1. Spring Festival customs
During the Spring Festival, the main content of the New Year is to remove the old and bring in the new, worship gods and ancestors, drive away evil spirits and fight disasters, and pray for a good harvest. The forms are rich and colorful, with strong regional influences. feature. There are many customs and activities during the Spring Festival, such as sticking New Year's red cards, staying up late on the New Year's Eve, having a reunion dinner, paying New Year greetings, etc., but each has its own characteristics due to different customs and customs.
As far as Guangdong is concerned, it can be divided into several major regions: central Guangdong (Pearl River Delta), western Guangdong, northern Guangdong, and eastern Guangdong (Chaoshan and Hakka), each with its own human charm. There is a saying in Guangdong, "On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, wash away the filth", which means that on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the whole family should stay at home to clean, remove the old and make new cloths, and put up New Year's red (celebrating spring) to welcome the new year. On New Year's Eve at the end of the year, worshiping ancestors, eating New Year's dinner, watching the New Year's Eve and visiting the flower market are the major events for Lao Guang to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
2. Spring Festival Couplets
1. The first couplet: laughter and laughter to celebrate the New Year; the second couplet: gathering together to welcome the New Year; the horizontal line: family happiness
2. The first couplet : ***Enjoy the splendid years; the second line: accompanied by the angel of health; the horizontal line: blessings as good as the East Sea
3. The first line: wealth rolls in with spring; the second line: joy comes with happiness; the horizontal line: the wealth is prosperous
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4. The first couplet: The spring breeze brings good luck and wealth; the second couplet: The years are renewed and the door is full of blessings; the horizontal line: New Year and good luck
5. The first couplet: Dashun, wealth and good fortune; the second couplet: New Year New joy in the new century; horizontal comment: all the best
3. Spring Festival poetry and ancient poems
1. "Heavy Night Snow" (Southern Song Dynasty) Lu You
North wind blows snow on the fourth watch At the beginning of the year, Jiarui Tianjiao and the New Year's Eve.
Half of the lamp has been used to slaughter Su, and peach symbols are written on the grass in front of the lamp.
Vernacular translation: When the fourth watch arrives at the beginning of the day, the north wind brings a heavy snow; this auspicious snow given to us by God arrives just on New Year's Eve, indicating a good harvest in the coming year. Before I could raise the half-filled cup of Tusu wine to celebrate, I was still writing the peach charms to welcome the Spring Festival in cursive script under the lamp.
2. "Watching the Flower Market during the Spring Festival" (Modern Dynasty) by Lin Boqu
Every year on this night, Fei groans and his children snicker in front of the lamp.
How did you know that I regretted it and wasted my efforts to become a poet.
Vernacular translation: Every New Year's Eve, I have to hum and compose poems. When my children see it, they snicker in front of the lamp: "Dad is composing poems again!" Don't laugh, I won't regret it either. When I should be writing poetry, I wasted my efforts to become a poet, but it was of no use.
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Legends related to the Spring Festival:
There is a legend about the origin of the Spring Festival. In ancient China, there was a monster called "Nian" with tentacles on its head. Extremely ferocious. "Nian" lives deep on the bottom of the sea all year round, only climbing ashore every New Year's Eve to devour livestock and harm people. Therefore, every New Year's Eve, people in villages and villages help the old and young to flee to the mountains to avoid the harm of the "Nian" beast.
Later one New Year's Eve, an old man begging from outside the village came and told people how to drive away the "Nian" beast. It turns out that "Nian" is most afraid of the color red, fire and explosions. From then on, every New Year's Eve, every family puts up red couplets and sets off firecrackers; every household lights up candles and watches the New Year's Eve. Early in the morning on the first day of the Lunar New Year, we also visit relatives and friends to say hello. This custom spreads more and more widely and has become the most solemn traditional festival among Chinese people.