De 'ang people also celebrate the Songkran Festival. On the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day, the most distinctive custom of the De 'ang People's Songkran Festival is to wash the hands and feet of the elders, in addition to splashing water to pray and dancing the elephant's foot drum. At that time, the younger generation of each family should prepare a pot of hot water and put it in the center of the hall, invite their parents and other elders to come out and sit in the hall, kowtow to them and ask them to forgive their filial piety in the past year. Elders should also review what they have not done enough in the past year and set an example for the younger generation. Later, the younger generation washed their hands and feet for their elders and wished each other a harmonious and hardworking atmosphere in the coming year. If parents die, brothers, sisters, sister-in-law and brother-in-law will become the object of washing hands and feet.

This custom comes from an old legend: On the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day died, a disobedient son worked in the mountains. When he saw the scene of young birds feeding back, he realized something and decided to treat his mother well. At this time, his mother came to the mountain to deliver food to her son and accidentally slipped. Her son came to help her, but she thought his son had come to hit her and ran into a tree. My son regretted it very much. He cut down the tree and carved it into a statue of his mother. Every year, on the seventh day after Tomb-Sweeping Day's death, he would wash the statue in warm water sprinkled with petals. Later it evolved into a custom.

Zang (ZA)

Every nation has its own unique culture and living habits. Tibetans are an ancient and enthusiastic people. In the long history, they also formed their own living habits and taboos.

1. When two friends meet each other after a long separation, you can't put your hand on each other's shoulder.

2. You can't cross or step on other people's clothes, nor can you put your own clothes on other people's clothes, let alone cross people.

3. Women should not hang clothes, especially pants and underwear, where everyone passes by.

Don't whistle or cry loudly in the house.

When the family is not at home and the guests have just left, you can't sweep the floor or take out the garbage at noon and after sunset and on the first day of Tibetan New Year.

6, outsiders can't mention the name of the deceased in front of the relatives of the deceased.

7. What should be done this year can't be done next year, such as knitting wool, sweaters and carpets.

8. At dusk, you can't just go to people's homes, especially when people will have pregnant women who have given birth and newborn women or seriously ill patients. Strangers can't go.

9. After noon, you can't take out any property at home.

10, a stranger who has never been to a mountain, cliff and canyon, can't talk loudly.

1 1, tableware, pots, pans, etc. Can't cross or trample.

12. Two people at home go out at the same time, in opposite directions. They can't go out at the same time. They must go out before and after, and the time to go out should be separated.

13, women can't comb their hair and wash their hair at night and can't go out with their hair covered.

14. When using brooms and dustpans, you can't transfer them directly by hand. You must put them on the ground first, and then another person will pick them up from the ground.

15. Whenever relatives and friends visit your home, they will give you some butter tea or highland barley wine as a gift. When guests leave, they can't leave everything empty, so they have to leave some in it or change some of their own things to install.

16. A chipped or cracked bowl cannot be used for eating or pouring tea for guests.

Yi ethnic group

Torch Festival of Yi people, that is, the Year of Yi people. In the eyes of Yi people, fire symbolizes light, justice and prosperity, and symbolizes a powerful force that can destroy all evil. Torch Festival is a festival of joy, love and happiness for Yi people. 3. Customs and Excise Department

Lunar New Year is a traditional grand festival in China, and I believe everyone in China doesn't know it. However, celebrating the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong is completely different from the traditional New Year in terms of customs and atmosphere.

In recent years, few Hong Kong people post Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures at home during the Lunar New Year. Instead, they posted slogans such as "Business is booming" and "Safe Access" in some shops or families. Even so, the original intention of posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures is the same as posting Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures. I hope everything will be smooth and safe in the new year.

In addition, lion dances and dragon lanterns will also appear in some villages and villages in the New Territories. It is difficult to see large-scale lion dances and dragon lanterns on the streets of urban areas in the New Year. As for setting off firecrackers and firecrackers, it is forbidden in Hong Kong. However, since 1982, a grand fireworks show has been held in Victoria Harbour on the second night of the Lunar New Year every year, which has been a program to welcome the Spring Festival for more than ten years.

