Spring Festival custom in Xiamen

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Usually, many people in Fujian and Taiwan Province will make sacrifices to landlords on February 2nd and 16th of the lunar calendar, especially businessmen and farmers, commonly known as "making teeth". In the traditional "tail-tooth banquet", the boss will decide to dismiss employees next year in a "head-to-tail" way, so there is also a ceremony of "head-to-tail, guys go", which is a euphemism for the boss to "fire". 1February 16 is the last "tooth-making" in a year, called "tail tooth", which is the most grand in a year.

2. twelfth lunar month

The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is "God-sending Day". There is a proverb in southern Fujian: Send the divine wind and receive the divine rain. It means that on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, every household salutes the kitchen god and says "good things", which means "bon voyage". Meet the kitchen god on the fourth day of the first month. If it rains, it indicates that the weather will be fine in the coming year.

According to the old custom in Xiamen, only after the deities such as "Kitchen God" worshipped at home were sent away on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, can they all be excused and kept clean, thus forming the custom of "sending gods" and "removing dust". There are many kinds of new year goods in Xiamen. Spring Festival couplets, window grilles, sacrificial supplies, etc. It is essential, as well as candied fruit, fried things and so on. Also be prepared.

3. New Year's Eve "add bowls and chopsticks"

Due to the geographical characteristics of Xiamen, many people in history went to Taiwan Province to save Nanyang tourism, and it was not easy to cross the ocean when they returned to Xiamen for the Spring Festival. So there are always some people who can't come back, and at this time, there is still a place at home for him to put a pair of chopsticks to show that people have not returned and their hearts have returned.

4, New Year's Eve "around the stove" family fun

On New Year's Eve, both sides of Fujian and Taiwan are called "year", "29 degrees" or "year fight". In Xiamen, every household attaches importance to sitting around the stove, or cooking at home, or booking tables in restaurants. Eating New Year's Eve dinner around the stove indicates a family reunion in the coming year. On New Year's Eve, in addition to posting Spring Festival couplets, locals will also put two sugar cane wrapped in red paper on both sides of the door, which is called "door cane".

In addition, there are New Year's Eve, long vegetables and cakes on the table in the hall, and "Spring Flowers" with red and yellow paper strips are inserted, which means that food is abundant all year round, auspicious and rich. After New Year's Eve, it is called Shousui. In Taiwan Province Province, "longevity year" is also called "longevity night", which symbolizes that the younger generation wants their parents to live long.

5, the first day of the first month

On the first day of the first month, get up early, greet spring with firecrackers, put on new clothes and start visiting relatives and friends to wish each other a happy New Year. The second day of the first month is "son-in-law's day", the third day of the first month is "don't visit the door to celebrate the New Year", the fourth day of the first month is "God's Day" and the fifth day of the first month is "Send the poor". On the eighth day of the first month, we should prepare for the early morning of the ninth day.

Extended data:

Spring Festival is the first day of the year, the first day of the first lunar month, also known as the Lunar New Year, commonly known as "Chinese New Year". In the development and inheritance of history, some relatively fixed customs and habits have been formed, many of which have been passed down to this day, such as sweeping dust, posting Spring Festival couplets, offering sacrifices to ancestors, paying New Year greetings, setting off firecrackers and paying New Year greetings. There is a folk proverb in China that every household will set off firecrackers when the New Year comes. On the first day of the new year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dress up neatly, go out to visit relatives and friends and wish good luck in the coming year.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival Customs