"Every street and alley, everyone's mouth, the first thing they saywhen they meet is congratulations..."
I believe everyone knows when they hear this song that means the Lunar NewYear has arrived! Now, we already knew the origin and stories of the Lunar New Year, let's move on to the Chinese New Year’s Traditional Customs!
Main New Year and the pre- New Year
In fact, in orthodox customs, there are also the main New Years and pre-New Years. In the north, the pre-New Year usually refers to the 23rd of December (24th in some places) of the lunar calendar, and in some parts of the south, it is called The Pre-New Year before Chinese New Year's Eve. And the real New Year is what we call Chinese New Year's Eve. So, what does it mean? And what are people usually do celebrate the New Year?
Nowadays, most of the northern regions celebrate the New Year on the 23rd(but in Taiwan, there are actually many people who do this). The main folk activity of the New Year is to "send the Stove God", and the God who look after the family is also called the StoveGod. Send the Stove God to heaven (burn the enshrined Stove God painting) and report to the Jade Emperor on the performance of the family in the past year.
In order to let the the Stove God say good things, it is necessary to dedicate sweet things to pray for the Stove God to say good things. When the Chinese New Year's Eve, people welcome the Stove God to return, it is to buy a new Stove God painting (which depicts the Stove God and his wife) for the kitchen. A couplet is usually pasted on both sides of the painting: The heavens say good things, and the lower realms keep peace. Horizontal batch: the head of the family
(also: godly as presence).
Cleaning and decoration
In Chinese culture, when it comes to the ChineseNew Year, everyone must do a cleaning to remove the old and bad things also add some new supplies. This is what we call cleaning out the old and replacing with the new! In fact, another layer of meaning is to get rid of the bad habits of the past and change yourself to cultivate more good habits. Therefore, before the Lunar New Year, every household will clean their home and add some new furniture to their home.
In addition to cleaning and tidying up the home, families usually go tothe market or the New Year's Street to buy some festive decorations to decorate at home. Some families buy plants that represent good luck, such as fortune
trees and pineapples (pronounced like lucky is coming in Taiwanese).
Okay! This article will first introduce this side ~ Let's introduce moreSpring Festival Xi customs to everyone!