It's not the same day in the South and the north. Does this cold knowledge catch my friends off guard? Generally speaking, it's the 23rd of the 12th month in our impression, but it's the 24th of the 12th month in the south. Do you know why?
In the north is the 23rd lunar new year,
The south is the 24th lunar new year.
Why is the young year in the South different from that in the north?
As early as the Song Dynasty, there was a record that the twelfth lunar month passed the lunar new year, but at that time, the lunar new year was not divided into two days. Therefore, the custom of the 24th lunar year has a longer history. When did it change? That is, since the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor worshipped the kitchen god in Kunning Palace on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month every year. In order to save money, the emperor worshipped the kitchen god by the way. Later, the royal family and Baylor followed suit, sacrificing to the kitchen on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and since then, there has been a difference between the officials and the people in different days. In the folk, Xiaonian has the tradition of "three officials, three people, four boats, five". That is to say, the Xiaonian of the official family is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, that of the common people is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and that of the people on the water is the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.
The north is close to the political center, which is heavily influenced by the official atmosphere. Therefore, most of the young people are on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. On the contrary, the south is far away from the political center, and the young people are on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. The residents along the lake and the sea retain the tradition of boatman, which is set at the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. The new year is regarded as the beginning of the new year.
Although the days of the new year are different in the north and south, the customs of the new year in the north and South are similar~
Custom of the Lunar New Year
General cleaning
Every time the Spring Festival comes, every family should clean the environment, clean all kinds of utensils, remove the bedding and curtains, sweep the courtyard of the room, dust the cobweb, and welcome the Spring Festival cleanly.
The north is called "house sweeping" and the south is also called "dusting".
Because of the homophony of "Chen" and "Chen", sweeping the dust in the new spring has a new meaning of removing "Chen" (dust) and cloth. It is intended to sweep out all the "poor luck" and "bad luck" and place people's good wishes of breaking down and innovating.
Worship the kitchen King
Xiaonian is also a day for people to sacrifice to the kitchen.
According to the folklore, on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month, the kitchen god would report the good and evil of the family to the Jade Emperor and let him reward and punish them.
Therefore, when delivering the kitchen, people offer candy, clear water, bean, etc. on the table in front of the kitchen King's statue to show their sincere worship to the kitchen king, in order to let the kitchen King speak good words in front of the Jade Emperor.
Stick grilles
Most of the window flowers are themed with the auspicious patterns of magpie climbing plum, luhetong toon (six contract spring), five bat (blessing) holding longevity, lotus (even) having fish (the rest), mandarin duck playing in the water, and hehe two immortals.
It's even more joyful to paste the red window flowers in the clean new house.
Post new year's scrolls
After a small year, every family has to write Spring Festival couplets. People pay attention to the God must paste, every door must paste, every thing must paste.
The couplet on the gate is the facade of a family, which is attached great importance to, or lyrical, or landscape painting, rich in content and witty.
Eat sugar
There is a layer of sesame on the outside and maltose on the inside. It has the functions of strengthening the spleen and stomach, nourishing yin and clearing fire, moistening the lung and relieving cough.
According to the folklore, on the 23rd of the 12th lunar month, the kitchen god would report the good and evil of the family to the Jade Emperor and let him reward and punish them.
So the people offered sacrifices to the kitchen stove, which means to paste sugar in the mouth of the kitchen king and say sweet words last day.
Eat dumplings
In the new year, people eat dumplings. Send off dumplings to face the wind.
In many areas, dumplings are eaten as soon as December.
Winter solstice to eat, young also to eat, and new year's 30, first five days of the first day, seventh day also to eat dumplings
Bath haircut
When I was young, adults and children had to bath and have their hair cut. There was a saying among the people that "if you have money, you can shave your head for the new year".
The purpose of bathing is to remove the dust and misfortune of the previous year and bring the good luck of the new year.
Therefore, in addition to a new look at home, every family member should take a bath, have a haircut, let go of the bad luck of the past, and start the auspicious and smooth omen of the new year.
Marriage
There are folk songs about the busy marriage in the village of nianyan, and the posts of Yichun amuse Chunguang. In front of the lamp, my sister said in private, "this year is the bridal chamber.".
After twenty-three, the folk thought that the gods had gone to heaven, and there was no taboo. To marry a daughter-in-law or hire a daughter-in-law is not to choose a day, which is called 'hastening marriage'.
Steamed buns
After the 23rd of the lunar month, every family needs to steam huamo. Generally, it can be divided into two types, the former is solemn, the latter is flower tip.
'a family of steamed buns, four neighbors to help'. Steamed huamo is often a great opportunity for folk women to show their dexterity. A huamo is a handicraft.