The custom of celebrating the New Year.

In late December of the lunar calendar, people began to buy new year's goods and make cakes, and some admirers also engaged in activities such as "wishing", "returning happiness" and sending the kitchen god to heaven.

2. New Year's Eve

On New Year's Eve (commonly known as New Year's Eve), Huaiji people are used to cooking a hearty New Year's Eve dinner, and they are also used to leaving leftovers in this meal, which is more than enough every year. After the reunion dinner, the whole family didn't sleep (chat) for a year. Xiafang area in Huaiji is used to posting couplets and "making money" after the reunion dinner, while Fangshang area is used to posting couplets in the early morning of 1 month 1 day.

Fireworks are set off after midnight on New Year's Eve 12, and offerings such as tea, fruit and cakes are offered to ancestors (county people call this "tea").

3. The first day

On the first day of the new year, I began to make a profit. Recreational activities such as gongs, drums, firecrackers and lion dances have also been staged one after another (until the seventh day of the seventh year), and towns are even more lively. In addition, most areas in Huaiji have vegetarian meals on the New Year's Day and don't visit relatives.

Eating meat began on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and every household started early in the morning. Carnivores, roast large pieces of pork to worship ancestors, heaven and earth temples, stone mothers, etc. After dinner, I began to visit relatives and friends to celebrate the New Year.

4, the fourth day

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year's Day, the area around Fenggang, Xiafang, lit lights for boys with joy. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the party called it "Bring it on" and generally ate "tofu brain stuffing" (minced fish, onion and garlic as stuffing and fried tofu brain as skin). Since then, the Chinese New Year activities have basically ended.

5, the seventh day

On the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, most places mainly call Xiafang "People's Day" as a holiday (according to legend, it is the birthday of the Japanese). After the People's Day, the atmosphere gradually faded.

6. Lantern Festival

On the fifteenth day of the first month of the Lantern Festival, residents of county towns, Wei towns and Xiafang villagers eat glutinous rice balls and kill chickens and ducks for festivals, and Xiashuai Township also holds various activities to hold festivals.

Huaiji county people's government-customs and habits