Dumplings on the first day of the year, noodles on the second day of the year, and a box on the third day of the year.

Eating dumplings on the first day of the year, because the dumplings are shaped like a Yuanbao, New Year's Day eating implies that the coming year's wealth is strong, the dumplings can be put some coins into the package, and eating dumplings with coins is called biting the fortune, which implies that this year's fortune will be rolling in. Therefore, dumplings are one of the most important foods in the old tradition. On the first day of the year, when you eat dumplings and open the door to welcome the God of Wealth, it means that the God of Wealth has come to the God of Wealth.

The old saying goes, "Eat dumplings on the first day of the month and the second day of the month, and the third day of the month, the box goes home". This said that the second day of the year must eat a bowl of noodles, eat noodles means that the new year is smooth, road, do everything smooth, of course, the second day of the bread remember to choose a straight long, the elderly to eat also means that the long life oh.

The third day of the year when you have to eat box, folk custom that the third day of the year is the birthday of the grain, the day to ban rice, implying that the next year to get a bumper harvest, so this day to eat the pasta is box. The beginning of spring and the formal leek season, eat leek box on the third day of the month to symbolize a long, long time, a bumper crop.

New Year's customs:

In fact, in the New Year, in addition to eating customs, there are many life customs, such as New Year's Eve clean sweep, the first day of the year is not out of the broom, do not pour the garbage, prepare a large bucket, in order to Sheng wastewater, the same day, do not splash. The second day of the year is the "son-in-law day", married daughters to the whole family back to pay homage, so the second day of the year is also known as the "Aunt Festival".

In the north, this day is also the God of Wealth Day, to prepare a wealth of offerings, the God of Wealth invited on New Year's Eve to make a good sacrifice. Because since the New Year's Eve to the first two during the labor, to the third can sleep late, well-toned body conditioning, nourish the spirit. The third day of the first month is commonly known as the "small New Year's Day", also known as the "red dog day". Because of the "red mouth", the first three days of the first month of the general people will not go out to pay tribute to the New Year, in order to avoid quarrels with people.