According to Chaoshan custom, the host is not allowed to accept gifts, and the less you accept, the better.
entering the house (that is, entering the country) is a relatively grand event. The average family has three tables and five tables, and invites relatives and friends to get together for dinner, so as to celebrate and join in the fun.
According to local custom, the host is "not allowed" to accept heavy gifts from relatives and friends. As long as they come, they don't need to bring anything or just a few eggs. Even if relatives and friends send heavy gifts, the host can't accept them. On the contrary, he has to add some money to the red envelope and "gift" it back.
customs and habits of Chaoshan folk houses:
after the completion of a new house, a ceremony of "cleaning the oil" and "thanking the soil" must be held before moving in.
To clean the oil fire, first boil a pot of peanut oil in a big iron pot, and one person will lift it with an iron fork, and the other person will carry the wine into the middle of the house. The wine carrier will spray the wine and put it in the pot, only to see the wine fall into the fire and smoke billowing. The route of clean oil fire is from top to bottom, from inside to outside, in order.
followed by "thank you for your soil". In the hall, room, kitchen and other places where the gods are set up, five sacrifices are set up, and happy cannons are burned to worship the land to thank the land gods for their contributions.