Wuxi in addition to sticking peach charms, door filler, spring couplets, there are in the New Year hanging Zhong Kui elephant, in order to avoid a year of ghosts. Legend has it that Zhong Kui is good at catching ghosts. This custom probably began in the Tang Dynasty. Wuxi folk many people still have in the lintel hanging auspicious statements of the red single link and cut paper door paper hanging custom. Wuxi region in the morning of New Year's Day, the prevalence of eating cake silk round son, take the meaning of reunion and high rise. Also have to eat noodles, take long life, long spring meaning. Wuxi custom in the new year children come, the host will have to take refreshments candy hospitality gifts. Friends and relatives who have children come to pay tribute to the New Year should be rewarded with New Year's money. New son-in-law to the mother-in-law's home to pay tribute to the New Year, are generally selected at the beginning of the third. The third day of the year is called the small New Year's Day, and can not sweep the ground, beg for fire, draw water, and New Year's Day customs are the same. Wuxi also has a custom with other places slightly different, that is, where there are sixty, seventy, eighty birthday congratulations, are held in the Spring Festival, rather than in the birthday congratulations. New Year's Day in many places can not sweep the custom, Wuxi is the same. It is believed that sweeping the floor on the first day of the year should sweep away the wealth. On the second day of the year, even if you sweep the floor, you can not dump the garbage out of the door, but piled up in the corner of the house, until the first half of the month, known as the "gathering of wealth". The age of the custom to avoid begging people for fire, draw water, and do not move the knife and scissors, and prohibit the dumping of sewage, feces. New Year's Day when you go to sleep, and to put two or three sound closing pops. Wuxi this night to sleep earlier, such as children playful refused to sleep, parents often coaxed the child said: "go to bed earlier, tonight to listen to the old bugs do pro". Wuxi's old custom of New Year's Day this day the climate is very important, often to the weather on this day to divine the future of the year's harvest.
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Wuxi has a lot of festivals throughout the year, which are good for traveling, especially from April to October. The main tourist festivals are: Tai Bo Temple Festival: February 4-6, Xishan District, Meicun Town Wuxi International Plum Culture Festival: March, Plum Garden Wuxi Yangshan Peach Blossom Festival: March-April, Yangshan Town Xigaoshan Temple Festival: April 19-21, Wu Culture Park Cherry Blossom Tour: April-May, soft-shelled turtle islets Yixing Ceramic Art Festival: May, Yixing City scenic spots Taihu Lake Tourism Festival: September-October, Wuxi Taihu Lake scenic spots There are also: Taihu Lake Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, Mashan International Fishing Festival, Wudi Cricket Festival, the International Goalball Invitational Tournament, Xu Xiake Cultural Tourism Festival.
New Year's Eve in Wuxi
The Spring Festival is the grandest traditional festival of the people of Wuxi. The old custom in Wuxi is to open the door on the morning of the first day of the year, and let off 3 open door firecrackers. Breakfast eat cake silk, round, noodles, take reunion, high rise, long life, long spring meaning. On this day, only eat the leftovers from New Year's Eve, meaning "surplus". Can not eat soup over rice, and do not eat congee, for fear of going out in the rain. It is also forbidden to beg fire and draw water from neighbors, and it is cautioned not to curse, not to be angry, not to speak inauspicious words, and to pray for peace and good fortune throughout the year.
During the Spring Festival, the younger generation first pays homage to the elders, and then goes to the homes of friends and relatives to celebrate the New Year. When friends and relatives meet for the first time, say some "congratulations", "congratulations", "congratulations" and other words, congratulate each other. New son-in-law to his parents-in-law's home to pay New Year's greetings, generally selected on the third day of the year. The elderly since the age of 60 years old, every 10 years during the Spring Festival feast to celebrate.