Han nationality's Spring Festival custom

New Year's custom memorandum The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the god of the twelfth lunar month, entered the New Year. In addition to offering sacrifices to stoves, families have to prepare wine to cook and set off firecrackers, which is also called "Chinese New Year" among the people. There will be a year-end cleaning on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which is commonly known as "sweeping the dust" among the people, with people's wishes and prayers to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. After cleaning the windows on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, the windows should be pasted on this day. Now most people don't have to put up windows, but in stick grilles, putting up blessings and hanging couplets is an essential procedure. It is said among the people that on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, it is necessary to "cut the annual meat", that is, to start buying new year's goods. On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, people began to concentrate on bathing and washing clothes to get rid of the bad luck of the year and prepare for the Spring Festival next year. According to the traditional custom, every household should steam several pots of steamed bread. The custom of making flour and steaming steamed bread is a good way to make a fortune and live a prosperous life in the coming year. The day before New Year's Eve on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month is called "New Year's Eve", and people call it "Another Year" when greeting each other. Burning incense outdoors is called "Tianxiang", which usually takes three days. On the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, the last day of the twelfth lunar month is except the sun, and the night of the twelfth lunar month is called New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve and so on. Also called New Year's Eve and New Year's Eve. On this day, people's main activities of seeing off the old and welcoming the new are concentrated on this day. There is mainly one sound (setting off firecrackers), one red (sticking Spring Festival couplets) and the third fire (lighting a lamp to keep the year). In addition to eating New Year's Eve, the most important thing is to "keep old" until the early morning of the next day. Eat jiaozi on the first day of the first month. Every family eats jiaozi on the first day of the first month. Eating jiaozi means getting rich and getting rich in the new year. On the second day of the first month, before dawn, there is a custom of offering sacrifices to the god of wealth, in order to make money and have food and clothing. Walking on the third day of the first month is the day when the son-in-law pays a New Year call to his father-in-law. There is also a folk saying that the third day is Gu's birthday, and it is forbidden to eat rice on this day, otherwise it will hurt Gu's rice. On the fourth day of the first month, it is said that the kitchen god wants to check the household registration, and the whole family should be on duty and accept verification. On the fifth day of the first month, families who send the poor should pick up their garbage and throw it outside the door, which means to send it away and wish them a bumper harvest in the new year. On the sixth day of the first month, shops in all cities open for business. The seventh day of the first month, also known as Victory Day, originated from ancient divination in the pre-Qin period. On this day, people will cut ribbons for people, or carve gold foil for people, and make decorations called "People Win" to give to each other. Some places want to eat spring cakes on this day. It is said that the eighth day of the first month is the day when the stars in the sky set. The people put on record in the yard to burn incense, praying for a bumper harvest and safety. Born on the ninth day of the first month, the Jade Emperor was revered by Taoism as the god of the world. It is said that the ninth day of the first month is his birthday. On this day, believers will go to the Taoist temple to fast to heaven. According to legend, the tenth day of the first month is Stone's birthday. On this day, you should burn incense in front of a big stone and avoid touching all stone tools, such as grinding, grinding and mortar. On the 14th day of the first month, the Lantern Festival evolved into a modern three-day festival. On the fourteenth day of the first month, the lanterns were tested, that is, the rehearsal was completed on this day. The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is the first full moon night of the year. People commonly call it Lantern Festival. This is another festival climax after the Spring Festival.