What are the customs of Tongling people for the New Year?

In ancient times, people thought that if the kitchen god could put in a good word in front of the jade emperor when he was in heaven, it would bring happiness to his family and bless peace for a year. Therefore, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every household should offer sacrifices to the kitchen god and ask him to speak well and say auspicious words the day after tomorrow. On New Year's Eve, Kitchen God will be brought back. On the evening of the 30th, portraits or photos of Kitchen God and his ancestors will be hung on the wall, and drinks and tributes will be prepared.

Step 2 clean the house

There is a folk saying that the "land god" can't be disturbed easily, so the furniture, cabinets, tables and sofas at home can't be tampered with, except for the day when the dust is swept 24 hours a day. Therefore, cleaning dust before the Spring Festival is a traditional habit of China people. On the day of dusting, the whole family began to clean the house and yard together, scrub the pots and pans, dismantle and wash the bedding, and greet the New Year cleanly.

3. grinding bean curd

It is said that when the Kitchen God dies, the Jade Emperor will go to the lower bound to see if all the families are acting like the Kitchen God, so all the families eat tofu dregs to show their poverty and pretend to be pitiful, thus deceiving the punishment of the Jade Emperor.

4. Post Spring Festival couplets

Sticking Spring Festival couplets is an important folk custom in the New Year. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household should put up red Spring Festival couplets. A pair of festive and warm Spring Festival couplets expresses people's good wishes to welcome the New Year and look forward to a new life.

5. stick grilles

Stick grilles, during the Spring Festival, people in many places in China like to stick various paper-cut window grilles on their windows. Window grilles can not only set off the festive atmosphere, but also bring people beautiful enjoyment, integrating decoration, appreciation and practicality. With its unique generalization and exaggeration, window grilles show auspicious things and good wishes incisively and vividly, and decorate festivals with prosperity and celebration.