Daily customs during the Spring Festival.

Daily customs during the Spring Festival.

The daily customs of the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is a very grand festival in our country. This is a happy reunion day. Every day of the Spring Festival has different customs and habits. Next, I will show you the customs of every day during the Spring Festival.

During the Spring Festival, the daily custom is 65438+23 in the twelfth lunar month (65438+28 in October).

Commonly known as "off-year", it is said that this day is the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven. On this day, every household will bake some sesame cakes wrapped in sesame sugar, which is called "cooking stove" or prepare kitchen candy. Kitchen god will report to the emperor at this time. It is sweet to the kitchen god, and people hope that he will "speak well in heaven and return to the palace for good luck."

1February 24th (65438+1October 29th)

Cleaning the house, this day is the usual cleaning day. It is necessary to go to the old and welcome the new.

Dust removal is year-end cleaning, which is called "house cleaning" in the north and "dust removal" in the south. Every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels.

1February 25th (65438+1October 30th)

Mill to make tofu. The folk proverb says, "On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, push the mill to make tofu." In some places, there is also the custom of eating tofu residue before New Year's Eve. It is said that after the kitchen god went to heaven, the jade emperor would go to the lower bound to see if all the families were as the kitchen god played, so all the families ate tofu dregs to show their poverty and avoid the punishment of the jade emperor.

According to the old custom, when the kitchen god goes to heaven, the Jade Emperor will personally descend to earth on December 25th of the lunar calendar to investigate the good and evil in the world and decide the fortunes of the coming year. Therefore, every household sacrifices it to pray for blessing, which is called "receiving the Jade Emperor". On this day, we should be careful in our daily life and words, strive for good performance, win the favor of the Jade Emperor and bring good luck for the coming year.

1February 26th (65438+1October 3rd1)

The folk proverb says, "On the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, stew big meat", which means that this day is mainly for preparing meat for the Chinese New Year. On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, there are "the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, washing inside and washing outside" everywhere. There is a saying that the barn is cleaned on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and there is also a saying among the people that the meat is cut on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. That is to say, from this day on, we will start buying new year's goods. In rural areas, this day is a big market day, and people in the surrounding villages go to the market to buy new year's goods.

1February 27th (February 0 1)

Slaughter New Year's chickens, catch up with the big party, and all the items needed for the Spring Festival are under purchase. There is a saying in folk songs called "Killing chickens on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month". Why kill a chicken on the 27th? This is actually homophonic. "Chicken" and "Ji" mean good luck.

Kill the chicken, don't eat it that day, you can eat it on New Year's Eve. I can't finish eating on New Year's Eve. You should always keep some. Because, this in itself represents good luck, so during the festival, you should see chickens on the table every day, which is complete. In addition, because the old manager stressed that you can't use the knife on the first day, these things should of course be prepared in advance.

1February 28th (February 2nd)

Folk songs have the saying "28 th day of the twelfth lunar month, dough mixing" and "28 th day of the twelfth lunar month, making cakes and making applique buns", which means that every household should start preparing the staple food for the New Year on the 28 th day of the twelfth lunar month, whether it is dough mixing or making buns.

"Decals" refer to New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets and decals. Among them, the custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets originated from the ancient "Fu Tao". The ancients used peach wood as a wood to ward off evil spirits. The Book of Arts said, "Peach is the essence of five trees, so it also suppresses evil spirits." In the Five Dynasties, Meng Changya, the monarch of the post-Shu Dynasty, was good at literature. Every year, he made people write inscriptions for Fu Tao, which became the origin of Spring Festival couplets in later generations. The inscription on the Fu Tao "New Year's Qing Yu, Spring Festival Changchun" became the first "Spring Festival couplets" in China's recorded history. Later, with the appearance of papermaking, the custom of pasting Spring Festival couplets with red paper instead of mahogany appeared.

129 February (3 February)

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, the day before New Year's Eve, it is commonly called "New Year's Eve". On this day, people hold a banquet at home, which is called "Another Year", and burning incense outdoors is called "Tianxiang", which usually takes three days.

