＂Spring Festival custom＂ On New Year’s Eve, eat New Year’s dinner and paste Spring Festival couplets.
The evening of the last day of the lunar year is called New Year’s Eve, which is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. On this day, people often stay up all night, which is called Shounian.
Many people have done textual research on the meaning of the name New Year’s Eve. Literally, the original meaning of the word "except" is "go", which is extended to "easy", that is, alternating; The original meaning of the word "evening" is "sunset" and extended to "night", which vividly illustrates the alternation of the old year and the new year.
According to legend, there was a terrible monster named Xi in ancient times, who usually lived in seclusion in the mountains, but on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, he would run out and eat animals and people in nearby villages. People tried many ways to subdue the evening, but none of them worked, so they had to ask the kitchen god.
Kitchen God knew that Xi was no match for Xi, so he decided to take the opportunity of returning to the Heavenly Palace on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to move troops to heaven. The Jade Emperor sent New Year’s Eve with the Kitchen King.
Nian is the youngest son of Shennong. Kitchen God saw how a little doll could beat a monster! I’m not happy in 2008, so don’t take bean bags as dry food. It’s a mule or a horse that we pull out and walk around. The kitchen god had no choice but to return to the world with Nian. Before leaving, I also brought two toys, a red silk and a bamboo tube.
On the 30 th night, Xi came to make trouble again. In 2008, Xi launched a big war, and in 2008, he took out red silk and bamboo tubes. It turns out that this is not an ordinary red silk and bamboo tube. When I was in the sky in, I was good friends with Prince Nezha, the son of Tota Li Tianwang. These two magic weapons were borrowed from Nezha. The red silk was Nezha’s mixed silk, and the bamboo tube was changed from a pointed gun, which can breathe fire. Nian used these two magic weapons to drive the evening away.
In order to prevent myself from doing evil again in the evening after I left, I cut the red silk into many small strips and posted them on the gate in 2008. He also taught the people to make firecrackers, which were exactly the same as the fire-breathing bamboo tube when lit. From then on, I was too scared to come to the village again. In order to commemorate this event, people call the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month New Year’s Eve, which means to get rid of the evening, and call the first day of the first month New Year. Gradually, people have the custom of celebrating the New Year. Every year on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, HongLing is pasted on every door, and later it becomes Spring Festival couplets. In addition, firecrackers are set off and new clothes are put on to celebrate.
family reunion dinner on the lunar New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve, people prepare to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and have a reunion dinner, which fully shows the mutual respect and love among family members of the Chinese nation. Family reunion often comforts and satisfies the head of the family spiritually. The old people see their children and grandchildren in full house, and the whole family has a family together. What happiness it is to care for and raise their children in the past. The younger generation can also take this opportunity to express their gratitude to their parents for their parenting.
paste up Spring Festival couplets
Spring Festival couplets are also called door-to-door couplets, spring stickers, couplets, couplets, peach symbols, etc. They depict the background of the times and express good wishes with neat, dual, concise and exquisite words, which is a unique literary form in China. Every Spring Festival, no matter in urban or rural areas, every household should select a pair of bright red Spring Festival couplets and stick them on the door to add festive atmosphere to the festival.
hang a lantern
China’s lanterns are also collectively called lanterns. Originated in the Western Han Dynasty more than 1800 years ago, people hang red lanterns symbolizing reunion around the New Year’s Eve every year to create a festive atmosphere.
lucky money
Lucky money is given to the younger generation by the elders. After everyone has finished the New Year’s Eve dinner, they are not allowed to leave at the table, and the elders will give them to the younger generation, and encourage their children and grandchildren to learn and improve in the new year and be good people.
Guizhou Daily Contemporary Media Reporter Zhou Zhanglong
Editor Zhou Zhanglong
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