Taurus struggled to resign from the old age
Tiger tigers welcome new arrivals
The little year has arrived
When we talk about the little year
What we are talking about
Are two simple Kanji?
Is it a traditional festival of the Chinese nation?
It is a sacrificial stove, a sweeping also
Or do a good job of a reunion dinner?
Or some other good memory that can't be copied...
Just like the famous salty sweet tofu brain dispute
The timing of the small age also varies depending on the region
The northern year is the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon
The southern year is the twenty-fourth day of the waxing moon
But no matter what day the little year
People's desire to leave the old and welcome the new is the same
The north and the south are similar and different
The Northern Faction
1. Eat sugar melon, caramel, hemp sugar
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". These candies were originally eaten on the mouth of the stove king, and then gradually evolved into a snack that children must have for the young age.
2. Eat the fire (burnt bread)
In addition to eating stove sugar on this day, fire burning is also a very distinctive seasonal food. On the 23rd day of the waxing moon, the business of baking cake stalls in the city is very prosperous.
3. Eat dumplings
Almost every festival in the north will have the figure of dumplings, and small Chinese New Year's Eve eat dumplings, which means "sending off dumplings to the wind". In the mountains, you will eat cakes and soba noodles. In the southeastern region of Jin, the custom of eating fried corn is popular, and the folk proverb has the saying of "twenty-three, do not eat fried, the beginning of the New Year - a pot poured". People like to glue the sautéed corn with maltose, freeze it into large pieces, and eat crisp and sweet.
4. Window flowers
Clipping window flowers is the most popular folk activity. The content has a variety of animals, plants and other palms, such as magpie dengmei, peacock play peony, lion rolling hydrangea ball, three sheep (yang) Kaitai, two dragon play beads, mandarin duck play water and so on. Sticking window flowers means that the new year is getting better and better. After cutting the window flowers, they are pasted in the cleaned house, which naturally adds a lot of joy to the home.
5. Bath and haircut
There is a saying in the folk that "there is no money, shave your head for the New Year". The activities of bathing and haircuts are mostly concentrated around the beginning and after the small age.
6. The chief priest vesta is a man
According to records, in Beijing at the end of the Qing Dynasty, such things as the Small Year Festival stove had to be done by men. If there are really no men in the house, even ask the man from the neighbor's house to come forward to offer sacrifices. The "Old Wen Kao of the Sun" records: "The resident shrine of the Beijing division is still customary, and it is forbidden for women to be the main priest, and there is no man in the family, or to welcome the neighbors to do it." ”
Southern faction
1. Eat red date soup, caramel and sesame seeds
Xia Renhu, a master of traditional Chinese studies during the Republic of China period, once wrote in his book "Years of Chinese Memories" that the people of Nanjing during the Republic of China period had to prepare red date soup on the day of the New Year, and also prepared sugar and stove sugar made of sesame seeds, which was eaten by the king of the stove.
2. The chief priest vesta is a housewife
Housewives should put on new dresses, very solemnly sacrifice the stove king, after the end of the stove god burned, set off firecrackers, meaning to send the stove king to heaven. The entire occasion of the offering was performed by housewives, and men were not allowed to participate.
Although there are differences in the customs of the people of the north and the south to celebrate the New Year
But among them is the hope that the family will be harmonious and happy
May the spiritual core of the New Year be unchanged
Source | Huazhong University of Science and Technology Student Union
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