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Chinese the two days of the Chinese New Year are the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first day of the Chinese New Year, and the Chinese New Year's Eve is a good day for the family to reunite and share the joy of the world, and many unique Chinese New Year's Eve customs have been handed down from ancient times to the present.
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In the Qing Dynasty Fu Cha Dunchong's then Beijing folklore work "Yanjing Shiji", the ten Spring Festival customs of old Beijing were recorded.
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On the 30th day of the waxing moon, some wealthy families hang ancestral portraits in the ancestral shrine and worship their ancestors. After dusk, the whole family is ready to eat, drink and celebrate together Chinese New Year's Eve.
Although the ancients did not have the Spring Festival Gala to watch, but there are not many means of playing games, the book records that in the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, each family "wine syrup listed, the lights and candles are brilliant, women and children are rolling dice leaves for fun." ”
Adults drink and chat, women and children roll dice, play cards, etc., and wait for the child to start setting off firecrackers for the New Year.
Picture Note: The Qianlong Emperor Snow Scene Xingle Scroll, in the picture can see the children laying hemp stalks, setting off firecrackers, burning incense and other customs
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On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, most people have to prepare sesame stalks, spread the sesame stalks from the door of the house to the main entrance, and even cover the entire yard.
Then the children run around the yard and play, stepping on the sesame pole crackling, which is called "stepping on the age".
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On the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, it is also necessary to prepare a New Year's meal, but this New Year's meal is for the ancestors to enjoy, and it is necessary to form a high bowl of new year rice with gold and silver rice, and to insert pine branches, money, dates, longan, chestnuts, incense sticks, and so on.
This New Year's meal should be placed from Chinese New Year's Eve until after breaking five, and it will be collected after the New Year is over.
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Tanghua is also called Tanghua, which is rumored to be a practice that existed during the Tang Dynasty. In the summer and autumn period, after the peony, plum blossom, etc. are treated with special craftsmanship, the color and fragrance of the flowers are preserved and sold during the Spring Festival.
Generally, families will also buy different flowers such as peonies, plum blossoms, and spring flowers to place in the hall, so they are called hall flowers.
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Tibetan incense is the incense made in Tibet, and the incense made in Tibet is said to be rich in fragrance and is the best in incense. Whenever Chinese New Year's Eve, some rich and noble families burn incense all night long, and the next day, even in the corners of each room, they can smell the fragrant aroma.
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Cash cows and today's Christmas trees have the same magic, both choose larger, better-shaped pine branches and insert them in vases. Then the tree is decorated with copper coins, yuanbao, pomegranate flowers, etc., called a cash cow.
It means that the new year is rolling in.
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There are two kinds of old age money, one is the pocket money given by the elders to the younger generations in the popular sense, which is also known as the pressure money.
Another kind of pressing money refers to the copper coin woven into a dragon shape with colored rope, and then the dragon-shaped money is placed at the foot of the bed, which is the "pressing money" of the Eight Classics.
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Red ticket is the title of the post of people who went to the money bank to withdraw money at that time, and when it came to the Chinese New Year's Eve, the rich and noble family had to take some silver to the money bank to exchange for copper money, and the post of taking money had to be written on red paper or colored paper, and then specially called the red ticket, which was to take an auspicious meaning.
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Hanging thousands are red paper full of auspicious words, usually about a foot long, stuck in front of the gate. Some hanging thousands of people with the image of eight immortals and other immortals are generally hung at the door by people who believe in Buddhism.
The Yanjing Chronicle specifically pointed out that this is a lot of hanging when ordinary people hang up during the New Year, but the family generally does not need to hang a thousand.
In addition to the ordinary hanging thousands hung by the people's homes, there are also three-inch long yellow paper hanging thousands, and one-inch long red paper hanging thousands, all of which are called small hanging thousands. This is generally posted by the family of the person doing business.
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On the day of Chinese New Year's Eve, each family must prepare a long table to place in the atrium, on which a "hundred percent" is painted with the full picture of the gods and Buddhas, and in front of this statue of the gods and Buddhas, all kinds of fruits and pastries are also offered.
Generally, there are preserves, fruits, dried fruits, steamed buns, vegetarian dishes, rice cakes, pomegranates, yuanbao and so on.
The Heaven and Earth Table is incinerated during the Spring Festival to receive the gods, and then incense is worshiped until the fifteenth day of the first month
The above ten Chinese New Year's Eve customs are the customs recorded by the ancients in the city of Beijing in the Qing Dynasty, with the change and development of the times, some customs have become unsuitable for modern people, at the same time, some Chinese New Year's Eve customs have been passed down to this day, and there are other different Chinese New Year's Eve customs throughout the country.
However, regardless of the region, regardless of ancient and modern times, these customs are pinned on the hope of ordinary people for family reunion and the yearning for a happy life in the new year.
Finally, take history as a mirror to wish everyone a happy new year and a happy family, 2021 cattle! cattle! cattle!
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References/ Records of the Yanjing Dynasty