Guangzhou has been planting flowers for 1000 years. As early as the Southern Han Dynasty in the Five Dynasties, there were many fragrant flower fields in Zhuangtou Village on the south bank of the Pearl River. Ji Suxin, the pet of Liu Wei, the king of the Southern Han Dynasty, was the flower girl in Zhuangtou. Every morning, flower farmers pick flowers, cross the river at Wuxianmen Ferry and sell them at the gate of the old city, which is the usual flower market. The annual flower market was formed in1early 1960s. At that time, the flower market was in San Francisco Si Qian, which is now in the area of the Provincial Department of Finance, and later moved to Shuangmendi. Besides selling flowers, we also sell antiques, miscellaneous shelves and New Year's Eve products.
After the Revolution of 1911, the old city was demolished, and the area in front of the vassal government was more open, with more tourists, and it also extended to the eighteenth government and Gaudi Street. Besides jasmine, there are daffodils, hanging bells, peonies, camellias, chrysanthemums and so on. Many companies, restaurants and restaurants also order seasonal flowers. In Xiguan area, there are also flower vendors who send flowers to large families and shops. With the development of commercial economy, Flower Street has become more prosperous.
People in Guangzhou love to insert peach blossoms in the Spring Festival. The so-called "a peach blossom is full of spring". A beautiful peach blossom is inserted in the hall, full of stars, festive lights and green silk and apricot ribbons, which really adds a lot of spring scenery, so it is not only loved at home, but also decorated with a big peach blossom in major hotels and restaurants. Peach blossom has become the "Christmas tree" of Guangzhou Spring Festival.
Kumquat symbolizes "good luck". In fact, what people like now is its small and rich shape: small trees 30 to 40 centimeters high, full of fruits, shining, and green branches and leaves supporting each other. It is really cute and interesting to put a few seats on them. Four Seasons Orange, Golden Egg and Cinnabar Orange similar to Kumquat can also play this role, so ordinary families only buy one of them. Similarly, it is the fruit handed down from generation to generation, which means to reproduce from generation to generation: the fruit of bergamot, like the palm of your hand, is as elegant and solemn as a believer, and is favored by good men and women.
Narcissus will be planted in the Spring Festival. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, there were a large number of narcissus heads shipped from Zhangzhou, Fujian Province. After people buy it back, they cultivate it carefully and control the flowering period by adjusting the water temperature and sunshine. Narcissus seems to understand people's feelings. It often blooms in turn at the family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve, or in the firecrackers on the first day of the first month of the first month, bringing people endless fun. As the saying goes, "Flowers bloom with wealth", which is just a good sign. In addition, daffodils are delicate, graceful and fragrant, which is a must for every family.
In recent years, with the development of commodity economy, there have been many flowers and trees symbolizing wealth and luck. For example, the "rich tree" with green branches and leaves, the "lucky flower" and "good luck" grafted with cactus, and even the numbers marked with prices are also related to getting rich. For example, a rich tree is priced at 168, which is homophonic with "all the way" in Guangzhou dialect; A peach blossom costs 88 yuan, meaning "hair"; 38 yuan is born again (Guangzhou dialect "3" is similar to "sheng"). Flower language in Guangzhou occupies a considerable position in folk life.
At the end of the twelfth lunar month, every household smoked bacon, filled sausages, roasted wine, made glutinous rice cakes and rice flowers, sewed new clothes and made handkerchiefs. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, send fruits such as maltose to Kitchen God. Please write a pair and post a door god and a New Year picture. On the eve of New Year's Eve, the whole family, old and young, sat around the fire, offering sacrifices to their ancestors' heaven and earth first, and then the whole family blessed each other and had a reunion dinner. During the Spring Festival, lanterns are tied at home, lit together at night and hung at the gate. After the first day of junior high school, people began to pay New Year greetings. Young men and women meet to "watch" and express their love with songs; Or get together and dance with instruments such as suona,,, flute and bronze drum. In some areas, the fifteenth day of the first month is the end of the new year, and the thirtieth day of the first month is the "off-year".
(of a person) return to one's place of origin or unit.
On the second and third day of the first month, the married daughters go back to their parents' homes to celebrate the New Year with their husbands and children. When a daughter returns to her mother's house, there must be a big bag of biscuits and sweets distributed by her mother to her neighbors, just like the scene of the New Year. If there are many daughters at home, and these daughters don't come back on the same day, then we must share one at a time. The gift is quite thin, just four biscuits. But it reflects the deep affection, the real "courtesy is light and affection is heavy", and expresses the girl's miss for the villagers. When the girl goes home, if there is a nephew at home, menstruation has to pay again. Although she gave lucky money on New Year's Day, this time it had a different meaning. The daughter must return to her husband's house before dinner.
Guangzhou Spring Festival taboo
Because the first month is the beginning of a year, Guangzhou people often regard it as a sign of good or bad luck in the New Year, so there are many "taboos" during the New Year. In terms of language, all unlucky words such as "broken", "bad", "nothing", "death", "light", "ghost", "killing", "illness", "pain" and "poverty" are taboo. It is also necessary to avoid crying of babies, because crying is "not winning the first prize", which indicates illness and disaster. Therefore, even if the child is in trouble on this day, don't fight or reprimand him, lest he cry endlessly. Behavior, end cup, end plate, end bowl, end plate should be extra careful not to break. When you accidentally break them, taking water is just a form. The custom of prohibiting sweeping the floor is gradually being eliminated, because firecrackers are set off during the Spring Festival, people come and go, and there are a lot of scraps of paper and garbage on the ground. It's really harmful not to clean. Therefore, starting from paying attention to hygiene, many young people are not very particular about these traditional taboo customs.
Creditors are not allowed to collect debts on this day, because it is considered unlucky for both borrowers and borrowers. Also avoid taking things from other people's pockets. People think that pulling out a pocket on the first day of the first month may lead to the danger of being "hollowed out" for one year.
Avoid dead people and funerals, because it will bring bad luck to the family. At the same time, don't have a haircut on this day, because people always associate a haircut with a funeral on this day. On this day, even killing is forbidden. Killing is considered to lead to disasters such as knife disaster, soldier disaster and blood disaster. However, now people's living standards have improved, and they have no scruples about eating fresh food for quick appetite.
In terms of diet, taking medicine is strictly prohibited on this day. Otherwise, I think it will lead to illness all the year round and take medicine constantly. There are several ways to avoid eating meat for breakfast on the first day of junior high school: one is to eat this meal quickly, and the effect is equal to one year; Another metaphor is frugality, not extravagance and waste.
1. There will be a flower market three days before the first day of the New Year's Day: 27, 28 and 29 (there are 30 from the 28th, but not from the 27th)! You can go shopping these days.
2. "Wash dirty" every year, and do a good job in family hygiene.
On New Year's Day, everyone stays at home, and on New Year's Day, they go back to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, they can pay a New Year call to their relatives.
Everyone who is not married can get the benefits (red envelopes) of married elders, and the number varies.
5. Have a reunion dinner on New Year's Eve (29th if there is no New Year's Eve), and have New Year's Eve dinner on the second day of New Year's Eve.
6. You can't do sanitation on New Year's Day, and no matter how dirty the room is, you can't do it until New Year's Day.
That's all I know. I hope I can help you.