With a sloppy wife and a lazy mom, the house is in such a mess that it doesn’t feel like a home.
The "Tail Ya" on the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month represents preparations for the end of the year, and a series of New Year customs kicks off. In the traditional "Wei Ya" worship ceremony, the sacrifices are all foods that symbolize good luck, such as Nostoc, oysters and black beans (good for getting rich), fish (more than enough every year), pomelo (every year), etc. According to tradition, the boss will treat his employees to eat "Qingqing Chicken" during the "Wei Ya" banquet. That is, if the chicken head or tail points to that employee, or the boss personally feeds the employee chicken nuggets, it means asking him to find another job. This day is a good day to eat shrimp, because you have worked hard all year long, and you can laugh while eating shrimp.
On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month (the twelfth month of the lunar calendar), thank Mr. Zao - two long canes of sugarcane are used to make a ladder to heaven. Year. This day of Xiaonian is also the day of giving up the stove. In the past, officials burned their stoves on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, while residents burned their stoves on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. "Households on the Water" generally burned their stoves on the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month. The reason for thanking the Stove God is that he will return to heaven on this day to report to the Jade Emperor the good deeds of the families under surveillance in the past year. He was merciful and concealed evil deeds and promoted good deeds, so they all offered delicacies to the Stove Lord. The offerings given to the Lord Zao include: a bowl of water and a bowl of white rice. This shows that the relationship between Lord Kitchen and this family is clean and pure. If Lord Kitchen shows favoritism, these two things will turn black when brought back to heaven. The most special thing is that sweets are offered. Among the sacrifices are two long sugarcane, two pieces of sugar and a pair of oranges with branches and leaves. The function of the two sugar canes is to serve as a ladder for the Kitchen God to return to heaven; the sugar cane has a tail, praying that things will start and end well, with a beginning and an end. Tablet sugar represents sweets. In the past, people did not have candies for dessert, so they used tablet sugar. As for tangerine, it is based on the Cantonese homophone of "gold", which is of course used to meet the stove king. It is said that the Kitchen God is the Jade Emperor's "second son", and the common people want to speak well of him in front of the Jade Emperor, so they want to sweeten the Kitchen God's mouth; there is another saying that they want to stick to his mouth to prevent him from talking nonsense. In addition, there are fried rice cakes, fried rice noodles, mandarin oranges, tangerines, brown sugar and a packet of red chips.
It’s the New Year’s Day in the north, and the atmosphere of the New Year has filled the streets and alleys. New Year’s goods are being bought. Perhaps this is the most prosperous time of the year. There is a folk jingle: "Twenty-three, send the stove king; twenty-four, come and sweep; twenty-five, paste the windows; twenty-six, stew the meat; twenty-seven, slaughter the rooster; twenty-eight, make the dough; two On the 19th, post Spring Festival couplets; on New Year’s Eve, the whole family happily eats dumplings. “This folk custom is still common in the north, especially in rural areas, but for people in the city, it has gradually faded away. , it is unshakable, every year. On the 25th day of the year, there are rules for preparing New Year’s goods - there are rules for making fried steamed cakes
After the end of the stove, every household began to be busy with New Year’s food. Nowadays, few families know how to cook fried dumplings, fried dumplings and rice cakes. Because if not done well, it may drive away good luck in the coming year, so it is better to outsource everything.
"Exploding on the 24th of the year, steaming cakes on the 25th of the year, and making rice dumplings on the 28th of the year" were the food schedules for families in the past. "Kaizhao" means "opening the oil pan", which is the same as steaming cakes. A series of processes are very critical. If you accidentally say an unlucky word, it may bring bad luck to the family all year round, so the housewife is responsible for this step. In order to avoid any mistakes, children are strictly prohibited from participating to prevent them from saying unlucky words.
Wash away the sloppy stuff on the 28th day of the lunar year - clean up the old things and exchange them for gold. On the 28th day of the red year (the twenty-eighth day of the lunar calendar), wash away the sloppy (dirty) stuff. The Spring Festival is approaching. Say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, which symbolizes getting rid of the old. It means welcoming the new year and hoping that this year will be better than the old one. The broom responsible for cleaning is considered unclean and may have the same meaning as the "Broom Star", the disaster star. Therefore, after cleaning up the mess on the 28th of the year, the broom should be put away. In addition, sweeping should also be done from the door to the house. Men also have to cut their hair and women have to wash their hair. The general cleaning before the Chinese New Year is different from usual. You can do superficial work normally. During the Chinese New Year, the Chinese custom is not to bring old and dirty things into the new year. Therefore, you should not take care of the corners and corners that you usually don’t care about during cleaning. The corners should also be turned inside out and cleaned thoroughly. During the New Year, if it is sloppy, you can only clean it up, but you must not throw it out on the street. You can only clean the place after the fourth day of the new year. In addition, the "golden flower" and "divine red" are replaced for the god's position and signboard, which is called "hairpin flower hanging red". The "golden flower" and "divine red" belong to the god's position and serve minor or extreme gods. As for the "red hairpin" on the gold-painted signboard, it also means good luck and prosperous business.
