What to eat on New Year’s Eve? Little New Year's Customs
In China, no matter what festival it is, there seems to be corresponding food and customs, not to mention bigger festivals like the New Year's Eve. So, what do people eat on New Year’s Eve? What are the customs for the Little New Year’s Eve? Let’s find out together. In the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the coldest days of winter arrive as expected. Shuimoxiansheng.com presents you with wonderful content for the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2018.What to eat on New Year's Eve1. Eating dumplings: In the north, people have the custom of eating dumplings on the night of the Little New Year, which means seeing off the Kitchen God. The idea is to "send off dumplings facing the wind." When offering sacrifices, the dumplings should be placed upright on the altar. In addition, there is a folk saying that "nothing tastes better than dumplings." During every Chinese New Year, dumplings become an indispensable delicacy. 2. Eat the newly made large pieces of candy from Kanto . When you put them in your mouth and bite them, they are crispy, fragrant, sticky, and have a special flavor. This is a kind of candy that is very popular among men, women, young and old in Kanto. It has come down from the sacrificial table of the Kitchen God and is now widely enjoyed by the people. 3. Eating fried corn In the southeastern part of Shanxi Province, there is a custom of eating fried corn. There is a folk saying that goes "If you don't eat fried corn on the 23rd, you will eat a lot on the first day of the New Year." People like to stick the fried corn together with maltose, which forms large chunks when frozen and tastes crispy and sweet. 4. Eating fire-baked bread on the day of worshiping the kitchen god, in addition to eating kitchen god candy, fire-baked bread is also a very special seasonal food. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the day of worshiping the Kitchen God, the sesame seed cake stalls in the city do a booming business. 5. Eating sticky cakes In the western region of Shandong, there is a folk song that goes “Twenty-three, sticky cakes are sticky.” The 23rd day of the 12th lunar month every year is the day when every household steams and eats sticky cakes, which is meant to stick the mouth of the Kitchen God shut so that he will speak good things to the heaven instead of bad things on earth. 6. Eating New Year’s Zongzi. Nanning people have the custom of eating “New Year’s Zongzi” during the Little New Year. New Year’s Zongzi is an auspicious symbol of the New Year. As the saying goes: “New Year’s Zongzi, New Year’s Zongzi, success every year (Zongzi)”. New Year's rice dumplings are different from the cold rice dumplings of the Dragon Boat Festival. They have stuffing and come in different sizes, long and short, round and flat shapes. After peeling off the leaves, the skin is glutinous rice, and the filling is mung beans and pork. Some people also put their favorite foods as fillings.What are the customs for celebrating the Little New Year?1. The 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. 2. Sweeping the house: As the saying goes, after Laba Festival it is the New Year, and after the Little New Year it is even more of a 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". 3. Posting 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 is to post couplets wherever there are gods, on every door and on 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, other couplets, no matter what the content is, generally express good luck, fortune, smooth prosperity, good health and so on. 4. Pasting window flowers In ancient times, people’s windows were made of paper. After being exposed to wind and sun for a long time, the paper would turn yellow or get damaged. Therefore, on the day of the Little New Year, people usually had to re-paste the windows and paste window flowers. Pasting 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. 5. 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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