on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Laba porridge is cooked and eaten that day;

In China, the Spring Festival usually begins with offering sacrifices to stoves. The folk song "Twenty-three, Sweet Melon Sticks" refers to the sacrificial stove on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month every year. There is a saying that "officials, three people, four boatmen and five", that is, the government holds the sacrificial stove on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the ordinary people hold it on the 24th, and house boat holds it on the 25th. After holding the sacrificial stove, they officially began to prepare for the New Year. Every year from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, people call it "Spring Festival".

The custom of "sweeping the house with dust on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month" has a long history. Sweeping the dust is the year-end cleaning, which is called "sweeping the house" in the north and "dusting" in the south;

pigs cut annual meat on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month;

bathing and slaughtering chickens on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month;

On this day, apart from slaughtering their own poultry, every household has to go to the market and shop, and make centralized purchases, mainly buying and selling New Year's goods. In traditional folk customs, it is necessary to concentrate on bathing and washing clothes in these two days to get rid of the bad luck of one year and prepare for the Spring Festival next year. There is a proverb in Beijing that "twenty-seven washes away illness and twenty-eight washes away sloppiness". Bathing on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month is "washing Fulu". Take a bath and do laundry these two days to get rid of the bad luck of the year and prepare for the New Year.

In the twelfth lunar month, 28 cakes and steamed buns are inscribed with peach symbols (Spring Festival couplets);

The old saying goes, "On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, cakes and steamed buns are decorated with decals". The so-called decals are the posting of New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets, window grilles and various divine codes. Among them, the custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets originated from the ancient "Taofu". The ancients used peach wood as a wood to ward off evil spirits, and the Canon of Art said, "Peach is the essence of five trees, so those who suppress evil spirits are also."

Twenty-eight pieces of flour were made in the twelfth lunar month, and the staple food was prepared. In the past, there was no quick-acting hair powder, so the ordinary flour was not easy to put aside, and the dough was not bad. So the flour was made on the twenty-eighth day, and the staple food was prepared from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month. Twenty-seven pieces of flour were also sent out. On the twenty-eighth day, the steamed jujube flowers were steamed with dates, and these were stuffed.

On the 29th New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month, ancestors are invited;

on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, go to the grave and ask your ancestors for a big confession. On this day, the ceremony of going to the grave to invite ancestors was particularly solemn. The day before New Year's Eve is also called Little New Year's Eve. There is a feast at home, and people call it another year. Burning incense outdoors is called "Tianxiang".

New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month;

New Year's Eve refers to the evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). The word "except" in "New Year's Eve" is "go; Easy; The meaning of "alternating" is that New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the old year is exhausted". People have to get rid of the old department and get rid of the old year, and the next year means to get a new year. It is the last night of the lunar year.

on the first day of the first month, the golden rooster announces the dawn. The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to suppress evil spirits. You can't use a broom, otherwise it will sweep away luck and ruin money. If you have to sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside. To this day, there is a custom in many places to clean up before New Year's Eve. On the first day of the new year, no brooms are put out, no garbage is taken out, and a large bucket of waste water is prepared, and it is not splashed outside that day. You can't break furniture in the New Year either. Breaking it is a sign of bankruptcy. You have to say "Peace at the age of (broken)" or "Bloom on the ground, be rich and glorious" as soon as possible.

on the second day of the lunar new year, the golden bark heralds spring. Family members go to pay New Year's greetings, while the owner stays for dinner and the western family arranges wine banquets. The married daughter goes back to her mother's house and wants her husband to go with her, so it is commonly known as "the day of welcoming her husband." On this day, the daughter who goes back to her mother's house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to give to her children and have lunch at her mother's house, but she must get back to her husband's house before dinner. In the past, the family also chose this day to take a family photo.

on the third day of the lunar new year, the fat pig arch. The son-in-law visits her father-in-law and daughter-in-law to go back to her mother's house, and presents her with even numbers. On the third day of New Year's Eve, also known as Red Dog Day, it is homophonic with "Red Mouth" and usually does not go out to pay New Year's greetings. It is said that this day is prone to quarrel with people. However, this custom has long been out of date, because it is rare for people to get together during the Spring Festival now, which has faded a lot.

on the fourth day of lunar new year's eve, three sheep open Thailand. Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, and welcomes Kitchen God back to the people. It's the day of offering sacrifices to the god of wealth. In the past, the boss wanted to "fire someone", so he was not invited to worship God on this day, and the other party knew it well and packed up and left. There is also a legend that the kitchen god will come to check the household registration this day, so it is not appropriate to go far.

