From the middle of December of the lunar calendar to start shopping for New Year's goods, the year 30 nights ago, in the door or hall on both sides of the doorway to paste couplets, in the door or hall hanging on the "Fook" word or painting, some people will also "Fook" word hanging upside down, that is, "Fu" to Some families also hang the Chinese character "福" upside down, meaning "福". On the night of New Year's Eve, some families went to hotels and restaurants to have reunion dinners. From the first to the fifteenth, friends and relatives or acquaintances to pay tribute to each other, married or older to the children to seal "Li Yes" ......
Customs:
1, cleaning. Before the evening of the 30th day of the new year, the house and the outside of the house are swept clean.
2, flowers. The family must be placed, including New Year's oranges, daffodils, flowers.
3, the old and welcome the new. Stick door gods, couplets, and lai see.
4, send the new year's money is an important item in the custom, the elders to share the money to the younger generation, the younger generation can earn money to send money to the elders. On the morning of the first day of the year, the first thing to do is to pay homage to their own pairs, often the descendants first bless the elders. After breakfast, they each pay New Year's greetings to their own family and friends. But not to go far away.
5, Lunar New Year's Eve 23 to "sacrifice the stove", commonly known as sending the stove Gong back to heaven. Baozong, New Year's Eve to soup chickens and ducks, "sacrificing ancestors", "sacrificing land".
6, the New Year's Eve must be washed white body, wearing new clothes for New Year's Eve, 12 o'clock in the house to keep watch, burn the New Year's Eve guns, fireworks. Zhong to turn on the bright lights, all night long.
7, the second and fourth day of the first month, married out of the daughters to have taken their husbands and children back to their parents' homes to pay homage to the New Year.
8, Qinzhou people must buy a pot of kumquats, a pot of daffodils, or a peach blossom for New Year's Day, indicating great luck.
9, lion and dragon dance. In addition to performances in the square, but also along the street dance, house by house to congratulate, in order to show that the lion is at the door, good luck, the host family will be rewarded in the door, packet red hanging green, so that RuiLi go to pick, called "CaiQing". Through this activity, I hope the lion can bring good luck to the family. Next is the Dragon Dance, a thousand different dragon dances, which emphasize people's different ideals and aspirations. The Spring Festival is a day of celebration, playing dance is more enthusiastic and exuberant colorful dragons, golden dragons and yarn dragons and so on.
10, the first day of the year, fifteen to eat sugar water dumplings, the fifteenth year of the Lantern Festival burn fireworks.
Taboos and habits:
1, the first day of the Lunar New Year can not wash your hair, the first day of the year to the fifteenth can not be haircut for fear of washing away the wealth, less hair. The first day of the year can not kill.
2, the first and second year do not pour garbage. The beginning of the year - can not swear, not to mention beating, can not abuse pigs, chickens, dogs and cats, debts paid off years ago ....
3, the third day of the year can not pay homage to the New Year, because every household is the day to clean, take out the garbage, commonly known as "send the poor", so this day is generally not to go to other people's homes.
4, followed by the Chegongxian, people day, etc. There are endless preoccupations. In the big time and big festival, happy birthday feast, it is customary to talk about auspicious words, do not say the words of mourning. If someone accidentally broke the dishes, to say a "landing blossom, wealth and honor.