December 30 of the lunar calendar is the traditional Chinese festival 'New Year's Eve'. Do you know what it is? What's the origin of new year's Eve? Today Xiaobian specially prepared some knowledge about new year's Eve. I hope you like it.
Meaning of new year's Eve:
New year's Eve refers to the night on the last day of the lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first lunar month). The word "except" in "New Year's Eve" means "go; change; alternate". The meaning of "New Year's Eve" is "the end of the year when the moon is poor". People all want to get rid of the old and welcome the new. There is the meaning of "the old year ends here, and the next year another new year". This is also the best time for children to understand the traditional Spring Festival and receive traditional education.
Related origin:
On the thirtieth or 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is also called the thirtieth day of the year. The last day of the year is called "year break", and that night is called "New Year's Eve". People often stay up all night on New Year's Eve, called Shou Sui. Sushi has "ShouSui": "children are strong and do not sleep. They watch each other at night. 'on New Year's Eve, we should not only clean the house, but also stick door gods, spring couplets, New Year pictures and door cages. People will wear new clothes with festive colors and patterns.
In the pre Qin period. According to the records of Lu's spring and Autumn & middot; season and winter, the ancients beat drums to expel the ghost of epidemic disease one day before the new year, which is the origin of the new year's Eve. It is said that the name "New Year's Eve" was first mentioned in the historical records such as fengtuji written by ZhouChu in the Western Jin Dynasty.
New year's Eve, that is, new year's Eve. Refers to the night before the first day of the first lunar month in China and other areas of the Han cultural circle. Generally, this day is a day for people to eat, drink, play and have fun. People in the north make dumplings and people in the south make rice cakes. Dumplings look like 'Yuanbao' and New Year cakes sound like 'niangao', which are good omens of good luck.
Local food culture:
In the old days, people in Beijing and Tianjin made rice and rice, stewed pork, beef and mutton, stewed chicken, and then made a few fried dishes.