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Resignation is also called Chinese New Year. The last day of December in the lunar calendar is called New Year's Eve, or it is also called "New Year's Eve" at night, which means to say goodbye to the old year. During the period, every household posted a celebration of Spring Festival couplets, and the whole family took a bath and put on holiday costumes. Adults give lucky money to their children and elders, offer rich sacrifices to worship their ancestors, and then have a family reunion dinner around the stove. On new year's eve, old people pay attention to eating slowly and for a long time, which means that eating for a long time will be delicious for a long time; Also pay attention to the rich dishes on the table. You should not eat what you should eat, saying that there are plates and plates, and there are more than one year left.

At night, the water tank should be filled with water, the rice tank should be filled with rice, and the light should not be turned off, which indicates that this is a good sign of "more than one year" and "prosperous wealth".

Before the reunion dinner, adults should put Daji (banana orange, orange is bigger than orange, so it is called Daji) on a red plate in front of the Gong Zu incense burner in the hall and at home, and put it on the fifth day of the first month to "celebrate the New Year", hoping for a happy New Year and a happy New Year.

After the reunion dinner, the family sat around the teahouse, tasted Chaoshan congou, tasted fresh fruits, sweets and melon seeds, and began to "keep watch" to celebrate the family happiness. Adults "watch" until midnight to welcome the New Year.

Every year before New Year's Eve, every household always has to do all kinds of new year's goods and buy new clothes, and the beauty salons for men and women (in the old society, men had to have their hair cut and women had to "pull their faces" before the New Year) are very busy. We need to do a lot of cleaning and sanitation work. Generally speaking, after the lunar calendar1February 24th, every household should "collect" (remove the dirt on the ceiling, walls, etc.), and then carry out a comprehensive cleaning, all tools, bedding, mosquito nets, etc. To celebrate the Spring Festival, the house should be cleaned and tanned.

Second, the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is also called the New Year, that is, from midnight on New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the first month.

The first day of the first month, called Yuanri, is the head and the beginning of the New Year. Early in the morning, every household cooks glutinous rice balls to "worship heaven and earth", and the younger generation presents glutinous rice balls to their elders, wishing them happy and healthy New Year. And prepare to sacrifice rice fruit, round soup and other ancestors. Eat more sweet round soup and dry rice for breakfast (referring to the weather when it doesn't rain when going out), and the elderly and women eat more. On this day, everyone should remember to say auspicious words and nice words, don't swear, don't quarrel, don't break dishes and the like, don't sweep the floor, and don't collect debts from others. An acquaintance who goes out to Lu Yu will always say "Happy New Year" or other good wishes to his relatives and friends or to his neighbors. Besides, when you pay New Year greetings to others or visit your neighbors, you should prepare good luck, candy and "red envelopes" for the elderly and children to show your respect and love. The host returns good luck, etc. , which is commonly referred to as turning to worship or changing transportation.

On the fourth day of the first month, the so-called "gods descended to earth" among the people, housewives prepared more sacrifices to welcome all kinds of gods and added them to the world to "take their places". Many "good men believe in women" have the habit of "losing their hearts" in the morning and praying for a visa.

After the Spring Festival, the fifth day of the first month, commonly known as "annual diameter", means that the annual leave has come to an end. On this day, people can remove "year-end" items, such as Daji, which was placed in front of Gong Zu, Shenshen furnace and rice jar on New Year's Eve.

The seventh day of the first month after the Spring Festival is commonly known as "People's Day" and "Everyone's Day". According to legend, Nu Wa created everything from the beginning, making chickens on the first day, dogs on the second day, pigs on the third day, sheep on the fourth day, cows on the fifth day, horses on the sixth day, people on the seventh day, valleys on the eighth day, heaven on the ninth day and land on the tenth day. Therefore, people call the seventh day of the first month as the day. People eat a cake made of seven kinds of vegetables every day, and then for convenience, people eat seven kinds of vegetables instead, or mix and cook them before eating, which is called "seven kinds of soup". These seven kinds of vegetables generally take radish (meaning "innocence"), mixed vegetables, garlic (meaning everything is cost-effective), onion (meaning wisdom), leek, spring vegetables (meaning long rejuvenation) and celery.

Three. the Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first month is the Lantern Festival. Folk customs often prepare rice, fruit and other sacrifices to worship ancestors and gods. As a custom in the village, families who got married or gave birth to boys after the Lantern Festival last year generally "hung Ding" and "set Ding Table", which cost a lot and was unbearable for poor families. Whoever "adds Ding" will "hang Ding", relatives and friends should send gifts and cash gifts in advance, and those who "hang Ding" will give back or distribute rice, fruits and sweets and cakes for sacrifice afterwards to show their gratitude to relatives and friends.

In the old Lantern Festival, sometimes people in the village sent people to pick banyan leaves and bamboo poles early in the morning and put them on the lintel to keep the habit of peace. According to legend, Huang Chao, the leader of the rebel army in the Tang Dynasty, was extremely brave, and people fell to the ground where the sword was within reach, which made people feel frightened. Once, when I heard that Huang Chao was coming, all the villagers ran away. A woman carrying an orphan, holding the hands of two children, followed everyone for their lives. On the way, I met a big man head-on. The man turned out to be a subordinate of Huang Chao. He looked at the woman with her son carefully. Knowing that she was a good person, he said to her, "Huang Chao is a good person. Take the children back, and when the Lantern Festival arrives, put banyan leaves and bamboo poles on the lintel, and it will be safe. " The woman did it, and it was safe. Later, the story spread. People picked banyan leaves in the early morning of the Lantern Festival and put bamboo poles on the lintel. (On, to be continued)