The Spring Festival in my hometown is 300 words.

Lingbi Spring Festival and other holiday customs

1. Spring Festival

The first day of the first lunar month is called the Spring Festival, which is the biggest traditional festival in a year. Celebrating the Spring Festival is commonly known as "Chinese New Year". In the Qing Dynasty, the county attached great importance to the custom of Chinese New Year. It is said that Kitchen God went to the west, went on the 23rd and came back on the 15th of the first month. On the 23rd night of the twelfth lunar month, local civil and military officials set off firecrackers and held activities to worship the kitchen. On the evening of the 24th, the common people carried out activities of offering sacrifices to stoves. In front of the stove, there is a couplet that says "Heaven speaks well, and the lower bound is safe", which horizontally criticizes "the head of the family". 1Before noon on February 30th, every household posted red paper Spring Festival couplets, which were written with compliments to the feudal monarchy, such as "the great virtue of the emperor, the deep kindness of the emperor" and so on. Ordinary paper couplets are posted in the bereavement home. That night, local officials and ordinary people went to the temple to shoot guns and burn incense, and stayed up all night to "watch the old age" and worship the gods and ancestors of heaven and earth. It is said that on New Year's Eve, the gods are in the lower bound. To this end, a tall pole was erected in the courtyard and a red light was hung to make the Lord shine all year round. People regard the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month as holiday makers. On the first day of New Year's Day, men, women and children put on new clothes and hung them on the ancestral tablet of "Heaven, Earth, Jun and Shi" and Guanyin statue in the main house, burning guns, incense and kowtowing to their parents to pay New Year's greetings. On the second day of the second year, give new year greetings to relatives and neighbors or red paper business cards. On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, local bureaucrats, officials, gentry and rich families invited spring wine for private exchange. On this day in beginning of spring, the county magistrate, dressed in royal robes, sat in a big sedan chair with six rooms in Class Three and held a memorial ceremony on the altar outside the east gate of the county seat to welcome the arrival of the spring cattle.

After the Revolution of 1911, Chinese New Year customs, such as offering sacrifices to stoves, observing old age, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, and inviting spring wine, remained, but the cost was reduced.

After the founding of New China, folk Chinese New Year customs followed the old customs. On New Year's Eve in China, people who are far away from home always like to go home for the New Year. The Chinese New Year Song circulated among the masses said, "Twenty-three honeydew melon sticks, twenty-four cleaning houses, twenty-five grinding wheat, twenty-six cutting meat, twenty-seven writing couplets, twenty-eight stick grilles, twenty-nine steamed buns, staying up for thirty nights and kowtowing on the first three days of the Lunar New Year". At the end of the twelfth lunar month, most families are busy celebrating the New Year. First of all, from the beginning of cleaning, every household carries out general cleaning, cleaning indoor and outdoor garbage and dirt, unpacking and washing clothes, bedding, arranging furniture, stoves, etc., and spending the New Year neatly. Every household hangs New Year pictures and puts up Spring Festival couplets to add color to the festival and bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. The content of the Spring Festival couplets is to praise * * *, to praise Chairman Mao Zedong, to praise the socialist system, and so on, such as "turning over and not forgetting * * *, happiness depends on Chairman Mao" and criticizing "Long live * * *". During the Cultural Revolution, Na Wei, a farmer, must hang a portrait of President Mao Zedong. Couplets include "Listen to Chairman Mao's words and care about state affairs, follow * * * and persist in private struggle and criticism", and horizontal criticism includes "Long live Chairman Mao" and so on. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee, landscapes, flowers and birds, calligraphy and painting were hung indoors. The Spring Festival couplets have new contents, such as "Emancipating the mind, getting rid of superstitions, seeking truth from facts and being determined to reform" and so on, "Spring returns to the earth" and so on. At noon on New Year's Eve, the whole family, old and young, had a "reunion dinner" with rich dishes and laughter all over the house. Firecrackers are set off before meals, and some householders even sprinkle some vegetable rice soup in front of the hall to show their memory of their ancestors. In the evening, the whole family gather under the lamp to play poker, mahjong, chess, story telling, solve riddles on the lanterns, watching TV and other entertainment activities. The next day, the Spring Festival arrived, and every household rushed to open the door early in the morning. As the saying goes, opening the door early can make you "rich" early, and everyone in the family has to get up on time. Open the door and set off firecrackers, then have tea and breakfast, just breakfast. On the first day of the third grade, every family should eat flat food (that is, vegetarian dumplings) for breakfast. Legend has it that if you eat meat, the domestic livestock and poultry are not prosperous, and parents often hide coins in flat food. People who eat meat are considered lucky and rich in the new year. Put on festive clothes after meals, first give "New Year greetings" to the elders at home and near home, and the elders should give "lucky money" to the younger generation. Then, the neighbors "pay New Year greetings" to each other.

