In the northern region, people in Tianjin call the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month "Laba'er" and have the custom of drinking Laba porridge.

Many Tianjin people also soak garlic in vinegar on this day, which is called "Laba garlic".

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, dumplings are served on the second day of the lunar month, and on the third day of the Lunar New Year, the zygotes go home.

After New Year's Eve, this routine started to become more and more frequent.

From eating to daily behavior, we must follow the traditions passed down from generation to generation.

There is a saying in Tianjin that "it is not a year until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month." This year reaches another climax until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

?Tianjin also has the custom of posting hanging money during the Spring Festival. The hanging money is a pattern cut out of colored paper and pasted on the glass and horizontal edges of doors and windows as an embellishment of the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival.

The hanging money attached can only be damaged on the fifth day of the first lunar month, otherwise it means an unlucky year.

People in Tianjin call the fifth day of the first lunar month "Po Wu". On this day, every household eats dumplings, and the cutting board must be clinked so that the neighbors can hear it, to show that they are chopping "little people".

Tianjin people attribute unsatisfactory things to "villains". Only by getting rid of "villains" can they have good fortune and success. Setting off firecrackers on the fifth day of the lunar month also means to avoid evil and avoid disasters.

In the old days of Shandong, when the twelfth lunar month entered the lunar calendar, people started planning and preparing items for the New Year. The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month was the day to bid farewell to the stove. In Jinan, a large number of steamed buns, sticky cakes, jujube cakes, and steamed buns would be steamed, and dishes such as crispy vegetables, cooked meats, and fried goods would be made.

, there are customs in rural areas such as making tofu, spreading pancakes, and making tea soup noodles.

On New Year's Eve, Spring couplets with auspicious words are posted on the gates and courtyards, New Year pictures are posted indoors, the new Stove King statue is posted in the kitchen, and door god statues are posted on both sides of the door. In Jinan area, portraits of Qin Qiong and Yuchi Jingde are often posted as door gods.

On the first day of the new year, they go out to visit each other, and on the second day of the new year, the daughter and son-in-law who get married return to their parents' homes with gifts.

?Firecrackers start setting off in the early morning on New Year’s Eve in Zibo, and the whole family eats dumplings before dawn, with mostly vegetarian fillings.

The dumplings need to be cooked more and must be more abundant, meaning there will be more than enough head.

The seventh day of the first lunar month is called Human Day.

In the old days, residents of Zibo would eat small tofu made from various wild vegetables on this day.

In Dongying, on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, people sweep the courtyard, fill water jars, prepare enough firewood, hang family trees, and set up incense tables.

In the afternoon, every family makes dumplings.

In the evening, after the dumplings are cooked, the whole family sets off firecrackers and eats the dumplings.

?Shanxi Some places in Shanxi have retained the rule of not talking at dinner on New Year's Eve.

The first meal of the Spring Festival is dumplings.

When cooking dumplings, firecrackers should be set off.

In order to drive away evil and seek good luck, sesame straw is used to cook dumplings in some areas, which means that the new year is like sesame seeds blooming steadily, and the days are getting better and better.

The dumplings need to be cooked more and must be more abundant, meaning there will be more than enough head.

When dining, in addition to one bowl per person, one or two more bowls are also served in order to hope that the population will flourish.

After that, we were busy preparing for the New Year, and the atmosphere became more intense day by day.

The Kitchen King is worshiped on the 23rd, and the 24th is the day of general cleaning, commonly known as "Cleaning Day".

From this day onwards, Shanxi people's annual preparations reach their climax during the Laba Festival.

There was a folk song in Taiyuan in the past: "On the twenty-fifth, I grind tofu, on the twenty-sixth I go to work, on the twenty-seventh I go to the market, on the twenty-eighth I paste it, on the twenty-nine I go to make wine, and on the thirty-ninth I make dumplings." On New Year's Eve,

Every family stays up all night, which is commonly known as "Sui Sui".

Shaanxi Yangko New Year greetings Shaanxi people become busy as soon as the twelfth lunar month enters: rolling rollers to press cake noodles, catching up with donkeys to grind tofu, steaming yellow steamed buns, making rice wine, rolling mixed noodles, fried cakes, and all the New Year delicacies are there

Prepared years ago.

There is also a custom here that during the Chinese New Year, children should be given a "Jujube sign".

Here, you can also see that some people use red thread to thread a "thimble" used for needlework and hang it around their children's necks. This is also a blessing mascot, called a "thimble to increase age."

One more each year until the age of twelve.

Yangko New Year greetings is a unique custom in northern Shaanxi.

During the Spring Festival, every village organizes a Yangko team to pay New Year greetings door to door, which is commonly known as "Yangmenzi" here.

The first step in celebrating the New Year with Yangko is visiting temples, worshiping gods, and praying for good weather and good harvests, and then visiting every household to pay New Year greetings.

Every time the yangko team visits a house, the umbrella head touches the scenery and improvises lyrics to bless the owner, such as "Looking up after entering the gate, the six-hole stone kiln is in full display, the grain will be abundant, people will be prosperous, and peace will be guaranteed all year round."

Henan In Henan, New Year's Eve is customarily called New Year's Eve, and every household must post Spring Festival couplets on the 28th.

The whole family eats New Year dumplings. If northerners don’t eat dumplings on the night of the 30th, they will feel that there is no New Year atmosphere.

Staying up all night on the 30th, after the New Year's Eve dinner, the whole family sits together, eating candies, eating melon seeds, chatting with relatives and friends, and doing household chores. The children kowtow to their elders in turn to bid farewell to the New Year, and the elders give out lucky money to the younger ones.

The whole family stays up all night, which is called "staying up for the year" or "staying up for the year". The fifth day of the lunar month is Po Wu Festival. Folks believe that the fifth day of the lunar month is the first unlucky day after the new year. Relatives and friends are also taboo to visit each other. The reason why it is called "Po Wu"

, which means that the taboos during the Chinese New Year can be broken. The custom of eating dumplings and setting off firecrackers early on this day remains unchanged. The customs are different in Wuli, but the rules are changed in Pingdingshan, Xuchang, Nanyang and Baofeng in Henan. However, firecrackers are usually set off at noon.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in southern Henan, there is a custom of "stealing a lamp holder and giving birth to a grandchild". When lighting a lamp, the children next door can secretly pour the lamp oil.

Taking away the burned-out "face lamps" is commonly known as "stealing lamps". In some places, the lamps lit by one's own family are not taken away that night, and they are allowed to burn out of oil, and then refueled the next day, which is called "renewing the lamp".