Introduce the folk customs of hometown

Except for the one-year-old in firecrackers,

The spring breeze warmed the Tusu people.

Every family has a primary school birthday.

Always trade new peaches for old ones.

It depicts the grand festival scene of China people celebrating the Spring Festival. Firecrackers are a sign of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and also an expression of festive atmosphere. Business people. Setting off firecrackers has another meaning: they set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve to make a fortune in the new year. But according to the old custom, respecting the god of wealth should be the first, and setting off firecrackers should be the last. Legend has it that if you want to get rich, firecrackers will ring at the end.

Like many other places in China, Zhejiang, my hometown, has the same customs during the Spring Festival. For example:

stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve

In our country, people have the habit of observing New Year's Eve, commonly known as "Enduring the Year". Watching the new year begins with eating New Year's Eve dinner. This New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten slowly, starting with lighting lanterns, and some families have to eat it until late at night. According to Zonggu's records of Jingchu's age, there was a custom of New Year's Eve dinner at least in the Northern and Southern Dynasties. The custom of observing the old age not only includes the feeling of farewell and nostalgia for the fleeting time, but also expresses the good hope for the coming New Year.

Eat new year's eve dinner

When children are playing with firecrackers, it is also the busiest time for housewives in the kitchen. Chinese New Year's food is cooked a few days ago, and the New Year's Eve dinner is always cooked on New Year's Eve. In the north, jiaozi on the first day of New Year's Day will also be wrapped up on the evening of 30th. At this time, everyone's chopping boards are busy chopping meat and vegetables. At this time, the sound of chopping boards from every household, firecrackers from streets and alleys, the sound of "scratching" abacus, and the cadence of reimbursement from shops and shops are mixed with laughter and laughter everywhere, echoing with joy and interweaving into a cheerful movement on New Year's Eve.

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Besides these, there are some different folk customs in my hometown. Let me give you an example.

Zhao Tiancan

Also known as "burning silkworms in the field" and "burning wealth in the field", it is a popular folk custom of praying for the New Year in Jiangnan area. On the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month, a long pole tied with a torch will stand in the field, indicating the new year with the flame, and the thriving flame indicates the bumper harvest in the coming year.

Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown

Born in Jiangnan, I have a special liking for the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown.

The Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown begins on the first day of the fifth lunar month. I got up early in the morning and tied the calamus and mugwort leaves prepared the day before with red paper and black line. Usually a calamus is tied to a clump of mugwort leaves. Tie every two in pairs and put them on both sides of the door. The ones placed on both sides of the gate will be especially big and strong. It is said that these calamus and mugwort leaves were placed to exorcise evil spirits and greet the Dragon Boat Festival safely. After placing the doors one by one, you can smell the Dragon Boat Festival by setting off a string of firecrackers.

Housewives at home are busy preparing zongzi leaves, washing and cutting off hard corners, scouring glutinous rice with red beans, taking out some thin ribbons, and asking housewives in the neighborhood to help tie zongzi together, talking and laughing, and a string of angular zongzi is tied. The next step is to cook. After five or six hours, the fragrance of zongzi will float all over the small house and yard. Walking in the village always smells this unique fragrance unexpectedly, which reminds people of the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May is naive and interesting. The children put on new clothes and shoes and hung a sachet on their chests. There must be a boiled salted egg dyed red and one or two boiled salted eggs in his hand. They got together and the egg-smashing competition began. Two children with boiled salted eggs collided head-on. Bang, one egg broke, and the intact egg collided with other eggs. Depressed, happy, dissatisfied, playing in the children's cries. As usual, every household should put a small table, zongzi, eggs, a bowl of cooked noodles and a few red steamed buns at the door of the hall, respectfully, and the Dragon Boat Festival will officially debut. At noon, every household should set off firecrackers, put away calamus and mugwort leaves at the door, and eat cooked garlic cloves to make them smooth. Adults receive guests, and eating white sugar zongzi is especially delicious. Tea eggs are everyone's favorite. Take one, peel it easily and take a bite. It's fragrant, crisp and delicious, but it's not advisable to eat more.

After lunch, some people will go to watch the dragon boat race. Shouting, paddling and clapping convey a spirit, a strength, a civilization and friendship.

With the end of the dragon boat race, the Dragon Boat Festival has also come to an end. "Children are looking forward to the New Year, and adults are looking forward to the holidays." After the Dragon Boat Festival, adults are busy harvesting this summer.

Dragon dance in our village

"Dangdang, Kuang, Dong, Kuang ..." Look, a long and big dragon dance is coming to the village entrance step by step.

Dragon ball is very bright and dazzling under the sunlight; The whole body is covered with red flames, and the dragon ball is still burning inside. Longlong wanted to seize the dragon ball and swallow it, and wanted to greatly increase his skill, so he followed closely.

This oolong is very big, about ten meters long. It is covered with golden scales and has a pair of bright eyes. You look at it and are completely attracted by it. There are two slender beards between the front of the nose and the back of the mouth, and there are two small red envelopes at the top of the beard.

With a burst of firecrackers, with a burst of harmony, with a burst of drums, the dragon dance began!

At first, the drums were loud, and the dragon ball swayed violently from side to side and rushed forward crazily, trying to get rid of the dragon. The more the dragon ball wants to get rid of the dragon, the more the dragon wants to catch it. I stand upstairs and watch, like a circle of golden waves, ups and downs again and again, which can dazzle you and suddenly fall into this golden ocean. The whole space is yours, your limbs swing freely and you will never be bound by anything.

With several shouts and songs, the dragon dance entered the residents' courtyard, which was full of joy and dance, making money for the host and bringing peace and auspiciousness. After a while, with another burst of firecrackers, the dragon dance flew past again in a lively way. ......

Spring Festival in my hometown

The Spring Festival in my hometown is a little different from that in Beijing. It takes three years in my hometown.

A few days before the Chinese New Year, we must prepare enough food, clothing and use for the Chinese New Year. The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is the Lunar New Year. On this day, we cleaned the house first, and every room was clean. The evening was very lively. Every family set off firecrackers and scrambled to prepare delicious New Year's dishes. There was a smell of wine and meat everywhere. After supper, the children play with their friends. They put all kinds of fireworks, which are very beautiful.

The off-year is over, and the 26th year is coming. This evening is also very lively. The children ate, played and had a good time. Firecrackers, fireworks and laughter filled the New Year.

New Year's Eve has finally arrived, so lively. In the afternoon, my mother was busy in the kitchen and cooked a lot of delicious dishes. When I saw these dishes, I smelled a fragrance and didn't drool. My father and I put up couplets and hung two lanterns outside the door. My brother is watching TV in his room. In the evening, my mother cooked the dishes, my father took out firecrackers to set them off, and then our family had a reunion dinner around the table. All the dishes on the table are my favorite, including hot pot, braised pork, soup and other dishes, and our family ate them with laughter. After dinner, my brother and I went outside to set off fireworks. At this time, the bright night sky and our fireworks are even more beautiful. Fireworks in our hands decorate the night sky on New Year's Eve, our laughter and our happy life.

Twenty-four small years, twenty-six big years and thirty New Year's Eve have passed one after another, and they are more lively and festive every year. We are happily immersed in the thick atmosphere of the Spring Festival.