New year's Eve, the Spring Festival is very familiar to us, but do you know the new year? Tomorrow is the new year, and the new day will begin after the new year, so what are the customs in the north and south of the new year? What are the traditional customs in the new year?
What day is Xiaonian?
There are different concepts and dates in different regions. The northern region is December 23, and some southern regions are December 24. Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai call 'December 24' and 'the night before New Year's Eve' as the small year.
What are the customs of the new year?
Making rice cakes
On the 23rd of the lunar month, the folk is commonly known as "Xiaonian". There is a custom of making rice cakes in Wuxuan, Guiping and other places in Guangxi. Rice cake is made of glutinous rice flour, peanuts, sesame and white sugar. It is made into a round shape by putting it into a mold, and then steamed at high temperature. It tastes unique and has the meaning of "round and round".
Eat 'zongzong'
Nanning people have the custom of eating "new year dumplings". The new year dumplings are auspicious symbols of the new year. As the saying goes, "new year dumplings, new year high school (Zong)". It has filling, big and small, long and short, round and flat. After peeling off the leaves, the skin is glutinous rice, and the stuffing is mung beans and pork. Some people also put their favorite food as stuffing.
Eat rice cake
In the south, it is a tradition in many places to make New Year cakes on this day. New Year cake, also known as' New Year cake ', is homophonic with' annual high ', which means that people's work and life are improved year by year.
Killing pigs
In the Langdong of Lianhua, Xinhe of Xiling, shuibin mountain village of Guanyin and other places in Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County, there is a custom of killing pigs for the Spring Festival. After the new year's Eve (the 23rd of December in the lunar calendar), the lively play of killing New Year's pigs will be opened. Select the best meat, stir fry or stew, cook carefully, and fill up with a glass of wine. Invite relatives and friends to share the first fresh meat after the slaughter of pigs - soup.
Bath haircut
There is a saying among the people that if you have money or not, you can shave your head for the new year. The bath and haircut activities, mostly concentrated in the small years before and after.
Make a mess of marriage
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 without choosing a day is called a disorderly marriage. Folk songs have a busy marriage in the village of nianyan, and the post of Yichun amuses Chunguang. In front of the lantern, my sister said in private that keeping the year old is the saying of the bridal chamber this year.
General cleaning
"Chen" and "Chen" are homophonic, so sweeping the dust aims to remove the old and welcome the new, and remove the bad. The broom sweeps the walls up and down, cleans the tables and chairs, washes the ground & hellip; & hellip; every household cleans thoroughly without any dead corner, so that the windows are clear and clean. At the same time, on this day of Xiaonian, there is a saying that "if you have money, you can shave your head for the new year".
The origin of Xiaonian?
The origin of Xiaonian: December 23 and 24 of the lunar calendar are the traditional days of offering sacrifices to the kitchen for the Han people, also known as "Xiaonian". It's said that the kitchen Lord was originally a common man, Zhang Sheng. After he got married, he spent a lot of money and lost his family business and went to the streets to beg. One day, he begged his ex-wife Guo Dingxiang's house. He was so ashamed that he went under the stove and burned himself.
When the Jade Emperor knew about it, he thought that Zhang Sheng could change his mind, but it was not so bad. Since he died at the bottom of the pot, he became the king of the kitchen. He reported to heaven on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month every year, and then returned to the bottom of the kitchen on the 30th of the new year. The common people feel that the kitchen king must be respected because he will report to heaven. Therefore, the Han people have a "small year" of sacrificial stoves on the 23rd and 24th of the 12th lunar month, praying for peace and wealth in the coming year.
Fan Chengda of the Song Dynasty said in his poem of sacrificing to the kitchen: "it's said in ancient times that on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the kitchen king would like to talk to the heaven. Cloud car Wind Horse small Liulian, home cup and plate Fengdian worship. The pig's head is rotten and the hot Pisces are fresh. Men drink to offer their daughters to avoid, sprinkle wine to burn money, and the kitchen master likes it. You should not hear about the struggle between your maids and your dogs. You should not be angry when your dogs and cats are in the corner. You should be drunk to go to the gate of heaven. If you have a long ladle and a short one, you should not go back to the clouds. You should beg for the share of the profit market. It can be said that this poem vividly illustrates the customs and habits of the ancient Han people about sacrificing to the kitchen. Of course, this is just a folk legend of the Han nationality, which is not believed.