Many people think that off-year represents the beginning of the New Ye
Many people think that off-year represents the beginning of the New Year in China. The new year has come, and the new year is not far away. Although off-year is not as grand as Spring Festival, there are many customs in many places. Due to cultural differences, the dates of off-year in the north and south are different. The off-year in the north is the 23rd lunar month, and the off-year in the south is the 24th lunar month.
What is the date of the off-year in 2022?
Off-year, like the Spring Festival, is one of the traditional festivals in China, and it is also a festival of the lunar calendar. The date of off-year is different in different places. The off-year in the north is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which happens to be 65438+1October 25th in the solar calendar in 2022. In most parts of southern China, the off-year is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and the Gregorian calendar is 65438+20221October 26th. In addition, the off-year of some provinces and cities is not these two days. Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai and Xiaonian are the day before New Year's Eve, and the solar calendar is 65438+20221October 30th. The years in Nanjing are different. Other places were years ago. The off-year in Nanjing is the 15th day of the first month, which is also the Lantern Festival. The solar calendar is February 15, 2022.
The custom of offering sacrifices to stoves.
Off-year, also known as the festival of offering sacrifices to stoves, is a folk custom. Kitchen God is attached to the wall next to the cooker, facing the bellows. Most of the couplets on both sides are "Heaven speaks well, and the lower bound is safe". In the middle is the idol of the husband and wife in the kitchen, and two horses are often painted next to the idol as mounts. When offering sacrifices to the stove, offerings should be displayed, the most prominent of which is honeydew melon. A few eggs should also be put in the offering, which are snacks for foxes and weasels. It is said that they are all subordinates of Kitchen God, and we have to take care of them. When offering sacrifices to the stove, in addition to offering incense and wine, it is especially necessary to sprinkle horse material for the mount of the kitchen god, from the front of the stove to the outside of the stove. After these ceremonies, the Kitchen God will be taken down and burned. Wait until New Year's Eve to set up a new idol. This is the whole process of the festival.
Ballad of offering sacrifices to the stove festival
The festival of offering sacrifices to stoves has a long history, and folk songs about offering sacrifices to stoves are also circulating. One is "Twenty-three, send Master to heaven; Twenty-four, sweeping the house; Twenty-five, steamed dumplings; Twenty-six, cut meat; Twenty-seven, tin cleaner; Twenty-eight, sloppy; Twenty-nine, washing feet; On the 30th, the door gods and couplets were pasted together. It shows that time is tight and preparation is tight. The second song is a nursery rhyme: "Twenty-three, sacrifice the stove, the children clap their hands and laugh." "In five or six days, the New Year is coming. Bad box, playing with walnuts, losing two shots. When Wu Zixu ping-pong rings, the fire rises higher than the sky. " It reflects the joy of children looking forward to the New Year. Folk songs are the embodiment of folk culture, vivid and interesting.