On the fifth day of the first month, it's spring in Niu Geng. Five roads are connected to the god of wealth, east, west, north and south, and wealth is connected by five roads. The fifth day of junior high school is commonly known as breaking the fifth, and it is necessary to "catch up with the five poor", including "poor in intelligence, poor in learning, poor in literature, poor in life and poor in communication". People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are released from the inside out, and they go outside the door as they are released. It is said that everything that is unlucky will be blown out. On this day, the popular food custom among the people is to eat jiaozi, commonly known as "squeezing a mean person's mouth".

on the sixth day of the lunar new year, success was achieved immediately. Drink and worship the street. Thousands of households look at it, and no one does not send the poor. Shops and restaurants have just officially opened for business, and firecrackers will be set off, which is no less than the situation on New Year's Eve. Legend has it that the most popular day is the boy who turned 12 that year, because 12 is twice as much as 6, which is called 66 Dashun. On this day, every household should throw out the garbage accumulated in the festival, which is called sending the poor.

on the seventh day, people live a long life. Spread pancakes and eat seven treasures, settle down and recuperate. The seventh day is people's day, which is people's birthday. According to Zhan Shu, since the first day, the order of God's creation is "one chicken, two dog, three pigs, four sheep, five cows, six horses, seven people and eight valleys", so the seventh day is human day. On this day, Hong Kong people like to eat the first porridge, so-called and, I hope to be the top high school in the scientific examination. Everyone should be respected every day. Even the government can't execute criminals on this day, and parents can't teach their children a lesson on this day.

on the eighth day, release the animals and pray. On the day of the lower bound of the stars, a small lamp was made to burn and sacrifice it, and an inch of time was an inch of gold. On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, it is the birthday of millet, which is also called Shunxing Festival. It is said that the stars are in the lower bound, and the stars in the sky are the most complete. If the weather is sunny this day, it indicates a bumper harvest of rice this year, and the sky is overcast.

on the ninth day of the lunar new year, the jade emperor was born. It is the highest god who dominates the universe, and people will hold ceremonies to celebrate. Folk custom is the birthday of the Jade Emperor, and a grand ceremony will be held to worship the heavens. Many believers in Hsinchu, Taiwan Province, will go to the Tiangong altar, which is dedicated to the Jade Emperor and has a history of more than 2 years, to celebrate his birthday and pray for a good weather, peace and health in the new year.

on the tenth day, offer a stone to give thanks. One day, there is still land, and houses for people and animals, rice, wheat and rice are the birthplace. The tenth day is the birthday of the stone. On this day, no stone tools such as grinding and grinding can be moved, and even the stone is sacrificed. In Yuncheng, Shandong and other places, there is a saying that God lifts stones. At the beginning of kuya, people frozen a crock on a smooth big stone. On the morning of the tenth day, the nose of the crock was tied with a rope and carried by ten boys in turn. The stone did not fall to the ground, which indicated a bumper harvest that year.

on the 11th day of the first month, Zigu was sacrificed. The oppressed women regard her as the protector of the weak women. The eleventh day of the first month is the "son-in-law's day", which is the day when the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. There is a lot of food left over from the celebration of "God's Birthday" on the ninth day, except for eating one day on the tenth day, so the bride's family doesn't have to spend any more money, so she uses these leftover foods to entertain her son-in-law and daughter. The folk song is called "Please ask your son-in-law".

The 15th day of the first month is the Lantern Festival, which is the first full moon night in a year, and also the night in spring returns, also known as Shangyuan Festival. The custom of burning lanterns on Yuanxiao dates back to the Han Dynasty, and it is indispensable to eat Yuanxiao and Tangyuan on this day. The first month in Izayoi is a children's festival. All the children take out their lanterns and bump them against others, and then laugh and watch others' lanterns catch fire. This is called "touching the lights". What matters is that this year's lanterns can't be kept until next year, and they must be destroyed by "touching the lanterns".