Information on the special customs of the various colored races

The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, formerly known as New Year's Day. On that day, people get up early, put on new clothes, hats, and shoes to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It is said that wearing new shoes that have not been on the ground can be light and healthy in the new year.

The man gets up, opens the door first by reciting auspicious words, and fires a cannon at the door, which is called "opening the door". The door cannon is generally put three, to "bring four to three", leave one for "preparation", Ningbo dialect "preparation" is here. The higher the artillery is fired, the louder it becomes, signaling the auspicious New Year.

If it is a "blow, blow, blow", it is considered unlucky, and you should immediately say, "Oh, blow and blow, and you will be rich this year." "And immediately put one back.

The portraits of the ancestors of the big clans and large families are enshrined in the ancestral hall or the middle hall (in front of the hall), and the ancestral portraits are generally hung within five generations, which are called "for the frame", "for the shadow", and "for the golden purple (the old portraits are all golden crowns and purple clothes)" are synonymous. According to some ancestral rules, men can only worship at the age of l6, and women are not included. The person in charge of the rotation distributes a pair of hemp cakes or two bowls.

The young people of each family worship the elders in order, which is called "New Year's worship". On Chinese New Year's Eve, the "New Year's Money" is wrapped in red paper and pressed under the pillow of the young, so it is called "New Year's Money".

On this day, eat soup dumplings (tangyuan) in the morning, which means reunion. Some families are vegetarian for a day. The most important feature of this day is to let the daily utensils at home "rest" for a day, that is, let the housewives rest, do not sweep the floor, do not beg for fire (do not light fires or light cigarettes to others), do not kill animals, do not use knives and scissors, do not empty the toilet, do not wash clothes, do not beat and scold children, and do not speak unlucky words.

When you meet in the morning, you should not say the word "early", which means that you will attract more "fleas" this year. If you walk like you fall, you should immediately say, "Oh, the ingots have fallen."

This night, before sleeping, do not light the lamp, said that the lamp will attract more mosquitoes and flies this year. Before going to bed, put on the "closing cannon". If you don't go out at night, it's commonly known as "Taiping Night".

From the second day to the seventh or eighth day of the first month, the late to the fifteenth, each family goes out to go to relatives to "worship the New Year", generally first to relatives and then distant relatives, and the young worship elders to the son-in-law to worship Weng, nephews and uncles, nephews and aunts, etc., to entertain each other to the banquet, called "New Year's Meal", "New Year's Wine". On the fifth day of the first month, it is the day of the God of Wealth, and the merchant family is the most important on this day, and it is only open for business after "inviting the God of Wealth", which is called "opening the market". Believers in Buddhism, some of them walk seven bridges on the seventh night of the first month, and do not go back, worship eight temples on the eighth day of the first month, commonly known as "walking seven bridges", "worship eight temples".

In the meantime, folk entertainment activities include dragon lantern dance, marquee, big-headed monk and so on. Those who are slightly different from other places have "feigned sweeping", that is, beggars (called "rich people" at this time) carry baskets, hold brooms decorated with red balls, pretend to sweep the floor, and sing slang songs: "Pick up the golden broom, and Rig (elephant sound) sweeps."

Sweeping to the east, there are Qinglong, Qinglongpan rice jar, and Huanglongpan barn in the boss's house; Swept to the south, the boss made a fortune in the house, the big ingots made the basket lift, and the small ingots made the boat carry. ”

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, customs such as Chinese New Year greetings remained unchanged, and most superstitious colors have disappeared. Government organs and organizations held group worship, carried out activities to support the army and give preferential treatment to family members, support the government and love the people, and expressed condolences to old cadres, old workers, old teachers, old scientific and technological personnel, the elderly in nursing homes, and workers who insisted on production and work during the Spring Festival. Acquaintances meet on the road, arch hands or shake hands, and wish each other good luck.