There are big months and small months in China lunar calendar. The so-called big month is 30, and the abortion is only 29. So the twelfth lunar month is the time of miscarriage, and the 29th is the last day of the year. Then the 29th of the twelfth lunar month is New Year's Eve, even if it is not a miscarriage, the next day is New Year's Eve, so all kinds of preparations for the New Year should be completed on this day. In the whole festival, the 29th is the busiest day. In addition to preparing all kinds of food and clothing sacrifices, there is also an extremely important activity "going to the grave to ask the ancestors". Therefore, every year, rumors say, "On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, please go to the grave and ask your ancestors to make great contributions."

New Year's Eve (February 4th)

The 30th of the twelfth lunar month, also called New Year's Eve, refers to the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). On New Year's Eve, people will bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, which means that the old year will be removed here and the new year will be replaced next year. Northerners are used to eating jiaozi in the New Year, while the South has the custom of eating wonton in the New Year. Eating noodles in the new year is to hope to live longer.

Keeping old age on New Year's Eve is the most important custom, which was recorded in Wei and Jin Dynasties. The main activity of observing the Year is to protect Jiaozi.

The first day of the first month (February 2005)

In traditional customs, New Year's Day greetings must be paid by elders or neighbors, who generally don't go far away. After New Year's Eve, people open the door on the first morning and congratulate each other "Happy New Year! Peace and good luck ... ". The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to ward off evil spirits.

On the first day of the lunar new year, the custom is to set off firecrackers, celebrate the New Year, occupy the new year and gather wealth. On New Year's Day, you can't use a broom, otherwise it will sweep your luck and break your financial path.

In addition to jiaozi, there is jiaozi for breakfast on New Year's Day. It means: everything goes well and the whole family is happy. Eating jiaozi in the New Year is not called "jiaozi" or "Yuanbao", and eating jiaozi is not called "eating jiaozi" but "getting Yuanbao".

The second day of the first month (February 2006)

The second day of the first month is also a New Year's greeting, but the daughter who got married on this day will take her son-in-law with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go home. For example, bring gifts in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house.

On the second day of New Year's Day, the married daughter will take her husband and children back to her family to pay New Year's greetings. On this day, the daughter who goes back to her parents' home must bring some gifts and red envelopes to her children and have lunch at her parents' home.

The third day of the first month (February 2007)

On the third day of the lunar new year, the fat pig arch. The son-in-law visits her father-in-law and daughter-in-law to return to her mother's house and presents even numbers.

In traditional customs, the third day of the first month is considered as the day when mice marry girls, so they should rest early at night and don't disturb mice to marry girls. Rats have a taste of "whoever doesn't let me have a good day, I will make him feel bad for a whole year". If they are disturbed and marry a daughter, rats will hurt the family. Go to bed early for the harvest in the field!

The third day of the first lunar month is also called the Year of the Pig. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the traditional view is that the first day of the first month is rooster day, the second day is dog day, the third day is pig day, the fourth day is sheep day, the fifth day is ox day, the sixth day is horse day and the seventh day is human day. Legend has it that this is because when Nu Wa created everything, she created six animals first and then people, so the first day to the sixth day is the day of six animals.

The fourth day of the first month (February 2008)

The fourth day of the fourth lunar month is the time when immortals return from heaven to earth. There is a saying that "send God early and receive God later". The so-called sending of God should start early in the morning, and it is not too late to receive God in the afternoon. In terms of offerings, three animals, fruits and dining tables should be prepared, and incense sticks should be lit to burn gold clothes. In the past, the boss wanted to "fire" a person. On this day, he came to worship God uninvited. The other party knew it well and packed up and left.

According to legend, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Kitchen God wants to check the household registration, and every household should stay at home, so it is not advisable to travel far. Prepare abundant fruits, burn incense, light candles and set off firecrackers to show welcome.

The fifth day of the first month (February 2009)

The fifth day, also called "Breaking the Fifth Day", is a big day for businessmen. This day is to pray for a bumper year and meet the god of wealth. "The store will open its doors and set off firecrackers on this day."

On the fifth day of the first month, according to folk customs, it is the birthday of the five-way god of wealth. Therefore, it is natural to welcome the God of Wealth into the house and wish his family good fortune in the new year. It is a day to send away the "poor", so there is a saying of "sending the poor out of the house". At the same time, this day is also commonly known as "breaking five", which means that many taboos in the past few days are over.

