When is New Year’s Eve 2017? What are the taboos for eating New Year’s Eve dinner?
Introduction: We Chinese all know that the day we eat the New Year’s Eve dinner is New Year’s Eve, which is the last day of the twelfth lunar month and the day when the family reunites. There are many customs on New Year’s Eve, eating New Year’s Eve dinner and staying up all night are the most representative customs. So, what should we pay attention to when eating the New Year’s Eve dinner? Are there any taboos? Please follow the editor to learn more about it below! There are not only many national customs and activities on New Year’s Eve, but also many New Year’s etiquette and taboos. Want to know more? Welcome to the New Year’s special topic carefully prepared for you by Mr. Shui Mo to learn more!The Origin of New Year's EveAccording to Lüshi Chunqiu·Jidongji, the ancients used drum beating to drive away the "epidemic ghost" on the day before the New Year. This is the origin of the "New Year's Eve" festival. It is said that the earliest mention of the name "New Year's Eve" was in historical books such as "Fengtu Ji" written by Zhou Chu of the Western Jin Dynasty.Taboos of eating New Year's Eve dinnerThere are many taboos on New Year’s Eve. For example, avoid saying unlucky words such as ghost, death, and killing, avoid breaking dishes, avoid using bad words, avoid urinating and defecating anywhere, avoid throwing dirty water and lamp oil on the ground, etc. When New Year's Eve comes, people celebrate the festival and celebrate the harvest while taking a bath, changing clothes, and cleaning to drive away diseases and evil spirits. Especially during the New Year’s Eve dinner, there are more taboos. 1. When elders give younger generations more rice and dishes, if the younger generation is full and doesn’t want more, they cannot say “no” but “I’ve got some”; if they have finished some tea and snacks, they should say “I’m very hungry” or “There are too many” instead of just saying “There’s no more”... These auspicious words are people’s “New Year’s Eve homework”, and adults should teach children to say them, otherwise the new year will not be smooth. 2. Before eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, you must first prepare offerings to worship your ancestors. Before inviting the ancestral spirits, family members and items must be present, otherwise the family will not be reunited and the wealth will not be complete. After the ancestral spirits are invited, no one is allowed to occupy the seats on both sides of the altar, which means that one cannot compete with the ancestors for seats; no one is allowed to make noise or curse, otherwise it would be disrespectful to the ancestors; leftover tea should not be spilled on the ground, so as not to confuse pouring offerings with splashing water; when offering sacrifices to the ancestral spirits, one should not shout out the names of children, so as not to be heard by the homeless ghosts outside the gate and cause the children to die. During a formal meal, it is very taboo to be disturbed by others, especially to have someone visit, because this is called "stepping on the New Year's dinner", which will make the whole family restless. 3. After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, there is a custom of staying up all night on New Year’s Eve. The whole family gathers together, sits around the fire, reminisces about the past and talks about the present, talks about good wishes, and places hope on the new year, thus staying up all night. At the same time, some taboos should be observed during the New Year's Eve. It is forbidden to make loud noises to avoid waking up the devil; it is forbidden to look in the mirror to avoid seeing the "devil"; it is forbidden to pour lamp oil on the ground. If the smell of oil dilutes the smell of wine, the "devil" will wake up and cause disasters to follow; it is forbidden to break objects, which means that there will be "bad luck" in this year. The remedy is to wrap them in red paper, recite auspicious words such as "peace every year", and place them on the altar for a few days to resolve the disaster. 4. New Year’s Eve is a time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, especially to fear epidemics and evil spirits.Summary: The above article provides a detailed analysis of the taboos in eating New Year’s Eve dinner. You can refer to it to learn more about festival customs and taboos and feel the cultural charm of traditional Chinese festivals! |
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