Xiamen new year custom

Traditional festivals in China include Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival, walking in the streets, lanterns and dragon and lion dances. In Xiamen, there are also customs such as worshipping God on the ninth day of the first month, sweeping graves by Tomb-Sweeping Day (the grave sweeping activity in southern China embodies the ancient people's cultural psychology of pursuing distance carefully), eating zongzi to catch ducks on the Dragon Boat Festival, and making cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th.

Xiamen is located in southern Fujian, with a long history of Minnan culture and many unique customs, especially on holidays. In addition to the traditional festivals in China, such as Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival, going to the streets, dancing dragons and lions, there is also a sacrifice to heaven on the ninth day of the first month in Xiamen, an outing to sweep graves in Tomb-Sweeping Day (the grave-sweeping activities in southern China reflect the ancient people's cultural psychology of being cautious in pursuing the distance), eating zongzi to catch ducks on the Dragon Boat Festival, and making cakes on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15.

Shangyuan Festival, also known as Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival, is the birthday of Emperor Wei Zi. On this day, Xiamen people will pray for the Heavenly Palace. Every family will put five sacrifices, fruits, dining tables and paper money on the table early in the morning, burn incense and worship the God of Heaven, and predict the good or bad luck of the year. After offering wine, they will burn gold paper, and then complete sacrificial ceremonies, withdrawal of offerings and other ceremonies.