"Little year, little year,
It's the year after today."
Just pronounce the words "little year"
Just make people feel
Joyful and warm
Waxing Moon Twenty-Three
Sugar melon sticky, sacrifice to the king of the stove
On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the northern part of the mainland is called "Little Year". Folk songs such as "Twenty-three, Sugar Melon Sticky" and "Twenty-Three, Sacrifice stove king" all say "sugar melon sacrifice stove", and the sacrifice stove is an important festival in the traditional small year.
The god of Vesta, commonly known as the King of Vesta, the Duke of Vesta, and the God of Siming, is a deity that Chinese folk especially worship during the New Year's Festival. According to folklore, King Stove had been staying at home since the Chinese New Year's Eve of the previous year to protect and supervise the family, and on the twenty-third or twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, King Stove would ascend to heaven to report the good and evil deeds of the family to the Jade Emperor to supervise the family's daily behavior and self-discipline. Therefore, when offering the stove, people place offerings on the table in front of the statue of the king of the stove, the most prominent of which is the "sugar melon", which is sweet and sticky, which is intended to make the king of the stove say more "sweet words". With the development of the times and the change of people's lifestyles, the ritual of offering stoves is dying out, but the "sugar melon" as the first signal of the New Year and the beautiful meaning of seeking auspiciousness conveyed by it are still preserved.
On the day of the "Little Year", the New Year's program was officially launched. After sending away the stove king, people began to sweep the dust, also known as "sweeping the house", all kinds of cleaning, washing, clean and clean to welcome the New Year.