What are the Chinese New Year customs in Nanfeng?

Spring Festival is the most important traditional folk festival in Fengkai County. On this day, people who go out go home for reunion. Generally speaking, people's holiday activities begin on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, and they will do a lot of indoor and outdoor cleaning and prepare new year's goods. Women are busy wrapping and steaming rice cakes to welcome the New Year. In 2000, it was mainly glutinous rice paste, sometimes glutinous rice paste, sweet cake and "sand crisp" wrapped in steamed peanuts and sesame seeds (rice sticky products), as well as fried sugar rings and fried sauce (hollow in the north and solid in the south). After liberation, fried dumplings, wonton and soup pills are still popular. Before New Year's Eve, there is a custom to send the kitchen god. On February 23rd, Lunar/KLOC-0, Kitchen God was sent to heaven, and on New Year's Eve, Kitchen God was appointed to the throne. Three kinds of sacrifices and wine gifts should be prepared to meet the kitchen god. Legend has it that the Kitchen God will report the owner's situation to the Jade Emperor, so people respect the Kitchen God. Every first and fifteenth day, he would burn incense and worship, hoping that Kitchen God would put in a good word for him when he went to heaven. On New Year's Eve, every household sticks couplets and door gods, buys meat to kill chickens, and prepares sacrifices such as silk powder, yuba, needle vegetables and incense letters to offer sacrifices to the gods. For dinner, the family has a "reunion dinner" with rich tables and drinks. In many rural areas, it is customary for the whole family to surround the brazier in the hall until dawn, which is called "guarding the old age". The stove is lit with chaff or firewood, and fireworks are set off all night to light the "ever-burning lamp" to show the grace of "Changqing". Many places are also used to keeping "every other year's meal" to show that "there is more than one year". Starting from 0: 00, firecrackers are set off to "welcome the new year". People in the city also take to the streets for a walk, which means "good luck" and "good luck" in the new year. Fireworks and firecrackers continue to be set off in urban and rural areas.

On the morning of New Year's Day, some places are used to eating sweet soup balls and noodles, and some places are used to being vegetarian all day without eating meat. When young people and old people meet for the first time, they all bow and wish each other good luck. Young people pay New Year greetings to their elders, and elders give red envelopes and candy to their younger generation. Every family has refreshments, cigarettes and sweets to entertain guests. Everyone put on new clothes, and the streets of Nakamura Ataru were crowded with pedestrians, beaming. On the second day of the lunar new year, many places are used to killing chickens and worshipping god. People who eat vegetarian food on the first day of the Lunar New Year will have a rich feast on this day. Since then, all localities have been accustomed to visiting each other, visiting relatives and friends, and urban and rural areas have shown a festive atmosphere. Lion Dance Team, Dragon Dance Team and Eight-tone Drum Band went to town for the New Year. The recipient should prepare tea, candy and cigarettes and receive them warmly. There are also lion dances, martial arts performances, firecrackers and red envelopes. The lively scene was crowded. Traditional folk programs such as Jin Shan White Horse Dance, Five Horse Tour Dance and Sike Tea-picking Opera toured four townships and performed in Shuang Mu and neighboring Cangwu County. The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is "People's Day". People generally don't go out or visit relatives and friends. Many places are used to eating soup medicine on the Lantern Festival, indicating that the new year has begun. Nanfeng and Jinzhuangwang in the county are taller than Lantern Festival and more lively than New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. On the same day, the West Temple of Dutou City held a fireworks show, and many merchants or residents cooperated to prepare golden pigs (that is, roast pigs) to worship Bodhisattva, praying for the gods to keep diamonds in the new year, with prosperous business and abundant financial resources; I wish the neighborhood residents prosperity, six animals prosperity and people's health. Inside and outside the gun range, there are a sea of people, year after year.

In many places in Zhanqi County (especially in rural areas), when family members are sick, they are used to going to temples to pray for visas, blessings and "blessings" from God. Although cured by doctors, most of them are regarded as gods, and their families have to offer three wine gifts to "recover"; Some people, in case of big or small matters, first ask a witch for good or ill luck, which is called "asking for flowers" and "asking for m"; When encountering drought, insect pests and epidemics, they go to the temple to worship the gods and pray for "the gods to protect the beginning" to eliminate disasters and diseases; Some people get sick, that is, they go to the gods to bow down and take incense ashes, which is called "magic medicine", or ask people to "draw symbols" with paper and burn ashes to take them. If it doesn't heal, it is considered that God is dishonest. Before liberation, due to the remoteness of the county seat, the low mass culture and the lack of scientific common sense, everyone thought that their lives were determined by "fate" and "feng shui", so superstitious occupation, fortune telling, fortune telling and "feng shui" led to frequent disputes over graves or houses and even sectarian strife.

