The Spring Festival customs are actually a kind of folk culture that cannot be erased. It means the warmth of family reunion, the relaxation and expectation of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

When people think of ways to celebrate the Spring Festival, people usually think of customs such as eating dumplings for the New Year's Eve dinner, posting Spring Festival couplets, hanging New Year pictures, setting off firecrackers, and giving New Year greetings.

But as the saying goes: "There are different styles in a hundred miles, and different customs in a thousand miles."

The same Spring Festival is celebrated in different ways across the country. Many places have their own unique Spring Festival customs, many of which continue to this day.

Old Beijing: People in old Beijing pay special attention to the New Year, especially the way to eat during the New Year.

There was a folk song in old Beijing in the past: "Children, don't be greedy. After Laba Festival, it is the New Year. Drink Laba porridge for a few days, and it will be like twenty-three; twenty-three, sticky melons; twenty-four, sweep the house; two

15. Fried tofu; 26. Stewed mutton; 27. Kill the rooster; 28. Make the noodles; 29. ??Steam the steamed buns; 30. Stay up all night, twist and turn on New Year's Day...

…” The Laba porridge, fried tofu, stewed mutton, etc. listed in this ballad are all delicacies of old Beijing during the Spring Festival.

Today, these are commonplace meals for people, but in the 1950s and 1960s, they could only be enjoyed during the Chinese New Year.

There are only the above types of food during the Spring Festival, which is certainly not rich. Some well-off Beijingers still had the custom of eating fish on New Year's Eve in the past.

The fish must be carp. It was originally used as a sacrifice to the gods, but later it was connected with the auspicious saying of "good luck and good fortune". Fish is both a delicacy and an offering.

As for the dumplings on New Year's Eve, the dumplings with vegetarian fillings are used to worship the gods, while everyone eats the dumplings filled with meat. People who are not well-off use a mixture of meat and vegetables as fillings.

Even the poorest families have a lot of routines for eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

In addition to well-known delicacies such as dumplings and rice cakes, old Beijingers also like "douerjiang" - a cold dish made of pork skin, dried tofu, soybeans, green beans, water mustard, etc., with a color like amber and similar to

In "Aspic Jelly".

There is also "mustard dumpling", which is a cold dish used to accompany wine and appetizers.

People eat a lot of greasy food during festivals, which tends to cause fire and phlegm. These cold dishes can make up for this shortcoming.

When all kinds of meat and vegetable dishes are ready, Beijingers also prepare candies, dried fruits, melon seeds and "mixed fruits". The so-called "mixed fruits" are today's assorted preserved fruits.

In those days, these snacks were delicacies for people to sit around the fire and bid farewell to the New Year.

Liaoning: Unforgettable rural blood sausage In the rural areas of Liaoning, as soon as the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month arrives, every household begins to prepare for the New Year, making rice cakes and steaming sticky bean buns. Many families also kill pigs to entertain guests, inviting neighbors, relatives and friends.

After a feast and a good meal, the enthusiastic host will distribute the stuffed blood sausage to the guests to take home.

The children will try their best to help at home these days, but married girls are not allowed to celebrate the New Year in their natal family, otherwise this year will be detrimental to their natal brothers.

This is actually what the saying "you are not allowed to look at your parents' lanterns" on New Year's Eve night means.

Of course, this kind of feudal superstitious custom has been slowly forgotten with the progress of society and the changes of the times.

Many people in Liaoning light longevity lanterns on New Year's Eve to keep the lights on all night long.

From the New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, every household must hang red lanterns. The lanterns must be lit on the New Year's Eve night, and they must be lit overnight without turning off the lights, which means longevity.

Heilongjiang: Eating dumplings with coins on them brings good luck. Eating dumplings during the New Year is a custom among northerners.

On the eve of the New Year's Eve, dumplings must be eaten to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. However, Heilongjiang people also wrap a few coins with coins in the dumplings (nowadays, peanuts or other nuts are often used instead). Whoever eats such dumplings will have bad luck.

It means good luck in the new year and has auspicious meaning.

In addition, people in Heilongjiang must eat dumplings on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, also known as "Po Wu", which means biting the dumplings, which means destroying all unlucky things and driving away disasters and avoiding evil.

Jilin: Eat frozen pears after New Year’s Eve dinner. Due to the cold weather in the Northeast, some fruits have a different taste after being frozen.

The most common ones are ice pears and frozen persimmons.

It is understood that the purest one is frozen autumn pear. There is a kind of pear called Qiu pear in Jilin. This kind of pear is sour and astringent when it is just picked. So people pick this kind of pear and put it directly under the tree and cover it.

A layer of leaves, the frozen autumn pear is sweet and sour, with plenty of juice.

Frozen pears should be thawed in water before eating. Eating these pears after the New Year's Eve dinner can relieve hangover and greasiness.

Jiangsu: People in Suzhou gather money everywhere to look for "Yuanbao". On New Year's Eve, people in Suzhou put cooked water chestnuts in their New Year's dinner and dig them out when eating. This is called "digging for Yuanbao".

When visiting relatives and friends, two green olives should be placed when making tea, which is called "Yuanbao Tea", which means "congratulations and prosperity".

Changzhou people are not allowed to sweep the floor from the outside of their homes during the Chinese New Year, for fear of sweeping away "wealth" and "good luck", they can only sweep from the outside in, which means to gather wealth.

During the Spring Festival, there are many taboos in Jiangsu, such as not using scissors on New Year's Day to avoid quarrels; not using kitchen knives to avoid getting killed; not eating porridge for fear of being caught in the rain when going out; not sweeping the floor for fear of sweeping away all wealth.

etc.

Jiangning people have the custom of "beating the sacred drum" during the Spring Festival. The big flag opens the way, and the gongs and drummers beat the drum vigorously to add to the fun. On the third day of the lunar month, they "play the night drum", on the seventh day of the lunar month, they "beat the seven drums", and from the 13th to the 15th day of the lunar month, they play "shirtless drums".

Drums", the atmosphere was lively.