Festive customs in Northeast China

Eating jiaozi with coins is good luck: It is the custom of northerners to eat jiaozi in the New Year. People in Northeast China have the habit of keeping watch on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Eve, you must eat jiaozi. Eat frozen pears after meals: Because of the cold weather in Northeast China, some fruits will have a different taste after freezing. Longevity lamp at 30 o'clock on New Year's Eve: Northeastern people always have a longevity lamp at New Year's Eve, which is brightly lit tonight. From New Year's Eve to Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Northeast Chinese New Year custom: Twenty-three, send the kitchen god; Twenty-four, sweeping the house; Twenty-five, frozen tofu; Twenty-six, go to buy meat; Twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; Twenty-eight, send face; Twenty-nine, steamed bread; Stay up for 30 nights; Walking all over the street the first day and the second day.

Northeasters also have the custom of eating fish on New Year's Eve. Fish must be carp, originally in the name of offering sacrifices to gods, and later associated with "Duojiqing" and "Year after Year", fish is both a delicacy and a sacrifice. Northeasters sing: all the year round, cakes and sweets are offered on the stove, girls want flowers, young men want guns, old men want big felt hats, and old women want big sticky cakes.