What are the customs and habits of our people during the Spring Festival?

1. Sacrifice the stove

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the stove should be cleaned, the old stove should be removed and burned, and the stove should be cleaned until nightfall. On the morning of sunset, new statues are put up, and wine and meat, candies, sugar cane, rice crackers, etc. are arranged, and incense, candles, and paper cannons are set off. ?[25]?Folk worship of stoves originated from the ancient custom of worshiping fire. Sacrificing stoves has a history of thousands of years in China. The belief in the Kitchen God is a reflection of the Chinese people's pursuit of the dream of "having enough food and clothing".

2. Sweeping dust

On New Year's Eve, it is the custom of "dusting and sweeping the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" (also known as sweeping the house). According to folklore: because "dust" and "chen" are homophonic, sweeping dust in the New Year means "removing the old and spreading the new", and its purpose is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck. Every Spring Festival comes, every household has to clean the environment, wash all kinds of utensils, remove and wash bedding and curtains, sweep the Liulv courtyard, dust away dirt and cobwebs, and dredge open ditches and ditches. Everywhere is filled with the joyful atmosphere of doing hygiene and welcoming the New Year cleanly.

3. New Year’s Eve dinner

New Year’s Eve dinner is also called reunion dinner. The annual New Year’s Eve dinner is extremely important to the Chinese people. The whole family respects and loves each other, Talking about family relationships, sitting around the dining table, feeling very happy. People attach great importance to the "reunion dinner" on New Year's Eve. In addition to family reunions and family gatherings, they also pray for the safety of the whole family. People who work outside rush back to celebrate the New Year. The reunion dinner is the highlight of the Spring Festival. It is not only colorful, but also very particular about its meaning.

4. Keeping the year old on New Year’s Eve is one of the most important annual customs. The custom of keeping the year old has been around for a long time. Among the existing documents, the earliest record can be found in "Fengtu Ji" written by Zhou Chu in the Western Jin Dynasty: On New Year's Eve, each person greets each other with gifts, which is called "favoring the new year"; The completeness is called "dividing the year old"; everyone stays up all night waiting for dawn, which is called "keeping the year old".

Since the Han Dynasty, the transition between the new and the old year has generally been at midnight. "One night lasts two years, and the fifth watch divides two days." On New Year's Eve, the whole family gets together to have New Year's Eve dinner, light candles or oil lamps, sit around the fire and chat, waiting for the moment to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The all-night vigil symbolizes Drive away all evil plagues and diseases, and look forward to a prosperous new year.

5. New Year greetings

Visiting and paying New Year greetings during the Spring Festival is one of the traditional customs of the Spring Festival. It is a way for people to bid farewell to the old year, welcome the new year, and express their best wishes to each other. With the development of the times, the custom of New Year greetings has constantly added new content and forms. The significance of New Year greetings is to visit and communicate with relatives and friends, congratulate each other on the New Year, express feelings for relatives and friends, and express best wishes for life in the new year. There are many ways to pay New Year's greetings. Some are led by the clan leader and several people go door-to-door to pay New Year's greetings. Some are colleagues inviting a few people to pay New Year's greetings. There are also people who gather together to congratulate each other, which is called "group worship". ?

Extended information:

As for the historical origin of the Spring Festival, due to the lack of ancient documents (the burning of books by Qin Shihuang), the existing documents do not clearly describe the origin of the Spring Festival, resulting in the origin of the Spring Festival. Many legends. Among them, there are several more representative theories. The Spring Festival originated from the ancient "La Festival Theory", from the "Emperor's Age-fixing Theory", from the "Witchcraft Ritual Theory", from the "Ghost Festival Theory", from "The theory of ancient harvest sacrifices" originated from the "theory of Shun succeeding the leader of the tribal alliance"

It is said that Shun succeeded the emperor to the throne, but the title of "emperor" first began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was only popular in the Han Dynasty. In "The theory of ten thousand years of youth creating a perpetual calendar", the legend of the "Nian" beast, etc.

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