When is the Lunar New Year 2019? Netizens from north and South quarreled again because of this problem! In the north, the small year is usually around the 23rd of the 12th month, and every family is busy. Xiaonian has different concepts and dates in different places. Most areas in the north are December 23, and most areas in the south are December 24. So why are the young people in the north and south one day away?
Today is the 23rd lunar month, a small year in the north. There is a folk saying: '23, sweet melon sticks, Kitchen God wants to go to heaven'. Do you still adhere to the traditional customs of offering sacrifices to kitchen, sweeping dust, cutting spring flowers, writing spring couplets, hairdressing and bathing? By the way, some small years in the south are December 24. New year is coming! What's the custom in your family?
When is the lunar new year in 2019
Monday, January 28, 2019 (December 23, 1898)
Xiaonian has different concepts and dates in different places. Most areas in the north are December 23, and most areas in the south are December 24. On the 24th (or 23rd) of the 12th lunar month, the Chinese people call it "Celebrating the new year", which is a festival to sacrifice the kitchen god. According to Chinese folklore, on this day, the kitchen god will report his family's merits and demerits to the Jade Emperor, and his resignation is to send the kitchen god off. Therefore, people are very devout and respectful to the God of family. Sending kitchen stoves is the hope of Chinese working people for a happy life, and pray for the gods to bless the family safety, good luck and peace in the new year.
The custom of small year, the specific date of sacrificing to the kitchen
The dates of the ancient people's sacrifice to the kitchen vary from January, April, may, August, December and so on. In the feudal society of our country, all religions coexist, the number of gods is as high as thousands, and the folk customs are all respected. It may be that in order to simplify unification and make it easy to remember, the saying that Zaojun reports to heaven once a month has evolved into once a year.
And fixed the time on December 24. On this day, it has become a traditional festival for cooking. In Shanxi, Yushe, Wenshui, Licheng, Yangcheng and many other places offer sacrifices to the kitchen on December 23.
Why is the small New Year's Eve in the north and south one day short
Different days of the South and North Xiaonian are related to the tradition of "three officials, three people, four boats and five boats" in ancient China. In ancient times, there was a saying of "three officials, three people, four boats and five boats". That is to say, the official family had a small year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the common people had a small year on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and the people on the water had a small year on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.
It's not known what the allusion of the formation of this saying is. But in ancient China, people's sense of hierarchy is relatively strong, so they have different status and occupation when they are young.
As the northern part of China is the national political center for a longer period of time, which is heavily influenced by the official atmosphere, most of the young people are on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month; on the contrary, the southern part is far away from the political center, and the young people are on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. In the south, the water system is developed, and there are many people living along the lake and boatman on the water. Their small year is set at the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. Of course, the boatman in the north does not follow the custom of "boat five". According to the current situation, northeast and North China are the main areas where the lunar new year passes on the 23rd, while there are more areas where the lunar new year passes on the 24th.