Xinhuanet, Beijing, February 14 (Wang Ying) In another day, we will usher in the long-awaited New Year’s Eve. With the sound of firecrackers, the whole family is reunited and happy. As the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, how do you celebrate the Spring Festival? In addition to eating dumplings during festivals, how do we make the New Year taste and memories?
Clever hand-cut window flowers to let the New Year atmosphere flow naturally at home
Before the festival, many families were busy preparing New Year’s goods and buying New Year’s gifts. Some festive objects that decorate the indoor space are indispensable in New Year’s goods, such as the character “Fu”, “Window Garments”, and zodiac auspicious pendants. In fact, in the past, I didn’t have to buy window flowers, and many families cut and pasted them themselves. On the square-inch red paper, cut out the joyful images.
“Window flower” is commonly known as paper cutting. In the past, no matter in the south or north, window flowers were pasted during the Spring Festival. Nowadays, the south usually only posts when they get married, while the custom of pasting window flowers during the Spring Festival in the north is still popular in many places. Why do you need to paste window flowers during the Chinese New Year? This is closely related to the Spring Festival. Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in his poem: “The creation of gold is better than the custom of Jing, and the cutting of green is the style of Jin to make people.” CinemaThe “Jing customs” and “Jin style” in the poem point out this origin. After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the time for scraping window flowers to welcome the spring was changed from the beginning of spring to the Spring Festival, and people used paper cutting to express their joy.
Window flowers not only set off a festive festive atmosphere, but also bring people a beautiful enjoyment, integrating decorative, appreciative and practicality. Today, when DIY is advocated, if you are free, you might as well buy some red paper. Try to cut small window flowers by yourself and use your skillful hands to decorate the atmosphere of the New Year at home.
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Write Spring Festival couplets and post door gods to make the whole family safe and happy
Like window flowers, there is also a Spring Festival couplet in the New Year list of many families. Some families who pay attention to the family can also buy door gods. It is a bit difficult to control the door god, but you can still try to write the Spring Festival couplets by yourself, which not only trains calligraphy, but also improves the literary level.
Like window flowersBabaylan, Spring Festival couplets have a history of thousands of years. According to books such as “Yuzhu Treasure Book” and “Yanjing Sui Shi Ji”, the original form of Spring Festival couplets is what people call “Tao Fu”.ps://comicmov.com/”>Komiks. During the Song Dynasty, people began to write couplets on peach wood boards. One is the meaning of peach wood to suppress evil, the other is the expression of their good wishes, and the third is the decorative doors. People decorate the doors and doors to seek beauty. Later, people wrote couplets on red paper symbolizing joy and auspiciousness, and posted them on both sides of the doors and windows during the New Year to express people’s good wishes for good luck in the coming year.
In addition to Spring Festival couplets, many places also retain the custom of sticking door gods. Among the people, door gods are symbols of righteousness and force. The ancients believed that people with strange appearances often have magical nature and extraordinary skills. They are upright and kind-hearted, and it is their nature and responsibility to catch ghosts and demons. People The ghost-catching genius master Zhong Kui admired by Komiks is such a strange shape. Since the doors of the houses are usually two sides, the door gods are always paired. After the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the previous two generals Shentu and Yulei, people also regarded Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong as door gods. Since then, the custom of using these two famous generals as door gods has begun to be widely circulated among the people.
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The New Year is about to be kept on the night of New Year’s Eve In the sound of firecrackers, we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
Keep the New Year is an important custom in Chinese folk New Year’s Eve. It is also called shining waste, staying up the New Year, and staying up late. It refers to the family reunion on New Year’s Eve to welcome the arrival of the Lunar New Year. In ancient times, there were two meanings: Older people staying up to the New Year is “going away from the old year”, which means cherishing time; young people staying up to extend their parents’ lifespan. Since the Han Dynasty, the time when the new and old year changes is generally midnight. On New Year’s Eve, no matter men, women, young and old, they will be brightly lit and gather together to stay up to the New Year.
Because the long time of staying up to the New Year, people have had New Year’s Eve dinner while staying up to the New Year and spend a wonderful night together. Since the 1980s Since the beginning of the year, there has been a new content: people across the country watch the Spring Festival Gala together. The Spring Festival Gala programs lasting for more than 4 hours are rich and diverse, and people welcome the ringing of the New Year bells in laughter.
It is worth mentioning that Suzhou people have to wait for the loud bells coming from Hanshan Temple, Fengqiao, on New Year’s Eve. When the bells pass through the dark night and reach thousands of households, it marks the arrival of the New Year. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, every day, orthogonal midnight, every night, the loud sound of this huge bell will be heard from Hanshan Temple, which is called “night minute” by the people.
