Twenty-three, the kitchen sacrifice officer:
It's the kitchen god. He is the head of the family. He goes to heaven on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month every year. People hope that he will say good things in heaven and keep the lower bound safe. They are afraid that he will speak ill of him. Generally, he will be served with candy for the kitchen to stick his mouth, a very sticky candy. After the sacrifice, let our children eat their fill: that's sweet.
Twenty-four, sweep the house; ?
That is, cleaning. At the turn of the new year, we should get rid of the old and welcome the new. It is a traditional habit of our people to sweep the dust before the Spring Festival. ?
The custom of "sweeping the house with dust on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month"? It has a long history. According to "Lu Chunqiu? It is recorded that China had the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival in the Yao and Shun era. According to the folk saying, because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival has the meaning of "except Chen Buxin", and its intention is to make everything "poor" and "unlucky"? Sweep them all out the door. This custom is entrusted with people's desire to break through the old and establish the new and their prayer to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
Twenty-five, steamed buns; ?
Steamed steamed bread means that the next year will be prosperous and have a good head.
You don't steam steamed buns during the period from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the tenth day of the lunar new year, because there will be guests at home every day, so you won't have time to steam them at first, and then people will think you are poor. I remember when I was a child, my grandmother and aunt cooked up the noodles (it was cold and there were many noodles, which made it difficult to make them) and were busy steaming steamed buns and making jujube flowers in the kitchen for one or two days.
In addition: if you have a newly married daughter-in-law, you have to make extra-large steamed buns. We call them big steamed buns, which is what the new daughter-in-law must bring when she leaves her family on the second day of the Lunar New Year. So we also call our daughter "big steamed bun" there, hehe. Because it is too big and difficult to cook, it will generally be steamed or cracked. If anyone's mother-in-law can steam a big steamed bun that is cooked and does not crack, the whole village will come to see it.
Twenty-six, cut big meat; ? I won't explain this. (not related to the kitchen)
Twenty-seven, kill pigs and chickens; ? I don't explain this either (not related to the kitchen)
Twenty-eight, steamed jujube flowers; ?
In fact, steamed buns and steamed jujube flowers are both pasta. Knead the dough into strips, then roll it into various petal shapes, then press patterns on the petals, and finally put a big red date in the center of each flower, just like a flower with a stamen in full bloom, and then steam it in a steamer. We call the steamed jujube flowers "jujube hill", but it's a pity that it's rarely seen now. I'll go back to see if my grandmother will do it this year, or I'll do it. After doing it, I'll get the photos up. Baidu actually found a small jujube flower picture:/uploads/allimg/090216/139446119-0.jpg.
In addition: the married daughter brings a big bun when she goes back to her parents' home to celebrate the New Year, and jujube flowers are a must-have gift for her parents. Of course, the bigger the better.
Twenty-nine, go to play wine; ? I don't explain this either (not related to the kitchen)
Thirty, Bao jiaozi:
We have 30 packs of jiaozi Spring Festival couplets there. ? You should pack enough food for the first day, because you can't move your knife on the first day. On New Year's Day, people don't sweep the floor, throw water outside, go through the back door, beat and scold children, and congratulate each other on the auspicious and prosperous New Year. )
To make a digression: I am the only girl in our family. My mother and I started to pack one by one after breakfast on New Year's Eve, very slowly, until the afternoon. The children all have sisters, and people came to my house to play with me, so they also came to help us pack. ?
On the first day of New Year's Day, I stumbled and bowed. (This has nothing to do with the kitchen.)
However, it is still wordy: on the first day of the New Year, people who get up early are always early in the new year, and those who get up early will encounter auspicious things. When a family goes to pay a New Year call together, usually brothers and sisters go to their parents first, and then to their elders' neighbors to pay a New Year call.
On New Year's Day, I have to go to the graveyard to worship my ancestors.