The Spring Festival customs vary from place to place, such as: Guangzhou’s annual Spring Festival Flower Market. Guangzhou is known as the Flower City and has a history of more than a thousand years of growing flowers.

Nowadays, the annual Spring Festival Flower Market has attracted the attention of the world and has become a major folk custom in Guangzhou.

Every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, the streets and alleys of Guangzhou are filled with flowers and bonsais, and major parks hold Spring Festival flower exhibitions. Especially three days before New Year's Eve, colorful buildings and flower stands are erected on the main streets in various districts.

Flower farmers came one after another to set up flower markets, sell flowers and enjoy the flowers. Crowds of people filled the ten-mile long street, with blooming flowers and a sea of ??people. It lasted until the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year and then dispersed. This is Guangzhou's unique Spring Festival Flower Market.

Guangzhou distributes "riches" during the New Year. It is a custom in Guangzhou to distribute "riches" during the New Year. In interpersonal communication, "riches" are a must.

Of course, the so-called "profit" refers to red envelopes. When relatives and friends meet, adults should give "profit" to their children.

The rice cakes made by Fuzhou people are different from the rice cakes commonly seen in local markets. They are about the size of a tray and have different tastes. Therefore, Fuzhou Guild Hall will order rice cakes for members every year so that the folks can taste the unique Fuzhou-style rice cakes.

When worshiping ancestors, rice cakes must be sliced ??and fried, then placed on a plate and placed on the table.

Fuzhou people attach great importance to rice cakes. In addition to worshiping their ancestors, rice cakes are also a dessert on the reunion dinner table. Even if they don’t eat them, they are indispensable at the dinner table.

In addition, red fermented chicken, Fuzhou fish balls and meat swallows are also delicacies on the reunion dinner table of Fuzhou people.

And how do we Changsha people celebrate the Spring Festival?

Here is what I saw and heard: Changsha people celebrate the Spring Festival on the first day of the first lunar month, which is commonly known as the Chinese New Year in Changsha.

People in Changsha have to celebrate the New Year for more than half a month, that is, from the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month in the previous year to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month in the next year.

This custom has lasted for thousands of years.

The twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month is commonly known as "Celebrating the Little New Year". The whole family has a break and dinner, which is called "Children's New Year".

It is said that on this day, the Zao Lord, who is "the minister of ears and eyes in heaven and the master of fireworks on earth", will return to heaven to report his duties, which is called Ci Zao.

In order for him to "speak good things from heaven and bring good luck to the earth" and "don't say nonsense, good words and words will be sent to the Jade Emperor", people have to do a general cleaning the day before, which is called "sweeping the dust".

From that day on, long-term workers go off work and craftsmen no longer come to their homes. Every family is busy preparing New Year goods, making tofu, killing New Year pigs, sending New Year greetings, preparing snacks, frying dry tea, writing Spring Festival couplets, and putting up lanterns.

The end of the year is called New Year's Eve, or New Year's Eve. Every household cuts colored paper and pastes Spring Festival couplets. The whole family gets together and has a drink. There are plenty of dishes left over, which is called a reunion dinner.

When lighting the lanterns, people burn incense and fire cannons, pay homage to ancestors and family gods, bid farewell to the new year, and offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God.

Children go to neighboring houses in groups holding lanterns, and say "please bid farewell to the New Year" when they enter the house.

Every family stood up to welcome them, brought out snacks and tea, and stuffed the children's pockets. Some children returned home and after unloading their pockets, they quickly joined the party to bid farewell to the New Year. They could get one or two porcelain jars in one night.

The delicious food makes you smile from ear to ear, so there is a saying: "Children look forward to the Chinese New Year."

On New Year's Eve, a maple tree (or pine, chestnut and other tree stems) is burning in the stove of every household in Changsha's rural areas, which is called "Nian Wealth Man".

Men, women, old and young chatted around the fire, the elders gave the children New Year's money, and the whole family ate pig's feet and stewed radish, and sat happily waiting for the day to come, which is called "watching the New Year's Eve".

The so-called "people who have money but don't have money celebrate the Chinese New Year with carrots".

On New Year's Eve, while all the people are rejoicing, there are also poor people who "have homes and dare not return home." It is said that some people are happy and some are sad.

Creditors are collecting debts, and craftsmen are collecting wages. It is already the deadline. The lanterns and torches of debt collectors are constantly flowing in the streets of cities and towns and on country roads. Some families are unable to pay their bills, and their copper pots and clothes may be taken away, so they have to go out and hide.

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Some people write "Hengmen Yanqing" on red paper and stick it on the door after bidding farewell to the New Year. The door is closed tightly and no one can enter. This is called "Fengcaimen".

The customer who asked the bill was helpless, so the good person wrote a limerick: "A poor family has long concealed its wealth, and creditors come in even if they are in trouble. The merchants are annoyed by the bill collectors, but they have no money and are rejected."

The first day of the first lunar month was known as New Year's Day and New Year's Day in ancient times. Since ancient times, "Firecrackers have been set off on New Year's Day, and everyone has enjoyed themselves."

After the Revolution of 1911, January 1 of the Gregorian calendar was called New Year's Day, and New Year's Day of the lunar calendar was changed to the Spring Festival.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, every family gets up when the rooster crows. Men, women, old and young put on new clothes. The senior male owner burns incense and opens the door, sets off firecrackers, and shouts "out of heaven", or opens the door to wealth.

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Then go to the hall, hold candles to worship the ancestors, and then look out to the gods of heaven and earth. When choosing auspicious times, bow to the auspicious direction three times, or bow to the four directions, and pray for good fortune in the new year.

Then the children and grandchildren paid New Year greetings to their elders in turn, rushed to the well to pick up the first load of water, and lit incense and candle handles to pay homage to the gods.

Eating leftovers for breakfast is called eating the next year's grain, which means having enough food and clothing.

The dishes are mainly vegetarian, and can not be separated from green vegetables, taro, tofu, etc., which means that people are lucky, everything will go well, and the family will inherit a clean family.

After dinner, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the family elders.

In the Qing Dynasty, people knelt down to pay New Year greetings and generally did not go out to pay New Year greetings on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

After the Republic of China, people changed from kneeling down to bowing their hands in bows. After New Year greetings in the family, neighbors worshiped each other, and the atmosphere was warm.

However, if someone has not gotten up yet, it is forbidden to go to bed and say New Year greetings.

When someone enters the house to pay New Year's greetings, the host stands up and holds his hands in his arms: "Please come and wish me New Year's greetings." He warmly entertains them with high-quality dry tea.

People in the city often travel at dawn to worship at the homes of relatives and friends.

Those who donated to the Qing Dynasty with false titles were all wearing top-notch clothes, swaggering and strutting around to pay New Year greetings.

Businessmen are addicted to chewing nuts, so when they go in and out of every house, "the fragrant tea is served, the fruit plate is opened, and the betel nuts and ingots are brought in pairs", and they chew non-stop all day long.

Businessmen who have a wide network of friends and do not go there personally will ask their juniors or servants to send congratulations with name cards, which is called "Blessing Cards", which is the origin of New Year's cards in later generations.

There are many folk customs and taboos on New Year's Day.