2. Lantern Festival

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, also known as Shangyuan Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, from the 13th to 15th of the first month, people decorated lanterns, drank and burned incense, set off sparks, went to the theater, ate Yuanxiao and celebrated festivals every night. During the Republic of China, people ate rice noodles or glutinous rice balls on festivals, watched performances such as dragon lanterns, lion dances, walking on stilts, and boating at night, and held activities to burn incense to king of people in Tianhe Family Hall. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for superstitious activities such as burning incense and worshipping, everything followed the old customs. The cultural department often organizes lantern riddles, and also organizes farmers to go to the city to perform folk cultural performances such as dragon dance, lion dance and dry boat sailing. Children in urban and rural areas are interested in "picking lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month". After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, with the improvement of living standards, no one ate zongzi, and everyone ate zongzi.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day

In the Qing Dynasty, whenever people went to Tomb-Sweeping Day, they would visit graves to worship their ancestors. Willow branches are inserted in doors, people wear wicker rings and children fly kites. During the Republic of China, willows were planted under the eaves of every household in Tomb-Sweeping Day, adding soil to the graves of ancestors. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the customs in Tomb-Sweeping Day remained the same, and people in urban and rural areas still planted willow branches on eaves doors to add soil to the graves of their loved ones. Primary and secondary schools organize students to carry out grave-sweeping activities in martyrs' cemeteries. On this day, parents will cook boiled eggs for their children.

4. Dragon Boat Festival

The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the Dragon Boat Festival. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, during the Dragon Boat Festival, people hung symbols and inserted moxa. Men and women wore symbols, drank realgar wine and put it on their noses and mouths to ward off evil spirits. Children wear colored silk threads on their wrists to avoid evil spirits and disasters. During the Republic of China, customs remained the same. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), during the Dragon Boat Festival, there are still customs of eating zongzi, inserting moxa sticks, children tying colorful silk threads and girls wearing sachets in urban and rural areas. The quality of zongzi is getting better and better, salty and sweet, and the meat quality is good. In addition, sugar cakes, fried dough sticks, boiled eggs and sweet porridge have also become the main foods for breakfast. Drinking at noon, rich dishes. The habit of hanging symbols and wearing symbols has been abolished, but girls still use sachets filled with realgar, atractylodes rhizome and vanilla as auxiliary materials for detoxification and insect repellent.

5. Noon Festival

The sixth day of June in the lunar calendar is called Mid-Autumn Festival. Before the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), this day was considered as a day to dry books and clothes. Because the plum rain is coming, I will expose my clothes and spend the summer. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the sixth day of June has a new meaning. Daughters and nieces who get married on this day buy meat to honor their parents or other elders who have reached the age of 66 and celebrate the longevity of the elderly. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party, someone attached a certain denomination of RMB.

6. Mid-Autumn Festival

The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, officials and people had the habit of appreciating the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival and giving gifts at festivals. During the Republic of China, on the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, home-made fruits and moon cakes were placed in the court, and the young and old in Yue Bai collectively burned incense. Since the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the custom of Mid-Autumn Festival has remained unchanged, and this day is also called "Reunion Festival". With the improvement of living standards, festivals are becoming more and more exquisite. People who go out or work on this day usually go home for reunion. Friends and relatives give each other Mid-Autumn Festival gifts, such as cockerel, big carp, alcohol and tobacco, moon cakes, etc. Every family bakes sugar to make fire food (round, bread and sesame mixed with sugar). In the 1980s, farmers became rich. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, son-in-law, especially unmarried son-in-law, gives gifts to parents-in-law, such as cockerel, carp, pork and mutton, famous wine and famous cakes. Generally, four-four system or double-four-four system is adopted, depending on the number of family employees. On the night of Mid-Autumn Festival, the full moon is in the sky and the air is crisp in autumn. Families gather in the yard to enjoy the moon and chat, and some set off firecrackers to increase the lively atmosphere. The custom of offering incense to the moon has been abolished.

7. Double Ninth Festival

The ninth day of the ninth lunar month, commonly known as "nine days". In the Qing dynasty, whenever Chongyang came, rich people often picked chrysanthemums to make wine; Some literati climb mountains to write poems; Young students amuse themselves by hiking and climbing mountains. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Double Ninth Festival organized activities to climb high and look far.

8. Laba Festival

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is called Laba Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, during festivals, people ate Laba porridge, brewed wax wine and made wax sauce. During the Republic of China, people often used eight kinds of food to make rice porridge for breakfast. Poor families may reduce the sample size or as usual. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the habit of eating Laba porridge still exists. Families in cities and rural areas often cook rice, cabbage, vermicelli, tofu (or thousands of pieces) and peanuts (or soybeans) in a cooking fire, and add seasonings such as oil, salt and pepper to make Laba porridge for breakfast. Since then, preparations for the festival will begin, so there is a saying among the people that "after eating laba rice, the festival will be held".