Yingcheng, like the whole country, is full of festive atmosphere during the New Year and has its own customs.

This can be understood from several folk songs about the New Year in Yingcheng.

The folk song of the twelfth lunar month goes: Twenty-one, beat the dust; twenty-two, stir-fry rice; twenty-three, make water wine (rice wine); twenty-four, celebrate the New Year; twenty-five, make tofu; twenty-six, do something.

Wine and meat; On the twenty-seventh, the New Year's meal is over; On the twenty-eighth, red wax is inserted; On the twenty-nine, everything is available; On the thirtieth night, the peach blossoms fade; On the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the New Year's greetings are made, the waist is bowed, the hands are lifted, and the rice is fried with sesame cake.

It's all mine!

The folk songs of the first month include: The first month is right, the wheat grass is green, please ask the seventh sister to ask for success; It’s hard to go, and it’s hard to come, so the seventh sister is laughing!

Come and play, go and play, the seventh sister rides a white horse; the black horse goes up to the patio, the broom horse rides down to the ground; there is so much harmony in the years and months, and there is a lighthouse on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!

On Lantern Festival night, put on lanterns, and the lanterns stay bright all night long in front of the door!

Celebrate the small year and the big year, open the back door and plow the fields; fathers, sons and brothers don’t take any time off, everyone is working hard towards the future, striving for another good year!

People work hard for a year and rarely get together to talk. The first month of the year has become the best time for relatives and friends to communicate with each other. It is inevitable to play matchmaker for acquaintances and descendants, so there is a folk song: Stir-fried rice in the pot inside, stir-fry sesame seeds in the pot outside.

; Zhizhi Zhizhi, please don’t bombard me, I’ll find you a good family; I don’t want your gold, I don’t want your silver, I just want your sedan chair to come to your door!

These folk songs, to a certain extent, reflect the New Year customs of Yingcheng people.

I am not trying to be superficial, but I am trying to use a few things to explain the Chinese New Year celebrations in Yingcheng. If there are any mistakes or omissions, please feel free to correct me if I have any mistakes or omissions.

Opening the New Year of the Pig After the winter solstice and before the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, it is the time to open the New Year of the Pig (for good luck, it is not called "kill" or "open").

New Year pigs are usually raised by one's own family, and wealthy families can buy them home very early and foster them.

In the old days of Yingcheng, welcoming the New Year of the Pig was a major event that could not be taken lightly. It often required careful consideration to choose a good and auspicious day.

On this day, the host invites relatives, friends, neighbors, and local dignitaries to help, but in fact they celebrate the harvest and share the fruits together, so the scene is very lively.

The New Year of the Pig is usually arranged in the afternoon.

The butcher that the owner likes is usually a local strong man or young man, popular, good at talking, and most importantly, good at craftsmanship.

On this day, the butcher will not drink until he has finished his life, for fear of causing trouble and violating taboos.

Pigs often go hungry for a meal before being fed.

The pig came out of the pen. A young and strong boy quickly grabbed the pig's tail and lifted it up hard, causing the pig's two hind legs to hang in the air. Several other boys came forward and grabbed the pig's ears and feet, staggering the pig's legs up and down.

The pig was firmly pressed down on the large stool. The butcher held the pig's chin with his left hand and pressed the pig's head with his elbow. He spit into the center of his right hand, rubbed it back and forth on his trouser legs, and picked up a ruler.

What a long, well-sharpened knife.

After the pig finished squealing and was taking a breath, the knife was inserted straight into the pig's heart. The pig whimpered, and blood spurted out along the blade like a spring. The pig struggled even harder, and screams came out of its nostrils.

, a little dull.

As the blood flowed out rhythmically, the ups and downs of the pig's belly gradually became smaller, and the sound gradually became softer. Until there was only hot steam coming out of the nostrils and mouth, the butcher and the boys slowly relaxed their hands with confidence.

When it comes to the New Year of the Pig, it is considered auspicious only if the knife is red and the blood flows like a stream.

Immediately afterwards, the butcher cut a slit at the root of the pig's hind leg, then used a slender steel bar to poke from the slit into the pig's body along the pig's skin, pulled out the steel bar, aimed his mouth at the slit, and blew hard into the pig's body.

While blowing, he used a stick to pump the pig's body. After a while, the pig's whole body swelled up like a big puff of air.

After the gas has dispersed evenly, he quickly put the pig into a waist basin filled with boiling water and rolled it. The butcher began to shave the hair until the meat was white. It was considered unlucky to scratch the meat if it was red or scratched.

Not long after, a "fat, white" pig appeared in front of people.

The pig's head and pig's tail should be removed completely, a small hole should be pierced in the pig's scalp, and the pig's tail should be inserted into the pig's head to make a "god house".

"Shenfu" is used to worship gods and ancestors, and can also be sent to temples to pray for children and blessings. "Shenfu" can be pickled or dried, but it cannot be destroyed. It can only be eaten after the sacrifice is completed.