What is the New Year custom in Ganzhou?
New Year's custom in Ganzhou:
1. The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is the "Lunar New Year", and the dinner is rich. After dinner, the kitchen god is offered as a sacrifice, which is called "Stealing the Heart Day". Most Hakka people in Guangdong "break the ground" here, so it is not necessary to ask the old man to see the orientation and timing of the house, just like the Winter Solstice Day.
2. "New Year's Eve" is also called "New Year's Eve". On this day, Spring Festival couplets are posted at the gate of every household, and small red notes are also posted on the doorboards and windows. Every household kills chickens and ducks on this day. Going to the ancestral hall to respect the ancestors shows that you remember your ancestors' great virtues during the New Year or during the holidays. On New Year's Eve, the family reunion dinner is eaten especially early. Generally, it starts at four or five o'clock at noon and lasts until dusk. The whole family eats New Year's Eve dinner and drinks wine to celebrate the new year's eve. The children grow up and the old people celebrate the new year.
3. At midnight on the first day of the first month, people flock to burn incense and sound firecrackers to welcome the new year, which means "grabbing spring". They think that the sooner you get up, the better the blessing of this year. The owner set off fireworks and opened the door, and walked in the direction of "good intentions", which is called "traffic trip". Wear new clothes in the morning, worship your ancestors first, then your elders, and say "Congratulations on the New Year".
4. Vegetarianism for breakfast (24-hour vegetarianism in Wangmudu area of Xinfeng County) means to be healthy after eating for one year, so as to avoid disasters and protect physical and mental health. On that day, adults and children play all day long, but they are not allowed to leave the house, especially when children sit on the doorsill of other people's houses, and women are knitting on the sunbed or on their own patio, taking soles, soles and having fun and chatting. Boys play cards or "counting soybeans", and children like to set off firecrackers. All the village houses look very prosperous.
5. Generally, "Jiulong Pan" is prepared at home from the second day of junior high school, with special snacks such as preserved duck, beef liver and sausage, and more peanuts, sunflower seeds and fruit plates are added to receive guests until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month. When my in-laws visit, there are many people who drink and eat a bowl full of eggs.