Other bad habits of superstition and taboo include: avoid eating rice in the seasons of "beginning of spring" and "fright". On the second day of the first month, Xinghua, Luodong and other places prohibit children from entering the gate threshold. When the groom picks up the bride from his father-in-law's house, it is forbidden to step on the threshold when entering the door. Otherwise, he will drink Taomi water (meaning "stupid cow") or set off firecrackers to apologize. Xinghua and other places cut off the shoes worn by the groom. Pregnant women are forbidden to have their hair cut, move their beds, break ground and build buildings, so as not to commit "fetal god". Pregnant women are forbidden to attend other people's weddings and funerals. Maternal women avoid water and fire, avoid seeing their parents, eat at the same table with their families, share dishes, and wash their shirts and trousers separately to avoid "the wind under the moon." Those who die in different places can only stop at the edge of the village and are not allowed to enter the house. Boat people should not wash their saddles and wash their hair when sailing. When eating, they should not put chopsticks on the table, and the spoon on the table should not be upside down. In order to avoid stranding or other accidents. Eyebrows are jumping, which is considered unlucky. Some people want to stick a small piece of red paper on their eyelids. When eating new rice for the first time, avoid soup or rice soaked in water. I hope it will be sunny and don't spoil the new valley.

Bodhisattva's trip to fight against evil is to do something for temples and social circles, saying that it is to let bodhisattvas and idols appear, "eliminate disasters" for the people and ensure good weather. Where there are temples and social altars in the county, there is a custom of playing incense until the Republic of China. Usually it is brewed once every three to five years. Set up a bamboo shed, set up a "mountain warrior", set up an altar, choose a good day, and invite many monks to make trouble for three days and nights (at least one day and night). After fasting, chanting, setting up a "land and water Dojo" and hanging a grafting list, people who know Qigong are invited to perform dances with magic tricks such as climbing a knife mountain, jumping into charcoal, beating sand and lighting a river. Part of its expenses are solved from the income (or cannon fee) of the forest land occupied by its temples and social altars, and part of it is raised from the ancestors of various villages. Bodhisattva outings are mostly held at the end of autumn harvest, early winter and around the birthday of the temple. Time is three to five years, not once. There is a preparatory body. Before the Bodhisattva went out on patrol, she oiled the statue and repaired the furnishings in the temple. Tourist routes, eight-tone gongs and drums bands, colorful flags with umbrellas, lion awakening teams and villages decorated with "sacred objects" are all carefully arranged. During the Republic of China, some places in the county robbed the bodhisattva, which usually lasted for one day. If there are many places to go, it will take two to three days. When the tourist season comes, members will get together for a big meal. The first day is the table entry day, the second day is the birthday day, and the third day is the table closing day. The "Lusheng" in the village where Bodhisattva traveled was organized by local villagers, and its "Lusheng" was decorated with golden pigs, chickens, pork, dried seaweed, fruit crystals, cakes, oranges and incense sticks. Bodhisattva was carried to the Tathagata and stopped, that is, people bowed down, toasted, burned incense, set off gunpowder cannons or firecrackers, and so on. Before liberation, the Bodhisattva of Dutou Chengxi Temple in Kaijian County traveled in winter. Because the temple is on the west bank of Hejiang River and goes to Nanfeng, the county seat, the bodhisattva does not cross the river by boat, but people have to catch up. Drink a bowl of wine to warm up before entering the water, and have a fire to warm up after landing, no matter how cold the weather is. The outing of Bodhisattva in Chengxi Temple is loved by the county folk customs. Because of the huge eight-tone drum team, Luo Umbrella bunting team, dragon dance team, lion dance team and floating color team, the atmosphere is warm and thousands of people are attracted everywhere. After liberation, Bodhisattva's travel activities disappeared, and most temples and statues were demolished and burned in previous political movements. /kloc-After the 1980s, many temples and statues were rebuilt, but no bodhisattvas traveled.

