The Chinese New Year customs in Hebei are as follows:
Wuji Paper-cutting
Wuji paper-cutting began in ancient times, and flourished at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. Every festival and wedding, people use paper-cutting to make lanterns, hang colorful paper, cut yearly blessings (talisman), and stick window flowers to express their love of life and feelings. Wuji paper-cutting is rich in modeling, wide range of subjects, and rich in life, and its style is influenced by Shanxi and Tianjin Yangliuqing New Year's Paintings, which has gradually formed a unique art of paper-cutting.
Chengding Changshan War Drums
Chengding Changshan War Drums have a long history, as early as in the Warring States period has taken shape, to the Ming Dynasty has been prevalent in the folk, Zhengding is the history of "Changshan County" location, so it is called "Changshan War Drums". The Changshan War Drums are a combination of drums, cymbals, cymbals, small cymbals, small gongs and other percussion instruments, and are mainly used for square performances.
Jingfu Lahua
Jingfu Lahua originated from the street square flower party during folk festivals, temple fairs, celebrations, and worship of gods, and it has been excavated, organized, and developed for many times, and it has become famous throughout the country and overseas. Since ancient times, there have been the customs of performing flower show, fireworks and lanterns in the New Year in Jingfu, and the Jingfu Lahua is the main program in the flower show, with its stretching and generous dance, rigid and soft, and the music is simple and elegant, robust and deep, which brings a wonderful visual feast for the masses.
Jinzhou official umbrella
Official umbrella originated and circulated in the Jinzhou territory of the old city, acacia, east lodging and Chengguan area of the Han folk dance to dancers holding umbrellas to perform and named. The official umbrella is the ancient rulers to show off the authority, status and set up one of the ceremonial weapons, with the evolution of the times, customary changes, the role of the umbrella gradually faded, breaking through the social hierarchy and spread to the folk, the Han folk dance art, to create a festive, warm and peaceful 'New Year's festive atmosphere.
Ligao City Palace Lantern
Ligao City Palace Lantern for Ligao City specialties, began in the Eastern Han Dynasty, flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties, according to legend, the Eastern Han Dynasty Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu settled, in order to celebrate the unification of the world's achievements, in the court of lights and colorful banquets, hanging lanterns exquisite, the name of the lanterns from this, and later the lamps of the production of the technology into the private sector. According to legend, the Ming Dynasty Ligaocheng Tuntou Village Li master handmade gauze lamps, beautiful and bright, wind-resistant and durable for the characteristics of the famous, the more prosperous business, the art of passing on the world and not stop.
Chengde
The Spring Festival begins on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and the Spring Festival in the Chengde area actually begins on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. On the eighth day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, all monasteries and households are required to boil congee, known as Laha congee, one to commemorate Sakyamuni Buddha's day of enlightenment, and the second to celebrate the five customs and grains of abundance, which began to be listed on the market on the New Year's Eve paintings, firecrackers, meats and so on. Lunar New Year 23 this day, every family to sweep the courtyard, this day is known as "over the small year", generally every family to set up a banquet, sacrifices Zaowang. On the 25th day of the Lunar New Year, spring scrolls are posted and the festive atmosphere becomes more and more intense.
Hengshui
To honor the gods and burn incense to stick them on, in the folklore of Hengshui, some people start to buy new year's goods as soon as the month of Lunar New Year begins, in preparation for the New Year. As the Spring Festival draws nearer, the "flavor of the year" is getting stronger and stronger, to the twenty-third of the waxing moon, the prologue of the New Year's Day was unveiled, this day to "live a small year", families to send the stove in the evening.
Xingtai
The first five firecrackers broken five do not skewer the door, since ancient times five days is the day of evil, the fifth day of the first month of the first five is known as "broken five". This day is also hate the poor day, to firecrackers and do not string door, to prevent to other people's homes to bring the poor gas. In some places, this day to do some light labor, hoping that through this day of symbolic labor to get rich. After the "broken five", some people began to prepare for the Lantern Festival program, some stores in the city will be open for business.