What are the customs in Boshan?

1. Set up a heaven and earth table

Chinese folk beliefs and customs. This is a temporary altar table specially set up for New Year's Eve. Generally, homes that do not have a large Buddhist hall attach great importance to the Heaven and Earth Table, because they usually make less offerings to the Buddha, and at the end of the year a large reward is given to the gods and Buddhas. In addition, this table is mainly used to receive the gods.

2. Receive the God of Wealth

An ancient traditional festival custom among Chinese folk. Because Chinese folklore says that the fifth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so after the first day of the new year, the next most important activity is to receive the God of Wealth. On the night before the God of Wealth’s birthday, every family sets up a banquet to congratulate the God of Wealth.

3. Burning the door god paper

Traditional folk culture. On the night of the third day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the pine and cypress branches during the New Year Festival and the door-god stickers hung during the festival are burned together to indicate that the New Year is over and work begins again. There is a saying in the proverb: "Burn the door god paper, and you will find your own health."

4. Jie Wulu

It originally meant Jie Wulu, the God of Fortune, but later evolved into Jie Wulu, the God of Wealth. In the old days, after the Spring Festival holiday, merchants usually invited the five gods of wealth on the fourth night of the Lunar New Year and opened the market on the fifth Lunar New Year for good luck.

5. Son-in-law’s Day

This is the day when the father-in-law entertains his son-in-law. There was a lot of leftover food left over from the celebration of "Tian Gongsheng" on the ninth day of the lunar month. In addition to eating it for one day on the tenth day of the lunar month, there was still a lot of food left over. Therefore, the family did not have to spend any more money and used the leftover food to entertain their son-in-law and daughter. The folk song is called "Eleventh Day" Invite your son-in-law.”