When I was eight years old, my grandfather was still alive. From 1 month to1February, I cleaned the house and the outside in an orderly way. I often climb the stairs to the roof of the stove and check the chimneys and tiles. It is said that it is afraid of blocking the kitchen god bodhisattva from coming out and affecting the mood of the kitchen god bodhisattva. It is said that the Kitchen God Bodhisattva is sent by the gods to supervise others, and every household has it. He perched on someone else's stove, smelled the delicious rice, wine and coriander in someone else's house, and then reported the results to God, who would decide the harvest situation next year according to the results. So many people pray at the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. In the last month, that is,1February 23rd, the Kitchen God Bodhisattva will report to heaven at night, so every year on that day, he should be extra careful and be prepared to eat and drink. When he was drunk in heaven, he couldn't say anything clearly. Come back on New Year's Eve and forget everything. It's a new year.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, my grandfather posted a couplet on the throne of the Kitchen God: God says well, and the next one will be safe. Then set out to cook red bean glutinous rice at home, first fill a bowl to worship the kitchen god, and then put rice wine, wheat cake and fruit plate after the meal. Burn some paper gold ingots, draft paper, and meditate devoutly in your mouth: on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the kitchen god went to heaven, and God said good deeds, and the next peace ... The rhythmic tone is like a monk chanting scriptures, which I still vaguely remember.

It's been 25 years since I sent Kitchen God. In the early years, every household began to prepare food to kill pigs and sheep, make fish, tofu, rice wine, twist, sweet potato strips, rice snacks and so on. From that day on, the adults in the family made three prohibitions: no children speaking ill, no swearing, and especially no touching people's heads. These are very precious.

The next four days are market days, big and small, to buy new year's goods, new clothes, couplets, New Year pictures, pickled seafood and so on. In those days, children often pestered adults, hoping to take themselves to the streets and buy fireworks, toys, books and newspapers.

I finally look forward to New Year's Eve. Killing chickens and ducks began on the morning of the 30th. My grandfather set up another table, including pig heads, big fish, chickens, ducks and geese, three fresh sacrifices to ancestors, gods of heaven and earth, temple bodhisattvas, and so on. You should go to the ancestral temple with a laundry list, and then go to the palace temple at the entrance to the village. It's already afternoon when I come back. I just write couplets with a brush, paste the door and draw couplets for the New Year. Take a bath, change clothes, and relax your guns to show your resignation. Sunset on the western hills is a family reunion dinner, which is particularly grand. There is a full table, big fish and big meat. Even though it is the best day of the year, because there is no lunch, the children are already hungry. Even so, they have to wait for their elders to move chopsticks before they can start eating. When eating, they look at the big chicken legs, but they dare not pick and chew them. But they are not allowed to do so unless their elders agree. As soon as the rice bowl was put down, grandpa began to give out red envelopes and lucky money. My lucky money often doesn't stay overnight. In a blink of an eye, he dismantled and bought fireworks, gophers, meteor cannons, snow red, turntables, fir cannons, kaleidoscopes and so on. Then invite his friends to compete in the big square to see who is fashionable and who is fashionable. The second is who has more fireworks, louder and louder; Third, who's riding skills, card-fighting skills, wrestling? ...

After the game, it was night arrival and brightly lit. The next program will be a particularly wonderful film. There is a dilapidated auditorium next to the village central primary school, which is usually used by students for meetings. It is a temporary "cinema" during the Spring Festival. The light is too strong during the day to perform circus games and other programs. At night, there are special movies everywhere. I remember that the most people watched the international nuclear accident rating that night. The audience was full and could not stand behind. Seven or eight people were crowded in the broken window. Compared with the historical box office champion in the village, "Mom loves me again".

The most unforgettable thing is to keep watch at night. During the Spring Festival, every household has lights on for three days and stays up all night. On New Year's Eve, keep a good midnight clock, and don't let time pass, which means living one more year. By the time I fell asleep on the hour hand, I was thirsty, wanted to eat New Year's fruit and drink tea. I didn't understand anything at the New Year's gala, just laughing with adults. When the clock strikes midnight, it is the busiest time: open the door!