The sixth day of the first month (February 10)

On the fifth day, I just welcomed the god of wealth into the door, and on the sixth day, I will send away the poor god. On the day of sending the poor god, we will do a general cleaning at home and throw away all the rubbish, useless rags and the like. In addition, you should also drink a vegetarian soup, which is made of seven kinds of vegetables such as spinach and green vegetables.

On the sixth day of the first month, "seeing the poor off" is a very distinctive custom in ancient China, which means offering sacrifices to poor ghosts and gods.

The seventh day of the first month (February 1 1)

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is also called "People's Victory Day", "People's Celebration Day", "People's Seventh Day" and so on. Legend has it that Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind. Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, people had the custom of "men winning". The man won as a headdress. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers and people, or put gold foil on people's screens and put it on their hair.

In the traditional custom of China, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people celebrate their birthdays by cooking seven kinds of vegetables into seven treasures, that is, cooking seven kinds of vegetables into mixed vegetable soup. In the agricultural society, everyone hopes to have a bumper harvest in the coming year.

The eighth day of the first month (February 12)

On the eighth day of the eighth lunar month, release the blessings. On the day of the lower bound of the stars, build a small lamp to burn it, one inch of time and one inch of gold.

Taoism and folk people regard the eighth day of the first month as the lower limit of the stars and make small lanterns to burn, which is called Shunxing, also called "offering stars" and "receiving stars". Some people say that the eighth day is Xiaomi's birthday. If the weather is fine, the rice harvest will be good. If it is cloudy, it will be a hard year.

The ninth day of the first month (February 13)

The ninth day of the first month is this day, commonly known as "Tianshou". It is said that this day is the birthday of the Jade Emperor. Whenever the Jade Emperor's birthday is celebrated, people will hold ceremonies to celebrate it. The main Taoist and folk customs include offering sacrifices to the jade emperor and offering sacrifices to heaven through Taoist temples. In some places, when the weather is fine, women will prepare incense sticks and bowls and put them in the corner of patio lane to worship the sky in the open air, praying for God's blessing.

In the old days, on this night, men and women gathered under a big tree (preferably under a osmanthus tree) to sing, and invited the jade emperor's favorite little daughter, the seven fairies, to descend to earth. The songs they sing must be happy and auspicious, so that the seven fairies will be happy. When she is happy, her father, the Jade Emperor, will bless everything on the earth.

The 10th day of the first month (February 14)

On the tenth day of the lunar new year, the stone is sacrificed to give thanks. One day, land, houses for people and animals, rice, wheat and rice were all born on land.

On this day, all stone tools such as grinding and grinding can't be moved, and even sacrifices are set up to enjoy the stones, for fear of hurting crops. Also known as "stone does not move" and "ten does not move".

The 11th day of the first month (February 15)

The eleventh day of the first month is commonly known as "Zigu Day" (in some places it is the fourteenth day of the first month). The earliest document that recorded Zigu was Bieyuan written by Liu in the Southern Song Dynasty. Generally speaking, Zigu is somebody else's concubine. She was jealous of the original match and was killed in the toilet on the fifteenth day of the first month. God sympathized with her and named her Ce Shen. However, people worship Zi Gu not because she is Ce Shen, but because Zi Gu represents oppressed women, so she is worshipped by women and sacrificed as a protector of disadvantaged women.

There is a saying in folk songs that "the son-in-law is invited on the eleventh day", that is, the eleventh day of the first month is the "son-in-law's day", on which the father-in-law fetes his son-in-law. According to legend, this is because the food celebrated on the ninth day can't be eaten until the tenth day, so it is used to invite the son-in-law to dinner on the eleventh day, and the family doesn't have to spend any more money.

The twelfth day of the first month (February 16)

On the twelfth day of the first month, a light shed was set up. The Lantern Festival is coming, so we began to prepare for it.

There is a nursery rhyme that says, "Eleven people clamor, twelve people build a light shed, thirteen people turn on the lights, fourteen lights are on, fifteen lines and a half months, and sixteen people finish the lights."

The 13th day of the first month (February 17)

On the thirteenth day of the first month, light the kitchen lamp. Every pilot made the lights. Play lanterns and eat jiaozi.

