What are the customs of celebrating the Spring Festival in Northeast China?
1, jiaozi for 30 nights.
Northerners have the habit of eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival. On New Year's Eve, the whole family got together to chat, including jiaozi. The skin and stuffing of dumplings should have just been used up. It is said that there are too many skins or stuffing. You can't use up all the noodles used to wrap jiaozi bread. You should leave some, saying that there is surplus food every year.
2. Eat frozen products after New Year's Eve.
Frozen products are a specialty of Northeast China and a kind of "snack food" that people in Northeast China like very much. Although not every family has the habit of eating frozen products, it is not only sweet and sour, but also refreshing to soak the frozen pears and persimmons in water for a while after dinner. Most importantly, frozen products can relieve alcohol and boredom. After a hearty New Year's Eve dinner, a frozen pear will definitely make you feel better.
3, 30 nights ever-burning.
You can't turn off the lights on New Year's Eve. You need long lights. And before the fifteenth day of the first month, lanterns were lit at home. Old Northeasters say it represents longevity and incense. Children who accidentally turn off the lights will be scolded, and the newlyweds' new houses can't be empty, so they must keep people and light them all night.
4, lucky money
Lucky money is children's favorite. Lucky money is the tradition of Chinese New Year, and it is the blessing and love of the elders to the younger generation. Children who want to get lucky money should kowtow to their elders to pay New Year greetings. Up to now, kowtowing has almost been omitted.
Don't sweep the floor on the first day and the second day.
In the past, the old northeast people thought that the Chinese New Year was the key moment to gather good luck for a year, so they dared not clean it easily for fear of sweeping away all the good luck for a year. So on the first day and the second day, we don't sweep the floor, and nothing is built on the ground. There is a similar emphasis on not taking out the garbage on the first day and the second day of the first day, but taking it out together on the third day. The older generation called the third, sixth and ninth days as water release days, which means that only these days in the first month can be used for bathing, washing clothes and cleaning rooms, and other days are not allowed.