Temple Fair Most of the temples and shrines in Baohui County were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and a few were rebuilt in the Republic of China. Well-known temples include: Beidi Temple, Dongdi Temple, Huaguang Temple, Guandi Temple in Fengcheng, Hua Lun Temple in Luogu Port of Yulaohekou, Tang Sheng Temple in Qingshui of Liandu, Shengfei Palace at the foot of Xinghuaban Mountain, Penglai Palace, Liuxing Palace, Zhendong Palace, Cost House, Guanghan Palace and Qingshan Palace in other areas; Chenghuang Temple, Beidi Temple, Guandi Temple, Huaguang Temple, Qisheng Temple, Pangu Temple, Long Mu Temple, Baoyue Palace, Tianhou Palace, Taiwei Palace, Xinfushe, Guitianshe, Chengxi Temple, Dutou Li Antang Temple, Xizhuang Temple, Chili Lingsheng Temple, Tianling Temple and Dayukou Longmen Temple are all flat. Every temple shrine has its own birthday, and its birthday is the temple fair period. Temple fair activities vary from temple to temple, some once a year, some once every 2-3 years or 4-5 years. Gun Festival is a traditional mass activity held by the people in various temples during the salivary period, and people from four townships gather. The cannon will be equipped with the first gun, the second gun, the third gun and the fourth gun. The winner of each gun will be responsible for the temple fair, including mobilizing and organizing the masses to raise funds and praying for the gods to bless everything. During the filming, the last organizer (or individual) first escorted the gun screen (known as the symbol and incarnation of Bodhisattva) to the filming site by the Eight Tone Drum Band, Lion Awakening Team and Colorful Flag Umbrella Team, which was called "returning the gun". Set up a high platform made of bamboo and wood in the gun range, install a steel gun tube with a diameter of six or seven centimeters, and put a "gun ring" on the muzzle (with a diameter of five or six centimeters, surrounded by red lines or red ribbons). In order to get guns, all villages organized a group of young and middle-aged people to go into battle in advance. When the shooting started, the shot fell, which was very lively. The winner of the gun will become the head of the gun and the organizer of the next gun meeting, and will also receive a gun meeting bonus.

On the Mid-Autumn Festival, Fengkai people commonly call it "August 15th" or "Moonlight Festival". According to the statement in the Book of Rites of the Zhou Dynasty that "the son of heaven worships the sun and the moon in spring and the sun and the moon in autumn", the word autumn implies the maturity of crops from two aspects: grain and fire. Thanks to the moon, there was a good harvest. Spread to the people, there are cultural customs to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, such as watching lanterns, making cakes and fruits, slaughtering chickens and geese, having a family reunion dinner, Yue Bai, and worshipping the moon. As the saying goes, "The winter is not full, the year is not full, and August 15th is full", which shows the importance of Mid-Autumn Festival diet. In the old days, the Mid-Autumn Festival atmosphere in Fengkai area was particularly strong. In the old street of Fengchuan ancient city, as early as ten days before the festival, the bakers in the teahouse began to make preparations before the festival: painting in front of the door, hanging red and green, making exquisite cakes, hanging palace lanterns, running lanterns and so on.

In the official's son of this county, "Tang Xuanzong visited the Moon Palace" and swam along the Dongshan River "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea"; Engage in "Noisy Heaven" at the top of Beishan Mountain, and hold "The Story of Diusim Yue Bai" in Gong Xue; Engage in "WU GANG Logging" in Pan Guifang; Singing folk songs on both sides of Hejiang; Various large-scale folk activities such as "putting on lanterns" on Fengchuan beach are a festive scene.

Every household also holds a "Moon Sacrifice" ceremony. Those with roofs are on the roofs, and those without roofs are in front of their own houses. The women presided over the sacrificial ceremony. Family members pray for the moon and burn incense. Children sing: "Moonlight, Moon Goddess, open the door and get married …" or play various games. In addition to moon cakes, Yue Bai's tributes include sealed chestnuts, Shatian pomelo, carambola and persimmon, and sucking snails to make eyes brighter. There is also "chasing the moon", the so-called "chasing the moon", that is, after August 15, the excitement is not over, "the moon on the fifteenth day is sixteen laps", and it will be called chasing the moon again in Izayoi in August. That night, friends and relatives were invited to enjoy the moon in elegant indoor places, and some merchants in Fengchuan Street also held a "Chasing the Moon" tea party to entertain customers.