Twenty-four years old, Xie Zaojun-Er Changteng ladder. The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month (the twelfth lunar month) is called "New Year's Eve", unlike the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the north. Off-year is also a day to thank the stove. In the past, the official thank-you stove was on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the house thank-you stove was on the 24th, and the "house boat" was generally on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. The reason why I thank Zhao Jun is that he will return to heaven on this day and report to the Jade Emperor that the family he monitored has been merciful in the past year, hiding evil and promoting good, so they all worshipped Zhao Jun at the food party. Xie Zao's offerings are: a bowl of clear water and a bowl of white rice, which shows that the relationship between Zao Jun and this family is clear. If Zhao Jun is selfish, these two things will turn black when brought back to heaven. The most special thing is to provide candy, including two long sugarcane, two pieces of sugar and a pair of oranges with branches and leaves. The role of two sugarcane is to serve as a ladder for the kitchen god to return to heaven; Sugarcane has a tail, praying for a good beginning and ending, and a head and a tail. Candy chips represent candy. In the past, people didn't have candy, so they used sliced candy. As for oranges, they are taken from their Cantonese homonym "Jin" and are of course used for cooking stoves. It is said that Chef Jun is the "25-year-old boy" of the Jade Emperor. In order to speak well in front of the Jade Emperor, the people all want to make Chef Jun sweet. There is also a saying that it is necessary to keep his mouth shut to prevent him from talking nonsense. In addition, there are fried rice cakes, fried rice mills, oranges, oranges, brown sugar and a letter.
In the north, on the day of off-year, the streets and alleys have been filled with the atmosphere of New Year, which is probably the most prosperous time of the year. There is a folk phrase "Twenty-three, send the kitchen god, twenty-four, come and sweep;" Twenty-five, paste the window; Twenty-six, stew; Twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; Twenty-eight, send face; Twenty-nine, paste Spring Festival couplets; On New Year's Eve, the whole family ate jiaozi happily. "Folklore is still very common in the north, especially in rural areas, but it has gradually faded for city people. However, it is unshakable to sweep graves, paste Spring Festival couplets and eat jiaozi at midnight on New Year's Eve, year after year. 25-year-old, there are rules for frying steamed cakes.
After Xie Zao, every household began to be busy with the new year's goods. Nowadays, few families have oil angle, fried dumplings and rice cakes. Because if you don't do it well, you may drive away the good luck in the coming year, so you might as well outsource everything.
"24-year-old fried, 25-year-old steamed rice cakes, 28-year-old dumplings" is the previous family New Year food schedule. "Open frying" means "open frying pan" and steamed cakes. A series of processes are critical. A casual bad word may bring bad luck to a family for a whole year, so the housewife in charge of this step. In order not to lose, children are forbidden to participate, so as not to say unlucky things.
On the 28th day of the Lunar New Year, the Spring Festival is coming, which symbolizes the need to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. I hope this year will be better than the old one. The broom responsible for cleaning is considered unclean, which may have the same meaning as the disaster "broom star", so you should put away the broom after washing sloppy at the age of 28. In addition, sweeping the floor should also be swept into the house from the gate. Men want their hair cut and women want their hair washed. The cleaning before the Spring Festival was different from that in peacetime. You can do surface work at ordinary times. After the Spring Festival, it is the custom of China people not to bring old and dirty things into the New Year. Therefore, the edges and corners that can't be taken care of when cleaning at ordinary times should also be turned out and thoroughly cleaned. It's the New Year, so you can't be careless. You can only pick it up and throw it in the street. You can't clean this place until the fourth day of the year. In addition, the deities and signboards are replaced by "golden flowers" and "divine red", which is called "hanging flowers and hanging red". "Golden Flower" and "Shenhong" are gods, serving small gods or great gods. As for the gold lacquer signboard, "hanging flowers and hanging red" also means good luck and prosperous business.
