What’s the taboo about not having New Year’s Eve in 2022? What’s the good or bad thing about not having New Year’s Eve in 2022?

Introduction: You must already know that there is no New Year's Eve in 2022, only the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, so after the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, it will be the Spring Festival directly. So, what’s the taboo about not celebrating New Year’s Eve in 2022? What’s the good or bad thing about not having New Year’s Eve in 2022? If you want to know what the customs and taboos are on New Year’s Day, come and take a look at my introduction.

There is no taboo on New Year’s Eve in 2022

Customs vary from place to place, and the specific details will depend on the regulations in your area.

The New Year’s Eve is what everyone refers to as New Year’s Eve. However, since New Year’s Eve is not fixed on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, there is no big taboo. However, because the customs and habits of various regions are different, so The specifics will depend on the regulations in your area.

There will be no good or bad luck on New Year’s Eve in 2022

There will be no outsiders on New Year’s Eve

There will be no outsiders on New Year’s Eve. This sentence means, On New Year's Eve, no outsiders are allowed, including married daughters. Who is the outsider? In the past, it referred to a married girl. According to the old saying, the water thrown out by a married girl is no longer a member of her own family, but a member of her husband's family. You cannot return to your natal family on New Year's Eve, and you can return to your natal family on New Year's Eve. Even if the parents don't say anything, if there are older brothers and younger brothers, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law may not look good. In fact, these are all opinions from the past. Nowadays, the number of only children is increasing. Naturally, the mother's family is not so particular about it. Children are the same and can come back whenever they like. However, the saying that you cannot return home on New Year's Eve is still very particular among the people. Nowadays, the day when the daughter and son-in-law come home is on the second or third day of the Lunar New Year.

Don’t cry

New Year’s Eve is a very festive festival, and you must not cry on this day. According to the old people in rural areas, crying during the New Year's Eve can easily attract some unclean things. You have to be happy on New Year's Eve, and you are more particular about crying. Moreover, this year's New Year's Eve is the beginning of spring, so there are still It is important to move around more on the day of the Beginning of Spring and not to sit or lie down all the time. Such laziness to move will be extremely detrimental to your fortune in the coming year. Celebrating the New Year happily can enhance your fortune in the coming year.

Avoid saying unlucky words

During the Chinese New Year, greet each other with blessings and auspicious words. We are very particular about some unlucky words on New Year's Eve. Bad words such as "break", "death", "sick", "lose", "defeat", etc. are very particular on New Year's Eve. What you can't say, you should say good things and good deeds. Don't discuss some bad or unlucky things and words. This is also something that you care about during the New Year. Say more auspicious words and wish each other a happy new year.

Customs and taboos in various places on New Year’s Eve

Suzhou: Waiting for the bell

On New Year’s Eve in Suzhou, you have to wait for the bell to be heard from Hanshan Temple in Fengqiao The loud bells came. When the bells ring through the dark night and reach thousands of households, it marks the arrival of the New Year. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter, at midnight every day, the loud ringing of this huge bell will be heard in Hanshan Temple, which is known as the "Minute Bell" among the people. This clock has become the time information in the lives of people within dozens of miles of Suzhou's urban and rural areas. The bells of Hanshan Temple also appear in poems. The most widely circulated one is "Night Mooring on the Maple Bridge" by Zhang Ji, a poet of the Tang Dynasty: The moon is setting, the crows are full of frost, and the rivers, maples, and fishing fires are facing melancholy. At Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City, the bell rang for the passenger ship at midnight.

Beijing: Worshiping ancestors, receiving gods, and receiving kitchen stoves

Beijing’s New Year’s Eve is even more busy, with worshiping ancestors, receiving gods, and receiving kitchen stoves. As soon as the ceremony of worshiping gods and ancestors began, the entire city of Beijing was drowned in the deafening sound of firecrackers. People also spread sesame straw in their yards and the whole family would step on it, which is called "stepping on the new year", which means longevity. The lights are bright all night long on New Year's Eve, and people bid farewell to the New Year and stay up late on New Year's Eve.

When the New Year's bell rang, each family's dumplings were cooked, and people enjoyed themselves.

