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"One year old in the sound of firecrackers" must be familiar to everyone with this ancient poem, referring to the Spring Festival.
The most lively and grand traditional festival in the mainland is the "Spring Festival".
The Spring Festival represents the beginning of a new year, implying longing and expectation for a better future.
And the night before the Spring Festival, "Chinese New Year's Eve", is also very lively and important.
Chinese New Year's Eve is the last day of the lunar year, also known as "New Year's Eve".
It indicates that the old year is about to pass and the new year is coming.
People of the older generation often say that "Chinese New Year's Eve is not empty, and the next year will not be poor", and many people are convinced of this.
So, what are the three things that are referred to here? Is that reasonable?
Chinese New Year's Eve "not available"
Chinese New Year's Eve Night is also known as the "Great Chinese New Year's Eve", and for as long as I can remember, Chinese New Year's Eve has been a festival of family reunion.
On this night, the family sat neatly around the round table, and the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala was playing in front of them.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, every household has a conformist agreement to meet together for a "vigil".
The older generation often says that "Chinese New Year's Eve is not empty, and the next year will not be poor", and one of them is that there is no empty house.
The ancients believed that the night of Chinese New Year's Eve was a time when evil was rampant.
If these unlucky things run into the house, it will bring disaster to the family in the new year.
Since ancient times, it has been believed that the yang energy on the human body is the heaviest, which is conducive to driving away evil spirits and avoiding disasters.
Therefore, when the family sits together on Chinese New Year's Eve and is lively, the evil does not dare to approach.
So this is the reason why there are no empty rooms on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the family wants to sit together and enjoy the time of reunion.
In addition to this statement, not vacant also means that the house is kept clean and tidy.
Before Chinese New Year's Eve, every household must have launched a "big cleaning" operation.
The goal is to keep every room and every corner of the home clean and organized.
This Xi is mainly derived from the respect and importance of ancestors, and home is the destination of people's hearts.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, in order to show respect for ancestors, special activities such as ancestor worship and incense are arranged.
After cleaning the house, the portrait or tablet of the deceased relatives is usually placed in the living room for worship.
At the same time, items containing "good fortune" are placed in each room.
Including sticking couplets and sticking the word "Fu" outside the door, they are all praying for good luck and happiness and health in the coming year.
Therefore, "not empty" not only means that people are going to get together, but also that the "blessings" in the house are not empty.
In this way, the new year will have good luck and the most likely good things.
Chinese New Year's Eve "not empty pot"
On Chinese New Year's Eve, in addition to not being empty, you can't empty the pot.
"Not empty pot" is not difficult to understand, it means that the pot cannot be empty, and some food must be left behind.
This Xi means that people live a prosperous life, hoping that they will have more than one year in the coming year, and they will not have to worry about eating and drinking for a year.
Therefore, on Chinese New Year's Eve, every household will cook a large table of dishes, but they cannot eat them completely.
Keep some of it in the pot and wait until the next day's New Year's Day.
Nowadays, many places still retain this Xi custom, and the sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve meal allows everyone to end a year's hard work and have new expectations for the future.
The meals that stay are in the hope that there will be no more worries about food in the future, and there will be endless meals.
In fact, the Xi of "not empty pot" first came from Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, wars raged and the people lived in poverty.
Also on Chinese New Year's Eve of one year, Zhu Yuanzhang did not beg for anything to eat.
So on that Chinese New Year's Eve, under the pressure of hunger and cold, he chose to sneak into a farmer's house to "steal food".
But Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect that after working for most of the day, he didn't see any leftovers in the pot at all.
Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang could only continue to endure hunger and quietly leave on Chinese New Year's Eve.
After Zhu Yuanzhang successfully became emperor, every time he thought of the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, he couldn't help but sigh for the poor life of the people in the world.
So Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that some food should be left in the pot every Chinese New Year's Eve in the future.
Over time, there is a Xi of attending the "not empty pot", full of expectations for life in the coming year.
Chinese New Year's Eve "not empty lights"
The last "not empty" refers to the "not empty lights" of every household on Chinese New Year's Eve.
This is quite touching, when I was a child, I knew that every time the New Year was approaching, the night was very lively.
In the village, the streets and alleys are almost brightly lit, and they are not turned off all night.
The family sat in the house, with two big red lanterns hanging on the door outside, and the lights were on in the house, and they sat around the fire.
All night, everyone chatted and watched TV, welcoming the new year, and everyone was "keeping the New Year".
Speaking of not emptying the lamp and keeping the year, it is actually related to an ancient legend.
This story must be known to everyone, it is the "Year Beast", and the bright lights were originally intended to scare the Year Beast.
In ancient times, the year beast was called "Xi", and when we want to get rid of it on that day, it is called "Chinese New Year's Eve".
According to legend, the "Year Beast" is a beast that looks fierce and terrifying, has infinite strength, and likes to appear during the New Year.
The beasts will break into the village in the dead of night, mutilating the lives of people and livestock in order to fill their stomachs.
One year, everyone in the village was injured by the Year Beast in the middle of the night, but only one was left.
The family was safe and sound after the night, and the Nian Beast did not invade at all.
It's just that this family hung a large piece of red cloth at the door in order to celebrate, and the lights in the house were not extinguished.
As a result, it was the firelight that scared off the Nian Beast, allowing the family to survive safely.
Later, people followed the family's practice and hung red lanterns at the door every Chinese New Year's Eve and did not let the lights in the house go out.
In addition to driving away the beasts, the non-empty lamp also expresses the ancient people's reverence for "fire" and "light".
In ancient times, people believed that "fire" was a gift from God, and there was an inexplicable admiration for fire.
It is believed that fire can bring good luck and light to people, and not only that, but it can also ward off some evil spirits.
Therefore, the "non-empty lights" on Chinese New Year's Eve are also an act of "driving away evil spirits and avoiding evil".
When Chinese New Year's Eve arrives, people gather together and chat all night with bright lights, looking forward to the arrival of the new year.
In this way, you can not only pray for a good year ahead, but also drive away evil spirits and bad things in your home.
This is the origin of the "non-empty lamp", a Xi that has been passed down from generation to generation.
"Chinese New Year's Eve is not empty, and the coming year will not be poor" fully explains the traditional culture of the mainland.
It is full of the older generation's longing and yearning for the future life, and hopes that the family can be happy and safe.
In addition to the "three not empty", there are many interesting Xi customs on Chinese New Year's Eve and Spring Festival, which can only be known by those who have seriously experienced life.
So, what are the traditions of Chinese New Year's Eve in your hometown? Why don't you share it in the comment area!
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