Twenty-nine years old, the year of responsibility-shad, onion, celery and garlic eat good colors.
In the old society, all walks of life attached importance to the Chinese New Year, so when the furnace was closed at the end of the year, the market was closed, so the people would prepare food that could be put aside for enjoyment during the Chinese New Year, commonly known as the "year of responsibility". These "year-returning" foods were prepared in 29 years, so it is inevitable to choose foods that can return to the year. Onions, celery, garlic and shad are some of them. Onions, celery and garlic should all have roots, symbolizing a head and a tail. These three vegetables are homophonic "smart", "diligent" and "careful calculation", and fish means "more than a year". Among all kinds of fish, the choice of shad is that it is covered with silver and the mountains are as bright as gold. Don't celebrate the New Year with scales. You should have a head and a tail. The fried fish is golden yellow, which is a good color. You should save shad to celebrate the new year. The most important thing is to sprinkle salt before frying. According to the custom, put a red envelope and a pair of oranges or oranges on the fish, and then put them in a rice jar to symbolize ample food and clothing until the beginning of the year.
On the 30th, celebrate the Year of the Communist Youth League-go for 20 nights, eat and be lazy.
New Year's Eve is the most lively, with "Lunar New Year's Eve" and "member's dinner" for family members. After dinner, I didn't go to bed until midnight and "stood guard" around myself. According to legend, ordinary people should spend flowers and oranges on this day. During the Chinese New Year, the form of eating league meals is the most important. The whole family should be tidy and the food should be delicious. In the past, dinner usually started after 5 o'clock, but not after 6 o'clock. After dinner, Cantonese people will let the children go to the streets "lazily", holding a small red lantern in one hand and a bowl filled with steamed eggs and arrowheads in the other, and then join the team, shouting: "Lazy, lazy, until the New Year's Eve, I am not lazy." This night is the most enjoyable.
It is common for the whole family to celebrate New Year's Eve together. Waiting for the arrival of the new year, the New Year bell rings and firecrackers sound in every household. Traditionally, the lights of the whole house are on until midnight. After receiving the god of wealth, the lucky money is placed under the child's pillow, and the family welcomes the New Year safely. Pay New Year's greetings on New Year's Day-keep taboos and offer tea to elders. On New Year's Day, from midnight to the early morning of New Year's Day, firecrackers are set off to worship God. After worshipping God, I will not open the door again until dawn. For good luck, many taboos should be strictly observed on this day.
Don't eat meat, don't throw things, don't go out (don't sweep the floor until the fourth day of the lunar new year), don't use sharp tools, etc. During the Chinese New Year. Words are expensive and auspicious, and New Year greetings cannot be saved, but we should also pay attention to the taboos of New Year greetings: avoid saying "decline" and "death"; If you accidentally break something, you must shout "Flowers bloom on the ground, prosperity"; It is forbidden to wash your hair early in the west; There can't be seven kinds of dishes. "Eating seven" is not good, and it is forbidden to wash rice with soup. It is said that using soup to wash rice will make prisoners encounter heavy rain when they go out for a long trip that year ... it is always lucky at eleven o'clock in the evening. When they get up early in the morning, the whole family will gather in the hall to pay New Year greetings to each other. Happy New Year at home, all ages are in an orderly way, and young people should pay New Year greetings to their elders.
Traditionally, daughters-in-law have to get up early to offer tea to Aunt Weng, with red dates and lotus seeds in the tea.
It is very taboo to kill people with a knife on New Year's Day. Buddhism respects the custom of fasting on the first day and fifteenth day, so it is necessary to fast, and it has evolved into the custom of fasting on the first day of Cheng Guangdong People's Congress. When relatives and friends come to pay a New Year call, they should present a "whole box" and ask someone to take the snacks in the box and say "gold" and "silver". After the Chinese New Year, the married elders will give red envelopes to the younger generation.
