1, Lantern Festival
In Nantong in the past, the lights were on on the thirteenth day of the first month and the lights were off on the eighteenth day of the first month. There is a saying that "thirteen or four gods watch the lights, fifteen or six people watch the lights, and seventeen or eight ghosts watch the lights", and there is a move of "putting lights on and setting lights".
2. Lantern Festival
On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the lights are turned on and the lights are turned off on the eighteenth. These six days are called Lantern Festival. During the Lantern Festival, there are many temples with lights inside and outside Nantong. On the fifteenth and sixteenth nights, many shops set off fireworks in front of the shops, and many people watched.
Since the first day of the first month, there have been many people selling lamps in the cross street area. Sell lanterns, lion lanterns, rabbit lanterns, frog lanterns, lantern lanterns, ball lanterns, etc. , are based on contempt, with colored paper paste, sold to 15 16 at the latest. Some people hang the Son of God on the 18th day of the first month, and some people also set the sun on the first day of February.
Step 3 eat new year's eve dinner
After the New Year's Eve dinner, we should first offer sacrifices to our ancestors to inspire them. After that, the whole family ate and drank together regardless of gender and age. If relatives are not at home, he should leave an empty seat and put a pair of chopsticks to show his reunion with his family and to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.
4. The second day of February
On the second day of the second lunar month, there is a custom that every family should bring their daughters. As the saying goes: "On February 2nd, every family brought their daughters, but if they didn't, they were poor ghosts. If their daughter didn't come for rotten legs, their son-in-law wouldn't allow them to become meat turtles. " Yin Fujia takes her daughter to hold a sumptuous family dinner. Even if her family is poor, she should have a symbolic drink. If she has no biological daughter, she should also invite a "goddaughter". This custom has been passed down to this day.
5. Lantern Festival gongs and drums
In the old folk customs, knocking gongs every day is regarded as an alarm, so children are not allowed to play gongs at ordinary times, but they can play as much as they like during the Spring Festival, and there are no defensive measures in the dark, especially during the Lantern Festival in the first month, and there is no time limit. Every year during the Lantern Festival, the Xiaoguandi Temple in Chengdong Street (near Nantong Cinema, which has now built a securities building) will hold a gongs and drums competition spontaneously.
In the past, the gongs and drums of the Lantern Festival shook the night sky in Tongcheng, and the whole city was filled with the passionate atmosphere of New Year's hope, which was the happiest festival for children and adults.
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