Happy Chinese new year of 2020
Xiaonian does not specifically refer to a single day. Due to local customs, the days called "Xiaonian" are also different. During the new year, the main folk activities include sweeping dust and worshiping stoves. In folk traditions, the small year (sweeping dust, sacrificing stove day) is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. In most parts of the south, the ancient tradition of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is still maintained. From the middle and late Qing dynasty, the emperor`s family held a ceremony to worship the sky on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save expenses", the kitchen prince was also worshipped by the way. Therefore, the people in northern areas followed suit and celebrated on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month one day in advance. Small year.
"Xiao Nian" has different concepts and dates in various places. The northern part is the twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month, and most areas in the south are the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month. The Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas call both the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month and the night before the New Year's Eve. In Nanjing, the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month is called the New Year's Eve. In some parts of Yunnan, the new year`s date is the 16th day of the first month.
The customs of xiaonian
Sacrifice to the Kitchen King
Sacrifice to the stove is an important activity on this day of the New Year. In addition to offering sugar melons and pastries, it is necessary to change the portrait of the kitchen god. At the same time that the old kitchen god portrait was taken down, every household must "please" to come back with a new kitchen king portrait.
Sweep dust
House sweeping on the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month: From the twenty-fourth to the New Year's Eve, the people of our country call this time "Spring Day" or "Dust Sweeping Day". "Dust sweeping" means year-end general cleaning. Every household must clean up the environment this day, clean up all kinds of utensils, take apart and wash bedding curtains, sprinkle and sweep Liulu courtyard, dust cobwebs, and dredge ditch. Everywhere is filled with an atmosphere of happily doing sanitation and welcoming the new year cleanly.
Eat stove sugar
As the saying goes, "Twenty-three, sugar melons are sticky." When they are young, people will buy sugar melons, Guandong sugar, hemp sugar, etc., and pray for the Lord Stove's mouth to be sweeter and God will say good things.
Bath
Both adults and children must take baths and haircuts. There is a saying among the people that "If you have money but don't have money, shave your head for the New Year."
