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How many days is the difference between Chinese New Year and Chinese New Year?
The difference between off-year and off-year
Xiaonian folk custom
How many days is the difference between Chinese New Year and Chinese New Year?
There is a difference of 6 to 7 days between the big year and the small year.
Off-year is generally the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and in some places it is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. It will be New Year's Eve in six or seven days.
Off-year, literally, there are three explanations. First, the twelfth lunar month is a month with 29 days; Second, it refers to festivals, twenty-three or twenty-four of the twelfth lunar month, and old customs to sacrifice stoves; Third, it refers to the year when fruit trees bear little fruit and bamboo and wood grow slowly. As a festival, due to the differences of regional customs, off-year has different meanings and customs in different parts of the country. For example, in most northern areas, the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves on the 23rd or 24th of the twelfth lunar month is called off-year; Many areas in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai call the fifth day of the first month off-year; Many areas in China also call the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month off-year, and some places call the winter solstice off-year.
New Year's Eve, also known as New Year's Eve, refers to the evening of the last day of the twelfth lunar month, which is connected with the Spring Festival (the first day of the first month). On New Year's Eve, people will bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, which means that the old year will be removed here and the new year will be replaced next year. At this time, it is also the best time for children to understand the traditional Spring Festival and receive traditional education. Northerners are used to eating jiaozi in the New Year, while the South has the custom of eating wonton in the New Year. Eating noodles in the new year is to hope to live longer.
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The difference between off-year and off-year
The dates and customs of off-year and off-year are different.
Off-year is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is the day for people to offer sacrifices to stoves. It is said that on this day, Kitchen God will report the good and evil of this family to the Jade Emperor, and let him reward and punish it. When offering sacrifices to the kitchen stove, you should melt the Guandong sugar with fire and put it on the mouth of the kitchen god, so that he can't speak ill of the Jade Emperor. "Men don't Yue Bai, women don't sacrifice to the kitchen" custom, so sacrifice to the kitchen is limited to men. Because people in China basically eat rice, cooked food is generally difficult to preserve and must be cooked at any time.
On New Year's Day, from the last day of the twelfth lunar month, it is generally believed that until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month, there is also a saying that the first month is the New Year. During the festival, the main traditional folk activities include offering sacrifices to ancestors, putting up doors, setting off firecrackers, giving lucky money, eating New Year's Eve dinner and sending the God of Wealth.
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Xiaonian folk custom
Sacrifice to the kitchen god
The custom of sending stoves is common all over China. Mr. Lu Xun once wrote the poem "A boxer sends a stove as a fact": only chicken glue smells good, and clothes smell good. If there is nothing at home, there are only a few antelopes.
As the saying goes, "Men don't Yue Bai, women don't sacrifice to the kitchen". In some places, women don't sacrifice stoves. It is said that the kitchen god looks like a small white face and is afraid of women offering sacrifices to the kitchen stove, which is "suspected of men and women." The origin of Kitchen God has a long history. Among the folk gods in China, the qualification of Kitchen God has a long history. As early as the Xia Dynasty, he was already a great god revered by the people. Due to different local customs, there are also activities of "jumping the kitchen king" and "beating the kitchen king" among the people.
sweep the dust
After the Stove Festival, preparations for the Chinese New Year officially began. Every year from the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, China folks call this period "Spring Festival" or "Dust Day". Dust removal is year-end cleaning, which is called "house cleaning" in the north and "dust removal" in the south.
It is a traditional habit of our people to sweep the dust before the Spring Festival. Whenever the Spring Festival comes, every household should clean the environment, clean all kinds of electrical appliances, remove and wash bedding curtains, sweep six yards, dust cobwebs and dredge culverts in open channels. North and south of the great river, everywhere is filled with the atmosphere of being willing to engage in hygiene and welcoming the Spring Festival cleanly.
Make window decorations and paper cuts
Cut out the window grilles and stick them in a clean room, adding a lot of joy to the family for the New Year. There are various animals, plants and figures in the window patterns, such as magpies climbing plum blossoms, peacocks beating peonies, lions rolling hydrangeas, three sheep (Yang) opening Thailand, two dragons playing pearls, deer crane (Liuhe Tongchun), five bats (Fu) holding longevity, rhinoceros looking at the moon, lotus (Lotus) playing with water and bangs, etc.
write Spring Festival couplets
After the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, every household will write Spring Festival couplets. People pay attention to it, and God will stick it, and doors will stick it, and things will stick it, so Spring Festival couplets have the largest number and the most complete content. The couplets in front of the statues are particularly particular, and they are mostly words of admiration and blessing.
Take a bath and get a haircut
There is a folk saying that "if you have money, you will shave your head for the New Year". Bathing and hairdressing activities are mostly concentrated around off-year.
Marry in disorder
After the age of 23, people think that the gods have gone to heaven and everything has been forgiven. You don't have to choose a date to marry a daughter-in-law and prostitution. This is called rushing to get married. Folk songs include "busy marriage in Yan village, and spring scenery in Yichun post." The sisters in front of the lamp whispered privately, this year is the bridal chamber. "
In the Central Plains, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is a very grand festival. It is said that on this day, the Kitchen God will repay people's good and evil deeds in this year, and the Jade Emperor will decide the degree of rewarding good and punishing evil according to the return of the Kitchen God. Although it is ridiculous to regulate people's behavior in this way, there is no lack of psychological suggestion, which is an important traditional culture in China folklore.
At present, in the eyes of many elderly people, it is still an important and sacred ceremony. There is a sacrificial table with two plates of sugar on both sides as a sacrifice to the kitchen god who says "God speaks well". It will bless the family with good luck in the new year and is a beautiful vision for future life.
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