One, sweep the house
Proverb: the 24th day of the lunar month, dusting sweep the house". The north is called sweeping, the south is called dusting. Indoor and outdoor, room after room, thoroughly clean, clothing and utensils, scrub a new, clean to welcome the New Year. Yuncheng every year before the New Year will do a big job, the house first brush clean.
2, stick door painting
According to the "Classic of the Mountains and Seas" said: Tang Taizong Li Shimin was sick, often heard the sound of ghosts crying and howling in their dreams, so that the night does not sleep. At this time, the general Qin Shubao, Yuchigong two volunteers, fully clothed to stand on both sides of the palace door, the results of the palace is really safe and sound, Li Shimin that the two generals are too hard, the heart of the heart, and then ordered the painter will be the two of them, the image of the mighty painted in the palace door, known as the "door god". (Note: This custom is mainly in the countryside, the countryside has a gate compound, will also be posted on the tree "out of the door to see the joy" roof (ceiling) on the sticker "head up to see the joy" and so on written full of auspicious words of the four small banners, the door god, that is, Qin Shubao, Yuchigong these two big fairy, but also (Buy some auspicious words and so on, like "full of spring light", "New Year's blessing" and so on).
3, steamed steamed buns
Yuncheng area every year on New Year's Day, the custom of steamed buns, steamed buns are used for guests, but also for the bride's family to visit the girl who has been married to the preparation, symbolizing that the farmers in the new year, well-fed, all the best. Most families will steam flower buns every New Year's Eve, there are 2-3 large pots, you can know that this pot is not a pot, a pot can be steamed 50 large steamed buns, is a large Oh, enough to the first 1 - 15 of the dry food on the line.
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New Year's Eve customs
1,? Dumplings in the morning of the Spring Festival is a common custom among us in the north, expressing people's desire to pray for good luck and good fortune at the time of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, a unique way. The reason is that according to the ancient Chinese time-keeping system, the time between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. the next morning is the Zi Hour, the time when the so-called Zi Zi (交子) means that the New Year meets the Old Year. In people's minds, dumplings mean that it is the time of the year, and eating them is considered to be good luck. Moreover, the shape of the dumpling is very similar to that of a Yuanbao, so wrapping the dumpling means wrapping it for good luck, and eating the dumpling symbolizes a rich life.
2. Posting Spring Festival couplets is an important New Year's folk custom. On the eve of the Spring Festival, every household puts up red spring scrolls, a pair of festive and enthusiastic spring scrolls expressing people's good wishes to welcome the new year and look forward to a new life.
3, add new clothes, the first day of the Lunar New Year, people have to wear new clothes, but also contains the meaning of sending the old to welcome the new. Because the folk to red to symbolize good luck, children wearing big red clothes, young women of course, full of red, even the old woman also tied a big red dress. So, before the New Year comes, you must prepare new clothes.
4, buy firecrackers, the first morning of the first day of the New Year, the first thing to do in every household is to scramble to put "open the door whip", the whole city a firecrackers, symbolizing the old and welcome the new. Therefore, before the year to prepare fireworks.
5, New Year's Day, the first day of the New Year, people get up early, put on the most beautiful clothes, dressed neatly, go out to visit friends and relatives, and each other, wishing good luck for the coming year.