What are the customs of Minnan Lantern Festival?

In the early morning of that day, Yuanxiao was offered as a sacrifice to ancestors and gods (including kitchen gods, earth gods, etc.). ), which is called a sacrifice to spring, and made breakfast for my family to celebrate this year successfully. Before and after the Lantern Festival, if relatives and friends visit, they often entertain guests with Yuanxiao.

Step 2 respect the gods

On the night of the Lantern Festival, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to the gods, and then the family eats cakes and vegetables, which means a happy reunion and a good sign of gold and silver.

3. "Please double your body"

There is a custom of "inviting two people to the Lantern Festival in Jiuchun County", which is also called "Dairen". It is a small paper man who can stand upright, and its number should be the same as its own population. In the evening, when you are invited to double, you should put five-flavored bowls, wine bottles and wine glasses. Housewives burn incense and pour wine first. Then, one by one, she picked up the "Body body double" and let it touch the edge of the five-flavor bowl and the wine glass. At the same time, she said: "Eating meat is urgent, eating wine and running around, eating the master's food and wine, and eliminating disasters for the master." Then send the "corpse body double" outside and burn it. People think that this can eliminate disasters in the new year and have a bright future.

4. Sacrifice "Brown Girl"

Every underage girl who worships the "brown girl" needs to prepare an inch-long little red shoe or a small dress in advance, and then go to the toilet to express her love. Wish: "Brown girl, the water is boundless (beautiful), teach Ruan Bi (weaving) and Ruan Fang. Teach Ruan Bi to hem and teach Ruan to make heels. Teach Ruan to raise big needles and make big demands; Pick hydrangea with a needle. Raise scissors, cut patterns, and cut them like people. " After the sacrifice, burn the little red shoes or clothes and take back the offerings. It means begging for future wisdom.

5. "Listen to the fragrance"

"Listening to incense" is generally a little girl or young woman, mainly predicting marriage, or wishing her husband to go out to work, beg in the sea, and make a lot of money in peace. People who "listen to incense" first burn incense in their own halls to pray for guidance from the gods, then move to their destination in the direction allowed by divination, hide under the doors and windows of a family, listen to what others say in the room, and analyze the results of the problem. In the past, there was a saying in Quanzhou that "on the fifteenth day of the first month, you can listen to the sweet fairy dream". If you are not satisfied with the midnight snack, wait patiently until the Mid-Autumn Festival and have a chance to listen to it again.