January 26, 2022, the 24th day of the lunar month, today is a small year in the south of the mainland, usually referring to dust dust and sacrifice stove days, which is regarded as the beginning of a "busy year". Due to the different customs in the north and south, the days called "Little Year" are also different. Most of the southern part of the continent still maintains the tradition of celebrating the 24th lunar month.
Every year today, the south has the custom of steaming rice cakes and eating rice cakes, because the rice cake sounds like "nian gao", so take the auspicious and auspicious, the good intentions of the year high.
"Eating dumplings on the 24th night" is also a custom in some places in Jiangnan, taking the beautiful meaning of reunion and happiness.
Fan Chengda, a scholar of the Song Dynasty, had a cloud in the poem "Sacrifice stove words": "In ancient times, on the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the stove king wanted to say things to the heavens. The cloud car wind horse small stay, the family has cups and plates of abundant ceremonies. Pork head rotten hot pisces fresh, bean sand and pine powder bait balls. ”
The Ming Dynasty poet Yu Qian said in the "Slogan of the Twenty-Fourth Night of the Waxing Moon": "The golden furnace and silver candles are born in the spring at night, and the sound of firecrackers urges the festival to wait for the new." Self-laughing middle-aged strong and customary, buy cracked paper to worship the kitchen god. From these two poems, we can feel the ancient people's attention and abundance for the gift of the New Year. Welcome friends from the South to share with us the customs of spending the New Year in the South!
Text/Zhu Zixuan Photo/Zhang Yujia
Source: China Youth Daily client
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