Hong Kong is known as a "gourmet paradise". During the Spring Festival, there are many customs about eating. Most families will also have a "reunion dinner" during the Spring Festival, usually at home, and the whole family will get together for dinner on New Year's Eve. It is believed that the first choice for the big program after dinner is to visit the flower market. During the Lunar New Year, there are many fairs in Hong Kong and Kowloon, among which the flower market in Victoria Park is the largest and most lively. Hong Kong people are used to visiting the flower market after dinner. On New Year's Eve, people crowd each other and celebrate the festival together.

The happiest thing to spend the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong is to collect "profitable" children. Laughter and laughter can be heard everywhere during the Spring Festival. "Li" was originally a "good thing". Based on good luck and good will, it also became an indispensable custom with relatives during the Spring Festival.

Macao customs

The old customs of Macao are very unique. "Xie Zao" is one of the most traditional China customs preserved in Macau. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Macao people call it "Xie Zao". According to the tradition of China, Macau people also give the kitchen god sugar, saying that it is to paste the mouth of the kitchen god with sugar, so as not to speak ill of the kitchen god in front of the jade emperor. I saw a picture of Santa Claus on the stove of a Macao family in Flower Street, Macao. Strangely, the photo of Santa Claus was pasted with a couplet, which read "Heaven is good, return home with clothes on".

Macao people celebrate the New Year from the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, which is a homophonic word in Cantonese. Most business owners invite their employees to have a "reunion dinner" at the end of the year to show their prosperity and good luck. From the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, you can really feel the flavor of Macao.

On New Year's Eve, observing the New Year and visiting the flower market are two major events for Macao people to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year. Always play mahjong, watch TV, catch up and chat, and share family happiness; Perhaps influenced by Christmas and Valentine's Day in the west, Macao people are also scrambling to buy some auspicious flowers and trees to welcome the New Year, which has now become a custom in Macao. Macau holds a flower market on Lunar New Year's Eve, which mainly includes peach blossoms, daffodils, potted bamboos and potted oranges. Flowers are rich and prosperous. I wish peace. Flowers are auspicious for a bright future in the new year. The Macao Flower Market has been held for three days, which has brought endless comfort to Macao people who have been running around for a year.

During the Spring Festival, Macao people pay attention to "benefiting the market", which is a red envelope. On this day, the boss meets the employees, the elders meet the younger generation, and even the married meet the unmarried. They all want to "benefit the market". "Shili" is pure and crisp, indicating good luck. Macao people call the second day of New Year's Day "Opening the Year". The custom is to eat "New Year's Eve". In order to make money and profit, the New Year's Eve must include Nostoc flagelliforme, lettuce and carp. From the "New Year" day, the Macao government will allow civil servants to "gamble" for three days. After the "New Year", Macau has completely returned to the traditional Chinese New Year custom in China. Until the Lantern Festival, it is also a festival of fireworks, playing with dragons and lions, and being in high spirits.

Some Spring Festival customs in Taiwan Province Province

The Spring Festival is a traditional folk festival with a long history of the Chinese nation. In Taiwan Province Province, which is separated from Fujian Province by water, its history, culture, customs, living habits and kinship are all in the same strain as Chinese mainland, especially in southern Fujian. Therefore, the Spring Festival customs of the people on the island are naturally similar to those of Chinese mainland.

Because the ancestors of Bao Dao residents (mainly Minnan people and Hakkas) went to Taiwan for development, it took a long time and experienced vicissitudes, and Taiwan Province's Spring Festival customs gradually formed some unique patterns and colors.

Interesting Jiangsu Spring Festival customs

During the Spring Festival, in addition to posting Spring Festival couplets, hanging New Year pictures, observing the new year, dancing lions and paying New Year greetings, Jiangsu folks have some unique customs, just like the whole country. Now the number of collections is for readers to see.

Suzhou people put cooked water chestnuts in their New Year's Eve meals and dig them out when they eat, which is called "digging gold ingots". When friends and relatives come and go, two green olives should be put in the tea, which is called "gold ingot tea". Congratulations on getting rich.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, Wujin people hang portraits of their ancestors in nave, offering them tea fruits and rice cakes, and the whole family pays New Year greetings in turn. This is called "worshipping the shadow of God." They are not allowed to sweep the floor from home, because they are afraid of sweeping out "wealth" and "wishful thinking", so they can only sweep from the outside to the inside.

