The day before New Year's Eve on the 29th of the twelfth lunar month is called Xiaonian30, a folk culture of the Han nationality. On this day, there will be a banquet at home and people will visit each other to celebrate the New Year. Burning incense outdoors is called Tianxiang, which usually takes three days.
On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, please go to the grave and ask your ancestors to make a big confession.
There are big months and small months in China lunar calendar. The so-called big month is 30, and the abortion is only 29. So the twelfth lunar month is the time of miscarriage, and the 29th is the last day of the year. Then the 29th of the twelfth lunar month is New Year's Eve, even if it is not a miscarriage, the next day is New Year's Eve, so all kinds of preparations for the New Year should be completed on this day. In the whole festival, the 29th is the busiest day. In addition to preparing all kinds of food and clothing sacrifices, there is also an extremely important activity "going to the grave to ask the ancestors". Therefore, every year, rumors say, "On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, please go to the grave and ask your ancestors to make great contributions."
Ancestor worship has a long history in China. Death is not only an important symbol of filial piety, but also a virtue of respecting the elderly. Therefore, every festival, we should pay homage to our ancestors, which is not only a comfort to our ancestors, but also a gratitude and yearning for them. The Spring Festival is a big festival, and the ceremony of paying homage to one's ancestors is particularly grand and important. When sweeping graves, most areas invite ancestors in the early morning of the 29th, and a few areas invite ancestors from the afternoon of New Year's Eve to dusk.
That folk song is called "Twenty-nine"
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Make dough on the 28th, and steam steamed bread on the 29th. People use their imagination to make steamed bread into peaches, small animals and other shapes. In Tianjin, people will also go to Qiaoxiang Pavilion on this day to invite Chinese knots, which means "Xiang Qiao Fu Na".
Tujia traditional festivals
This day is also a traditional festival of Tujia people, also called "annual meeting". Tujia people celebrate the Spring Festival one or several days earlier than Han people.
Legend about Tujia people's "New Year";
1, Tujia soldiers in the Ming Dynasty were sent to the southeast coast to fight against Japan, and the military orders were urgent, so they went to the front ahead of the Chinese New Year. Soldiers fought bravely and made "the first meritorious service in Southeast China". Later generations are used to commemorating this expedition with an annual festival in advance.
2. Tujia ancestors are poor, so they have to work for the rich on the 30th, and celebrate the New Year in advance so that they can reunite with their families.
3. In the old society, there were government troops to drive away the people every year, and Tujia people had a reunion dinner in order to avoid celebrating the New Year in advance.
4. Tujia ancestors fought against foreign aggression and had a New Year's Eve dinner in advance. [2]