Taiwan: New Year’s Day

New Year’s Eve is not called New Year’s Eve in Taiwan, but is called “New Year’s Day”. In the afternoon, the animal body is offered in front of the shrine in the hall. In the evening, the whole family burns incense and bows before saying goodbye to the elders. Then comes the "circling the stove", which is a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner. The family sits around a table filled with dishes and a brazier placed under the table. "Circuit around the stove" brings the climax to New Year's Eve. Travelers who are far away from home, unless absolutely necessary, have to rush home for reunion no matter how far away or busy they are. After the New Year's Eve dinner, wax torches are burned to keep the New Year's Eve. Daughters-in-law wish to bring wealth and longevity to their elders. They cannot go to bed early. The longer they sit, the longer their elders' wealth and longevity will be. This shows filial piety.

Shandong: Reunion Dumplings

In the northern Shandong area, the whole family must sit together to eat at noon on New Year’s Eve. This is called the reunion dinner and must be eaten. In the evening, firecrackers begin to be set off, a fire is lit in front of every house, and neighbors set off fireworks together, creating a unique atmosphere. You are not allowed to sleep on the night of the 30th, and you stay up until 12 o'clock, and you set off firecrackers and eat dumplings after 12 o'clock. This is to see whose firecrackers go off early (so many people wait for the time with their watches stuck). When the clock strikes 12, the firecrackers will go off immediately. The New Year's firecrackers continue until about 5 o'clock in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Then eat dumplings, which are reunion dumplings and must be eaten, no matter how much you eat. Isn’t it often said that the dumplings on the first day of the Lunar New Year cost thirty pieces of noodles? The dumplings made at midnight on the thirtieth day and on the first day of the Lunar New Year are all made in thirty packages.

Hunan: "To bring wealth and treasure"

Hunan people will eat chicken, meat and fish on New Year's Eve. After it is stewed, red chili powder is sprinkled on top, symbolizing abundance and abundant harvests every year. At 12 o'clock on New Year's Eve, each family will send a finished gold ingot model to the door, which means that it will attract wealth in the new year.

Hainan: "Eating New Festival"

Hainan still maintains the ancient living habits and customs of their nation, and "Eating New Festival" is one of them one. "Eating new" means eating the newly harvested fruits of labor. Rice is cooked with new grains just harvested from the fields; wine is brewed with new glutinous rice; vegetables, fish, meat, etc. are all grown in the same year.

Kaifeng: New Year's Day

Kaifeng's folk New Year celebrations not only refer to the first day of the first lunar month, but also include the beginning and end of the year, from the eighth day of December in the old year to the first day of the new year The fifth day is the year. As soon as "Laba" arrives, Kaifeng's urban and rural areas will have a "New Year flavor". Twenty-three, sacrifice to the kitchen official. After the stove sacrifice, every family is busy buying New Year's goods and cleaning the house to welcome the New Year, especially cigarettes, wine, fish, meat and gifts for visiting relatives. I was busy buying new year's goods until the 30th of the twelfth lunar month. There is still a folk song for the Spring Festival in Kaifeng today: "Twenty-three, sacrifice to the kitchen official; twenty-four, clean the house; twenty-five, make tofu; twenty-six, cut the meat; twenty-seven, kill a chicken; two On the 18th, kill a duck; on the 29th, go get some wine; on the 30th, put up the door flag."

Shanghai: "A good start"

The first day of the first lunar month is the day. Spring Festival, commonly known as the Chinese New Year. The first thing every family does in the early morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year is to set off firecrackers, which is called "opening firecrackers". Its original intention is to drive away evil spirits and hope for the prosperity and safety of the whole family.

Northeast: Sticky Bean Buns

After entering the twelfth lunar month, a pig will be killed first and the villagers will be invited to have a meal to celebrate. Then make sticky bean buns and make tofu. Sticky bean buns are mostly made of big yellow rice wrapped with bean filling. Almost every household makes them. They weigh hundreds to dozens of kilograms at most and can last all winter.

Tianjin: Colored Paper Cuts

Diaoqianer is a pattern carved from colored paper and pasted on the glass and horizontal edges of doors and windows as an embellishment of the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival. The hanging money attached can only be damaged on the fifth day of the first lunar month, otherwise it means an unlucky year.

