What are the customs of Spring Festival in Puning?

1, after the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, every household will steam rice cakes, mainly to worship God. In these two days, all families, old and young, get together to make rice cakes, and the days called "passing" in Puning area are also the happiest days for children.

2. Have a reunion dinner. After all the houses of every household in Puning City are newly decorated, housewives are busy preparing to make the most abundant and meaningful reunion dinner in a year. ?

3. Send lucky money. Giving lucky money is an important part of Puning Spring Festival custom. Money can't be sent directly to wait for a while, but should be put in a profit bag or wrapped in red paper. It means that from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, the pocket will be full of facts and wealth.

4. Happy New Year. The first thing people do when they get up and put on new clothes is to pay homage to themselves. It is often the younger generation who wishes the elders first, and then the elders give their expectations to the younger generation.

After worshipping ancestors, the whole family, old and young, began to take turns washing "flower water", that is, adding four kinds (there are also twelve kinds) of flowers and leaves to the bath water to wash away the old filth and welcome the new.

Extended data:

1. During the Spring Festival in Puning, various activities to celebrate the Spring Festival were held all over the country, with a lively and festive atmosphere. These activities are mainly to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, welcome the new year and receive the blessings, worship the gods and ancestors, and pray for a bumper harvest. They are rich in forms and have strong national characteristics.

2. Spring Festival is a new day to take off old cloth. Although the Spring Festival is scheduled for the first day of the first lunar month, its activities are not limited to the first day of the first lunar month. From the beginning of the Lunar New Year's Day on the 23rd (or 24th) of the twelfth lunar month, people have been "busy": cleaning the house, buying new year's goods, putting up Spring Festival couplets, washing their hair and taking a bath, etc. All these activities have the same theme, that is, "saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new".

China is a multi-ethnic country, and different ethnic groups celebrate the New Year in different ways. The Spring Festival is the most important festival of the Han nationality. More than a dozen ethnic minorities, such as Manchu, Mongolian, Yao, Zhuang, Bai, Gaoshan, Hezhe, Hani, Daur, Dong and Li, have also celebrated the Spring Festival, but the form of the festival has its own national characteristics and is more meaningful. The celebrations during the Spring Festival are extremely colorful.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Puning

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Spring Festival