On the New Year's Eve, people couldn't resist their inner joy. In the morning, they cleaned the yard that had been swept several times again. Every family was busy posting Spring Festival couplets, some of which were written by themselves and some of which were bought in the market county, and then firecrackers rang out. The women prepared jiaozi with minced meat, while the children were busy trying on new clothes. The men also changed their usual laziness, dressed neatly, and were busy helping their families to choose vegetables, light a fire, mix noodles and wrap jiaozi. The women's faces were filled with happy smiles, and the family was talking and laughing on this special occasion of leaving the old year and welcoming the new. In the evening, people eat steaming jiaozi and watch the Spring Festival Gala, which is a different kind of cultural enjoyment.
As the New Year's bell has just rung, people will light incense at the same place, pray for peace, light a long string of firecrackers, bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year, drive away disasters and sing happy songs for the coming year. Some people stay up all night, playing mahjong, playing poker and watching TV to spend an auspicious and safe night.
On the morning of New Year's Day, people eat fragrant wonton and wear new clothes carefully selected and bought years ago. They are all new from head to toe. Lunch is very important, and the whole family, old and young, have to be busy for a long time. There are several delicious stir-fried dishes and cold dishes on the reunion dinner. Eating meat and vegetables, eating white buns, drinking small wine and drinks, has a unique flavor. In the early morning of this day, I first went to my family's home to pay homage to my ancestors and bow down to my elders, and then my children and grandchildren got together for a grand and delicious reunion dinner.
Chinese New Year's Day is a very important day. People with families take their children to their mother-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings. People with new sons-in-law are even more busy, entertaining them with well-prepared and excellent wine and meat. In the first month, the entertaining food is basically wonton in the morning and a reunion dinner at noon. Children eat candy and fight, while adults drink fragrant tea and talk about the joys and sorrows in their work and life during the year. I finally came together, how can I let go of this good moment of forgetting fatigue and all my worries. When leaving, the host will give the children of the guests lucky money more or less, including one or two yuan, fifty or one hundred yuan, which symbolizes the good expectation and infinite blessing for the future generations of the guests. Generally speaking, when children reach the age of 18, they will no longer give lucky money, instead, they will give sweet blessing words and care for their children's career. If a newly married young couple pays New Year greetings to relatives of either side of the man, the host will also give the new wife 5 or 1 happy money, plus beautiful cloth, which symbolizes the good wishes for the new couple.
On the third and fourth days, people who are very close to each other are basically given New Year greetings, such as uncles, grandmothers, uncles, etc., or comrades-in-arms friends. When they meet old friends whom they haven't seen for several years, the host must take out the best things in the house to entertain the guests, and if he can, he will drink delicious drinks, eat delicious dishes and talk about intimate topics.
this kind of life goes on. Generally speaking, men and children go out to pay New Year greetings to relatives, and women greet guests at home. If a valuable guest is coming, the host family will not go anywhere, but stay at home to meet the guests. If a valuable guest is paid New Year greetings, the whole family, old and young, will go. However, we should communicate with each other in advance, so that the host can be prepared. In addition, neighbors often visit each other, by the way, say hello next year and talk about the new plans and new atmosphere of the New Year. Although in different ways, their mood is the same, full of unspeakable joy and blessings.
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