In the countryside, on New Year's Eve, the gate will be closed tightly before dark. At 0: 00, grandpa will move out a string of long firecrackers, take them down and wrap them around long bamboo branches, then put them on the wall and light them with cigarettes. "Crash-"With the thick smoke, the long bamboo branches will be slowly lifted until the firecrackers are put out. At this time, the city gate cannot be closed in order to wait for good luck and the arrival of the god of wealth.

Collision, collision, collision-

At this time, the whole village was deafening at the same time, and the sound of long firecrackers "opening the door" came and went. According to legend, the longer the firecrackers, the louder the sound, which means the smoother this year. If the fire is accidentally broken, throw it into the river with bamboo firecrackers and spit a few times to show that you want to get rid of the old gas.

In this way, the crackling sound continued until dawn. Some people open their doors at different times, so they basically don't have to sleep after midnight. When firecrackers sounded, then someone walked on the road and began to bark and scream. ...

As soon as it was dawn, my parents couldn't wait to shout: Little Yazi, get up and see if there are any firecrackers to pick up.

-the sound is staggering. Later, I learned that picking firecrackers was not intended, but to form good habits. Don't sleep late, because sleeping late in the New Year will collapse the paddy field.

So everyone is very anxious, and it is a new year. Looking around, every household sticks couplets, plays happily, eats well and wears new clothes, and is beaming. ...

The first action of getting up is to sweep the god of wealth, that is, to sweep the scraps of paper that have played firecrackers into the house. The more you sweep, the smoother it will be. Only the debris of firecrackers can be swept away, and other garbage cannot be moved. This is a big taboo.

In short, Chinese New Year can be forgiven, but you just can't go to other people's homes for dinner. Besides, you can feel free. Some places are vegetarian. Our village doesn't care about this, because this day is the happiest day of the year.

On the second day of the lunar new year, I visited relatives, ate and drank, played in other people's homes for two days, and maybe brought back some red envelopes.

The fourth day of the lunar calendar is the most grand festival of the year. This morning, a ceremony was held to meet the god of wealth. In the hall, two big tables were selected for the gods of ancestors, the gods of the god of wealth, big red candles and incense burners, and nine bowls of big fish, big meat and fruit snacks were placed on the tables. Grandfather put on a formal suit, lit incense, bowed down, poured three cups of tea and three cups of wine, and immediately set off a string of firecrackers, indicating that the god of wealth had gone home, and he had to make a good sacrifice to appear.

After the fifth day, we began to plan spring ploughing. This is just an oral plan, similar to a meeting, where relatives and friends get together to drink tea, eat specialties, smoke a cigarette and talk about New Year's resolutions.

Next is the task of children studying and brothers and sisters going out to work, until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month.

Lantern Festival is also very special. Besides eating glutinous rice balls, there is also a special program in the evening, solve riddles on the lanterns, the Night Wanderer. In every village, every family raises a small amount of money to buy fireworks. Then on the fifteenth day of the first month, one person from each family will get together after dinner, hold up the prepared Buddha, greet each other, beat, beat gongs and drums, and travel to neighboring villages. The extra people were followed by torches. The rich family will set off long firecrackers and fireworks when they see the wandering team coming. The wandering team will stop at his door for a while, indicating that the god of wealth is coming and good luck is shining. ...

After this day, the Chinese New Year will be over. It seems that in the middle of the night, I heard the rain in beginning of spring, screaming all the time, and each sound was heavier than the other. ...

In the future, even those who sit in the classroom with heavy schoolbags and listen to the teacher honestly will add boundless grass on the plains. I had to peek at the buzzing birds and bees outside the window for ten minutes during recess.

It's been a long time now, and I haven't been back for the Spring Festival for many years. I don't know whether this custom has changed. Can you still find that innocence? Do you still have the feeling of getting together for a reunion dinner?

Shangzhai No.1 Middle School and Senior One: Zeng Dejin