The custom of kowtowing in Chinese New Year.
This is the case in Shandong, Hebei and most parts of the north. Every year, people get up early in the morning, kowtow to the altar first, then to their parents, bow before kowtowing and say New Year greetings, then kneel on their knees, with their hands on the ground, with one head and upper body standing upright, and then kowtow together.
According to folk sayings, kowtowing to the living is the greatest respect; For the deceased ancestors, it was four heads, so there is a saying that "people are three ghosts and four", but now most people are basically kowtowing.
New year's day taboo:
1, don't sweep the floor on New Year's Day.
According to legend, the New Year's Day is the birthday of the broom star, and the broom can't be idle every day of the year, so this Amanome must not let it work. If you use a broom on this day, you will attract a "broom star", so there will be bad luck, and the bad luck will continue from now on.
Don't splash water on New Year's Day.
Some people think that in Feng Shui theory, water represents wealth, and the homonym of "splashing water" is "breaking money", so it is considered that splashing water in the first year of the new year is in danger of breaking money; It is also said that throwing water is throwing wealth out. At the same time, water represents life, and people are afraid of bringing disasters and diseases to themselves. So in the first day of junior high school, everyone put an empty bucket at home to put waste water.
3. Don't break things
On New Year's Day, every household is busy, so many times things are accidentally broken, especially fragile porcelain such as cups, plates and bowls. This is a bad sign for people, and it is also a manifestation of people's emotions and spirits from the inside out. Therefore, when I broke bowls, pots and other objects, I also calmed down, chanting: breaking peace, blooming on the ground, prosperity and other wishes.