Temple fair is the main custom of New Year in old Beijing. In addition to the well-known factory Dian, Wuxian God of Wealth Temple (from the second day to the sixteenth day), Dongyue Temple (from the first day to the fifteenth day) and Baiyunguan Temple (from the first day to the nineteenth day) are all famous temple fairs, which are the most distinctive in Beijing for the New Year.

The official activities of the Temple of Wealth in Wuxian County are counted from the second day of the first month, and pilgrims go to the Temple of Wealth in the early morning of the second day. Most people ride bicycles except the very rich and dignitaries. Most of them wear various satin cotton gowns, coats or vests and thin felt hats. Pilgrims leave Guang 'anmen and go south from downtown. Of course, it's basically downwind (because Beijing is northwest in winter), but when they leave Guang 'anmen, they will go against the wind.

2. Northeast Customs

Eating jiaozi on New Year's Day is the custom of northerners, and the northeast people have the habit of keeping the old on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, you must eat jiaozi. In many jiaozi, only a few coins are wrapped (now people pay attention to hygiene, so peanuts or other nuts are used instead). Whoever eats this kind of jiaozi indicates good luck and good luck in the new year.

In addition, people in Northeast China must eat jiaozi on the fifth day, which is also called "Breaking Five", which means to bite jiaozi, which means to eliminate all unlucky things and has the meaning of driving away disasters and evil spirits.

3. Shaanxi special New Year custom: playing with vinegar charcoal.

Shaanxi has a long history, and there are many different customs during the Spring Festival. "Vinegar charcoal" is one of them, which is to put a red-hot coal on an iron spoon and then pour vinegar on it. "Playing vinegar and charcoal" should be carried out in every corner of the house, which means exorcism. I wish you peace and success in the coming year.

"Vinegar charcoal" has a long history. Jiang Ziya, who has been handed down from generation to generation as a god, forgot himself when he was a god, so he had to be a vinegar-charcoal god, but God was in awe before playing vinegar-charcoal. After playing vinegar charcoal, Jiang Ziya came, and the immortal dared to sit down and offer sacrifices.

4. Yunnan Customs

Yunnan will also put up couplets in the Spring Festival, but "couplets" are all kinds of patterns cut out of red paper. Not only the way of "writing" is different, but also the way of posting is unique. On New Year's Eve, the whole family took homemade Spring Festival couplets and sang "Happy New Year's Songs", which were posted outside the courtyard, in the vegetable garden and in the fields in turn. Because of singing while pasting, the Spring Festival couplets of Bai people are called "song couplets". When a "song couplet" is attached to something, it takes that thing as the "theme" and sings the first couplet song to "express" its meaning. For example, the paper-cut with firecrackers on the bamboo branches, and the "couplet song" sung by people is a bamboo report, which naively spreads the voice of family; The east wind soars thousands of miles, and the red sun shines high in Wan Muchun. This combination of paper-cutting and singing is a wonderful work of Bai culture.

5. Shanghai Customs

In the past, there were more beggars on the Spring Festival. There is a beggar who begs not because his family is poor, but because of filial piety. According to legend, there is a death gate for the elderly to live to 998 1 year-old, and only by eating "a hundred meals" can they live safely, so filial children take the elderly out to beg for food for their parents on New Year's Day.

Some people make cows out of paper and bamboo silk and say auspicious words at home. This is called "sending a spring cow". Some people hold branches of holly or cypress and hang some small bells on the branches to show that their families will be like cash cows in the new year. This is the so-called "cash cow". Some people wear Buddhist shirts and masks of gods and statues, pretending to be the god of wealth running around the houses to show that the god of wealth is coming. This is called "jumping the God of Wealth".

6. Henan Customs

The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is an important folk festival before the Spring Festival, which is called "Festival of Sacrificing Kitchen Stove". At this time, people can't help but welcome the joy of the New Year, stop all kinds of work in their hands, and are busy with the sacrificial activities of offering sacrifices to the gods years ago.

The custom of offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in Henan is accompanied by a bleak folklore. In ancient times, an old couple had only one son. They regard their son as the apple of their eye and love him very much. But because his family was poor and unable to make a living, he had to bear the pain and let his son dig coal in the coal mine. The old man has missed his son for a long time. On this day, the old woman told the old man to visit the coal mine. On the way, the old man met a barefoot fellow traveler, and the two became more and more familiar and got along well. During the chat, the old man learned that Barefoot was instructed by Rebecca to find 100 miners in the mine. The old man was in a hurry and begged his son to stay barefoot. Barefoot generously agreed and told him not to tell anyone. Seeing his son, the old man pretended to be ill, and his son was waiting around and unable to go down the well. Soon, something happened in the coal mine, and the old man hurried home with his son. Three years passed in a blink of an eye. On the night of the twelfth lunar month, the old man remembered the risks of that year and couldn't help telling his wife. Who knows, this statement was heard by Chef Jun. On the evening of 23rd, Chef Jun went to heaven and told the Jade Emperor about it. The Jade Emperor became angry from embarrassment, and immediately punished the barefoot piece and took away the old man's son.

Because of this, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people respect Zhao Jun for eating sweets, hoping that he will stop gossiping when he arrives in the Heavenly Palace. As time goes by, people sacrifice stoves on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.

Chongqing has the title of China Mountain City and Fog City. The most obvious sign of celebrating the Spring Festival there is that wintersweet can be seen in the street.

Locals like to put pale yellow wintersweet at home during the Spring Festival, and its petals have a fragrant smell. Chongqing nanshan is rich in Chimonanthus praecox. From the twelfth lunar month, whether you go to the flower market or on the ordinary street, you can see farmers from the suburbs carrying cages of wintersweet filled with flower buds.

New Year Customs with Guangxi Characteristics: Chicken Dance and Spring Cattle Dance.

During the Chinese New Year, there are stilt teams dancing dragons and lions in many places, but there is a special way to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Guangxi, which is to jump chickens and spring cows. On the first day of New Year's Day, the young man who jumped the chicken carried two chickens made of wood and papaya and went to every household to ring gongs to pay New Year's greetings. They sang auspicious and humorous chicken dance songs, which made customers smile.

Special New Year custom in Inner Mongolia: Eat "hand-grabbed meat" to get rid of the old year.

Mongolians like to eat mutton, especially at Spring Festival banquets. Eating "hand-grabbed meat" on New Year's Eve is a traditional custom of Mongolian people to express family reunion. On New Year's Eve, put the cooked whole sheep on the table, with the head of the sheep on top of the whole sheep, and the head of the sheep facing the oldest and highest-ranking elders.