The twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year's Eve is the day before the lunar New Year's Eve, so it is also known as the "small New Year's Eve", and in some places it is also known as the "New Year's Eve".

Lunar New Year's Eve Folklore:

1, the graveyard please ancestors on the big offerings

Chinese lunar calendar has a big and small month, the so-called big month is 30 days, the small month is only 29 days. So when you encounter the waxing moon as a small month, the day of the twenty-ninth is the last day of the year. Then the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year is New Year's Eve, even if it is not a small month, the next day is New Year's Eve, so all kinds of preparations for the New Year should be finished on this day.

In the whole New Year's festival, the twenty-ninth day can be said to be the busiest day, in addition to the preparation of the New Year's festival of all kinds of food and clothing offerings, there is also an extremely important activity "on the grave to invite the ancestors. This is why the annual rhyme says, "On the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year, we go to the graves to invite our ancestors to make big offerings".

2, steamed buns

The ballad says "twenty-nine, steamed buns. Twenty-eight good flour, twenty-nine will start steaming steamed buns, people play to their imagination, the steamed buns made of peach, small animals and other various shapes. In Tianjin, we will also be in this day to Joe Xiangge please Chinese knot, take "Joe Xiang Nafu" meaning.

3, playing wine

The ballad says: "twenty-nine, go to play wine", is to buy wine, because in the past, agricultural society in the era of wine sellers are wine in the altar, you can buy zero. To beat the wine means to prepare it for rituals and entertaining guests.