What are the customs and traditions of the 2020 Lunar New Year?
The time of Little New Year varies from place to place. It is December 23rd of the lunar calendar in the north and December 24th of the lunar calendar in the south. In some areas, Little New Year is New Year's Eve, indicating that the new year is approaching. So what are the customs and practices of Little New Year in 2021?What are the customs and traditions of the 2021 Lunar New Year?Little New Year customs: worship the kitchen godThe Little New Year is also the day when people worship the kitchen god. Offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God means sending the Kitchen God to heaven. According to legend, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month every year, which is the night of Little New Year, the Kitchen God will go to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor. People worship the Kitchen God devoutly and usually place offerings such as fruits, candies, and cakes on the table in front of the Kitchen God's statue, so that the Kitchen God can say more good things in front of the Jade Emperor. In addition, on the night of New Year’s Eve, the gods will come to the human world to celebrate the New Year, and the Kitchen God will return to the mortal world again, so rituals of "welcoming the Kitchen God" and "welcoming the God" must be prepared. Little New Year customs : sweeping the house As the saying goes, the New Year comes after Laba Festival, and the New Year comes after the Little New Year. After the Little New Year, it is less than ten days away from the New Year. On this day, people have to clean the house thoroughly inside and out, commonly known as "sweeping the dust". In the north it is called "sweeping the house" and in the south it is called "dusting". According to "Shiyi Ji", this custom can be traced back to more than 3,000 years ago, when it was a religious ceremony for the Han ancestors to drive away plague ghosts and pray for health. Later, "chen" (dust) and "chen" (old) are homophones, so sweeping the dust means sweeping away the old things, bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, and welcoming good luck and fortune. Little New Year customs : Pasting window flowers In ancient times, people's windows were made of paper, which would turn yellow or get damaged after being exposed to wind and sun for a long time. Therefore, people would usually re-paste the windows and stick window flowers on the day of the Little New Year. Sticking window flowers is one of the most popular folk activities. There are also many details to pay attention to when pasting window flowers. Usually, some auspicious patterns are pasted, such as fish, sheep, lotus, ingots, fortune, longevity and so on, to express the yearning for a better future. Little New Year customs : Pasting Spring Festival couplets Posting Spring Festival couplets has been very popular since ancient times, from the imperial palace to the ordinary people. There are also many things to pay attention to when posting Spring Festival couplets. Folk custom stipulates that couplets must be posted wherever there are gods, and on every door and every object, such as the shrine, granary, kitchen, warehouse and other places. Usually, people pay more attention to the couplets on the door. Except for the couplets on the shrine that express awe of God, no matter what the content of other couplets is, they generally express good luck, fortune, smooth prosperity, good health and so on. Little New Year customs: bathing and haircut Proverbs: "Don't get a haircut in the first month of the lunar year", "Whether you have money or not, get a haircut during the New Year", etc. Therefore, before the Chinese New Year, everyone, young and old, would take a bath, get a haircut, and start from scratch to greet the new year in a clean manner. Little New Year customs: wedding The day of Little New Year is suitable for marriage, because on this day all the gods on earth go to the heaven to report on their duties, so it is a time when there are no taboos. There is a folk proverb that says, "At the end of the year, villages are busy with weddings, and Yichun posts are sent to celebrate the spring. Sisters whisper to each other in front of the lamp, and this year's stay-up until the end of the year is the bridal chamber." Therefore, there are many weddings around the New Year. |
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