This year's waxing moon coincides with a small month, only 29 days, which means that the habitual "Chinese New Year's Eve" has become an exception this year. Tomorrow is the Chinese New Year's Eve, are you ready for the New Year at home?
As the saying goes, "Waxing moon twenty-eight, play cake steamed steamed steamed appliqué flowers". Looking at the north and south of the river, whether it is rice cakes or steamed flower buns, families have begun to prepare staple foods for the New Year. Looking far away, window flowers, New Year paintings, lucky characters, and spring festivals have decorated every household with red fire, and the festive atmosphere has reached the extreme.
Twenty-eight, put the face hair. (Data map issued by the Central Broadcasting Network)
The old custom is that during the first to fifth day of the first month, you can't use the fire to steam steamed steamed buns, so each family makes noodles on the twenty-eighth day to prepare the staple food from the first to the fifth day of the first month. The same is true of southern rice cakes that are easy to store.
Festive flower buns have a festive atmosphere. (Data map issued by the Central Broadcasting Network)
In the Northeast Chinese New Year, the big red lanterns in the ice and snow are a unique festive scene. According to the elders, there must be red in the courtyard for the New Year, there is a red Spring League at the door during the day, and a red lantern outside the courtyard at night, mainly to avoid evil spirits and pray for blessings.
Hanging money heralds a new year when the money will roll in. (Data map issued by the Central Broadcasting Network)
In addition to pasting the Spring Festival and the word Fu, there is also a major custom of the folk Spring Festival in the northern region, that is, to paste and hang money. The hanging money is engraved with auspicious patterns and words, the upper edge is firmly attached, and most of the lower part is suspended, which can flutter with the wind, which is a traditional paper-cutting art attached to the lintel. During the Spring Festival, hanging money and couplets are matched with stickers to express a blessing and also symbolize wealth.
What are the customs and unique cuisines of your hometown for the Spring Festival?
(Compiled by reporter Pang Miao and intern Dong Jiawei)