Xinhuanet, Beijing, February 14 (Wang Ying) In another day, we will usher in the long-awaited New Year’s Eve. With the sound of firecrackers, the whole family is reunited and happy. As the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, how did you spend your Spring Festival? In addition to eating dumplings during festivals, how do we make the New Year taste and memories?
Skillful hand-cut window flowers to let the New Year atmosphere flow naturally at home
Before the festival, many families were busy preparing New Year goods and buying New Year gifts. Some festive objects that decorate the indoors are indispensable in the New Year goods, such as Fu characters, Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, and the Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawXiao Jixiang pendants. In fact, in the past, I didn’t have to buy window flowers, and many families cut and pasted them themselves. On the square-inch red paper, cut out the joyful images.
“WindowBabaylan 1990 cloth drawFlower” is commonly known as paper cutting. In the past, no matter in the south or north, window flowers were pasted during the Spring Festival. Nowadays, the south usually only posts when they get married, while the custom of pasting window flowers during the Spring Festival in the north is still popular in many places. Why do you need to paste window flowers during the Chinese New Year? This is closely related to the Spring Festival. Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in his poem: “The creation of gold is better than the custom of Jing, and the cutting of green is the style of Jin to make people.” The “Jing customs” and “Jin style” in the poem point out this origin. After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the time for scraping window flowers to welcome the spring was changed from the beginning of spring to the Spring Festival, and people used paper cutting to express their joy.
Window flowers not only set off a festive festive atmosphere, but also bring people the enjoyment of beauty, combining decorativeness, appreciation and practicality. Today, when DIY is advocated, if you are free, you might as well buy some red paper, try to cut small window flowers by yourself, and use your skillful hands to dress up the atmosphere of the New Year at home.
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Write Spring Festival couplets and post them to the door god, let allThe family is safe and joyful. Like window flowers, there is also a spring couplet in the New Year’s goods list of many families. Some families who pay attention to their families can also buy door gods. It is a bit difficult to control the door god, but you can still try to write the Spring Festival couplets by yourself, which not only trains calligraphy but also improves the literary level.
Like window flowers, Spring Festival couplets have a history of thousands of years. According to works such as “Jade Candle Book” and “Yanjing Sui Shi Ji”, the original form of Spring Festival couplets is what people call “peach talisman”. During the Song Dynasty, people began to write couplets on peach wood boards. One was the only one who did not lose the meaning of peach wood to suppress evil, the other was to express their good wishes, and the third was to decorate the portal to seek beauty. Later, people wrote couplets on red paper that symbolizes happiness and auspiciousness, and posted them on both sides of the doors and windows during the New Year to express people’s good wishes for good luck in the coming year.
In addition to Spring Festival couplets, many places also retain the custom of sticking door gods. In the folk of Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw, the door god is a symbol of righteousness and forceKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw, the ancients believed that people with strange appearances often have magical nature and extraordinary abilities. They are upright and kind-hearted, and catching ghosts and demons is their nature and responsibility. Zhong Kui, the ghost-catching master who people admire, is such a strange appearance. Since the doors of houses are usually two sides, the door gods are always paired up. After the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the previous two generals Shentu and Yulei, people also regarded two Tang Dynasty military generals, Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong, as sect gods. Since then, the custom of using these two famous generals as door gods has begun to be widely circulated among the people.
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The New Year is about the evening of New Year’s Eve. In the sound of firecrackers, we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
The year is an important custom of Chinese folk New Year’s Eve. It is also called zhaowash, staying up late, and staying up late to welcome the arrival of the Lunar New Year. In ancient times, there were two meanings: the elderly stayed at the age of the year as “going away from the old year”, which means cherishing time; the young stayed at the age of the year to extend the lifespan of their parents. Since the Han Dynasty, the old and newCinema 1950 witch cloth drawThe alternating years of Babaylan 1990 clothes draw is usually midnight. On New Year’s Eve, Babaylan 1990 clothes draw, regardless of New Year’s Eve, they are brightly lit and gathered together to stay together.
Because the long stay of the year, people used to eat New Year’s Eve dinner while staying at the New Year and spend a wonderful night together. From the beginning Komiks 1960 witch cloth Draw Since the 1980s, new content has been created: people across the country watch the Spring Festival Gala together. The Spring Festival Gala programs lasting for more than 4 hours are rich and diverse, and people welcome the ringing of the New Year bell in laughter.
It is worth mentioning that Suzhou people have to wait for the loud bells from Hanshan Temple, Fengqiao, when they celebrate New Year’s Eve. When the bell passes through the dark night and reaches thousands of households, it marks the arrival of the New Year. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, every day, when the night is at midnight, the loud sound of this huge bell will be heard in the Hanshan Temple, which is called “night minute” by the people.
