Today is the twenty-fourth day of the Waxing Moon
Southern Little Year
"Year" is "home"
It is the day that the family looks forward to
It is the day when the deceased are reunited
It's a day of reunion
Peace and joy, the little year is happy
"Little years" are not small
After this day
The taste of the year is getting stronger, and the meaning of the year is warmer
People are starting to get into the stage of preparing for the New Year
Twenty-three sugar melons are sticky; twenty-four sweep the house
Twenty-five grinds of tofu; twenty-six stews of large meat
Twenty-seven slaughtered roosters; twenty-eight dough hair
Twenty-nine steamed steamed buns; thirty nights stayed up overnight
Twist and turn at the beginning of the year
1. The date of the small year
The small year usually refers to the day of sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to the stove. Due to the different customs of different places, the days called "Little Year" are not the same, and there are sayings such as the 23rd and 24th waxing moons.
Talking about the reasons for the difference in the dates of the small year, Wang Juan, a folklore expert, said that the ancient royal family would revise the calendar, and generally there would be a more explicit statement like which day is the small year. But specific to each region, for practical needs, locals will have different understandings. Over time, it is inevitable that the dates will not be uniform, which fully explains the diversity of traditional Chinese folk culture.
2. The customs of the small year
1. Sweeping dust: small year, folk dust dust day. On this day, every household has to sweep the room early in the morning to wipe the window, wash the cleans, brush the pot and shabu "dust" and "Chen" harmonic sounds, so the purpose of sweeping dust is to remove the old and welcome the new, and remove the ominous. A broom sweeps the walls up and down, scrubs tables and chairs, washes the floor... Every household must be thoroughly cleaned without leaving a dead end, so that the windows are clear and clean.
If you carry the weight for too long this year, you may wish to take this opportunity to clean up once, and clean up the uneasiness and sorrow that are stuck in your heart, the obsession and anxiety that entrench your mind, all of them, and there is an empty space in your heart, and the sunshine can settle down.
2. Window flowers: Every winter, after the twenty-third day of the Waxing Moon, a kind of flower begins to quietly appear to amaze the windows of every household. Magpie Dengmei, Mandarin duck playing in the water, deer crane Tong Tsubaki, rhinoceros looking at the moon ... These words are beautiful to look at, not to mention cutting out the image and making all living beings come alive. With the bright window as the background, it is even more beautiful and red-hot year's taste and charm can not be hidden at once. In memory, the window flower is a special red, through the ancient and dexterous cutting, one after another leafy spring jumped on the paper, becoming the bright color of the monotonous days of winter.
3. Bathing and haircut: Small Year's Day, in addition to the home to be refreshed, the folk also have the custom of bathing and haircuts, which are intended to fade away the obscurity of the past, open a good omen of auspicious and smooth New Year, a comfortable bath, a haircut that cuts off the troublesome silk, bringing us not only refreshment, but also a self-respect, with a good appearance, to meet the day of the face to leave a decent face in the time.
4. Sacrifice to the King of the Stove: On the day of the Little Year, it is a traditional custom that is widely spread in the folk, and the ancients worshiped the King of the Stove as the god of the order to supervise the good and evil in the world. A year later, people's virtues and faults will be seen by the Emperor of the Stove and will return to the Heavenly Court to report to the Jade Emperor In order to send him off, and let him "say good things to heaven, return to the palace to descend auspiciously" People display wine and eat melons and fruits as sacrifices. Although it is a folk custom, it is also full of fun and human interests Looking back on the past year, are you frank or regretful, and what is clearer than the king of the stove is our own heart.
5. Eat sugar melon, caramel, hemp sugar: sugar melon is made of malt and millet In winter, it is placed outside the house The melon is solid on the outside of the house, but it contains tiny bubbles inside, and it is crisp and sweet and crispy to eat, and it has a unique flavor. Adults or children, no matter how much pressure on you carry at work and school, a sweet and sticky mouthful of sugar melon will always pull people out of low-pressure emotions A little bit of sweetness is enough to reconcile the bitterness in life, so that you can hope to have hope and take a happy step towards tomorrow.
6. Eat dumplings: Almost every festival in the north will have dumplings, and small Chinese New Year's Eve eat dumplings, taking the meaning of "sending dumplings to the wind". In the mountains, you will eat cakes and soba noodles. In the southeastern region of Jin, the custom of eating fried corn is popular, and the folk proverb has the saying of "twenty-three, do not eat fried, the beginning of the New Year - a pot poured".
7. Eat fire: In addition to eating stove sugar on this day, fire is also a very distinctive seasonal food. On the 23rd day of the waxing moon, the business of baking cake stalls in the city is very prosperous.
9. Write the Spring League: The couplet on the door is the façade of a family, and the folk pay attention to the fact that God must paste every door and everything must be pasted with big red paper, black and bright or golden words, and posted next to the door, or atmosphere, or beauty or dual neatness, or exquisite words. "Spring wild flowers, body peace of mind" "cautious words and festivals, faith and poetry book" Different styles of writing, symbolizing different spiritual temperaments and life pursuits in the heart, praying for Na Xiangrui always exchanging new peaches for old charms, a pair of spring leagues carrying the good wishes and emotional codes in the heart, is a red love letter written by people to the years.
Little joy in the year, keeping in mind the prevention and control of the epidemic
The Spring Festival is approaching, and epidemic prevention and control and family reunion are not a single choice question.
Guarding a healthy and peaceful Spring Festival is inseparable from everyone's efforts.
Hope for what you want, wait for the spring to see
Happy Chinese New Year to the oranges!