1. Sacrifice the stove. On the 23rd day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, you have to clean the stove after nightfall, take down the old stove god and burn them, and put up the new one in the morning on New Year’s Eve.
, wine and meat, candies, sugar cane, rice crackers, etc. must be placed, incense, candles, and paper cannons must be set off.
2. Sweeping the dust. On New Year’s Eve, the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, there is a custom of sweeping the dust (also known as sweeping the house). According to folk saying: because "dust" and "chen" are homophonic, sweeping the dust in the New Year has the meaning of "removing the old and spreading the new"
The meaning is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck. 3. New Year’s Eve dinner, also known as reunion dinner, is extremely important to Chinese people. The whole family respects and loves each other.
People talk about family relationships and feel happy when sitting around the dining table. People attach great importance to the "New Year's Eve dinner" on New Year's Eve. In addition to family reunion and family reunion, they also pray for the safety of the whole family. People who work outside rush back to celebrate the New Year.
. 4. Keeping the year old on New Year's Eve is one of the most important annual customs. The custom of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve has been formed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The "Feng Tu Ji" written by Zhou Chu of the Jin Dynasty said: On New Year's Eve, everyone has a custom of keeping the year old.
Giving gifts to each other is called "feeding the new year"; the old and the young get together and give complete blessings, which is called "dividing the new year"; staying up all year long to wait for the dawn is called "keeping up the new year". 5. Paying New Year's greetings. Visiting and paying New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival is a Spring Festival tradition.
One of the customs is a way for people to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, and express their best wishes to each other. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year greetings has constantly added new content and forms. The meaning of New Year greetings is to visit and communicate with relatives and friends.
Congratulate each other on the New Year, express feelings for relatives and friends and best wishes for life in the new year. 6. New Year's money. Every New Year's Eve, the elders can distribute the New Year's money prepared in advance to the younger ones. It is said that the New Year's money can suppress evil spirits, and the younger ones will be happy if they receive the New Year's money.
There are two types of New Year's money. One is made of colorful ropes threaded into a dragon shape and placed at the foot of the bed. This record is found in "Yanjing Years' Notes"; the other is the most common, namely
Parents put money into red envelopes for their children to celebrate the New Year. 7. Post New Year red couplets. According to the records of "Jade Candle Collection", "Yanjing Years" and other works, the original form of Spring Festival couplets is what people call "Spring Festival Couplets".
"Peach charms". Spring couplets are also called door-to-door couplets, spring posts, couplets, couplets, peach charms, etc. They describe the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dualistic, concise and exquisite words. It is a unique literary form in China. 8.
Posting New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. The thick black and colorful New Year pictures add a lot of prosperity and joy to thousands of households. New Year pictures are an ancient folk art in China and reflect the simple customs and beliefs of the people.
, expressing their hopes for the future. New Year pictures, like Spring Festival couplets, originated from "door gods". Worshiping ancestors and gods at the beginning of the year is the oldest traditional custom of the Chinese nation.
, people must express their filial piety and nostalgia for their ancestors. This traditional custom is passed down from generation to generation, so people always hold sacrificial ceremonies.
Be grateful for the beginning and pray for the blessings of ancestors and gods. 10. The annual ritual is one of the oldest customs. It evolved from the ancient harvest sacrifice. Its main rituals include worshiping gods, wandering around, setting clocks, and offering sacrifices to the gods. The main purpose is to reward the gods.
Well, praying for good weather, prosperity of all industries, and peace and prosperity for the country and the people. Generally speaking, it starts from the second day of the first lunar month to the end of the first lunar month, especially on the 15th and 16th day of the first lunar month. In some places, it is in the second month of the lunar calendar.
11. Burn firecrackers. There is a Chinese folk saying of "opening firecrackers".
That is to say, when the New Year arrives, the first thing every household does when they open the door is to set off firecrackers, with the sound of beeping firecrackers to get rid of the old and welcome the new.
Firecrackers are a specialty of China, also known as "firecrackers", "firecrackers" and "firecrackers".
It originated very early and has a history of more than 2,000 years.
12. Doing New Year’s goods. China’s New Year customs and culture have a long history. Various New Year customs have been derived from various parts of the country. They are very different in the north and the south, and each has its own style.
However, preparing New Year’s goods and giving New Year’s gifts are “necessities” for the New Year almost across the country.
Chinese families have to buy a lot of "New Year's goods" before the New Year, including Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters, new clothes, and food during the New Year period (many New Year markets are closed).
Extended information: National characteristics: 1. Zhuang nationality. The Zhuang nationality’s Spring Festival lasts from the 30th to the first and second day of the first lunar month, and lasts for three days.
On New Year's Eve, every family kills chickens and ducks, and steams pork belly, powdered meat, barbecued pork, etc.
Rice is steamed a lot on New Year's Eve, symbolizing wealth.
There must be boiled chicken on the dinner table, and for families with elderly people, stewed pig's feet and whole chicken are also required.
2. Tibetans, according to Tibetan scholars, in ancient times, Tibet did not celebrate the New Year at the turn of winter and spring, but celebrated the New Year in the summer. "The wheat is ripe for the beginning of the year." "Under the snow-capped mountains, the wheat is yellow, and the happy New Year is here."
"Nowadays, in the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River, there is a tradition of celebrating the "Wangguo" festival before the autumn harvest.