On Chinese New Year s Eve, why is the North keeping the New Year, but the South is a fireplace?

The reason why on Chinese New Year's Eve is the New Year's Eve in the north, but the south is around the fire, is because the customs of the south and the north are different, so there is also a cultural gap, and this phenomenon will occur.

Because the geographical location of the north and the south are different, there will definitely be some differences in customs, which is also very normal. Not only the customs of Chinese New Year's Eve are different, but also in some food and some programs.

Chinese New Year's Eve is a very important day, on this day the whole family has to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, and then watch the Spring Festival Gala program on TV. On this night, the dumplings will be wrapped in advance, and coins, sugar, dates, chestnuts and other fillings will be placed in the dumplings, which is to seek good luck. Usually these dumplings are cooked at 12 o'clock in the evening, when the whole family eats these dumplings together, which is also called keeping the New Year together.

After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the elders will also give the children pressure money, and they cannot turn off the lights to sleep on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, especially in the places where they support their ancestors.

The hearth in the south is that on Chinese New Year's Eve, the people in the family will serve a small charcoal stove, and then put some soup in the middle of the table, and this hearth heats the pot of soup under the table. And when the hearth is around, the charcoal has to be smashed, and only the smashed charcoal can be put into the small charcoal stove, but now most people use liquefied gas stoves.

The fireside scene in the south is also very good, the family sits on the edge of the hearth, and then knocks melon seeds and eats sugar together, watches the same TV program, chats while eating, talking and laughing is a very harmonious situation, at this time, you can also tell your family about the things you encounter in a year.

Because of the cultural differences between the north and the south, and in the north, the elderly keep the New Year as "saying goodbye to the old year", which means cherishing time; Young people keep the age of their parents to prolong their parents' lives. Southerners like to chat around the stove to savor the ups and downs of the year.

Because of the cultural differences between the south and the north, the traditional tradition of the northerners is that a large family sits on the kang to celebrate the New Year, and the southerners like to join in the fun, and a large family likes to do it together next to the stove, chatting and eating melon seeds around the stove!

Because of the different regions, the climate and cultural influences of the north and the south. Northerners like to celebrate the New Year with their families and make dumplings. Southerners prefer to warm themselves around the fireplace, chat with their families and watch TV.

In the Spring and Autumn Festival, there is a family reunion dinner in the north.

There is a Chinese New Year's Eve fireplace in the south. The Spring Festival is the most important festival for us Chinese, and those who make a living outside must go home for reunion regardless of whether they make money or not. The custom of gathering around the fireplace on Chinese New Year's Eve in the south has been passed down for a long time, and no matter what big thing the Chaoshan people have, they must sit with their families around the fireplace on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Actually, the southerners said itAround the hearthIt means to eat togetherChinese New Year's Eve dinnerThe reason why Chaoshan people call it "around the hearth" is not because they must eat around the stove, but because they want their families to sit together. The saying "around the hearth" was first recorded in the county annals, and today's Chaoshan people use utensils similar to hot pots to heat food. Legend has it that Nian was actually a ferocious beast in ancient times.

He will come out on the night of the thirtieth day of the lunar month to harm others. But Nian and its fear of firecrackers and red, so people will hang red lanterns in couplets on the 30th day of the lunar calendar to drive away monsters. At night, everyone will "keep the New Year" to prevent the sneak attack of the "New Year", and when hungry, they will use the copper stove to heat food to resist hunger, so the tradition of "around the hearth" and "keeping the New Year" is left.

After the Chaoshan people finished worshipping their ancestors, the family put on new clothes and sat together around the hot pot to heat up food to eat. "Stove" pays great attention to the combination of food, because different combinations represent different beautiful meanings. The dishes of the "hearth" are basically the same as the hot pot eaten in the north.

Cabbage represents future generations who are white and fat, and make a fortune. Meatballs represent family reunion and harmony. Noodles represent good weather and longevity.

Eggs represent the fulfillment of wishes and contentment.

Similar to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in the north, the Chinese New Year's Eve "fireside" of southerners can be called a collection of family affection, love, blessings and many other beautiful things. "Wai Hearth" originates from the traditional culture of the South.

It is an indispensable meal for southerners.

This custom is supposed to be a fusion of the north and the south, and it has existed a long time ago, and now there are very few customs around the fireplace on Chinese New Year's Eve in the south.

For those who have not returned from home, family members will still set up dishes and chopsticks for them and serve their favorite dishes in the bowl to represent family reunion. Parents lead their children to sit around the fireside and call"Keeping watch around the fireplace"It is best to stay up all night to keep it, it is said that this is to add longevity to the parents. At this time, the elders give the younger generations the New Year's money, called"Split into circles"。

The Taiwanese homonym "home" is "chicken food", symbolizing reunion. The vegetables eaten at the "hearth" are not cut with a knife, but washed and cooked with roots, indicating that they wish their parents a long life. It means that the whole family misses him, but from beginning to end.

Chinese New Year's Eve, family fun night.

In Taiwan and southern Fujian, the hearth is mostly a folk way to eat on Chinese New Year's Eve. The hearth is actually a bit similar to the "side hearth" in the Cantonese vernacular. Different regions have different customs.