New Year's Eve is a time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, to reunite the whole family and to worship the ancestors. It has special significance in the hearts of China people. On the most important day at the end of this year, no matter how far away, the wanderers have to rush home to reunite with their families, bid farewell to the old year with firecrackers and greet the new year with fireworks all over the sky.
Today's feng shui is very particular:
1. If your door is aimed at your neighbor's door, please be sure to hang two Chinese knots on the door frame outside your door to avoid disadvantages.
Never stick the word "Fu" upside down on the door.
3, the broken furniture at home should be disposed of in time: the throw should be willing to throw. After all, the old one won't come. It needs to be repaired before the New Year's Eve. Never sit in a rocking chair on New Year's Eve.
4. Check all the light bulbs in the house and replace the ones that don't work with new ones. Turn on all the lights at night for three days and nights.
5. Burn incense and worship Buddha at home or other suitable places before 12 in the afternoon.
6. Wear red clothes, hang red lights at the door and set off firecrackers for good luck.
7. Don't scold children on New Year's Eve, let alone have contradictions and quarrels, otherwise the coming year will be unfavorable.
8. A friend who spends the New Year suggests that you can turn on the TV (or stereo) all night to increase your "gas field".
9. Friends who stick to their jobs and travel on New Year's Eve can turn on their mobile phones, play loud songs and silently wish themselves all the best.
The most important thing on New Year's Eve:
offer sacrifices to ancestors
In ancient times, this custom was very popular. "Heaven and earth are the foundation of life; Ancestors are the foundation of class. " It means that heaven and earth are the foundation of life, ancestors are the foundation of our human beings, and ancestor worship is the custom of inheriting filial piety. Due to different local customs and habits, the forms of ancestor worship are also different. Some go to the wild to sweep graves, and some go to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors. Most of them put ancestral tablets in the main hall in turn at home to show their offerings, and then worshippers worship in order of age. The ancients worshipped their ancestors, mostly making fish tanks filled with high bowls, which meant ringing the bell for dinner. Southerners pay special tribute to their ancestors, mostly eight bowls of big dishes, Chinese hot pot and cups of chopsticks.
Family reunion dinner on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is extremely important for China people. On this day, people are ready to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and have a family reunion dinner. Family is the cornerstone of China society, and the annual reunion dinner fully shows the mutual respect and care among family members in China, which makes the relationship between families closer. Family reunion often comforts and satisfies the head of the family spiritually. The old people see their children and grandchildren all over the house, and the family is happy. The care and hard work of raising children in the past were not in vain. How happy this is. The younger generation can also take this opportunity to express their gratitude to their parents for their parenting.
Eating New Year's Eve is the most lively and enjoyable time for every family to celebrate the New Year. On New Year's Eve, a table was full of rich New Year's dishes, and the family got together and sat around the table. * * * There are big dishes, cold dishes, stir-fried dishes and snacks on the table. Generally, there are two things, one is hot pot and the other is fish. The hot pot is boiling, steaming, warm and sultry, which indicates that it is thriving; "Fish" and "fish" are homophonic, symbolizing "more happiness and more celebration" and also meaning "more than one year". There are also radishes, commonly known as vegetable heads. Good luck. Lobster, fried fish and other fried foods, wish your family prosperity, such as "cooking oil with fire."
There are many famous dishes on the New Year's Eve, which are different in North and South, and each has its own emphasis. Northerners are used to eating jiaozi during Chinese New Year, which has been handed down from ancient times. The people at the bottom of the ancient north had a hard life, and it was their greatest hope not to go hungry all the year round. Food to improve their lives can only be eaten on major festivals and special days, and jiaozi, which is listed as the best food, is also the worst, so they eat jiaozi whenever they have the chance.
stay up late or all night on New Year's Eve
Keeping the new year's eve is one of the activities of the old customs, and the custom of keeping the old age has a long history. The folk custom of keeping the old age is mainly manifested in that every household is lit with New Year's fire, and the whole family gets together to keep the "New Year's fire" burning all the time, waiting for the moment to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. On New Year's Eve, the lights were on all night. It is said that all houses light candles, especially under the bed, which is called "wasting light". It is said that after such lighting, the family's wealth will be more abundant in the coming year. In ancient times, the north and the south had different customs. In ancient northern China, the custom of keeping old was mainly "staying up all night" (vigil all night). For example, in the "Local Records" written at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty, it is said that on New Year's Eve, everyone gives gifts to each other, which is called "giving the New Year"; Young and old get together and wish a complete song called "age division"; Sleeping all the year round, waiting for dawn, is called "guarding the age". In some places, on New Year's Eve, the whole family get together, eat New Year's Eve, light candles or oil lamps, sit around the fire and chat, and keep vigil all night, which symbolizes driving away all evil diseases and looking forward to good luck in the new year.