My hometown-Linyi, Shandong Province, has many traditional folk festivals in China, especially at the end and beginning of each year. Among them, the Spring Festival is the biggest and grandest traditional festival in a year.

Every year, the countdown to the Spring Festival begins in the twelfth lunar month, and various traditional festivals also appear one after another. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, it is called "off-year", and everyone should get together. On this night, every household should "sacrifice the kitchen stove", that is, pay homage to "Kitchen God". Legend has it that the Kitchen God was sent to the world by the Jade Emperor, so he can't afford to offend. He should be given a "good word from heaven" respectfully, so people often put sesame candy on his mouth when sending him, so that he can put in a good word in front of the Jade Emperor the day after tomorrow, and the family can have food all the year round. Then we have to wait for him to "return to the palace for good luck", and everyone will put up a new portrait of the kitchen god next to the kitchen fire, which is "changing the kitchen stove"

after the new year, everyone is very busy. Every family is busy killing pigs and sheep, steaming steamed bread, buying or making new clothes, "inviting door gods" and buying new year's goods. This is children's favorite time. Wearing new clothes and hats, there are many delicious and fun things, which is basically the happiest time of the year. The last day of every year is called "the 3th of the twelfth lunar month". On that day, every family fried meatballs, fried coupling boxes, fried tofu and stewed meat. At this time, every family was full of the smell of food. In the evening, that is, on New Year's Eve, everyone is also wrapping up jiaozi, and jiaozi symbolizes reunion. Dumpling stuffing is also various, including pork, mutton, seafood and leek ... up to dozens of kinds. After you wrap it up, you can sit at home and watch TV, or you can go outside to set off firecrackers and play, and you can't sleep until twelve o'clock. This is called "Shounian". If you hear firecrackers ringing outside, it's almost twelve o'clock, when people greet the New Year with firecrackers. At this time, people also start to put jiaozi out of the pot. When the bell rings at twelve o'clock, they bring jiaozi to the table, and the family will eat jiaozi around the table. With the firecrackers outside and the laughter of every household, everyone ushered in the new year.

On the first day of the New Year, people put on new clothes, and firecrackers were still deafening. On this day, every household goes out to pay New Year greetings, give red envelopes and pay New Year greetings to adults. There are still many people going to the market to buy some food, drink, play and all kinds of gadgets, which can be lively! On this day, the street can be described as Vientiane update!

Yuanxiao, the last day of the Spring Festival, is also called "Noisy Yuanxiao". On this day, we can go to solve riddles on the lanterns and eat Yuanxiao. After eating Yuanxiao, it means that the New Year is over.