Today is the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon, the Little Year! As the saying goes, "The year actually begins with the twenty-third Chinese New Year's Eve of today's Waxing Moon." Twenty-three, sugar melon sticky, sweet New Year is coming!
How to live in the new year, what are the traditional customs, take the children to understand it together!
"Twenty-three, a small year"
The 23rd day of the Waxing Moon, also known as the Little Year, is a day in traditional Chinese culture to sacrifice stoves, sweep dust, and eat stove sugar.
In the folk song, "twenty-three, sugar melon sticky" refers to the sacrifice of the god of vesta on the 23rd or 24th day of the waxing moon every year, and there is the so-called "official three people four boat family five" or "official three people four monks five", that is, the official government on the twenty-third day of the waxing moon, the general people on the twenty-fourth day, the water people or temples, Taoist temples on the twenty-fifth day of the festival stove. Later, it gradually evolved into the saying "twenty-three, too small year".
Sacrifice stove
On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the main event is the sacrificial stove. In the past, people attached great importance to the major activity of offering the stove, which was a ritual for every household to worship the king of the stove. Usually, on the night of the 23rd day of the waxing moon, the god of vesta is worshipped, a portrait of the king of the stove is pasted, incense is placed on the stove, and candy, wine and tea, water and grass are prepared, and incense is lit and worshiped. And burn paper money and paper yuan treasure, etc., burn together, and send the king of the stove to heaven, which is the folk sacrifice stove, also known as the ci stove and so on.
Through the form of offering stoves, people look forward to the coming year of prosperity and happiness.
Eat stove sugar
As the saying goes: "Twenty-three, sugar melon sticks". On the day of the New Year, people will buy sugar melons to sacrifice to the stove and send the king of the stove to report good things to heaven.
There are long Kanto sugar, sweet sesame candy, and oval sugar melons, crystal clear, crunchy and full of flavor, which is a favorite of young children. Of course, after the offering of the god of the stove king, everyone will share and eat, and ask for a good color head for the coming year, sweet and sweet, happy and happy.
Clean up
In the folk, from the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon, it is ready to clean up, quiet and quiet, resign the old and welcome the new, because today is a small year, the stove prince will go to heaven to report good things, can not leave lazy habits.
Usually, after breakfast on this day, you clean every corner of the house by yourself for a thorough cleaning. Sweeping dust, "dust" and "Chen" are harmonic sounds, that is, the meaning of retiring the old and welcoming the new, which means that the old and unpleasant things that have been done since this year will be swept away, and the new year will be greeted with joy.
Window flowers
In the past, people began to cut window flowers when they were young. The skillful working people trimmed out a variety of patterns, all of which were joyful and festive, and even more auspicious and beautiful. After cutting, it is pasted on the clean window, which is particularly beautiful, implying red and happy.
Now, we can buy ready-made window flowers directly in the market or on mobile phones, which is very convenient, what kind of pattern design has, the meaning is very beautiful, and the family sticks window flowers together.
haircut
The old man often said: "If you have money and no money, shave your head for the New Year." On the twenty-third day of the waxing moon, adults and children rush to get a haircut and take a bath.
Folk have a saying that "shave your head in the first month and die uncle", so many people like to get a haircut years ago, so that you can not only give the head a long time, but also open the New Year mode with a new face.
Small year contraindications
As the saying goes: "Thousands of miles of different winds, thousands of miles of different customs", Xiaonian also has different taboos in various places. In some parts of Hubei, xiaonian is forbidden to be slaughtered; some places in Henan are taboo about mashing garlic, believing that xiaonian mashing garlic will make the family poor; Taiwan is afraid of scooping rice, and it is said that there is a risk of smashing the wind god down, for fear of bringing wind disasters to the coming year.
What are the special Customs of your family? On the day of the New Year, are you ready to tell your children the story of the Little Year and take the children to experience the customs of the Little Year?