Henan Province Customs

Customs of the people of Henan Province: New Year's Eve "sacrificial stove day", marriage to press the bed, drinking "to a, end two" and so on.

1, Henan people have a lot of customs, some of which are the same as those of the country as a whole, such as posting Spring Festival couplets and lanterns, and some of which are unique to Henan, such as the New Year's Eve "Zaosi Day", marriage to press the bed, and drinking wine "to a, end of the two" and so on. "

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2, after the "Lapa Festival" can smell the "year" breath, into the Lunar New Year 23 collectively referred to as "small year", but also to send the God of the stove! "It is also the day for sending the god of the stove. People go to the market to buy Zao sugar, and at night they offer sacrifices to the Zao. After that, the New Year's atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger, while busy purchasing New Year's goods, while to clean up the stove several cases, cleaning the house dust, this is called the masses of "to dirty" activities, not only clean, beautify the environment, but also have the meaning of the old and welcome the new.

3, the so-called pressure bed, that is, young men and women married the first night, the groom's family to ask the children of the old man to make the bed, and then the groom asked one or two younger brothers and their own in the new bed together. There are also conditions for the person who presses the bed, the person who presses the bed must be smaller than the groom's youth, usually their own brother, or uncle brother and aunt cousin brother. If there is no such candidate within the scope of his relatives, the groom can also find friends and close classmates in the same village. The second condition of the bed-breaker must be an unmarried youth. Solemnly declare: the answer is for reference only, please do not blindly superstitious.