The twenty-ninth year of the year is the Year of Responsibility - eating dace, onions, celery and garlic will bring good luck
In the old society, all walks of life attached great importance to celebrating the New Year, so they would close the fire at the end of the year. The market is not open, so people will prepare long-lasting food to enjoy during the Chinese New Year, commonly known as the "New Year of Responsibility". These "New Year" foods start to be prepared on the 29th of the New Year. When choosing foods that can be used to celebrate the New Year, it is inevitable to pay attention to their meanings. Onions, celery, garlic, and dace are some of them. The roots of onions, celery and garlic should be left to symbolize a beginning and an end. These three vegetables all have the same pronunciation as "smart", "diligent" and "careful", while fish means "more than enough every year". Dace is selected from all kinds of fish to be responsible for the new year, because its body is covered with silver, and its mountain is shining like gold. The fish used to commemorate the new year should not have large scales, but should have a head and a tail. After frying, the fish body will turn golden yellow, which is a good color. The dace should be kept to commemorate the new year. The most important thing is to sprinkle salt on the fish before frying. According to custom, put a red envelope and a pair of tangerines or tangerines on the fish, and then put it in a rice vat, which symbolizes plenty of food and clothing. It will be taken out to cook and eat until the beginning of the new year.
On the 30th of the New Year, celebrate the Year of the Communist Youth League - go out for the 20th night, eat the New Year's Eve dinner, and stay lazy
The 30th of the year is the most lively. meal". After dinner, they stay awake until midnight, gathering around to "watch the New Year's Eve". According to legend, people should be gifted with flowers, oranges, etc. on this day. During the New Year and festivals, the most important thing is the way to eat group meals. The whole family should be in order and the dishes should be good. In the past, dinner was usually served around 5 o'clock and no later than 6 o'clock. After dinner, the Cantonese people would let their children walk down the street to "lazy", holding a small red lantern in one hand and a bowl of steamed eggs and mushrooms in the other. Bowl, and then the team walked and shouted: "Lazy, lazy, it's New Year's Eve, people are lazy and I am not lazy." This night was the most enjoyable.
It is a very common custom for the whole family to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Waiting for the arrival of the New Year, the New Year bell rings and every household sets off firecrackers. Following the tradition, the lights in the whole house are turned on until midnight. After receiving the God of Wealth, New Year's money is placed under the children's pillows, and the family welcomes the new year in peace. New Year greetings on the first day of the new year - observe taboos and serve tea to the elders. On the first day of the new year, from the night of the 30th of the new year to the early morning of the first day of the new year, the New Year is considered a new year only after setting off firecrackers and worshiping the gods. After worshiping the gods, the door will no longer be opened. , only until dawn. For the sake of good luck, many taboos must be strictly observed on this day.
Do not eat meat, avoid breaking things, avoid going out in the water (do not sweep the floor until the fourth day of the Lunar New Year), avoid using sharp tools, etc. During the Chinese New Year. Words are precious and auspicious, so you can’t avoid saying congratulations when saying New Year greetings, but you should also pay attention to the taboos during the New Year: avoid saying "decline", "death", etc.; if you accidentally break something, you should shout "falling to the ground, blooming, wealth and prosperity"; it is forbidden to morning in the west, wash in the morning, etc. There should not be seven kinds of dishes. "Eating seven" is not good for good luck. It is also forbidden to use soup to get rice. It is said that using soup to get rice will cause the offender to encounter heavy rain when going out for a long trip in that year... It will always end at 11 p.m. Auspiciousness comes first. When you get up early in the morning, the whole family, old and young, will gather in the hall to pay New Year greetings to each other. When paying New Year greetings at home, the elders and the younger ones should be arranged in an orderly manner, and the younger ones should pay New Year greetings to their elders.
Traditionally, the daughter-in-law has to get up early and serve tea to the family aunt, with red dates and lotus seeds in the tea.
It is taboo to kill with a knife on the first day of the new year. To respect the custom of eating vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year for Buddhist living beings, it has evolved into the custom of eating vegetarian food on the first day of the Lunar New Year in Guangdong. When relatives and friends come to pay New Year's greetings, they should offer a "full box" and ask people to take the snacks in the box and say: "拗金" or "拗银". After celebrating the New Year, married elders will send red envelopes to their younger generations.
