cut a blessing head down, and cut a doll to laugh." Twenty-five households in the twelfth lunar month twist paper-cuts, and stick grilles is a beautiful new year. " Therefore, the kitchen was sacrificed on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and after the house was cleaned on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the home was completely new. At this time, it was time to paste the windows. Tearing off the old enough paper means tearing off last year's disappointment, and the newly pasted window is the new hope for the coming year. After pasting enough paper, you can go to stick grilles. First, you can paste the word Fu, which means that you are blessed, and then you can paste all kinds of beautiful window grilles.

five, according to the silkworm field. In the south of the Yangtze River, the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month is called "according to the field silkworm" and "burning the field wealth". In the past, the fields are people's wealth, so it is necessary to make heaven and earth have a good omen before the arrival of the new year, so people will tie a torch to a long pole and use the flame to predict the New Year. If the flame burns vigorously, it indicates that the next year will be a bumper year.

sixth, send the old year. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, there is a custom of sending out the old year in rural areas. Sending out the old year refers to taking the newly torn window grilles, the old Spring Festival couplets on the door, etc. to the yard and burning them with incense, and praying for the blessing of the gods and buddhas to send away the old year smoothly and to bless the New Year.

Xiao Bian has something to say: When Xiao Bian was young, when his mother was cooking tofu, his father helped to light the fire and filter the bean dregs, while we children waited for the tofu to be marinated, then ate the freshest tofu brain and put some sesame oil, salt, soy sauce and pepper. It's a simple but delicious family food. Tofu cooked at home always smells like beans, and it's dry with water. This is the real tofu.