"One year old in the sound of firecrackers." After the small year is the year, the small year has passed, and soon it will be the most important festival of the annual Chinese, that is, the Spring Festival. Chinese New Year's Eve Night is a day of family reunion in Chinese, and it is also one of the most important festivals.
And Chinese New Year's Eve is also a festival with a long history, which has been bustling since ancient times, and people will always prepare for Chinese New Year's Eve long in advance. At the same time, there are also many customs in the Chinese New Year's Eve.
Among them, there is such a saying that "Chinese New Year's Eve three is not empty, and the next year is not poor." "But now a lot of people are following it. So what exactly does the "three non-empty" in this sentence mean? Why do people still believe this sentence so much to this day? Next, let's start from history to find out why.
Customs of Chinese New Year's Eve
Chinese New Year's Eve is well known to Chinese, even children know the importance of Chinese New Year's Eve. Chinese New Year's Eve Night is one of the most important traditional festivals in Chinese, and on this night, families will gather together, which is a beautiful day of family reunion.
With the development of Chinese history, there are many traditions of Chinese New Year's Eve night. For example, people have to eat Chinese New Year's Eve meal. It is necessary to post good Spring Festival and New Year paintings. At the same time, some fireworks and firecrackers are also set off, and there is also the custom of ancestor worship, and the elders will also give the children money on the Chinese New Year's Eve night to ensure the smooth and safe future year of the children. Therefore, Chinese New Year's Eve Night actually carries the good wishes of Chinese all year, and it is also the most joyful festival.
In addition to the above Chinese New Year's Eve customs, in fact, there are many various customs and habits of Chinese New Year's Eve Night that have been passed down to this day. For example, there is a habit of "three non-emptiness.". And this "three non-empty" has always been praised for a long time. Many people will think that this is superstition, but these "three non-empty" in fact, each "non-empty" has its own historical background.
Cannot be empty
The first of these three not to be empty in the air is not to be empty. This statement has a certain historical origin.
Legend has it that the pot cannot be empty is actually related to Zhu Yuanzhang. We all know that although Zhu Yuanzhang was an emperor, he actually started from the poor people. At the beginning, Zhu Yuanzhang always ate at home without eating. Every New Year's Day, other people's homes are always big fish and meat, but Zhu Yuanzhang's family always does not eat, and the pot is always empty.
And once, Zhu Yuanzhang secretly ran to someone else's house, stole a pot from someone else's house to eat and go home, after returning home, he finished eating the contents of the pot and felt very guilty, so he returned the empty pot.
Subsequently, after the uprising, Zhu Yuanzhang became the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and also lived a life of glory and wealth. But he never forgot his roots, couldn't forget his hard life, and couldn't forget the empty pot at home because he didn't have money.
Therefore, he ordered that every household should not empty the pot every new year, and if there is no money, the government will give food to the people, although there is not much, but it cannot be empty. Therefore, even if many people's families are poor, they will put two steamed buns in the pot.
Later, Zhu Yuanzhang left behind the custom of "not empty pot", and every family would put some things in the pot during the New Year, and the pot could not be left empty. And the implication of this is that the pot is not empty, and there will be no worries about eating and drinking in the coming year, and there will be no poverty.
Cannot be available
The second of the "three non-empty" cannot be empty means "can not empty the house". As the name suggests, "no empty house" means that there must be someone living in the house, and the house cannot be left empty.
This statement is also very elaborate. Because, as we all know, the meaning of Chinese New Year's Eve is actually to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, to get rid of the bad things in the year and welcome the good luck of the new year. Therefore, in Chinese New Year's Eve, that is, on the last day of the year, there must be someone in the family, because only with popularity can we get rid of these bad things left over from the previous year.
Moreover Chinese New Year's Eve night is the night of reunion, and it is even more important that the family should be reunited, and the whole family should get together, and no one can be at home. And family reunion is also a symbol of good luck, which helps to welcome the good luck of the next year. Therefore, from ancient times, after hundreds of years of continuation, every Chinese New Year's Eve night, families always gathered together.
So, when Chinese New Year's Eve, people say they can't leave the house empty. That is to say, everyone in the family must come together, reunite, and welcome the New Year together.
Lights cannot be empty
The third of these three no-no-air that cannot be empty is "cannot empty the lamp." That is to say, the lights in the home cannot be extinguished at night Chinese New Year's Eve.
As we all know, in ancient times, every household used candles to illuminate. Later, there were oil lamps. No matter what kind of lighting method, in fact, before the invention and popularization of electric lights, people's lighting was very inconvenient. Therefore, under normal circumstances, ordinary people are always very frugal and dare not use candles and lights indiscriminately.
And every New Year's Chinese New Year's Eve Night, because it is a good day once a year, people will take out the lights saved in the weekdays and begin to light up the whole room, making the house look lively. This is also the origin of "no empty lights".
In addition, in Chinese myths and legends, it is said that the Chinese New Year's Eve night is to keep vigil, because according to legend, the monster named "Nian" in the mountain will come down to eat people, so people stay up all night and light lamps to disperse it. Later, with the development of the times, although this legend is self-destructive, the habit of Chinese New Year's Eve lights has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Chinese New Year's Eve night to ensure that the house is brightly lit has become a custom, which means the beauty and the wind and rain of the coming year, and the blessings of the stars are shining. In this way, "no empty lights" has also become an important thing in Chinese New Year's Eve night.
epilogue
With the end of the small year, the footsteps of the Spring Festival are gradually approaching. Soon there will be another Chinese New Year's Eve night of joy once a year. Every year during the Spring Festival, people who go out to work all over the country always return to their hometowns rain or shine, celebrate the Spring Festival with their families, and spend Chinese New Year's Eve together. As the saying goes, if they have money or money to go home for the New Year, the wanderers who are away have been looking forward to Chinese New Year's Eve, which is the happiest day of their year.
Chinese New Year's Eve after hundreds of years of circulation, to this day, in fact, many customs have been simplified, and with the development of the times, many people also think that some customs are actually superstitious.
But, whether it's superstition or not, these are Chinese yearning for the good, the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors. Therefore, for these traditions, we must look at them rationally and at the same time protect them from disappearing.
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