The Spring Festival is a major traditional folk festival in our country. It is the first festival of the year and the happiest festival of the year. In the New Year, we make dumplings, have snowball fights, eat hot pot, set off firecrackers, cut window grilles, go to temple fairs and post Spring Festival couplets.

Gathering relatives, dancing yangko, hanging lanterns, having fun and laughing happily, it’s a different scene in Shanghai! If you don’t believe it, take a look, Shanghai’s Spring Festival custom is to start selling new year’s goods in the twelfth lunar month: According to Chinese tradition, entering the twelfth lunar month, which is the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, has

It is suitable for New Year shopping. In addition to buying cured meats and candies, fruits are also indispensable. Apples represent good luck, and oranges represent harmony, so it doesn’t hurt to buy more.

The twenty-fourth day of the lunar year is the day when the gods return to heaven to report their duties. The Lord Kitchen is the god in charge of food and clothing in the world, so people have developed the etiquette of thanking the stove. The offerings include fruits, roasted meat and

Some vegetarian dishes, soup balls and maltose are essential. It is said that these desserts can seal the mouth of Zao Lord, preventing him from going to heaven to complain to the Jade Emperor.

In terms of sacrificial rituals, after all the offerings are placed on the stove, incense is burned and worshiped, praying for abundant food and clothing and good health in the coming year. Afterwards, clothes are burned and wine is spread. It is best to put some soup balls on the stove or spread maltose on the stove.

The effect will be even better if the gold-lacquered characters on the Monument are inscribed on the Monument.

Clean up the mess on the 28th of the Year: The 28th of the Year is a good time to clean up the home. According to Chinese tradition, the whole family has to help with the general cleaning on this day, hoping to sweep away all the bad luck and unfavorable things from the past year. They also need to be clean themselves, including washing.

It is said that if you do this, you can get rid of bad luck and get rid of diseases during the new year.

Choose a good time to post Hui Chun: There is a good time to post Hui Chun every year. You can check Tongsheng to find out. There are also some taboos that you should pay attention to when posting Hui Chun. Most people like to paste a word "福" upside down on the door.

It means "good luck is coming".

When posting Huichun, do not post four pictures, because the four characters are homophonic in unlucky words. It is best to post eight pictures, which means "hair" from the beginning to the end.

In addition, you should also pay attention to whether the word "Hui Chun" conflicts with the zodiac signs of your family members. For example, the "dragon" in the "spirit of dragon and horse" conflicts with people born in the year of dog, and "horse" also conflicts with people born in the year of rat. If there is someone in the family who is born in the year of rat,

For these zodiac signs, it is best not to post this.

New Year's eve is the last day of the year. This day has the meaning of gratitude and reunion.

In the afternoon of that day, the ceremony of sending off the new year will begin. The sacrificial table should be opened, five animals and various new year cakes should be arranged to offer to the gods. After that, the ancestors will be worshiped to thank the ancestors and the gods for their care during the year, and to pray for continued peace in the coming year.

Good luck.

In the evening, the whole family gathers together for a New Year's Eve dinner, which includes chicken, fish, and vegetables. A rich meal is a characteristic of the New Year's Eve dinner. Especially when eating vegetables, you should eat them from beginning to end, which represents longevity.

When eating fish, you should intentionally eat some leftovers, which means there is more than enough every year. After the New Year's Eve dinner, it is the time for the elders to distribute New Year's money. According to ancient folk customs, a hundred copper coins threaded with red thread will be contained in the red seedlings.

It has the meaning of longevity, and now it is replaced by currency. However, the money must be an even number in order to wish for good luck. Many people will not sleep on New Year's Eve and stay up until daybreak. According to traditional customs, staying up late is to pray for

Parents live longer.

At midnight, people start burning firecrackers to celebrate the coming of the new year.

It is appropriate to worship ancestors on the first day of the first lunar month: It is a very important custom to worship ancestors on the first day of the first lunar month.

Place some red dates, candied winter melon, peanut candies, fruits, etc. on the ancestral shrine, and follow the family to burn incense and worship sincerely and burn clothes.

After the ancestor worship is completed, the New Year greetings begin. The younger generation pays New Year greetings to their elders or relatives and friends, and congratulates each other. If relatives and friends come to visit for New Year greetings, they should greet them with a smile and say something auspicious. Avoid getting angry at the beginning of the year.

Or a black mouth and a black face.

In addition, you should not sweep the floor or take out the garbage on the first day of the new year. It is said that doing so will take away wealth. You should not say any unlucky words, otherwise it will be bad luck this year. Try not to break the dishes or pots. If you really don’t want to,

Be careful to break it, and say some kind words, such as "Bearing in pieces (year after year), peace" or "Falling to the ground, blooming, wealth and prosperity", etc.

Women return to their parents' homes on the second day of the Lunar New Year to pay New Year greetings: The second day of the Lunar New Year is when married daughters return to their parents' homes. Why they cannot return on the first day of the Lunar New Year but have to return on the second day of the Lunar New Year? This is because it is said that returning to their parents' homes on the first day of the Lunar New Year will make their parents' families poor, so everyone

I didn’t return until the second day of the Lunar New Year.

In addition, you cannot go back to your parents’ home empty-handed to pay New Year greetings. You must prepare some gifts, such as candies or fruits.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, everyone should stay at home and not go out to worship, for fear of causing gossip.

Receive the God of Wealth on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year: It is said that the gods are sent back to heaven on the 24th day of the Lunar New Year. The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is when the gods return to the world from heaven. As the saying goes, "it is early to send the gods off and late to receive the gods." Therefore, sending the gods off must start early in the morning, and picking up the gods is late.

It was not too late for God to pick him up on the afternoon of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.

In terms of offerings, three animals, fruits, wine and vegetables must be prepared, and incense and candles must be burned to burn gold clothes. As for gold clothes, "divine horses", "armored horses" and "celestial soldiers" are indispensable to welcome the gods back to the world.