2. "Four Sweeping Houses": That is to say, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is the day of general cleaning, and the dust at home should be cleaned. In order to get rid of last year's bad luck, let's welcome the new year together.
3. "Five Methods of Tofu": In other words, the 25th of the twelfth lunar month is the day to make tofu. We usually go to the market to buy more than ten kilograms of soybeans and come back to make tofu ourselves. Some are used for cooking, and the rest are made into stinky tofu, which will be eaten next spring.
4. "Kill pigs six times": that is to say, kill pigs on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. There is a saying that on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, pigs are killed and the meat is cut. Killing pigs means killing their own pigs, and cutting meat means that people who don't have pigs at home go to the market to buy meat, which is also considered as "annual meat". After all, a long time ago, our economy was not very developed, and many people could only eat pork during the Spring Festival. Another reason is that everything must be cut before New Year's Eve, and knives can only be used on the first and fifth days of the first month. The old man said it was unlucky to move your knife at that time.
5. "Seven Steamed Piles": In other words, steamed buns and steamed flower cakes should be steamed on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, and some sacrificial things should be prepared for the New Year.
6. "Eight Fried Crisps: That is to say, on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, every household should be oiled. For example, many families will have fried meatballs, fried fish, fried lotus roots, fried dried tofu and so on.
7. "Nine spareribs: It means that on September 29th, we began to prepare some stuffing for jiaozi. Chop pork first, then chop vegetables.
8. "Ten Sales": That is to say, jiaozi will be covered. The stuffing used is prepared on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month. Besides, there are different things in the jiaozi. For example, putting red dates means that the coming year will be sweet, putting coins means making a fortune in the coming year, and putting rice cakes means "rising step by step"