Dust removal, generally from the 25th day of the lunar calendar, every household began a thorough cleaning inside and outside the house. Every household should do a great job, take on a new look inside and outside, greet the New Year with the latest look, and the New Year will have a new atmosphere.
For oranges, in the south, especially in Hainan, Guangdong, during the Spring Festival, people will put oranges at home, which is called "for oranges" because "oranges" and "auspicious" are homophonic. So every household will buy pots of oranges or bundles of oranges. There are usually pots of oranges in the living room, and some people will stick the word "Ji" in red paper and black on the pots.
On New Year's Eve, every household takes out the Spring Festival couplets they have already bought, or if they are interested, they bring their own paper and ink, write down their own or selected couplets on the spot, and post them when the ink is dry. The content of Spring Festival couplets is often based on making a fortune and auspicious celebrations. In addition, people will put up all kinds of New Year pictures, and their homes will be decorated with these Spring Festival couplets and New Year pictures. Of course, magic is an indispensable treasure for rural people, which has the meaning of exorcising evil spirits, restraining evil spirits and ensuring peace. The goalkeepers who are often invited are generally Qin, Li, Li.
Ancestor worship: In many areas in the south, ancestors should be worshipped before the New Year's Eve dinner. People will go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors first, or light lamps, burn incense and put on rich dishes in their own homes. The parents in charge of the family will take the lead in kowtowing and burning incense to their ancestors. We sincerely invite our ancestors to come and enjoy it, and wish the whole family peace and prosperity. Some places will burn gold foil paper money for ancestors. After that, we lit the firecrackers we had already prepared and began to eat New Year's Eve.
On New Year's Eve, family reunion is very important for migrant workers.
No matter far or near, I will try my best to get home and reunite with my family during the Chinese New Year. New Year's Eve is very particular. Generally, jiaozi is not eaten on New Year's Eve in the south, and rice cakes are eaten in some places. In Fujian, in some areas, people eat "Jade Horn" (or taro horn) instead of jiaozi. Yujiao and jiaozi have the same effect, except that instead of using flour as the skin, cassava flour or sweet potato flour is used, or cassava flour and sweet potato flour are mixed together to replace the flour that was not wrapped in jiaozi when the ancestors moved south for the New Year. Now some places are called sweet potato buns. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, there is usually meat on the table. In some places, people will fry melon seeds on New Year's Eve, but they can't fry melon seeds at ordinary nights. Usually, chickens, ducks and geese are essential for New Year's Eve, and there will be squid and leeks, which means that there are fish for a long time every year; There will also be carrots and peppers to show life.
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Setting off firecrackers, on the first day of New Year's Day, 12 o'clock sharp, firecrackers crackled in the village, and gradually became dense, which lasted until dawn. It was really lively. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Spring Festival
People call firecrackers "Gao Sheng", which means "rising steadily". In Hainan, Guangdong, when firecrackers are set off, children will say auspicious words to win a good title. Adults will come over and gently pull the child's head up, indicating "getting old" and hoping that the child will grow up in the new year.
On New Year's Eve, after dinner and firecrackers, every household began to celebrate the New Year's Eve. We sit around together, or play cards, or mahjong, or chat, or watch TV. But children can't sit still. They run up and down, call their friends, play in the yard and set off firecrackers and fireworks in the open space. In short, every family is brightly lit, and people are laughing and laughing, which is quite lively. After setting off firecrackers, the younger generation saluted the elders in turn, and the elders gave them "lucky money". At this time, people began to prepare offerings. Light candles on the altar and put transparent fruits, biscuits, sweets, etc. Pour green tea and pray for God. Before going to bed, children put lucky money under their pillows or in their pockets.
On New Year's Eve, in Hainan and Chaoshan areas, farmers' tanks should be filled with water, rice tanks should be filled with rice, and the lights should not be turned off to symbolize the good omen of "more than one year" and "more than one year".
On the first day of the new year, early in the morning, adults opened the closed door last night, which meant welcoming the new year and getting lucky. This day is the happiest day for children, because they can finally put on new clothes and play with their friends. On this day, adults will specially tell their children to talk well, say auspicious words, don't ask questions and don't talk nonsense, adding a sense of solemnity to the happy Spring Festival. On the morning of New Year's Day, animals are not killed in some areas in the south, but in Chaoshan area of Hainan, people should be vegetarian in the morning, usually celery, eggplant, onion and so on.
Happy New Year. From the first day of junior high school, people began to walk the streets and pay New Year greetings to each other. On the second day of the lunar new year, a married daughter.
I began to take my son-in-law and children back to my mother's house for the New Year. On the third and fourth days, people began to entertain relatives and friends at home.
Lion dance, during the Spring Festival, lion dance is also one of the ways people celebrate. Southern lion is popular in Guangdong, so it is also called Guangdong lion. Guangdong lions are performed by one person dancing the lion's head, one person dancing the lion's tail, and one or two people wearing big-headed Buddha masks to lead lions, dance lions and perform solo dances. Lion dancers wear knickerbockers of various colors and tight Tang lantern sleeves or backs.