In the south of China, people enjoy lanterns on this day. On this day, an endless stream of China people will go to the Chenghuang Temple to enjoy the lanterns. And this is just the prelude to the Lantern Festival. Besides traditional red lanterns, there are many different styles of lanterns. The lantern show usually starts today and ends on the 18th day of the first month.

On the 13th day of the first month, there is an important folk activity called "the birthday of the lampstand". On this day, people want to light a lamp under the kitchen stove, which is called "lighting the stove lamp". In fact, because the Lantern Festival is coming on the fifteenth day of the first month, all the lamps made by families are called "lamp holders".

On the fifteenth day of the first month, lanterns are usually tied from the thirteenth day of the first month. On the thirteenth day of the first month, it is "lighting up"; 14 is "light test"; Fifteenth is "positive light"; 17, lights out. From the 13th day of the first month, people began to put lanterns and tie colored lanterns!

The 14th day of the first month (February 18)

In most parts of China, everything on 14 is for the Lantern Festival the next day. On this day, the Lantern Festival is open for people to buy lanterns. For the Lantern Festival, performances such as dragon and lion dances began to be staged in the street. Some people write riddles on lanterns to add to the festive atmosphere. In China, riddles are very traditional crossword puzzles. Adults and children like to solve these problems.

People call the 14th day of the first month the birthday of the "Waterfront Goddess" (also known as "Mrs. Shuntian"). Legend has it that Queen Linshui, surnamed Chen, was born in the Tang Dynasty, and later became an immortal to save dystocia women. As a result, people set up shrines to worship, calling them "Goddess of Near Water" and "Lady of Shuntian". In fact, it is a patron saint created by women in an era of no status and underdeveloped science, and it is also a way for them to motivate themselves because they are afraid of dystocia.

In order to prepare for the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, both the people and the imperial court will set up light sheds, hang lanterns, make colorful decorations, and do some rehearsal activities of entertainment programs to become "test lights" to welcome the annual Lantern Festival. As for the vendors selling lanterns in the market, they have already prepared all kinds of lanterns and are ready to sell them at any time, becoming a "lantern market".

The fifteenth day of the first month (February 19)

Eating Yuanxiao on the fifteenth day of the first month, as a kind of food, has a long history in China. In the Song Dynasty, a novel Lantern Festival food was popular among the people. This kind of food was originally called "Floating Zi Yuan", later called "Yuanxiao", and merchants also called it "Yuanbao". Yuanxiao, or "Tangyuan", contains sugar, roses, sesame seeds, red bean paste, cinnamon bark, walnut kernel, nuts, jujube paste and so on. And wrapped in glutinous rice flour into a circle, you can be vegetarian and have different flavors. It can be boiled, fried and steamed, which means happy reunion. Jiaozi, Shaanxi is not wrapped, but "rolled" in glutinous rice flour, or boiled or fried, warm and round.

Lantern Festival is the main traditional festival in China, also called Yuanxiao and Yuanxiao, and Shangyuan Festival, because it is the first full moon night of the New Year. The origin of Shangyuan Festival is recorded in Miscellaneous Notes on Years Old. Taoism calls the 15th day of the first month Shangyuan Festival, the 15th day of July Zhongyuan Festival and the 15th day of October Xiayuan Festival, which are collectively called "Sanyuan Festival".

Because this festival has the custom of watching lanterns in past dynasties, it is also called Lantern Festival. During the Lantern Festival, it is an opportunity for young men and women to meet their lovers, so the Lantern Festival has become the "Valentine's Day" in China.

According to legend, the fifteenth day of the first month is the birthday of Lei Zu, the silkworm god, so this day has become a day for people to sacrifice to the silkworm god. Silkworm worshippers take rice porridge and meat fat as offerings, and at the same time, they hold candles with bamboo poles and insert them in the fields, which is called "according to the field silkworm" (it is said that observing the color of the lamp can judge the abundance and sorrow of a year). This activity gradually became the source of the Lantern Festival custom in later generations.

Characteristics and customs of the Spring Festival New Year pictures represent good expectations.

The Spring Festival has a very long history in China, and it constantly enriches and develops itself in the long history. Now it has become a representative traditional festival in China. It is a national festival among many traditional festivals in China. During the Spring Festival, people have many customs and habits. For example, reunion dinner, Spring Festival couplets. Send lucky money and so on.