Northwest: Big Dumplings

When people in many places in the northwest eat dumplings, the wrappers are not rolled out one by one, but the dough is rolled out. It is made into a large piece and then buckled into a bowl.

Southern Henan: Qian Chuanzi Noodles

In southern Henan, the New Year’s Eve dinner is eaten until midnight. When the New Year’s bell rings, a plate of fish is served to mark the new year. More than a year. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, dumplings and noodles are boiled and eaten together. The noodles represent money strings, which means making money.

Sichuan: Hot pot, glutinous rice balls

On New Year’s Eve, Sichuan people generally eat hot pot. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, we eat glutinous rice balls, which means reunion.

Jiangsu: "Digging for Yuanbao"

Suzhou people put cooked water chestnuts in their meals on New Year's Eve and dig them out when eating. This is called "Digging for Yuanbao". When visiting relatives and friends, they should do so when making tea. Putting two green olives in it means drinking "Yuanbao Tea", wishing you good luck and wealth.

Zhanjiang: Sticking with New Year’s Red

The Spring Festival in rural areas usually takes about a month from preparation to completion. Preparations start in mid-December of the lunar calendar, including renovating the house, purchasing furniture, and adding new decorations. Change into new clothes, buy various new year goods, etc. The most lively scenes on the 29th or 30th day of the new year are pig slaughtering, catching pond fish, and going to the New Year's Eve Fair, where men, women, old and young all go out. In the evening, every household puts up "New Year's red" posters, including New Year paintings and traditional "door gods". Most of the couplets are related to good fortune and wealth. After the reunion dinner, the new year's money is distributed. At 12 o'clock, every household sets off firecrackers to see off the old and welcome the new.

Wenzhou: "Baizi Cannon"

In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first thing every household does is to rush to open the door. The whole city is filled with the sound of firecrackers, symbolizing farewell to the old and welcoming the new and bringing in good fortune. , commonly known as "receiving the new year". There is also a tradition of "opening the door". Generally, a bunch of small firecrackers are set off first, called "hundred-ton firecrackers." Welcome the new year. It is required that all three rounds sound loud and clear, which is the most auspicious.

Jiuhuashan: Offering Incense

After the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner, the residents of Jiuhuashan either watch TV to stay up late or entertain themselves until the New Year’s bell rings at midnight. Finally, some whole families, some representatives of the head of the family, wash their faces and mouth, and set off firecrackers and fireworks, which is called "traveling"; then they bring the prepared incense, firecrackers, and fireworks to the body palace (those who are far away go to nearby temples) ) incense.

On the way to perform incense, even if you meet an acquaintance, you should remain silent. You can only greet each other when you return home after performing incense. Burning incense on New Year's Eve is to pray for peace and prosperity in the new year. It is said that if you burn the first stick of incense, it is the most auspicious.

Lhasa: Prayer

In Lhasa, Tibetan residents set up new prayer flags on their roofs early in the morning to pray for a bumper harvest and good luck in the new year. The prayer flags are made of blue, white, red, green and yellow cloth, which symbolize blue sky, white clouds, red fire, green water and loess. The Buddhist scriptures are printed on them. When trees are planted with prayer flags. Generally, five-color cloth is hung on the branches first, and then the branches covered with five-color cloth are inserted on the roof. After setting up the prayer flags, offerings such as highland barley wine and fried noodles are placed on the roof, and vanilla is lit, followed by dancing and singing.

Macau: "Profitable City"

The Chinese New Year begins on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, with a "reunion dinner" to show good fortune and good luck. On the Spring Festival, Macau people pay attention to "profit", and "profit" means red envelopes. On this day, bosses meet their employees, elders meet juniors, and even married people get "profit" when they meet unmarried people

Hong Kong: Seeking profit

Hong Kong is known as "a paradise for food. On New Year's Eve, the whole family gathers together, inside and outside, and the first choice after dinner is to visit the flower market. , during the Lunar New Year, you can hear the laughter of "begging" for good fortune everywhere. "Lushi" is originally a "good thing", and it has become an indispensable custom to get good luck and good wishes during the Spring Festival.