What are the customs of Spring Festival in Pingnan, Guangxi?
After Laba, the rural market became lively. People intend to sell agricultural and sideline products and raise funds, which is also called "Spring Festival money". On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, commonly known as "New Year's Eve", the main activity is "offering sacrifices to the society", which is also called sending the Kitchen God back to heaven. Candles must be lit in front of the kitchen, and three bowls of fruit must be placed to give the kitchen god a farewell dinner. It is also necessary to use some paper materials to make pig, chicken, dog, horse and other image animals, accompany the kitchen god, and place a bowl of grass, beans and water for the road. The most important offering is a big plate of stove candy (maltose), and then the offering is placed in front of the god of the kitchen god, who is torn off and incinerated and sent to heaven. When the idol was burned, the person in charge of the sacrifice murmured, "Grandpa and Grandma, the Kitchen King, went to the Western Heaven to see the Jade Emperor. God reported a good thing, and the lower bound is safe. If you say something bad, I'll stick it on you. " With a bang, he stuck a piece of kitchen candy on the kitchen door. It can be seen that it is an ancient family tradition to seal your mouth by eating and drinking. After the sacrifice, they began to clean the room and courtyard, and then each household washed rice and flour, prepared rice cakes and bought new year's goods.
On New Year's Eve, people are busy posting Spring Festival couplets early in the morning. The doors are decorated with colorful patterns of "Door God", "Tea God" and "Lei Yu" and armored warriors. They are responsible for guarding the door. On the lintel, there is a horizontal bar with the words "Xiangyang family", and there are three or five "hanging money" below. At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, rice wine is served, incense sticks are lit and firecrackers are set off. After the "ancestor worship", the whole family, old and young, happily ate the New Year's Eve dinner.
On New Year's Eve, men, women and children put on new clothes, and the younger generation bowed and kowtowed to their elders in turn, asking for "lucky money". After midnight, it is New Year's Eve, and every household will choose a good day to welcome the God of Wealth, the God of Fortune and XiShen. First, set up an altar in the middle of the courtyard to place sacrifices, and then light two torches at the gate. This is called catching fire, because the three gods come in the evening, and the light is also called guiding the way, while burning incense and shooting to welcome them. Sending a man to fetch water from the well means that the water can raise pigs quickly and make people drink it healthily. Later, the male host led the whole family, old and young, to carry sacrifices to Gongtan Temple. Everyone should drink a cup of sweet tea after going home, which means that the next year will be sweeter. This night, people usually stay up all night, which is called "keeping the old age".
On the first day of the first month, I get up early in the morning, and the younger generation says auspicious words to the elders, and the elders give benefits to the younger generation. No scissors, no sweeping; Don't visit relatives and friends. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, we kill chickens in the morning to worship our ancestors. Ten days after the New Year, everyone goes to visit relatives and friends.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, Lantern Festival is also called Lantern Festival. In every household in urban and rural areas, lanterns are hung high in front of the door. Colorful lanterns are made of paper and bamboo.
Before liberation, the Spring Festival activities in county towns generally had a strong color of feudal superstition. After liberation, this custom was inherited, but with the progress of people's thinking, the Spring Festival activities gradually developed into civilization, simplicity, excitement and health.