The first day of the first lunar month is called Yuanri, which is the head of the new year. In Chaoshan area, the Spring Festival is usually busy for four or five days. On the night of the Spring Festival, in the streets and alleys, families put up Spring Festival couplets and decorated themselves with lanterns. Have a reunion dinner.
In the early morning of the Spring Festival, adults and children bring a pair or two pairs of raw oranges (called "Daji") to visit relatives and friends for a New Year greeting. The cultural and recreational activities in the Spring Festival include singing and dancing, camp gongs and drums, holding big flags, buma dance, dragon dance, lion dance and carp dance.
The activities of the "New Year's Day" in Chaoshan area have been passed down from generation to generation and become popular. Or commemoration, or implication, or blessing, rich in folk customs. Chaoshan people go home to reunite with their relatives and friends more than these festivals to enhance their feelings and cohesion. Extended information
Other festivals in Chaoshan: Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Autumn Festival is commonly known as "August and a half", and the main programs are: taro to worship ancestors. There is a common saying in Chaoshan: "When rivers and streams talk to each other, taro tastes terrible." Worshipping the Moon, most people will elaborate handicrafts for Yue Bai one month before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Yue Bai's essential items that night include the Eight Immortals Table, "Bao Zi", Daxiang, various fruits and pies.
Yue Bai people are mainly women and children, so there is a common saying that "men don't have a full moon, and women don't sacrifice stoves". Burn the tower. Every element of these programs is almost related to the anti-meta history of Chaoshan people.
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