Briefly introduce the characteristics of my hometown (Shanxi) in English.

The customs of the Spring Festival are different. According to legend, this beast is afraid of red, fire and sound, so people have customs such as couplets, firecrackers and drums. Different times, different regions and different national customs are different. Laba with red lanterns in a year: the eighth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar is a traditional festival of the Han nationality, as a signal that the "New Year" is coming. Traditionally, rice porridge and laba garlic are drunk on this day. Chicken stove, is the kitchen god sent in the next year. Worship, pray, burn incense, light candles and hang lanterns. Worship ancestors and sweep graves. Take a bath with grapefruit leaves. Clean up. Generally speaking, it is on the eighth day of 2008, that is, the 2-3 days of the New Year. On that day, the house should be cleaned up to welcome the Spring Festival. Cantonese slang is called "eight years old every year, you can't wash it clean". Banners, scrolls, paintings and some rural window grilles are posted. Blessing subsidy: children who are just literate will say "blessing has fallen", adults will say "not falling" and stubborn children will say "falling! Fu Jian, "it can be said that on behalf of Leo, I am very lucky. Staying up late: Legend has it that if children stay up late, their parents will be elders. In some places, there is a custom of selling laziness, that is, "selling laziness", for example, putting dough on a chair, asking children to get on the bus and sticking their butts on it, symbolizing that they will not leave their seats when reading. Fireworks (fireworks) Fireworks. Every new year. Some traditions in southern China are that on the first day of the New Year, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders and usually returns them to the groom. Two days later, I will go back to the woman's house to pay New Year's greetings. On the first and third days of the year, I usually don't go out to pay New Year's greetings. Because my mouth is red, I hope to avoid disputes with people, which is prone to quarrel. If I am not friends, I will continue to pay New Year's greetings to each other on the fourth day of the year. Red envelopes (lucky money). Stilts. Buy new year flowers. Drums. Family reunion. Study and work away from people who want to go home to accompany their parents, with the Chinese New Year. Seeing the Spring Festival approaching, a family of three began to return to Hong Kong for the New Year, regardless of the New Year. On the third day, also known as red mouth, people try not to quarrel with others in the traditional New Year. In Hong Kong, many believers will go to Chegong Temple in Sha Tin to pray for good luck in the New Year and peace for all ages. No shoes. Guangdong folk custom means buying shoes in the twelfth lunar month (because the sound of "shoes" is similar to that of "oh" in Cantonese). Auspicious words During the Spring Festival, the public will say congratulations. For example, congratulations on getting rich, more than every year, peace every year, higher and higher, and good luck again and again. No knife. In some rural areas and cities in Chinese mainland, there is no custom of knives or scissors for three days on New Year's Day. Don't bathe, don't clean. Some traditions believe that you can't take a bath or wash your hair or wash it in the New Year, so you can wash away or sweep away your luck. Old and popular. Buy some new clothes. As early as when the god of wealth was greeted, the legend of wealth passed blessings in this world. This activity is very popular in southern China, because 1990, the scale of fireworks and firecrackers in some cities on the morning of the fifth day is no less than that of the New Year.