Today is the twenty-third day of the lunar month
The northern part of the continent is called "Little Year"
It is also the 10th day of the countdown to the Beijing Winter Olympics
When the burning ice and snow meet the strong smell of the year
More than double expectations!
This set of Winter Olympic folklore posters
Make your circle of friends
From a young age to a Chinese New Year's Eve
The atmosphere is full!
Let's do it together
Enjoy the Ice Cream for the Winter Olympics
Booming over the year!
Enjoy the Ice Cream for the Winter Olympics
Let's take a look at what customs there are in the New Year
Small Year customs
>> Custom 1: Sacrifice to the King of The Stove
The Small Year is the day of the folk festival stove. According to folklore, "the heavens say good things, and the netherworld guarantees peace", every year on the twenty-third day of the waxing moon, the king of the stove must go to heaven to report the good and evil of the family to the Jade Emperor. Therefore, on this day of the New Year, people will put some sugar melons and stove candy in front of the statue of the king of the stove, in order to let the king of the stove say more good things in front of the Jade Emperor.
>> custom two: sticking window flowers
After the twenty-third day of the waxing moon, every household began to paste the window flowers. In the past, window flowers were generally cut by themselves, and skillful old people took their grandchildren to cut beautiful window flowers and paste them together. Nowadays, most people go to buy window flowers, and it seems that there will be a little less joy and new year's flavor.
>> custom three: paste the Spring Festival
In many places, the Spring Festival began to be posted in the new year, which is a relatively early entry into the Spring Festival. More traditional people are also accustomed to inviting people who write well to write the Spring League. Generally use the most ordinary red paper and black ink, simple but full of flavor.
>> Custom Four: Sweep the dust
When the young year is young, it is also necessary to sweep the dust, the northerners call it "sweeping the house", and the southerners call it "dusting". This custom dates back more than 3,000 years as a religious ritual to drive away demons and pray for well-being. After the harmonic sound of "dust" and "chen", sweeping dust also means to sweep away the old things, which refers to the old dirt in the courtyard and the unhappiness encountered in the old age.
>> custom five: marriage
After the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon, the Han people believe that the gods have ascended to heaven, there are no taboos, and there is no need to choose a date for marrying a daughter-in-law and hiring a daughter-in-law. Therefore, until the end of the year, there will be a lot of wedding ceremonies.
>> custom six: eat hemp sugar
Sugar melon, caramel, hemp candy and other foods were originally for the mouth of the stove king, and gradually evolved into snacks that children must eat in their young years. In the northwest of Jin, there is a saying that "twenty-three eat hemp candy, but can't eat hemp candy and nibble on the finger".
>> custom seven: eat dumplings
The northern Xiaonian used to eat dumplings at night, which means to send off the king of the stove, and takes the meaning of "sending off the dumplings to the wind". The family sat together, eating hot dumplings, happy and harmonious, very old-fashioned.
Count the footsteps of the Spring Festival in your heart and make a wish for the new year.
Happy New Year!
Source: People's Network, I Su Network