The customs and habits of Henan Province

The customs and habits of Henan people: "offering sacrifices to stoves" during the Chinese New Year, getting married and pressing the bed, drinking "one wish and two drinks" and so on.

1, Henan people have many customs and habits, some of which are the same as the whole country, such as posting Spring Festival couplets and watching lanterns, and some of which are unique to Henan, such as "offering sacrifices to the stove" during the New Year, getting married and pressing the bed, and drinking "one toast and two drinks".

2. After "Laba Festival", you can smell "Nian". Entering the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is called "off-year", which is also called "kitchen sacrifice day". At night, people have to go to the market to buy candy and sacrifice. After that, the atmosphere of Chinese New Year became stronger and stronger. While busy buying new year's goods, I have to clean up a few boxes on the stove and clean up the dust in the house. This activity, which is called "removing filth" by the masses, not only cleans and beautifies the environment, but also means to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

The so-called bed pressing means that the night before the young men and women get married, the groom's family lets the old man with two children make the bed, and then the groom lets one or two younger brothers sleep with him in the new bed. People who press the bed also have conditions. The person who presses the bed must be a young man younger than the groom, usually his own brother, or an uncle or cousin. If there is no such candidate within the range of relatives, the groom can also find friends and close classmates in the same village. The second condition of pressing the bed must be unmarried youth. Solemnly declare: the answer is for reference only, please don't be blindly superstitious.