The 28th of the twelfth lunar month is commonly known as the 28th of the twelfth lunar month in Chinese lunar calendar, and it is one of the traditional customs of the Spring Festival in China. Twenty-eight of the twelfth lunar month China folk songs have twenty-eight of the twelfth lunar month, in which dough is made and cakes are steamed. China's folk tradition has reached the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Whether it's mixing noodles or making buns, every household should start preparing the staple food for the New Year.
Customs vary from place to place. For example, in the border areas of Shandong, Hebei and Henan provinces, and in the border areas of Susong and Taihu Lake in Anhui Province, many people with surnames celebrate the New Year on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. The historical origin of the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month: the twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh days of the twelfth lunar month, preparing meat for the New Year. On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the pasta will be ready. In the past, the social development was low and there was no modern convenient baking powder. Ordinary flour is easy to go bad when it is prepared a few days in advance, but only dough will not go bad, so dough is made on the 28th to prepare the staple food from the first day to the fifth day of the first month. At the same time, it is also because of the old custom that steamed buns cannot be steamed with fire from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month. Old Beijing's nursery rhymes before the Spring Festival: the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, honeydew melon sticks;
On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, sweep the house;
Twenty-five of the twelfth lunar month, fried tofu;
On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, cut pork;
On the 27 th of the twelfth lunar month, kill chickens;
On the 28 th of the twelfth lunar month, send face;
Twenty-nine of the twelfth lunar month, steamed stuffed bun;
Stay up for 30 nights;
New year's day, twist it.