What is the New Year custom in Zhuji?

Zhuji is located in the north-central part of Zhejiang Province, with Hangzhou in the north, Shaoxing in the east and Yiwu in the south. Zhuji, with a long history and rich culture, is the hometown of Yue and Xi Shi. Zhuji is one of the settlements of the ancient Yue people, and it is also the place where Gou Jian, the King of Yue, attempted to restore the country. In the twenty-fifth year of Qin Dynasty, Zhuji County was established, belonging to Huiji County. Zhuji is the birthplace of Yue culture. This used to be the prosperity of Qiantang famous area. Top 100 counties and cities in China. The first batch of strong cities in science and technology and the first batch of strong cities in education in Zhejiang Province.

China New Year custom:

Setting off firecrackers: In the early morning of the first day of junior high school, the first thing for every household is to set off firecrackers. The whole city is full of firecrackers, which symbolizes sending off the old and welcoming the new, and receiving blessings, commonly known as "receiving the year". It is also customary to play "opening the door". Generally, a string of small firecrackers is put first, which is called the "Hundred Zi Gun". Two firecrackers were set off again, and only three firecrackers were set off, indicating that the plague of one year can be lifted and the New Year is coming.

Worship the Six Gods: After opening the door, both men and women wear new clothes. Housewives burned Buddhist tea and offered various sacrifices to the incense table with Jiangxi porcelain bowls. Nave hangs an ancestor statue, worshiping ancestors first, and then worshiping six gods (kitchen god, roof god, white tiger god, well god, land god and god of wealth).

Visit the Three Gods: After worshipping the Six Gods, set up a small square table in the atrium, hold a bowl of rice, spread red paper on it, and stick glue around it. Put it on the table, burn incense and candles, and worship it devoutly. It is called "Meeting Three Gods" (that is, Jade Qing, Qingqing and Taiqing in Taoism), and it was moved indoors after the sacrifice. It was not until the fourth day of the first month that the immortal was sent away.

Ancestor worship: In the old society, at noon on the first day of the first month, in Dongtou County, every family had to worship their ancestors. The ceremony was presided over by the housewife. First list the offerings, arrange the handlebars and chopsticks, and pour the yellow wine into the wine.

Incense: In the early morning of the first day of the first month, observe the old custom of "incense". Hundreds of civil and military officials in the city, wearing crowns on their heads, sounded gongs to clear the way, and went to various temples to burn incense, which was of great prestige. Every old man and his family bathed and changed clothes before dawn, rushed to the community temple or nearby temple, opened the door of the temple, burned incense and lit incense lamps. Some people even stay up on New Year's Eve and wait in temples.

Ryan: In the past, in Dongtou Island, every household held a "Ryan" ceremony, which lasted from 30 nights to midnight. Presided over by the elders in the family or the person in charge of production and life in the family.

Tea worship: On the morning of the first day of the first month, there is another custom called tea worship on Dongtou Island. Tea worship is to make sweet tea with red dates, longan and rice cakes. It is called "jujube tea", which means auspicious: jujube-the more prosperous the days are, longan-family reunion, peace and smoothness, rice cakes-climbing step by step.

Breakfast: On the first day of the first month, Wenzhou people like to eat muffins (a sweet rice cake steamed by steaming).

New Year's greetings: From the morning of the first day of junior high school, the younger generation kowtows to the elders in turn, which is called "New Year's greetings".

According to the old rule, we don't visit relatives on the first day of the first month. The time for New Year greetings is generally from the second day to the tenth day or extended to fifteen. In Cangnan, it is called "exploring the moon". When you go to an ordinary relative's house, you must bring a gift.

Happy Koucai: During the Chinese New Year, Wenzhou people like to eat Koucai, and they are only allowed to say auspicious words and avoid unlucky words.

Send Yuanbao: On New Year's Day, someone tied a brown sugar Yuanbao to an evergreen branch and sent auspicious words from door to door. Playing bamboo board alone, now making up slang. It is "good" for one person to shake spring firewood (camphor tree branches and leaves), which is called "sending ingots" or "shouting ingots".

Selling skills: In Cangnan and Pingyang, from the first day of the first month to the third night of the first month, there are selling skills teams carrying lanterns and chanting auspicious words at people's doors, commonly known as "selling skills" or "selling wonders".

New Year Drum: During the New Year's Day, there are cultural and recreational activities among the people, such as playing new drums and percussion.

Dragon Dance Lantern: There is a folk custom of dragon dance during the Spring Festival.

Welcome the New Year: 1 month 1 midnight, people light incense in their rooms and set off firecrackers in front of the gods, which is called "Welcome the New Year".

Lighting: From the first day to the fifth day, lanterns are lit in the dormitory every night until dawn. This is the so-called "lantern".

Meet the kitchen god: there is a custom of meeting the kitchen god in the early morning of the third day or the evening of the fourth day. According to legend, "The Kitchen God returned to heaven on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, so he prayed for it" (Pingyang County Records).

Treasure Collection: On the fifth day of the first month, every household should put away the portraits of ancestors and all kinds of treasures, calligraphy and paintings placed on the nave on New Year's Eve. This is called "treasure".