Time never stops, bustling and resplendent,
Year after year, shining brightly.
The annual Spring Festival is coming soon,
different regions,
New Year's customs are not the same.
Xiaoxing takes you to experience
Different "New Year flavors" from all over the world
northeast
Don't be hungry, kid, kid.
After Laba is the new year, drink Laba porridge for a few days,
Milly la la twenty-three, twenty-three sticky melons,
Twenty-four to clean the house, twenty-five to make tofu,
Twenty-six to cut the meat, twenty-seven to slaughter the rooster,
Twenty-eight handfuls of noodles, twenty-nine steamed buns,
Stay up all night at 30, twist and turn on the New Year's Eve.
This is a folk song describing the customs of the New Year in Northeast China, vividly showing the colorful New Year life of the people in Northeast China.
When winter is approaching, people in Northeast China start to prepare new year’s goods, stock up on a truckload of vegetables, meat, and fruits, and make their own sauces and delicacies.
On the evening of the New Year's Eve, a table of authentic Northeast New Year's Eve delicacies will be prepared. At twelve o'clock on the New Year's Eve, the family will eat dumplings on time. Some will wrap steel coins in the dumplings and eat special "dumplings" ", the coming year will be smooth and full of blessings.
Henan
There is such a Chinese New Year song in Henan and other places:
"Twenty-three, sacrifice to the stove official; twenty-four, sweep the house; twenty-five, grind tofu; twenty-six, cut the meat; twenty-seven, kill a chicken; twenty-eight, steam jujube flowers; twenty-nine, go Dajiu; Thirty children, pinch the nose (dumplings); the first day of the new year, pout your buttocks and make random gestures."
People buy New Year's affairs in accordance with this customary habit. This New Year's song can be said to be the memorabilia of Henan folk New Year's Eve.
eat dumplings
In Henan's Spring Festival recipes, "dumplings" are the highlight, and no dish can overwhelm the limelight of dumplings!
On New Year's Eve, the whole family starts chopping stuffing, rolling skins, and making dumplings together. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, cook the dumplings, respect the heaven, the earth, and the ancestors, and enjoy them together.
crowded temple fair
Temple fairs have special significance for Henan people to welcome the new year. Arrange a trustworthy god in the temple, find a good day to say hello to the god, and incense to worship the god and ancestors is indispensable.
In addition, the temple fair arranges various performances of lion dance, dragon dance, and Yangko twisting.
Guangdong
The festive activities during the Spring Festival in Guangdong are rich and colorful.
"On the first day people worship gods, on the second day they worship people, on the third day they are poor ghosts, on the fourth day they beg for rice, on the fifth and sixth day it is the year, on the seventh day they go to look for spring, on the eighth and eighth day they don't return, on the ninth and ninth day they are empty, On the tenth day of the lunar new year, we go to spring, on the eleventh we go back, on the twelfth we set up lamp sheds, on the thirteenth people turn on the lights, on the fourteenth the lights are bright, on the fifteenth day we pray for the lights, and we get rid of all kinds of diseases by picking greenery.”
This is a folk song of the Lunar New Year that is popular in Guangzhou.
Worship ancestors
Every Spring Festival, people take the family as a unit and bring gifts such as gift boxes, firecrackers, ingots and incense candles to the ancestral temple to worship and offer incense. After the salute, firecrackers are set off.
shopping street
Visiting the flower street is a traditional custom in Guangdong. The annual winter jasmine flower market is full of flowers and crowds, and it is very lively.
While shopping in the flower street, you will also buy various potted flowers and bouquets of flowers for auspiciousness and beautification of the environment.
make dumplings
According to the customs of the Cantonese, after the 20th of the twelfth lunar month, it is necessary to open the oil pan. Fried oil corners, fried piles, egg powder, sugar rings, smiling jujubes at home... Cantonese call it "opening the oil pot", which means that the family is prosperous and has no worries about food and clothing.
Shandong
The end of the year is approaching, and Qilu welcomes the spring. On this festive season, the fireworks are brilliant. When the new year is approaching, the land of Shandong is full of strong New Year flavor.
Go to the fair, buy new year's goods
In Shandong, there will be "gatherings" in most places, and the gatherings are often held regularly. The last gathering before the new year is the time when the flavor of the year is the strongest.
In Shandong, going to the fair is commonly known as "going to the market". At this time, the elderly and children in the family often go to the market to buy new year's goods.
New Year's Eve, Spring Festival arrives
On New Year's Eve, every household will post Spring Festival couplets and window grilles, and some people will hang up lanterns, implying a prosperous New Year.
The family gathers together, makes dumplings, eats New Year’s Eve dinner, and toasts together to celebrate the New Year. The taste of the New Year has reached its peak.
Ningxia
Ningxia, located in the western part of my country, has unique Spring Festival customs, such as offering sacrifices to stoves, pouring wax, picking up paper, sitting on the big table, welcoming the god of happiness, typing, Gaotai Shehuo, Mashehuo, Shehuo visiting villages for New Year greetings, making buckwheat during Lantern Festival Face lanterns, enclose warehouses on February 2nd, change dragon clothes, etc.
Shunxing Puja
In Zhongwei, Ningxia, there is a unique custom of Shunxing New Year: on the eighth day of the first lunar month, when all the stars descend to the earth, the Zhongwei area will hold a Shunxing ceremony in the temple to pray for good luck, safety and auspiciousness.
play social fire
Playing Shehuo is an unmissable Spring Festival activity in the north and south of Ningxia, such as the Gaotai Horse Shehuo in Longde County. etc., contains a strong cultural connotation.
Hunan
In Hunan, a land of outstanding people, families gather together on New Year's Eve to cook a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, chat while eating, talk about harvest and miss. They will also prepare sacrificial meals and offer incense to ancestors.
On New Year's Eve, the whole family will watch the year together, make dumplings, set off firecrackers, and light Kongming lanterns to make wishes.
Of course, there are many different customs in various parts of Hunan, such as:
Changsha's "rich man, travel to heaven",
Zhuzhou's "open the door, worship the six gods",
Xiangtan's "Dahuafeng, Sanchizi",
Shaoyang's "Eating Blood Cake" and "Tandou New Year Paintings",
Changde's "Turn on the Lights at Thirty" and "Send the Kitchen God",
Yueyang's "Barry Fish, Reunion Dinner",
Yiyang's "New Year's Eve Burning Fire",
Loudi's "New Year greetings tell the order",
Huaihua's "send stove",
"Eating noodles and breaking branches" in Yongzhou,
Chenzhou's "eat big pieces of meat",
The "Old Man" in Xiangxi and so on.
"Year" is "home"
It is the day that the family looks forward to,
It's the day we meet again,
It is the day of reunion of the year.
Xingyunhai International wish you all
Happy Chinese New Year, family reunion
In this festive atmosphere
Have a Spring Festival full of good memories!
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