Jiangning people have the custom of "beating the drums" during the Spring Festival. The flag is open, and the members of the gongs and drums team beat drums everywhere to entertain. On the third day, "playing the night drum", on the seventh day, "playing the seven drums" and from 13th to 15th, the atmosphere was warm.

Nantong people have the custom of planting sesame stalks, holly and cypress branches at home or in front of the church, which means that life is blooming every day and greener every year.

Huaiyin people also have the custom of "roasting the head wind" for their children on the sixth day. At night, I took my children to the fields to light torches to drive away the pathogenic factors for them. While roasting, singing: "Roast my head, wake up, roast my feet, keep my feet straight, roast my stomach without diarrhea, roast all over my body, and the disease will never be seen."

On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, Wuxi fishermen took a boat to the Western Hills to worship the Wang Yu Temple, pray for the protection of the water god, and offer sacrifices to the Ao Jing Giant Buddha. This is called "going up?" After the Wang Yu Temple was demolished, this custom gradually became indifferent.

During the Spring Festival, there are still many taboos in Jiangsu's old customs, such as not moving scissors on the first day of the New Year's Day to avoid disputes with each other; Don't move the kitchen knife to avoid being killed; Don't eat porridge, afraid of going out in the rain; Don't sweep the floor, afraid of sweeping away wealth and so on. With the popularization of scientific knowledge, many unscientific customs are gradually forgotten; Healthy and beneficial entertainment and leisure activities have been going on.

Guilin Spring Festival custom

From New Year's Eve to New Year's Day;

The Spring Festival of 65438 stepped on the bell at 0: 00 on February 24th and entered the urban and rural areas of Guilin. This day is the "New Year's Eve" of Guilin people, that is, "to have a New Year". On New Year's Day, people kill dogs and ducks to celebrate the Spring Festival. The firecrackers on this day, with people's wish to send the Kitchen God "God speaks well", came to Gao Yu in a scratching way. People think that the kitchen god is the head of the family, who is in charge of the good and evil, good and bad, good and bad of the family, so every year, the kitchen god is sent to heaven to explain to the Jade Emperor, thus saving the whole family from disaster. The ritual of offering sacrifices to stoves is mostly completed by the elders in the family. They put candy on the kitchen stove to offer sacrifices to the kitchen god, praying that the kitchen god "speaks well in heaven and brings good luck to the world". The purpose of offering candy to the kitchen god is to make the candy "stick" to the mouth of the kitchen god and let his sweet mouth speak well. After the night falls on New Year's Eve, people will set off firecrackers to welcome the kitchen god. This is an ancient custom of "Chinese New Year" in Guilin. Now, even setting off firecrackers is only a ritual of ancient customs.

From the 24th to 30th of the twelfth lunar month, people are busy buying new year's goods, cleaning the inside and outside of the house and welcoming the New Year cleanly. There are many kinds of traditional foods for festivals, which contain good wishes: steamed rice cakes on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month are sweet, successful, fleshy and well-made. After eating the rice cake, my life and work in the new year are flourishing and promoted step by step.

At the dinner on New Year's Eve, people like family reunion. There must be "Mariko" and "Joy" in dishes, which means reunion and joy. That night, everyone went to the empty building and stayed at home. When guarding our old age, we should burn charcoal fire in the brazier to symbolize the prosperity of life. At 0: 00, people of all ages are beaming and greet the New Year with firecrackers. The sound of happiness is one after another. Until now, it is still late at night, people are still awake and the fire is still on. Even if they want to have a rest, they will never forget to snuggle up in the brazier, leave the fire and light a good fire tomorrow morning. The new year's fire is like human life. This bodes well for wealth and prosperity in the new year. People's feelings for fire are so deep, perhaps because fire has brought civilization and warmth to mankind. Loving fire is like loving your own life, especially in the new year.

The Spring Festival Customs of China Minorities

China is a multi-ethnic country, with 55 ethnic minorities besides the Han nationality. Although they have different languages, characters, lifestyles and customs, most people celebrate the Spring Festival as a major festival of their own nation.

