Small years
The little year has arrived, the big year is not far away, and the day of returning home is near. No matter where you are or how far away from home, the longing for home and for your loved ones will always become stronger because of the reunion that will come soon. Xiao Nian, what kind of origin story is there? And what are the customs of the New Year? What kind of taste does Xiaonian have in poetry? Below, celebrate the reunion with you...
Little Year · mores
Xiaonian is a traditional Chinese folk festival stove day. There are different concepts and dates in different places, the northern region is the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon, and we in Gansu also want to worship the god vesta. The main customs are as follows:
Kill the chickens
On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the custom in Gansu must kill chickens and offer stoves, which is the same as all over the country. For example, the second volume of the second volume of the "National Customs of China" reads: "The chief priest will be the head of the family." During the prayer, a young child knelt behind him and held a rooster in both hands, called stove horse. The parents prostrated their heads and prayed to vesta. Zhu Bi, holding the neck of the rooster in one hand, pushed the chicken head into the hay three times, and poured cold water on the chicken head with the other hand. If the chicken is frightened, it is said that the god vesta will accept the horse. ”
Flaming stove cakes
The god vesta is also known as the Benjia Si Ming, and gansu is directly called the stove master, which belongs to one of the five gods. After dinner on the day of the Festival, the hostess asks for twelve stove cakes, which are held in December of the same year. In leap years, it is thirteen. And you can't put salt in the pancake. After burning, the stove is stacked first, and then the wax is lit and incense is burned, and the prostration is sacrificed. Next, each sheet is broken out a little and thrown on the top of the kitchen, which means that the stove is used and the rest is distributed to the family.
Offer stove sugar
The purpose of offering stove sugar in the Gansu ritual stove custom is very clear, that is, to sweeten the mouth of the god of vesta, stick to the mouth of the god of vesta, let the god of vesta say good things in heaven, and return to the palace to descend auspiciously. As the saying goes: "On the twenty-third day of the waxing moon, send the stove to the blue sky; on the twenty-fourth day of the waxing moon, send the stove to the willow tree." "In Gansu customs, the time of worship to the god of Vesta is generally the twenty-third day of the waxing moon, but because this day is too busy and does not take care of it, it can also be twenty-four.
Gansu calls the day of the sacrifice of the stove a small year, and after twenty-three years, the year has officially begun, and all taboos have been removed, such as sweeping the house, killing pigs, etc. They will no longer choose the day.
The small year also means that people begin to prepare new year goods, and the new year must have a new atmosphere, expressing the good wishes of the Chinese working people to resign the old and welcome the new and welcome the good fortune.
Eat dumplings
Northern Xiaonian used to eat dumplings at night. Think about it, the family sits together and eats hot dumplings, and the happy and harmonious appearance is the taste of the year!
Window flowers
After the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon, door to door began to decorate their homes. Window flowers are generally cut by themselves, and the elderly with their grandchildren cut beautiful window flowers and stick them together. Nowadays, most people go to buy window flowers, which is less of a new taste of window flowers.
Sweep the dust
Northerners call it "sweeping the house"; southerners call it "dust dusting". It's the New Year, so naturally we have to clean up the house! According to the Book of Collected Remains, this custom dates back more than 3,000 years, when it was a religious ritual to drive away ghosts and pray for well-being. After the "dust" and "chen" harmonic sounds, so sweeping the dust is to sweep away the old things, which refers to both the old dirt in the courtyard and the unhappiness encountered in the old age.
Paste Spring League
Many places start small, even if the New Year begins. Rural areas generally invite the village to write better to write the Spring League, there are also their own families to write the Spring League, with the most ordinary red paper and black brush, simple but not lacking in the taste of the year, especially when a large family together to give advice to write what is the warmest.
Ready for the Year
After the end of the small year, it will soon be the big year, and people begin to buy New Year goods in advance. Many new year goods can not be prepared in a day, so it is necessary to start in advance from a young age.
Little Year · Read
Three longitudinal strokes
(Excerpt)
Su shi
The north ship is less than a pearl of rice,
Drunk and depressed for half a month without.
Tomorrow the owner is a sacrificial stove,
A chicken fights wine to fix me.
Appreciation: Although it is the embarrassment of writing about life at the end of the year, Su Shi's poem is full of optimism. Although it is difficult at the moment, the chicken wine from the neighbor's small New Year festival stove tomorrow will definitely be eaten with me!
"Spring Festival in Beijing"
Lao She (excerpt)
Twenty-three days to celebrate the New Year, almost the New Year's "rehearsal". In the old society, on this night, the family worshiped the king of the stove, and from the first time the black firecrackers sounded, with the sound of the cannon, the paper statue of the king of the stove was incinerated, and his name was sent to the king of the stove to heaven.
In the past few days, the street has sold more or less maltose and rice candy, which are either rectangular or large and small melons. According to the old saying: There is sugar sticking to the mouth of the King of Stove, and when he reaches heaven, he will not report bad things in the family to the Jade Emperor. Now, there are still sugar sellers, but they are only enjoyed by everyone, and they no longer stick to the mouth of the king of the stove.
After twenty-three, everyone will be busier, and the New Year will arrive in the blink of an eye. Before the Chinese New Year's Eve, every family must paste the Spring Festival, and must clean up once, which is called sweeping the house. Meat, chicken, fish, greens, rice cakes, and so on must be prepared sufficiently, at least enough to eat for a week - according to the old custom, the majority of shops, closed for five days, and not open until the sixth day of the first month. If you do not prepare for the next few days of food, it is not easy to replenish temporarily.
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Review: Cai Li
Editor-in-charge: Yang Zhengrong
Source: Comprehensive collation of the Information Center of the Provincial Department of Education