New Year pictures are very tasty.

Sticking New Year pictures is a traditional custom with New Year flavor during the New Year in China. New Year pictures are usually auspicious pictures, such as "Three Yang Kai Tai" and "Year after year", which represent people's good expectations for the coming year. Because Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, advocated posting couplets during the Spring Festival, New Year pictures became popular because of their influence. Taohuawu in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Yangliuqing in Tianjin and Yangjiabu in Weifang, Shandong are three important producing areas of Chinese New Year pictures. In the early years of the Republic of China, a new form of combining monthly calendar with new year pictures appeared in Shanghai, which later developed into today's calendar.

New Year's Eve means reunion.

New Year's Eve, also called reunion dinner, is the most important traditional custom in the Spring Festival. As the most important traditional festival in China, the Spring Festival is a good opportunity for family reunion, especially as many people are getting busier and busier at work. The reunion dinner on New Year's Eve is also called New Year's Eve. In the past, families worked together and cooked a big dinner at home. Now, in order to save trouble, some families directly put the location of the New Year's Eve dinner in the hotel. No matter where we eat, the theme of reunion never changes.

On new year's eve, watch the calendar year.

New Year's Day is also the Spring Festival. The day before the Spring Festival is New Year's Eve, which is a day to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and is connected with the Spring Festival. An important moment of "two years old one night, five classes for two years". "Except" means "going", and New Year's Eve means "the month is poor and the old year is exhausted", which means that the old year will be replaced by the new year next year. New Year's Eve is the first climax of the festival. Shounian, commonly known as "Enduring the Year", begins with eating New Year's Eve. New Year's Eve is the most intimate, warm and peaceful family dinner in a year. At this time, people not only enjoy a table full of delicious food, but also enjoy deep affection and festive celebrations.

Daily customs during the Spring Festival 3 The origin of the Spring Festival

The Spring Festival is the beginning of the lunar calendar, and another name is China New Year. It is the grandest, most lively and most important ancient traditional festival in China, and it is also a unique festival of China people, which is the most concentrated embodiment of Chinese civilization. Since the Western Han Dynasty, the custom of the Spring Festival has continued to this day. During the Spring Festival, a traditional festival, the Han nationality and most ethnic minorities in China will hold various celebrations. Most of these activities are mainly about offering sacrifices to gods and buddhas, paying homage to ancestors, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and praying for the new. The forms of activities are rich and colorful, with strong national characteristics. On May 20th, 2006, the folk custom of "Spring Festival" was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

The legend of the spring festival

There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival. In ancient China, there was a monster called Nian. Its tentacles were very long and fierce. Nian lived on the seabed for many years, and climbed ashore every New Year's Eve, devouring livestock and killing people. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people in the village fled to the deep mountains to avoid the harm of the "Nian" beast.

One year on New Year's Eve, an old beggar came from outside the village. The villagers were in a hurry and panic. Only an old woman in the east of the village gave the old man some food and suggested that he go up the mountain quickly to avoid Nian beast. The old man smiled and said, "If my mother-in-law lets me stay at home for one night, I will definitely drive Nian beast away." The old woman continued to persuade and begged the old man to laugh without saying a word.

In the middle of the night, Nian beast broke into the village. It found that the atmosphere in the village was different from previous years: the old woman's house at the east end of the village had red paper on the door and bright candles in the room. The beast Nian trembled and let out a long whistle. When we were near the door, there was a sudden explosion in the yard, and Nian trembled and dared not go any further.

It turns out that Nian was most afraid of red, fire and explosion. At this time, my mother-in-law's door was wide open, and I saw an old man in a red robe laughing in the hospital. "Nian" was frightened to disgrace and fled in confusion. The next day was the first day of the first month, and the people who came back from refuge were very surprised to see that the village was safe and sound. At this time, the old woman suddenly realized and quickly told the villagers the promise of begging for the elderly.

The story soon spread in the surrounding villages, and people all knew the way to drive away the "Nian" beast. From then on, every year on New Year's Eve, every family posted red couplets, set off firecrackers, and lit candles to wait for the New Year. In the early morning of the first day, I want to say hello to my relatives and friends. This custom has spread more and more widely, and has become the most solemn traditional festival among the people in China.