Opening the new year-every household attaches great importance to this day, especially in business. If you want to "have more advantages", you must have strong carp to sacrifice to the gods. Males are usually used because most of them are males. At home, when offering sacrifices, raw carp will be wrapped in red paper, then the carp will obediently follow suit, lie on the plate, and then put an orange on each side of the fish head to symbolize good luck, accompanied by lettuce with roots. Will make a fortune. Traditionally, on this morning, elders are responsible for cutting rice cakes and distributing them to everyone in the family, symbolizing the beginning of a new year. Moreover, married daughters can also go back to their parents' home for New Year's Eve dinner.
"It's good to get rich."
In the eyes of many Cantonese people, the opening of the New Year's Eve dinner on the second day of the lunar calendar has a lot to do with the luck of the New Year. Therefore, Cantonese New Year's Eve includes all kinds of well-meaning dishes, and some families will cut some barbecues to show that red skin is strong and healthy. Some people will spread Flammulina velutipes and lettuce together, and they will take money all over the floor, indicating that their lives are fierce. If you order or cook at home, Guangdong's New Year's Eve dinner must have "whole chicken", symbolizing "family portrait"; There will be Nostoc flagelliforme, oyster sauce and "getting rich" homophonic; Or "lettuce pig hand" which is homophonic with "making money"; A symbol of happiness in the coming year; There must also be all kinds of fresh shrimps that represent happiness; Seemingly "harmonious" braised round hoof, etc. The reunion dinner pays special attention to "good intentions", and the dishes represent deep meaning. Such as fish (symbolizing "having more than one year"), oyster lion (pronounced as "good thing" and "good thing"), Nostoc flagelliforme, lettuce (pronounced as "getting rich" and "making money"), mushroom with chicken feet (meaning "the way to make money"), arrowhead (meaning adding men later) and celery (diligence)
The third day of New Year's Eve is also called "Red Dog Day". According to legend, the red dog is the god of anger, and there are bad things when you meet it. In order to avoid meeting with fierce things, everyone stayed at home this day. In addition to the "red mouth" on the third day of the New Year, there are many in a year. According to the calculation, some days in the Lunar New Year are regularly designated as "red mouths", and the third day of the first month is one of them. However, if the third day of the Lunar New Year is a lucky day, it is still appropriate to do a lot of things.
Going back to the door the next day and the third day in the north is still a rule that northerners generally abide by. On the fourth day of the lunar new year, ask Wenchang-children write for academic progress, worship Wenchang, and children remember to bring onions, celery and garlic; Moreover, only by remembering these things can you have a mind, which means that you are smart, diligent and good at arithmetic. You should also bring a literati fan (a paper fan used by ancient literati) to represent the official position of fame and achievement, plus four writing brushes. "Four" represents wenchang star in Feng Shui, which can save flowers. The exam was handy, and a red envelope with four coins was added. If you especially want to get good grades in some subjects, you might as well match the textbooks for that subject. When children worship, they should first give their names, then pay homage with offerings in their hands, and listen to the temple saying, "No.1 scholar, Lian Deng on the golden list, lucky and rich ……" Then they climb the altar. The girl touched the writing brush of Wenchang Emperor's right hand with her left hand, and the boy touched the left hand of Bodhisattva with her right hand. Instead, the temple will uncover the hair on the forehead for the students and point with her sword. Give a sentence: "people bow their heads and see the ground." Then, Jiang Xin's brush put the inkstone on the altar to open and close, so that students can "begin to understand", which is considered as a ceremony. On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people's day-eating porridge means having plenty of food and clothing.
Jidi Zhou
According to the "gauntlet", the first day of junior high school started in the order of "one chicken, three pigs, four sheep, five cows, six horses, seven people and eight valleys", so the seventh day of junior high school is a day for people. "People's Day" traditionally eats porridge, which also means "having enough food and clothing". Cantonese people eat "and the first porridge". Take its lewdness, which means the best, and some Cantonese people will be vegetarian.