Daur nationality: high every year.

The Daur people in the north have the habit of visiting the New Year. During the Spring Festival, people wear holiday clothes, visit each other and congratulate each other. Every household has steamed cakes. As soon as New Year visitors come in, the host treats them with steamed cakes. "Gao" is homophonic with "Gao" in Chinese. Treating each other with cakes means that their living standards will be further improved in the new year. During the festival, the Daur people also held songs and dances and sports activities, which lasted for half a month.

Mongols: endless wine and meat

For the Mongolians in the north, celebrating the Spring Festival is another scene. Before the festival, every household prepared rams, various dairy products and several jars of wine. On New Year's Eve, people put on beautiful Mongolian robes, and the whole family sat among them to welcome the New Year. Eat and drink at midnight. Generally speaking, you should eat and drink more. The more wine and meat left, the better. This symbolizes that there is no shortage of wine and meat in the new year. On the morning of the first day of junior high school, men and women dressed in various costumes rode on war horses and rushed to "Haote" (township) in groups of three or five, stringing yurts one by one. When stringing bags, you should kowtow to the elders first, and then the son-in-law of the host family will toast the guests who come to string bags, and people will sing and dance.

Zhuang Nationality: Greeting Heroes

Zhuang people living in the south of China call Spring Festival "New Year's Day". On this day, people should congratulate each other no matter who they meet when they go out, thinking that this year can be auspicious. There is also a custom of getting old among Zhuang people, which is called "Chili Festival" by Zhuang people. The "Food Festival" is on the 30th of this month. It is said that more than 65,438,000 years ago, a Zhuang peasant armed force successfully returned after fighting against foreign invaders. At this time, the Spring Festival has passed. In order to welcome them, the Zhuang people celebrated the Spring Festival for them on the 30th of this month.

Buyi people: girls grab the first water.

Buyi people living in the southwest frontier of China hold vigils every New Year's Eve. At dawn, the girls scrambled to fetch water outside the house. Whoever picks the first load of water is the most hardworking girl. The Jingpo people there like to hold shooting activities before the Spring Festival, and the girls are the organizers and referees of this activity. They hung embroidered wallets on bamboo poles with thread and swayed from side to side at the top of the tree for young people to shoot. The girls will give the wine as a prize to whoever hits the wallet first. Wallets usually contain a coin, some millet and some decorative beads as a symbol of happiness.

Hani: Swing.

A few days before the Spring Festival, the village where Hani people live has been full of excitement, and women are busy eating Baba. Baba is a kind of cake made of glutinous rice. The boys are busy chopping bamboo up the mountain, ready to set up a swing. The swings there are more than ten meters high, and Hani people like to swing regardless of gender, age and age. During the festival, everyone wears their favorite clothes and swings, showing a lively and harmonious holiday scene everywhere.

Dai people: throwing chaff bags

Young Dai men and women like the game of throwing chaff bags. During the Spring Festival, boys and girls throw chaff bags at each other to see who can throw them accurately and who can catch them. After playing for a period of time, the girls quietly grabbed the broadsword, wrapped cloth or tied horse worn by the young man and ran home. If this young man has feelings, follow him. When parents saw their daughter coming back with a headscarf and a good horse, they held a party.

In addition, April 13 every year is the Dai New Year, and it is also the most solemn festival of the Dai people-the Water Splashing Festival. They regard splashing water as a symbol of exorcism and decontamination, and also regard this day as the most beautiful and auspicious day.

Gaoshan Nationality: "Around the Furnace"

The Gaoshan people who live in Taiwan Province province of China have another taste during the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, families, old and young, sit around a round table with hot pot for dinner, which is called "around the stove". Women who usually don't drink should also take a symbolic sip of wine to show good luck. Vegetables eaten around the stove need not be cut with a knife. After washing, you should cook the roots together to show that you wish your parents a long life. If someone at home goes out, you should also leave a seat empty and put this person's clothes on the empty seat to show that the whole family misses him.