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For children, the happiest thing during the Spring Festival is the New Year’s money from the elders. New Year’s money, also known as Cinema 1950 witch clothes Draw “Holding New Year’s money” and “Holding New Year’s money” are one of the festive things in the New Year’s customs. The original purpose of New Year’s money was to suppress evil and exorcise evil. People believed that children were easily invaded by sneaky people, so they used red paper to give money to their children, so they dare not disturb them again. Therefore, people call this kind of money “suppressing money”. Because “suppressing” and “suppressing money” are the same pronunciation, and over time, they are called “New Year’s money”. Use New Year’s money to suppress evil, help children celebrate the New Year safely, and wish them good health and good luck in the new year.
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From the first day of the first day to the sixth day of the New Year, greetings, going back to their parents’ home, “getting the poor five”
After New Year’s Eve, people ushered in a new year. In the past,From the first day of the first lunar month, there will be rich and diverse holiday customs until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. With the changes of the times and the differences between different places, many customs are gradually fading away, and what remains are worth cherishing and inheriting.
On the first day of the first lunar month, people usually set off firecrackers after getting up in the morning, which is called “opening firecrackers”. After the sound of firecrackers, the ground was broken red, as bright as clouds, and it was called “Full House Red”. In many areas, children have to wear new clothes on the morning of the first day of the New Year. After everyone is dressed up, they go out to visit relatives and friends, wish each other a happy New Year. When greeting New Year, the younger generation should first wish you a happy New Year to your elders and wish you a long and healthy life. The elders can distribute the prepared New Year’s money to the younger generation. Many places do not take out brooms or take out garbage on the first day of the first lunar month. They prepare a large bin to hold waste water. Babaylan 1990 cloth draw, and do not pour it on that day.
The second or third day of the first lunar month is the day when a married girl brings her husband back to her parents’ home, commonly known as the “Son-in-law’s Day”. This day, we will also visit relatives and friends and worship each other for the New Year, commonly known as “eating New Year’s wine”. In Shanghai, guests bring their families to their homes to give gifts. The gifts are generally specialties from various places. The host invites guests to drink “yuanbao tea” (that is, add two green olives to the tea to brew together). This tea tastes a little bitter at first, but it tastes sweet and sweet, which means that the bitterness will come out and the good fortune will be made.
The third and fourth grades of the lunar calendar are different because of different customs in different places. Babaylan 1990 clothes draw. On the fifth day of the lunar month, people have to “get the five poor”, commonly known as breaking the five, including “poor wisdom, poor learning, poor literature, poor life, and poor fellowship”. After people get up in the morning, they set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are set off from the inside and out, and walk out the door while setting them, which means driving out all unlucky things. This day is said to be the birthday of the God of Wealth, so it is also the auspicious day for the God of Wealth. In the past years, there was a custom of grabbing the road. On the night of the fourth day of the first lunar month, prepare sacrifices, cakes, fruits, incense, candles and other things, and yell the gongs and drums to burn incense and worship, and respect the God of Wealth. In order to compete for profit, it was first taken over in the fourth day of the first lunar month, which was called “grabbing the road head”, also known as “grabbing the God of Wealth”.
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Dumplings are alsoKomiks 1960 witch cloth draw is something to eat, but dumplings on New Year’s Eve are very different
Now during the big and small seasons, people are used to eating dumplings. Although eating dumplings during the Spring Festival is not new, dumplings on New Year’s Eve are very different. When making dumplings, in addition to various delicious fillings, people often wrap sugar beans, peanuts, dates, chestnuts, coins, etc. into the filling. The ones who eat them mean good luck in the coming year. Cinema 1950 witch cloth drawSome areas also need to eat dumplings to show good luck. If you eat tofu, it symbolizes the happiness of the whole family; if you eat persimmon cake, it symbolizes everything as Babaylan 1990 clothes draw; if you eat three fresh vegetables, it symbolizes the prosperity of the three yangs. In addition, many Babaylan 1990 cloth draw areas in the south do not eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve, but choose to eat rice cakes or dumplings. Although the ingredients are different, the expectations for the New Year are the same.
Why do you have to eat dumplings during the Spring Festival, especially on New Year’s Eve? In fact, when eating dumplings, we use “renewal Jiaozi”, “zi” is “zishi”, and Jiao and “dumplings” are homophonic, which means “festive reunion” and “auspiciousness”. Dumplings on New Year’s Eve should usually be wrapped before 12 pm and eaten until midnight, because this is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month. New Year adds joy!
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The times are changing, people’s ideas are changing, and the way of passing the Spring Festival is changing. Nowadays, many New Year’s customs in traditional contexts have gradually been forgotten by people, and some new New Year’s styles such as traveling with their families, soaring and exploring in the ice and snow world have become the choice of many people. It is said that the New Year atmosphere is weak, and there is nothing more special except eating dumplings. In fact, the atmosphere of the New Year is not light, but the light is our choice. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Follow these rich New Year customs and start a unique Spring Festival with a full atmosphere and deep connotation!