Spring Festival
It is the most distinctive traditional festival in China
Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival
It has been around for many years
That is, the Lunar New Year is commonly known as the New Year
Generally refers to the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the first lunar month
But
In the time before and after the Spring Festival
There are different customs below
Let's go with Xiaomu to understand!
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1
Eating the "New Year's Dinner"
The second day of the first lunar month is also called "Opening the New Year", and from this day on, people will bring some food and gifts to visit relatives and friends. In terms of food customs, at noon on the second day of the first lunar month, the whole family will gather together to eat, and this meal is called "New Year's Meal", which is a variety of styles and takes auspicious meanings.
2
Go back to your mother's house
On the second day of the first lunar month, the daughter who married out took her husband and children back to her mother's house to pay respects to the New Year. When the daughter returns to her mother's house, she must make a large bag of biscuits and candies, which will be distributed by the mother to the neighbors, just like the scene of the New Year. If there are multiple daughters in the family, and these daughters do not return on the same day, then it is necessary to come once, the gift is quite thin, four cookies. However, it reflects a very strong affection, the real is "etiquette is light and affectionate", it expresses the girl's earnest thoughts about the villagers.
3
Worship the god of wealth
The god of wealth is a god commonly believed by many classes, and the folk worship the god of wealth on the second day of the first lunar month, and the sound of firecrackers is endless day and night. In the north, the god of wealth is worshipped on the second day of the first lunar month, and on this day, whether it is a trade shop or an ordinary family, it is necessary to hold a sacrifice to the god of wealth. Each family made a sacrifice to the god of wealth that Chinese New Year's Eve night. At noon on this day, we will eat wontons, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup". Sacrifices are made with fish and lamb. The big business in old Beijing, on this day, all carried out large-scale sacrifices, and the sacrifices should be used to use the "five major offerings", that is, whole pigs, whole sheep, whole chickens, whole ducks, red live carp, etc., in the hope of making a fortune.
4
Eat "early rise noodles"
"Five changes together in the New Year' Day, the first day of the New Year's Day is red" The first day of the New Year is the beginning of the fourth hour, people take the early as the most expensive, early success, everything takes precedence. After the "four beginnings" month. People no longer pursue the early word, so there is a saying that "the new year is five together, and the second day of the new year is red". And the folk proverb says: the first two sides of the dumplings, the first three children to the home, the first four flapjacks scrambled eggs, the first five pinched on the mouth of the villain, the first seven people eat shou noodles on the day. Therefore, the second day of the Chinese New Year is to eat noodles, and some places interpret this statement as welcoming the daughter back to the door. There are also many noodles in the second year of junior high school. It is said that the noodles of the first year of the first year should be made with the dumpling noodles of the first year. And this noodle must be a cold soup. That is, after the noodles are cooked, they are soaked in cold water, which is called cold soup.
The above is the custom of the "second day of the Chinese New Year" that Xiaomu learned, and you also know which customs or what customs there are in your hometown.
I also wish you all a Happy New Year!
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Typography | Ning Yuxuan
Audit | Cui Yan