Xinhuanet, Beijing, February 14 (Wang Ying) In another day, we will usher in the long-awaited New Year’s Eve. With the sound of firecrackers, the whole family is reunited and happy. As the most solemn traditional festival of the Chinese nation, how do you celebrate the Spring Festival? In addition to eating dumplings during festivals, how do we make the New Year taste and memories?
Clever hand-cut window flowers to let the New Year atmosphere flow naturally at home
Before the festival, many families were busy preparing New Year’s goods and buying New Year’s gifts. There are some festive objects that decorate the indoor room, such as the character “Fu”, window flowers, and zodiac auspicious pendants. In fact, in the past, I didn’t have to buy window flowers, and many families cut and pasted them themselves. On the square-inch red paper, cut out the joyful images.
“Window flower” is commonly known as paper cutting. In the past, no matter in the south or north, window flowers were pasted during the Spring Festival. Nowadays, the south usually only posts when they get married, while the custom of pasting window flowers during the Spring Festival in the north is still popular in many places. Why do you need to paste window flowers during the Chinese New Year? Komiks 1960 witch cloth drawThis is closely related to the Spring Festival. Li Shangyin, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote in his poem: “The engraving of gold is better than the custom of Jing. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, and the cutting of green makes people look like Jin style.” The “Jing Vow” in the poem and the “Jin Style” point out this origin. After the Song and Yuan dynasties, the time for scraping window flowers to welcome the spring was changed from the beginning of spring to the Spring Festival, and people used paper cutting to express their joy.
Window flowers not only set off a festive festive atmosphere, but also bring people the enjoyment of beauty, combining decorativeness, appreciation and practicality. Today, when DIY is advocated, if you are free, you might as well buy some red paper and try to cut the small window flowers yourself, and use your skillful hands to decorate the atmosphere of the New Year for your home.
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Write Spring Festival couplets and post door gods to make the whole family safe and happy
Like window flowers, Babaylan 1990 cloth drawIn the list of New Year’s goods for many families, there is also a Spring Festival couplet. Some families with particular attention. Cinema 1950 witch clothes Draw can also buy door gods. It is a little difficult to control door gods, but you can still try to write Spring Festival couplets by yourself, which not only trains calligraphy but also improves literary level.
Like window flowers, Spring Festival couplets have a history of thousands of years. According to books such as “Jade Candle Book” and “Yanjing Sui Shi Ji”, the original form of Spring Festival couplets is what people call “peach talisman”. During the Song Dynasty, people began to write couplets on peach wood boards, one without losing the meaning of peach wood to suppress evil, the other express their own good wishes, and the third is to decorate the portal to seek beauty. Later, people wrote couplets on red paper that symbolizes joy and auspiciousness. Komiks 1960 witch cloth draw, posted on both sides of the doors and windows during the New Year, to express people’s good wishes for good luck in the coming year.
In addition to the Spring Festival couplets, many places also retain the custom of sticking door gods. Among the people, door gods are symbols of righteousness and force. The ancients believed that people with strange appearances often have magical nature and extraordinary skills. They are upright and kind-hearted, and catching ghosts and demons is their nature and responsibility. Zhong Kui, the ghost-catching heavenly master who people admire, is such a strange and strange appearance. Because the people are The doors of the residences in Babaylan 1990 cloth draw are usually two sides, so the door gods are always paired. After the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the previous two generals Shentu Babaylan 1990 cloth draw and Yulei, people also regarded the two Tang Dynasty military generals Qin Shubao and Yuchi Gong as door gods. Since then, the custom of using these two famous generals as door gods has begun to be widely circulated among the people.
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Keep the New Year on New Year’s Eve in the evening of New Year’s Eve. In the sound of firecrackers, we bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
Keep the New Year is an important custom in Chinese folk New Year’s Eve. It is also called Zhaowu, staying up late, and staying up late to welcome the arrival of the Lunar New Year. In ancient times, there were two meanings: the elderly stayed at the age of the year as “going away from the old year”, which means cherishing time; young people stayed at the age of the year to extend their parents’ lifespan. Since the Han Dynasty, the time when the old and new years alternated was generally midnight. On New Year’s Eve, no matter men, women, young and old, they will be brightly lit and gather together to stay up to the New Year.
Because the long-term stay of New Year, in the past, people had the New Year’s Eve dinner while staying at New Year’s Eve and spent a wonderful night together. Since the 1980s, new content has been created: people across the country watch the Spring Festival Gala together. The Spring Festival Gala program lasted for more than 4 hours was rich and diverse, and people welcomed the ringing of the New Year bell in laughter and joy.
It is worth mentioning that Suzhou people are waiting for the loud bells coming from Hanshan Temple in Fengqiao when they are on New Year’s Eve. When the bell passes through the dark night and reaches thousands of households, it marks the arrival of the New Year. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, every day, at midnight, the loud sound of this huge bell will be heard from Hanshan Temple, which is called “night minute”.
