The New Year custom of hedgehog steamed buns is:

Every year in the twelfth lunar month, when people prepare the steamed buns and rolls to be eaten in the first lunar month, they will make some noodles to prepare for the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. They are used to worship ancestors and are offered to the gods of the house. They are also edible. Among these noodles are plants and animals such as jujube mountains, white rabbits, and hedgehogs. Its purpose is to express awe for all things in the world and gratitude to the land.

Hedgehogs have different postures. The long hedgehogs lying on their backs are placed in front of the memorial tablets of gods and ancestors for "offering"; the round hedgehogs lying down are placed on window sills and cabinets for bringing in money. ; The smallest hedgehog also carries a huge silver spear on his back, leaning on the bodies of the four big hedgehogs, which represents the family's endless reproduction and endless wealth.

The custom of steaming steamed buns during the Chinese New Year

"On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, steam the noodles." The steamed noodles will naturally be used to steam steamed buns, so in the folk song Naturally, there is a saying that "on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, steamed buns".

In the folk customs of the Spring Festival in our country, on this day, the white flour that has risen on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month is steamed into steamed buns. Whose steamed buns are big and steamed well? In the new year, , whose family will prosper and get good luck.

The elders often say, "Twenty-eight to make dough, twenty-nine to steam the steamed buns." The steamed buns on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month must be steamed well. This is the "face" of the family. Because, in the past, carefully prepared steamed buns would be placed on the altar, and when people came to pay New Year's greetings on New Year's Day, they would "evaluate" the steamed buns.

Therefore, the steamed buns on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month must be made good-looking and delicious. Only then will it be face-saving, auspicious, and will attract people's attention.