New Year custom

New year customs 1. Speak well and avoid scolding children: traditionally, if a child is scolded on the first day of the first year, he will be scolded for a whole year. In particular, it is required to say good words on the first day, and not swear words. In some areas, if a child slips, adults will immediately say, "Everything is forgiven for the child's words"; If you accidentally break something, you will say "send it away" (meaning get rich) or "break it safely (year after year)". Don't clean the house, don't sweep the garbage out of the house: worship the kitchen god before the Chinese New Year and send him away after the Chinese New Year. "Cleaning the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" is also called "sweeping the dust", which means to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. According to Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, China has the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival. According to the folk saying: Because of the homonym of "dust" and "Chen", sweeping dust in the Spring Festival means "getting rid of the old and not being new", and its original intention is to sweep away all bad luck and bad luck. Avoid cleaning in the days after the new year. Don't take out the garbage from the first day to the fifth day, nor sweep it out of the door, nor pour out the sewage, for fear of sweeping away the wealth at home. 3. Avoid washing clothes on the first day and the second day: Water God's birthday is on the second day of the first day, so washing clothes is forbidden on these two days. 4. avoid reminding people to get up on the first day: don't remind people to get up on the first morning of the year, thinking that this will make the other person be urged to do things all year round. 5. Married women should avoid going back to their parents' homes on the first, fourth and fifth days: during the Chinese New Year, married women and son-in-law can only go back to their parents' homes on the second or third day, which is said to prevent poverty. 6. Don't pay New Year's greetings to people who are still sleeping: Don't pay New Year's greetings to people who are still sleeping on the first day of the new year, wait until the other person gets up, or the other person will lie in bed for a whole year. 7, avoid eating fish head and fish tail: fish is a must-have dish for the New Year, saying "more than enough". When eating fish, leave the head and tail behind, which means that there will be not only food and clothing, but also a surplus in the coming year. 8. Avoid debt collection: Traditionally, it is believed that people who are in debt collection or want debt during the Chinese New Year will be unlucky all year, so debt collection is prohibited. Generally, one year's debts will be settled before the year. 9. Sticking Spring Festival couplets: Spring Festival couplets are also called door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets, peaches and so on. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, simple and exquisite words, which are unique literary forms in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should choose a pair of red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival. This custom began in the Song Dynasty and was popular in the Ming Dynasty. By the Qing Dynasty, the ideological and artistic quality of Spring Festival couplets had been greatly improved. Liang Zhangju's monograph Poetry of Spring Festival couplets discusses the origin of couplets and the characteristics of various works. There are many kinds of Spring Festival couplets, which can be divided into door heart, frame pair, cross string, spring strip and bucket square according to the place of use. The "door core" is attached to the center of the upper end of the door panel; The "door frame pair" is attached to the left and right door frames; "Cross-dressing" is posted on the crossbar of the door; "Spring strips" are posted in corresponding places according to different contents; "Dou Jin", also known as "door leaf", is a square diamond, often attached to furniture and screen walls. 10, New Year pictures: Hanging New Year pictures during the Spring Festival is also very common in urban and rural areas. Thick black and colorful New Year pictures have added a lot of prosperity to thousands of families.