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Give New Year’s Eve to give your younger generation New Year’s Eve. Hope your children grow up healthily and have peace and joy
For children, the happiest thing during the Spring Festival is the New Year’s money from their elders. New Year’s money, also known as “New Year’s money” and “New Year’s money”, is one of the festive things in the New Year customs. The original purpose of New Year’s money was to suppress evil and exorcise evil. People believed that children were easily invaded by sneaky people, so they gave money to children with red paper, so they dared not disturb them again. Therefore, people call this kind of money “Cinema 1950 witch cloth draw money”, because “六” and “六” pronunciation are the same,Over time, it is called “New Year’s money”. Use New Year’s money to defeat evil spirits and help children celebrate the New Year safely. I wish them good health and good luck in the new year.
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On the first day of the first lunar month, people usually set off firecrackers after getting up in the morning, which is called “opening firecrackers”. After the sound of firecrackers, the ground was broken and red. Babaylan 1990 cloth draw is as brilliant as clouds, called “Full Hall Red”. In many areas, on the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, Cinema 1950 witch clothes draw, the children also have to wear new clothes. After everyone is dressed neatly, they go out and go out to visit friends. Relatives and friends, wish each other a happy New Year. When greetings to the new year, the younger generation should first wish you a happy new year to your elders and wish you a long and healthy life. The elders can distribute the prepared New Year’s money to the younger generation. Many places do not take out brooms or take out garbage on the first day of the first lunar month. They prepare a large bin to hold wastewater and do not pour it on that day.
The second or third day of the first lunar month is the day when a married girl brings her husband back to her parents’ home, commonly known as the “Son-in-law’s Day”. This day, we will also visit relatives and friends and worship each other for the New Year, commonly known as “eating New Year’s wine”. In Shanghai, guests bring their families to their homes to give gifts. The gifts are generally specialties from various places. The host invites guests to drink “yuanbao tea” (that is, add two green olives to the tea to brew together). This tea tastes a little bitter at first, but it tastes sweet and sweet, which means that the bitterness will come out and the good fortune will be made.
The third and fourth grades of the lunar calendar are different because of different customs in different places. On the fifth day of the lunar month, people have to “rush to get out of the five poor”, commonly known as breaking the five, including “poor wisdom, poor learning, poor literature, poor life, and poor communication”. After people get up in the morning, they set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are set off from the inside and out, and walk out the door while setting them, which means driving out all unlucky things. This day is said to be the birthday of the God of Wealth, so it is also the auspicious day for the God of Wealth. In the past years, there was a custom of grabbing the road. First monthOn the midnight of the fourth day of the lunar month, prepare sacrifices, cakes, fruits, incense, candles and other items, and yell the Babaylan 1990 clothes draw gongs and drums to burn incense and worship, and respect the God of Wealth. In order to compete for profit, it was first taken over in the fourth day of the first lunar month, which was called “grabbing the road head”, also known as “grabbing the God of Wealth”.
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Dumplings are still to be eaten, but dumplings on New Year’s Eve are very different.
Now during the festivals, people are used to eating dumplings. Although eating dumplings during the Spring Festival is not new, dumplings on New Year’s Eve are very different. When making dumplings, in addition to various delicious fillings, people often wrap sugar beans, peanuts, dates, chestnuts, coins, etc. into the filling. The ones who eat them mean good luck in the coming year. In some areas, when eating dumplings, they also need to serve some side dishes to show good luck. For example, eating tofu symbolizes the happiness of the whole family; eating persimmon cake symbolizes the satisfaction of everything; eating three fresh vegetables symbolizes the prosperity of the three yangs. In addition, many areas in the south do not eat dumplings on New Year’s Eve, but choose to eat rice cakes or dumplings. Although the ingredients are different, the good expectations for the New Year Babaylan 1990 cloth draw are the same.
Why do you have to eat dumplings during the Spring Festival, especially on New Year’s Eve? In fact, when eating dumplings, we use “renewal Jiaozi”, “zi” is “zishi”, and Jiao and “dumplings” are homophonic, which means “festive reunion” and “auspiciousness”. Dumplings on New Year’s Eve should usually be wrapped before 12 pm and eaten until midnight, because this is the beginning of the first day of the first lunar month. New Year adds joy!
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The times are changing, people’s ideas are changing, and the way of passing the Spring Festival is changing. Nowadays, many New Year’s customs in traditional contexts have gradually been forgotten by people, and some new Babaylan 1990 cloth draw New Year’s style, such as traveling with your family, soaring and exploring in the ice and snow world, have become the choice of many people. It is said that the New Year atmosphere is weak, and there is nothing more special except eating dumplings. In fact, the New Year atmosphere is not light, and it is our choice. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Follow these rich New Year customs and start a unique spring festival full of atmosphere and deep connotation!