There is a complete set of procedures in the chronology, which attaches importance to sacrificial ceremonies. Part of it retains the custom of offering sacrifices to the society in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and integrates the entertainment and festive color of the Lantern Festival in the Central Plains. In the years of development, the festival has been integrated with elements such as Central Plains culture, Guangfu culture, Hakka culture and Chaoshan culture, and developed into the biggest folk activity in western Guangdong.
Entering the 2 1 century, with the improvement of people's living standards, we have inherited the excellent Chinese traditional culture, spread the spirit of "kindness culture" and carried forward the theme of national unity, harmony and unity.
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Maoming's Chinese New Year, with Lingnan sacrificial culture as its core, is constantly developing and evolving in Maoming City in western Guangdong and nearby Wuchuan City in Zhanjiang, Lianjiang City in Guangxi and Beiliu City, with fairy lady culture as the main body and patriarchal culture as the maintenance. Influenced by sorghum culture, Pan Maoming culture, belief in gods and ancestor worship, they moved to the south many times in history, which brought the blending and supplement of multi-culture and local culture, and was precipitated, passed down and spread.
In Maoming and its counties (cities, districts), urban and rural areas, it is popular to formulate annual regulations. The dates of the annual regulations in various places mostly follow the old system, focusing on the first month of the lunar calendar to the end of February each year. Generally speaking, time sequence can be divided into three stages: the beginning of time sequence, the rules of time sequence and the end of time sequence, which lasts for one or three days. Its activities are colorful and slightly different from place to place.
Generally speaking, the clan or the venerable elders in the village come forward and invite every household to contribute money, while the tour team is composed of villagers drawing lots before the year, some are responsible for carrying colorful flags, some are responsible for beating drums and gongs, and the children in the village follow the team with homemade torches. Among them, the villagers who carry the Bodhisattva are considered lucky and will be blessed by the Bodhisattva in the coming year.