The Spring Festival, a grand festival that carries the thousand-year-old cultural tradition of the Chinese nation, has lasted for a long time. However, with the change of times, some customs and Xi that were once prevalent during the Spring Festival gradually disappeared from people's sight. These disappearing customs may be naturally eliminated due to social progress and changes in lifestyles, or they may fade out of people's memories due to the rupture of cultural inheritance. Today, let's trace the old customs of the Spring Festival that are gradually disappearing, and recall that period of history full of warmth. These seven "old customs" are almost all gone, how much more do you know?
In ancient China, the Spring Festival was a day for the whole country to celebrate and reunite all families. A series of events are held to pray for good luck and a good harvest in the coming year. However, with the progress of society and the changes in life, some old customs and Xi have gradually been forgotten. The following seven old customs of the Spring Festival may be unfamiliar to you, but they are an indispensable part of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation.
1: Thin door. The door book was a paper bag set up by large families at the door of the house at that time, with the word "blessing" written on it, which was used to receive "flying stickers". This is a function similar to a modern mailbox, making it easy for people to send and receive messages.
The door book also refers to a popular Xi at the time, that is, the "flying post New Year's greeting" of the door book. Due to the large number of people who needed to pay New Year's greetings at that time, they invented a kind of "flying sticker" with auspicious words written on it, and sent their families to send it to those who needed to pay New Year's greetings.
2: White-headed couplets, also known as "white-headed couplets" or "white-fronted couplets". This special form of Spring Festival is a traditional Xi in Putian, Fujian, which aims to commemorate the historical victory of the anti-Japanese war and the soldiers and people of Qi Jiguang, the Qi family army and the soldiers and people who died for the anti-Japanese war. Every year during the Spring Festival, Putian's Spring Festival couplets will leave a two-inch-long "white paper forehead" above the red paper, that is, the red paper with white edges, so it is named "white-headed Spring Festival couplets" or "white-fronted Spring Festival couplets".
3: Sticking to the door god, this Spring Festival Xi has gradually disappeared now. With the development of modern society, people's lifestyles and housing structures have undergone great changes, and the traditional Xi of sticking to the door god has been difficult to continue. At the same time, the improvement of safety awareness and environmental protection awareness in modern society has also made traditional Spring Festival Xi customs such as firecrackers gradually banned or restricted, which also affects the inheritance and development of the Xi custom of sticking to the door god.
4: Lei Wang Fire, a traditional Xi during the Spring Festival, where people use large blocks of coal to form towers, usually several meters high, before Chinese New Year's Eve. This pagoda is regarded as a prosperous fire, which means that the coming year will be prosperous. On Chinese New Year's Eve or Lantern Festival, people light the tower, and the burning fire symbolizes the prosperity and happiness of the family. However, due to environmental pollution and safety concerns, this Xi has been gradually banned.
5: Whipping Spring Ox: This is a Xi of the beginning of spring. A spring cow is a kind of fake cow with paper paste, which is filled with candy, daily necessities, and other items. On the day before the beginning of spring, people place the spring cow in the spring hall in front of the government office, and then whip it to break the spring cow on the beginning of spring, and the onlookers begin to snatch the items in the belly of the spring cow. This Xi symbolizes the arrival of spring and the prayer for a bountiful harvest. However, this Xi has been banned because it can easily lead to fighting and injury.
6: Hang a family tree: In the past, many families would hang out a family tree during the Spring Festival to show respect and remembrance of their ancestors. A family tree is the genealogy of a family that records the names and history of the family members. This Xi is an important manifestation of family cohesion and tradition. However, due to various reasons, such as the influence of political movements such as breaking the four olds, the genealogy of many families was lost or destroyed, and this Xi gradually disappeared.
7: Debt avoidance play, in the past, due to poverty or debt, some people would run to the City God Temple on Chinese New Year's Eve to watch the play to avoid debt. They believed that the deities of the temple would be able to protect them from debt. This Xi has also gradually disappeared with the development of society and the improvement of people's living standards.
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