Category: Culture/Art gt; gt; Folk Tradition
Problem description:
Do you have to live at home until the New Year, right? The whole family should be at home.
If you don’t do this, is there anything wrong with it from a superstitious perspective?
Analysis:
New Year's Eve
The last day of the lunar year is called New Year's Eve, and this night is called New Year's Eve. The custom in Chaoshan is called "New Year's Eve".
Before New Year's Eve, people are busy preparing all kinds of New Year's goods: buying chickens, geese, ducks, and fish; making new clothes; buying new furniture and utensils; buying New Year paintings, Spring Festival couplets, etc. In particular, you should buy citrus, green olives and other fruits as they symbolize good luck and are good fruits for welcoming relatives and friends. It is an old custom that before the Chinese New Year, men must get a new haircut and women must "put their faces in shape". Nowadays, most women get haircuts to beautify their hair.
The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is when the "gods" go to heaven to "report their duties." Starting from this day, every household will do a general cleaning, and all utensils and bed sheets will be cleaned, which is called "collecting and hoarding".
One or two days before New Year’s Eve, every household makes various kinds of cakes in preparation for the New Year.
Family members who go out on New Year’s Eve have to rush home to reunite. On New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers around the fire for a reunion dinner. After the meal, the adults distribute "New Year's money" to the children, and the children to their parents and elders. In the evening, the water tank in the farmhouse should be filled with water, the rice tank should be filled with rice, and the lights should not be extinguished to symbolize the good omen of "more than enough every year" and "constant cooking every year".
The custom of staying up late on New Year’s Eve is very common. Waiting for the arrival of the New Year, the New Year bell rings and every household sets off firecrackers.
Spring Festival
The first day of the first lunar month is called Yuan Day, which is the first day of the new year and the beginning of spring. The sound of cannons is heard at dawn in the sky. On the big tables in the halls of every household, red plates are filled with tangerines (tangerines are larger than tangerines, so they are called tangerines), green olives and various exquisite candies. Lanterns are decorated in front of the door, and the younger generations offer tea to their elders. bless. On this day, most people will be vegetarian, at least not eating meat for breakfast. After breakfast, adults and their children bring Daji to relatives and friends' homes to pay New Year greetings. The host and guest exchange greetings and congratulate each other with auspicious words such as wealth and blessings. The host treats guests with Daji, betel nut (the ancient custom was to honor betel nut, but today it is replaced by green olives),** When drinking Gongfu tea, the guest presents a good fortune to the host to wish him good luck, and the host should give a good fortune in return. It is commonly known as the exchange of good fortune in the form of paying respects, which is intended to repay good wishes.
On the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, many lion dance troupes and English singing troupes beat gongs and drums to visit every household in each village to pay homage to the New Year, and the hosts set off firecrackers to welcome them. There are also hand-cranked evergreen leaves (commonly known as money trees) or hand-held small red paper with auspicious phrases such as "luck in wealth" and affixed to people's doors; or they can play suona, knock on bamboo boards, sing ballads, and make four sentences , those who say auspicious words and greet the New Year from house to house, all take the opportunity to ask for some reward money. On the second and third day of the Lunar New Year, many rural towns organize cultural and entertainment activities to celebrate the New Year. In addition to setting up theaters to perform Teochew operas, folk operas, and shadow puppet shows, there are also gong and drum troupes, tiger and lion troupes, English singing troupes, dragon dance troupes, etc. along the streets. *** Performing in villages. Today there are also movie screenings, ball games, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, riddle guessing, etc. During the day and night, people gather in groups to enjoy the sightseeing, creating a lively and joyful atmosphere to welcome the Spring Festival.