In the Spring Festival couplets in Chaoshan, we often see the word "Spring" with a big bucket on a single door or on a valley or a niche. The word "spring" has two meanings here: one means that spring returns to the earth and everything is renewed; On the first floor, the harmony between "spring" and "existence" is skillfully used to express the good wish of having more than one year. This is similar to the northern people eating fish at a wedding banquet, and the homonym "Yu" has the same effect.
second, worship ancestors.
Worship ancestors is to commemorate them, and it is also interesting to say that they are allowed to spend the New Year with us, which shows the traditional virtues of the hipsters who are cautious in pursuing the future and all the virtues's filial piety first.
third, have a reunion dinner.
New Year's Eve is approaching after every household's house is completely dressed up. As a result, housewives are busy preparing for the most abundant and meaningful reunion dinner in a year. Most people eat hot pot, and Chaoshan people say it means "gathering around the stove".
fourth, send lucky money.
this is the happiest moment for children. In Chaoshan, only those who haven't worked have lucky money, and those who have worked will be given lucky money. Chaoshan people give a lot of lucky money. People think that giving more proves that there was more income in the past year, and they hope to have more income in the new year.
Fifth, New Year greetings, send "Daji"
New Year greetings, also known as "worshipping the righteous". In the early morning of the first day of junior high school, when people get up and put on new clothes, the first thing they do is to pay homage to themselves. Often, the younger generation wishes their elders first, and then the elders give their expectations to the younger generation. After breakfast, they each pay a New Year call to their relatives and friends. As the saying goes in Chaoshan, "I have the intention to pay New Year's greetings on the first and second days, but I have no intention to pay New Year's greetings on the third and fourth days." It is said that the sooner you pay a New Year call, the more you will see its sincerity. Therefore, some people go to pay New Year greetings to their relatives and friends immediately after they get up, and only eat after they come back.
No matter how many gifts people bring, orange (Chaozhou orange) is indispensable. Big orange takes its homonym "Daji", and it doesn't matter if you take more or less, but it can't be an odd number. When new year visitors enter the door of relatives and friends, they should look at different people and say different greetings. Say "Happy New Year" and "Longevity is better than Nanshan" to the elderly, and they will grin with toothless lips. For those who have jobs, they say, "How's the job? "New Year's Progress", people who listen will feel very pleasant to the ear; If you are a business person, what you hear most is "making a big profit in the New Year" and "making a fortune and benefiting the market"; If children are studying, what they want most is to make progress in their studies and make outstanding achievements in the New Year. Send them this greeting, and they will be very friendly to you. After taking a seat, the host will make the well-known Chaoshan congou tea to entertain guests. Before leaving, the host will leave two oranges in the gift from the recipient, and then take out his own oranges for exchange, in order to give each other good luck. Some jokers Xinzheng go out to pay New Year's greetings to people, and often only put two oranges in their trouser pockets. After the New Year's greetings, the two oranges are still in their trouser pockets. Therefore, people who are good at teasing call the New Year greetings at the beginning of the year "the movement of exchanging oranges".
VI. No taboos
Because the first month is the beginning of a year, Chaoshan people often regard it as a sign of the good or bad luck of the new year. Therefore, there are many "taboos" during the Chinese New Year. In terms of language, all unlucky words such as "broken", "bad", "nothing", "death", "light", "ghost", "killing", "illness", "pain" and "poverty" are taboo to say. Also avoid baby crying, because crying is "no jackpot", which indicates disease and fierce disaster. Therefore, even if the child is in trouble on this day, he should not be beaten or reprimanded, lest he cry endlessly. In terms of behavior, you should be extra careful not to break the cups, plates, bowls and plates. When it is accidentally broken, the people present have to say two auspicious jingles (such as "opening your mouth, making a fortune") to make up for it. On this day, the rice jar can't be empty, so as to avoid the danger of cooking in a year. Avoid sprinkling water, sweeping the floor and taking out garbage. This is called "gathering wealth". Because on this day, Chaoshan people often regard water and soil as "wealth" and garbage and feces as "fat water", sweeping and dumping garbage for fear of sweeping away and dumping "wealth". At the same time, Chaoshan people held a well sealing ceremony after filling the large and small water tanks on New Year's Eve. That is, cover the well surface with a big dustpan, and then worship the well god. You can't open the dustpan on the first day, because people often regard water as wealth water. When you open the dustpan with water, doesn't it mean the outflow of wealth? In recent years, due to the use of tap water, it is often held here to seal the well to worship the gods, but the faucet is turned on there to let the water rush. Therefore, the custom of building wells and prohibiting water intake has become a mere formality. The custom of banning sweeping the floor is gradually being eliminated, because firecrackers are set off during the Spring Festival, people come and go, and there are a lot of scraps of paper and garbage on the ground. It is really harmful not to clean it. Therefore, starting from paying attention to hygiene, many young people are not very particular about these traditional taboo customs.
On this day, creditors are not allowed to come to collect debts. People think that this day is unlucky for both borrowers and borrowers. Also avoid taking things from other people's pockets. People think that the pockets on the first day of the first month of the first month are taken out, which may lead to the danger of being "hollowed out" for a year.
avoid death; Don't do funerals, because it will bring bad luck to the family. At the same time, don't get a haircut on this day, because people always associate a haircut with a funeral on this day. It's not even a day to kill. Killing is considered to lead to disasters such as knife disaster, soldier disaster and blood disaster. However, now that people's living standards have improved, they have no scruples about eating fresh food for the sake of eating fast.
In terms of diet, it is forbidden to take medicine on this day. Otherwise, it is considered that it will lead to illness all year round and take medicine constantly. There are several ways to avoid eating meat for breakfast on the first day of junior high school: one is that this meal is fast, and its function is equal to one year; The other is a metaphor for managing the family diligently, not extravagance and waste.
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