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Give New Year’s Eve to give your younger generation New Year’s Eve. I hope your children will grow up healthily and have peace and happiness
For children, the happiest thing during the Spring Festival is the New Year’s money from their elders. New Year’s money, also known as “New Year’s money” and “New Year’s money”, is one of the festive things in the New Year customs. The original purpose of New Year’s money was to suppress evil and exorcise evil. People believed that children were easily invaded by sneaky people, so they gave money to children with red paper, so they dared not disturb them again. Therefore, people call this kind of money “生后后后后后后”. Because “生” and “生” are pronounced the same as “生” and over time, it is called “生后后后后后后”. Use New Year’s money to defeat evil spirits and help children celebrate the New Year safely. I wish them good health and good luck in the new year.
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On the first day of the first lunar month, people usually set off firecrackers after getting up in the morning, which is called “opening firecrackers”. After the sound of firecrackers, the ground was broken red, as bright as clouds, and it was called “Full House Red”. In many areas, children have to wear new clothes on the morning of the first day of the New Year. After everyone is dressed up, they go out to visit relatives and friends, wish each other a happy New Year. When greeting New Year, the younger generation should first wish you a happy New Year to your elders and wish you a long and healthy life. The elders can distribute the prepared New Year’s money to the younger generation. Many places do not come out of brooms or take out garbage on the first day of the first lunar month. They prepare a large bin to hold wastewater. They will only pour it on that day.
The second or third day of the first lunar month is the day when a married girl brings her husband back to her parents’ home, commonly known as the “Son-in-law’s Day”. This day, we will also visit relatives and friends and worship each other for the New Year, commonly known as “eating New Year’s wine”. In Shanghai, guests bring their families to their homes to send gifts. The gifts are generally specialties from all over the country. The host invites guests to drink “yuanbao tea” (that is, add two green olives to the tea and brew them together). This tea tasted a little bitter at first, but returnedThe taste is sweet, meaning that the bitterness is sweet, and auspiciousness is good for wealth.
The third and fourth grades of the junior high school, BabaylanBecause the customs and practices of different places are different. On the fifth day of the lunar month, people have to “rush to get out of the five poor”, commonly known as breaking the five, including “poor wisdom, poor learning, poor literature, poor life, and poor communication”. After people get up in the morning, they set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are set off from the inside and out, and walk out the door while setting them, which means driving out all unlucky things. This day is said to be the birthday of the God of Wealth, so it is also the auspicious day for the God of Wealth. In the past years, there was a custom of grabbing the road. On the night of the fourth day of the first lunar month, prepare sacrifices, cakes, fruits, incense, candles and other items, and yell the gongs and drums to burn incense and worship, and respect the God of Wealth with devout respect. In order to compete for profit, it was first taken over in the fourth day of the first lunar month, which was called “grabbing the road head”, also known as “grabbing the God of Wealth”.
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Dumplings are still something to eat, but dumplings on New Year’s Eve are very different
Now, people are used to eating dumplings during the Cinema season. Although eating dumplings during the Spring Festival is not new, dumplings on New Year’s Eve are very different. When making dumplings, in addition to various delicious fillings, people often wrap sugar beans, peanuts, dates, chestnuts, coins, etc. into the filling. The ones who eat them mean good luck in the coming year. In some areas, when eating dumplings, they also need to serve some side dishes to show good luck. If you eat tofu, it symbolizes the happiness of the whole family; if you eat persimmon cakes, it symbolizes the success of everything; if you eat three fresh vegetables, it symbolizes the prosperity of the three yangs. In addition, many areas in the south do not eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve, but choose to eat rice cakes or dumplings. Although the ingredients are different, Komiks‘s expectations for the New Year are consistent.
Why do you have to eat dumplings during the Spring Festival, especially on New Year’s Eve? In fact, when eating dumplings, we use “renewal Jiaozi”, “zi” is “zishi”, and Jiao and “dumplings” are homophonic, which means “festive reunion” and “auspiciousness”. Dumplings on New Year’s Eve are usually wrapped before 12 pm and eaten until midnight, because this is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month. New Year adds joy!
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Times are changing, and people’s KomiksThe concept is changing, and the way of celebrating the Spring Festival is also changing. Nowadays, many New Year’s customs in traditional contexts have gradually been forgotten by people, and some new New Year’s styles such as going out for the whole family, soaring and exploring in the ice and snow world have become the choice of many people. It is said that the flavor of the New Year has faded, and there is nothing more special except eating dumplings. In fact, the New Year atmosphere is not light, and it is our choice. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Follow these rich New Year customs and start a unique Spring Festival with a full atmosphere and deep connotation!