Two, worship ancestors.
Worshipping ancestors, in order to commemorate the ancestors, it is also interesting to say is to let the ancestors with us in the New Year, showing the Chao people careful to catch up with the past, the hundred good filial piety as the first of the traditional virtues.
Three, eat a reunion dinner.
New Year's Eve is approaching after the homes of families are dressed up in a new look. So the housewives are busy preparing to make the most sumptuous and meaningful reunion dinner of the year. Most of them eat hot pot, which the Chaoshanese say is "around the stove," meaning reunion.
Four, send the new year's money.
This is the happiest time for children. In Chaoshan, only those who have not yet worked have New Year's money, and those who have worked have to give New Year's money. People in Chaoshan give a lot of money. People believe that giving a lot of money proves that they have earned a lot of money in the past year, and they also hope to earn more in the new year.
Fifth, pay homage to the New Year, send "Daji"
Pay homage to the New Year, also known as "worship". On the first morning, people get up and put on new clothes, the first thing is to worship their own family, often the first generation to bless the elders, and then the elders and then give the elders to the expectations of the younger generation. After breakfast, each to their own friends and relatives to pay tribute to the New Year. Chaoshan proverb says: "Have the intention to pay New Year's Day, two, no intention to pay New Year's Day, three, four." The saying is that the earlier you pay your respects, the more sincere you are. Therefore, some people get up and immediately go to relatives and friends to pay tribute to the New Year, and come back to eat.
New Year's greetings, no matter how many gifts, in which the big orange (Chaozhou citrus) is indispensable. The big tangerine takes its harmonic "big auspicious", bring more or less does not matter, but can not be an odd number. Worshippers into the door of friends and relatives, should look at different objects to say different words of congratulations. To the old man said "Happy New Year", "longevity than Nanshan Mountain", the old man will grin toothless grin; on the work of the people said "work well? If you are a businessman, there is nothing more pleasing to your ears than the words "New Year's big profit" and "Fortune and profit"; if you are a child studying, there is nothing they would like more than the words "Happy New Year" and "Live long and prosper". If you are a businessman, there is nothing more pleasing to your ears than the words, "Make a lot of money in the New Year" or "Make a lot of money". If you send them this kind of greeting, they will be very friendly to you. After being seated, the host will make the famous Chaoshan Kung Fu Tea for the guests. Before leaving, the host will leave two big tangerines in the gift from the visitor, and then take out his own big tangerines to exchange, meaning to give each other good luck. There are good banter witty new is going out to pay homage to the New Year, often only in the pants pocket with two large orange, a New Year's Eve, the pants pocket is still loaded with two large orange unchanged. Therefore, the folk have good jokes, said the beginning of the New Year's greeting custom for "change citrus movement".
Sixth, taboo
Because the first month of the year is the beginning of the year, the Chaoshan people tend to regard it as a sign of good or bad luck in the new year. Therefore, there are a lot of "taboos" during the New Year. In terms of language, anything that is "broken", "bad", "no", "dead", "light", "ghost", "kill", "disease", "pain ", "lose", "poor" and other unlucky words, are forbidden to say out loud. Also taboo baby crying, because crying is "no head color", signs of disease, disaster. Therefore, this day even if the child caused trouble, but also can not beat him or reprimand him, so that he will not stop crying. Behaviorally, cups, plates, bowls, dishes should be extra careful not to break. Accidentally broken, the people present will have to immediately say two auspicious jingles (such as "pottery (porcelain) open mouth, great wealth", etc.) to make up. This day, the rice bowl can not be empty, so as not to have a year of broken cooking. Avoid sprinkling, sweeping, dumping garbage, which is called "gathering wealth". This is called "gathering wealth", because on this day, the Chaoshan people often regard water and soil as "wealth", and garbage and feces as "fertilizer", and they are afraid of sweeping and dumping the garbage to avoid sweeping away the "wealth" and pouring it away. At the same time, the Chaoshan people in the New Year's Eve will be the size of the water tank filled, after the well sealing ceremony. That is, with a large dustpan to cover the surface of the well, and then worship the god of the well. The first day can not open the dustpan, because people often regard water as wealth water, a dustpan open water, does not mean that wealth outflow? In recent years, due to the use of tap water, often here in the well held to worship the gods, where it is unscrewed faucet, so that the water clattered straight. Therefore, cover the well prohibited water a custom has been in vain form only. Prohibition of sweeping the custom is also slowly being eliminated, because during the Spring Festival firecrackers, people come and go, the ground confetti, garbage, especially more, do not clean up is indeed an obstacle to elegance. Therefore, from the point of view of hygiene, a lot of young people on these traditional taboos and customs are not very careful.
This day the debtor is not allowed to visit the door to collect debts, people believe that this day to collect debts on both sides of the borrower and lender are unlucky. It is also forbidden to take things out of other people's pockets, people believe that the first day of the first month of the pocket to let people pull out, may lead to the danger of the year is "empty".
Just avoid the dead; also avoid the funeral, because it will bring bad luck to the family. At the same time, avoid the day of haircuts, because people always like to get a haircut on this day with the funeral associated. There is even a taboo against killing on this day. Killing is believed to lead to the occurrence of disasters such as knife disasters, military disasters, blood disasters and so on. However, nowadays people's living standards have improved, eat something fresh, for the sake of the mouth and stomach, there is nothing to be afraid of.
Diet, this day is strictly prohibited to take medicine. Otherwise, it is thought to lead to a year from the beginning to the end of the disease, medication constantly. The first day of the morning meal to avoid eating meat, there are several ways to say: one is this meal to eat fasting, its function is equal to a year; the other is an allusion to the frugal management of the family, not to be wasteful.
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