A 450-word essay on Weifang customs

“There are different winds in a hundred miles, and different customs in a thousand miles.” Mr. Lao She’s “Spring Festival in Beijing” has a strong Beijing flavor, and the Spring Festival in my hometown: Weifang also has a unique Shandong flavor .

The Spring Festival in Weifang starts on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. On this day, we have to cook Laba porridge: made of red rice, black rice, barley, etc. At the same time, Laba garlic is also essential, but peeling the garlic is not easy, but seeing the color of the soaked garlic is like emerald, all the efforts are worth it.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the New Year is celebrated, and the flavor of the New Year becomes more intense. On this day, sacrifices must be made to the stove: all kinds of sacrifices are placed in front of the stove, and there must also be sugar to stick to the teeth of the Stove Lord to prevent him from speaking ill of God. At the same time, we have to visit the graves on this day: bring back the dead ancestors and offer them as offerings. Fruits and dumplings must not be interrupted every day. At the same time, incense candles must be lit to celebrate the New Year with the living people.

After the 23rd, the "Spring Festival Transport" mass migration begins. Boat tickets, air tickets, bus and train tickets are often sold out as soon as there are flights - even standing tickets. As the saying goes: Twenty-three means sticky melons, twenty-four means cleaning the house, twenty-five means grinding tofu... People outside are busy going home, and family members don't dare to neglect: cleaning, buying firecrackers, preparing New Year's goods, Prepare to fight a "Spring Festival battle."

New Year's Eve is here, and people go back to their places. In rural areas, family trees must be displayed, but they must not be seen by married daughters, because they have to follow their husbands' family trees. Because of this, they are sometimes refused entry. Dumplings must be made for the New Year's Eve dinner, and firecrackers must be set off before making dumplings to show good luck. So who invented dumplings? With doubts, I checked the historical data - when the medical sage Zhang Zhongjing was among the people, in winter, the common people suffered from chilblains and other diseases due to lack of food and clothing due to the continuous war. Seeing this, Zhang Zhongjing made up his mind to treat the poor. He bought flour, mutton and other cold-proof ingredients, wrapped them into ear-shaped "Jiao Er" and distributed them to the poor on New Year's Eve (24 o'clock). Therefore, it is also called "Jiaozi" and later evolved into dumplings... After the New Year's Eve dinner, everyone sat in front of the TV to watch the Spring Festival Gala and stay up late. I didn't have the energy, but I was woken up by fireworks as soon as I fell asleep, so I had to look for one. Sleeping in the gap...

The first day of the first lunar month is here. On this day, the eldest son will lead the men, set off firecrackers, walk in a circle around the graves of their ancestors, and at the same time pay New Year greetings to each other.

It was the fifteenth day after the first day of the Lunar New Year. That night, before it was completely dark, the lights were turned on early. In front of the lights, everyone had a Lantern Festival meal to wish for reunion. The lights were brightly lit, and many streets displaying large lanterns became "pedestrian streets." Thousands of people came to see the lanterns...

After the fifteenth day, the Spring Festival was over, but he gave We left with a wonderful memory.