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First: it is the cleaning
There is a saying that the twenty-eighth year of washing sloppy ah, the Spring Festival is coming, resign the old and welcome the new, generally in the small year (lunar calendar 23) to the Chinese New Year's Eve before the big hygienic, dry clothes and sheets cleaning furniture refresh kitchen, etc., every household has to clean the house and outside the house, the most important point is that a family of men and women and children must cut their hair, wash their hair, the New Year, the custom of Chinese is not to bring the old, dirty things to the new year, so when cleaning up, you have to clean up some unused things such as clothes that you don't wear. Or throw away the broken furniture and kitchen utensils, etc., and then replace them with new ones, which means a new beginning for the new year!
Dust removal: it is a big cleaning, "every house brushes the wall, sweeps away the ominous", sweeps away the poor luck, and vice versa, "the waxing moon does not remove the dust, and the next year will attract the plague god".
Second: it is the Spring League
On the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, after lunch began to paste the Spring League, the time of the Spring League in the north and south of China is slightly different, the Spring League is also called door pair, spring paste, couplet, pair, peach symbol, etc., it depicts the background of the times with neat, dual, concise and exquisite text, expresses good wishes, increases the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, and welcomes the arrival of the Spring Festival.
Similar to dust removal, before the New Year, every household is ready to paste the Spring Festival, paste the word Fu, paste the door god window flowers, etc
Third: It's the New Year Meal (Chinese New Year's Eve Meal)
As the name suggests, it is a family that gathers together to eat at night Chinese New Year's Eve. The New Year meal is full of and condensed strong family affection, and is especially paid attention to by Chinese. Eating the New Year's meal requires a neat and tidy family, a reunion, and special attention to dishes. Tuan Nian Di attaches great importance to "good intentions", and the dishes represent a deep meaning. Such as fish (symbolizing "every year there is more than enough"), oyster lion (pronounced "good thing", "good market"), hair vegetables, lettuce (pronounced "fortune", "fortune"), chicken claw grilled money (that is, chicken foot mushrooms, meaning "zhao cai into treasure"), etc., every year the new year's dinner is a variety of dishes, very rich, the family has a laugh, joyful reunion dinner, full of happy and happy holiday atmosphere
The Tuan New Year Dinner, as the name suggests, is a family that gathers together to eat at the New Year' Day, and even the deceased ancestors do not forget.
Fourth: it is to visit the flower market
It is Chinese New Year's Eve after eating a good New Year meal on this day, the family began to go out happily to walk the flower street, which is a unique traditional custom in Guangdong Province. The custom of visiting the flower market during the Spring Festival is said to have been unique to Guangzhou in China before, the flower market, the old Guangzhou is called "Flower Street", and the Cantonese language says "No Xing Hua Street counts as the New Year", that is, not visiting the flower market is not counted as the New Year. Slowly, it developed into other cities in Guangdong Province and became the custom of Cantonese people to celebrate the Spring Festival. The Yingchun Flower Market is also generally sold from the beginning of the new year (23rd lunar month of the Waxing Moon), and the flower market will be placed until midnight Chinese New Year's Eve. Generally, the most prosperous flower market is Chinese New Year's Eve late. Visit the flower market, line flower street, single dog can buy peach blossoms, meaning to take the peach blossom luck in the new year to find the favorite girlfriend, according to the data show that every year the flower market peach blossoms are the most popular, and then buy some oranges, roses, daffodils, lilies and azaleas, etc., to bring wan zi qianhong home, meaning that the annual flowers bloom rich, thousands of purples and thousands of reds, auspicious.
Guangdong people say that before the Spring Festival, they visited the flower market, only to have the taste of the New Year, enjoy the lanterns, visit the flower market, buy New Year goods, pray for blessings, everything can not be less!
Fifth: Eat tangyuan
When the family returns from visiting the flower street, everyone will sit together, watch TV, and chat about homely routines, until the Spring Festival arrives at 00:00, and everyone will set off fireworks to welcome the arrival of the new year. (With the development of society, many big cities are now not allowed to set off firecrackers without permission)
On the day of the Lantern Festival, northerners like to eat Lantern Festival, and southerners like to eat tangyuan.
Charm of Guangzhou Damei Lingnan
Well, the above is the Customs of the New Year in Guangdong Province, what are the different customs in your hometown? Let's share it. Now, the new year is coming, I hereby wish you all a new year of bullish spirits, cattle turning, family happiness, good health, all the best, peace and auspiciousness!
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