The beginning of the new year - the famous carp sacrifice to the gods. Every household attaches great importance to this day, especially those who are doing business. If they hope to be "more than profitable", they must sacrifice the carps to the gods. Usually male fish are used because they are mainly male. When worshiping at home, wrap the head of a live carp with red paper, and the carp will obediently lie on the plate. Then put an orange on both sides of the fish head, which means good luck, and worship with lettuce with roots. It will bring great benefits and make money. It is tradition that on the morning of this day, the elders are responsible for cutting rice cakes and distributing them to everyone in the family to eat, symbolizing the beginning of the new year. Married daughters can also return to their parents' home for the New Year's Eve dinner.
"It's good to make a fortune"
In the minds of many Cantonese people, the New Year's dinner on the second day of the Lunar New Year has a lot to do with their luck in the new year. Therefore, the New Year's Eve dinner of Cantonese people, in addition to all the good-fortune dishes of the New Year's Eve dinner, some families will also cut some roast meat, which means red skin, strong and healthy. Some people will use lettuce to spread golden mushrooms and get money all over the ground, which means they are vigorous and vigorous.
If you order a la carte or cook at home, the Cantonese New Year's Eve dinner must include "whole chicken", which symbolizes "family happiness"; there will also be braised oysters with fermented vegetables, which is homophonic to "make a fortune"; or "make money easily". The homophonic word "lettuce and pig's trotters" symbolizes happiness in the coming year; there must also be various kinds of fresh shrimps laughing and joking to represent happiness; braised round hooves that look like "a ball of harmony", etc. Reunion dinners place special emphasis on "good intentions", and the dishes represent deep meanings. Such as fish (symbolizing "abundance every year"), oysters and lions (pronounced as "good things", "good"), nostoc, lettuce (pronounced as "making money", "making money"), chicken feet and money (that is, chicken feet and mushrooms) , meaning "recruiting wealth"), Cigu (meaning to have a male child in the future), celery (diligence), onion and garlic (representing intelligence and calculation), pig's trotter (the Cantonese sound is close to that of "shou", usually together with Nostoc) Nong, which means harvesting when you get rich, but now you can't illegally pick lettuce, and use lettuce instead, which means making money easily)... On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Chikou - don't go out and stay at home
The third day of the Lunar New Year" "Red Dog Day", also known as "Red Dog Day". According to legend, Akainu is an angry god, and when he encounters him, bad things will happen. In order to avoid encountering bad things, everyone stayed at home on this day. In addition to the "red mouth" on the third day of the Lunar New Year, there are many more throughout the year. According to calculations, certain days have been regularly designated as "chikou" in the lunar calendar year, and the third day of the first lunar month is one of them. However, if the third day of the Lunar New Year is an "auspicious day", it is still appropriate to do many things.
Returning home on the second and third day of the Lunar New Year in the north is still a rule generally observed by northerners. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, pray for Wenchang - children write to pray for academic progress. When praying for "Wenchang", children remember to bring onions, celery, and garlic; and only remember that these must have heads, which means they are smart, diligent, and good at arithmetic. Also bring a scribe's fan (a paper fan used by literati in ancient times), which represents official status and achievements, and four writing brushes. "Four" represents Wenchang star in Feng Shui, which can be used to write brilliantly and save flowers. If you are successful in the exam, you will receive a red envelope containing four coins. If you want to get good results in certain subjects, you may wish to bring the textbook of that subject with you. When the child worships, he must first state his name, then hold the sacrifice in both hands, burn incense and pay homage, listen to the temple blessings and mutter "the number one scholar, consecutive gold medals, good luck and wealth..." Then climb up to the altar, and the girl touches Wenchang with her left hand. The emperor used the brush in his right hand to gently touch the Ruyi on the left hand of the Bodhisattva. The boy used his right hand to lift the hair from the student's forehead and pointed a little with his sword. As a gift, "When people see you, you bow your head; when you see ghosts, you bow to the ground." Then the inkstone on the altar at the center of the river is opened and closed, which means that the students are "enlightened" and the ceremony is completed. The seventh day of the Lunar New Year is the day of the Lunar New Year - eating porridge means having enough food and clothing
Jidi porridge
According to the "Book of Divination" records, starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year, the order is "one chicken, two dogs, three Pigs, four sheep, five oxen, six horses, seven people and eight grains." Therefore, the seventh day of the lunar month is the human day. On "Human Day", people traditionally eat porridge, which also means "enough food and clothing". Cantonese people eat "Jidi porridge". If you choose it for good luck, it means that you will be the top scholar. There are also Cantonese people who are vegetarians.