Manchu: Hanging the National Flag to Welcome the New Year

Manchu is divided into four flags: red, yellow, blue and white. During the Spring Festival, people with red flags insert red flags, people with yellow flags insert yellow flags, people with blue flags insert blue flags and people with white flags insert white flags. These flags are beautifully patterned and brightly colored, symbolizing the auspicious beginning of the year.

During the festival, boys set off firecrackers in groups or swished on hills and ice in various homemade wooden sledges. Girls and young daughters-in-law wear newly-made flowery clothes, and play Galahad (kneecaps of pigs or cows) in groups of three or five. From the night of the first day to the fifth day, people also volunteered to organize yangko dancing to celebrate the New Year. A strong yangko team not only dances in this village, but also dances in other villages. Onlookers are often so happy that they forget fatigue and cold. There are even enthusiastic spectators-they follow the yangko team from village to village and don't return until dawn.

Bai nationality: "Let go of Gao"

During the New Year in China, the Bai compatriots in Yunnan have a celebration called "Flying High". The so-called "soaring" means using a whole big bamboo and putting gunpowder in the bamboo joints. After lighting, the whole bamboo can collapse into the sky and become a veritable "soaring", which means wishing people a step-by-step promotion. In some areas, Bai compatriots, like Miao and Zhuang, have "throwing hydrangeas" from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival. Anyone who can't catch the hydrangea should give each other a souvenir. Those who have missed the dance many times and can't exchange souvenirs show that they have accepted each other's love.

Dong people: Lushenghui

During the Spring Festival, a mass activity called "Dong Year" is popular among Dong compatriots in Guizhou and Hunan. This activity is similar to the "group worship" of the Han nationality, but it is more joyful and enthusiastic than the "group worship". This kind of activity is usually held by two villages through mutual agreement. The two teams formally held a Song Lusheng and dance competition in the square. At this time, the audience in the two villages danced with the music and had a good time.

Yi people: jumping tiger

The Yi people in Maidichong, Shuangbai County, Yunnan Province have a special custom of "jumping the tiger festival" during the Spring Festival. On the eighth day of the first month, adult men in the village gathered at the site of the Earth Temple behind the village to kill dogs and offer "Mi Si" ("Mi" means earth, "Si" means master and "Mi Si" means god), and then "Bimo" in the village offered sacrifices to the land Lord to invite the tiger god. Eight villagers danced as tigers. "Tiger" has towering ears, a stout tail and tiger stripes all over the body. They drew a Chinese character "Wang" on their foreheads and hung a big bronze bell around their necks, which was very majestic. After Bimo held a farewell ceremony and invited the Tiger God, King Tiger led all the tigers into the village. During the whole Tiger Jumping Festival, the whole village was immersed in the joyful atmosphere of welcoming tigers, sending them away, watching them jump and driving away evil spirits. The local people believe that only through the annual traditional tiger jumping activities, offering sacrifices to the tiger god and praying for the blessings of their ancestors can all villagers have a bumper harvest every year, a prosperous population and a happier life.

Sani people: eat dumplings.

On New Year's Eve, Sani is called "thinking period". On New Year's Eve, it is very solemn to worship ancestors and eat New Year's Eve. In the afternoon, green branches are inserted in front of every house, and a straw hat is hung on the branches. This is a silent notice: please don't enter! No talking. Even people at home are not allowed to talk loudly.

There is an interesting phenomenon in Sani language: "Tangyuan" and "Chinese New Year" are the same word, called "Kuanzima". Because we must eat glutinous rice balls during the Spring Festival. For half a month from the first day of the first month, people were immersed in joy. A bonfire party was held on the first night of junior high school, with folk songs duet and three-stringed Hu solo, which was simple and lyrical. Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang.

Sacrifice to the mountain gods on the second day and send Mars on the fourth day to drive away disasters and show human strength.

On the afternoon of the second day of the Spring Festival every year, farmers take the cow out, walk around the center of the village several times, and put flowers tied with red cloth on its forehead to show their respect for its one-year contribution. I also fed it rice and fat pork to express my comfort to my close partner.

Sani people have ancestor worship activities from New Year's Eve to the fifth day. From their admiration and nostalgia for their ancestors, we can find the cohesion of this nation and the beautiful things in traditional morality.