Today is the 23rd lunar New Year holiday in the north, while people in most parts of the south will choose the 24th lunar New Year holiday. But no matter what day, "Xiaonian" can be not small, after this day people began to enter the stage of preparing for the New Year. 23 sweet melon stick; Twenty-four sweep the house; 25 ground tofu; 26 Braised pork; The twenty-seventh cock is slaughtered; Twenty-eight haircuts; Twenty-nine steamed buns; Stay up for thirty nights; New Year's Day twist.

01 Sacrifice to the Stove King

The day of Xiaonian is also a day for folks to worship stoves. According to folklore, every year on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, the Stove Lord would go to heaven to report the good and evil of the family to the Jade Emperor, and let the Jade Emperor reward and punish him.

Therefore, when delivering the stove, people put candied melons, clear water, and stove sugar on the table in front of the Stove King Statue to show their sincerity and worship the Stove King, in order to let the Stove King speak more good words in front of the Jade Emperor.

02Window grilles

he window grilles are mostly decorated with auspicious patterns such as magpies climbing plum blossoms, deer cranes and tung toon (six contract spring), five bats (blessings) holding longevity, lotus (lian) year with fish (surplus), mandarin ducks playing in the water, and two immortals in harmony theme.

Paste red window grilles in the newly cleaned house to add joy.

03 Cleaning

When the Spring Festival comes, every and every family must clean the environment, cleaning all kinds of equipment, unpick and wash bedding, curtains, sweep the courtyard, Shan whisk dirt and cobwebs, to welcome the Spring Festival cleanly. It is called "sweeping the house" in the north and "dusting the dust" in the south.

Because "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, sweeping dust in the New Year has the meaning of removing "chen" (dust) and bringing forth new ones.

04 Eat dumplings

During the Spring Festival, folks eat dumplings. It means "send off the dumplings facing the wind".

In many areas, all kinds of dumplings begin to be eaten as soon as the twelfth lunar month arrives. You have to eat dumplings during the winter solstice, you also have to eat dumplings during the New Year’s Eve, and you also have to eat dumplings on the New Year’s Eve, the first day, the fifth day and the seventh day...

05 Bath haircut

When young, both adults and children have to take a bath and have their hair cut. There is a folk saying that "if you have money or not, shave your head for the New Year". The purpose of bathing is to remove the dust and bad luck of the previous year and bring good luck in the new year.

Therefore, in addition to a new look at home, every family member has to take a bath and have a haircut to get rid of the bad luck of the past and start a good sign of auspiciousness and success in the new year.

In the new year, people's wish to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new is ushered in, and they look forward to blessings for the coming year. Here, 1st International Group sends the most sincere wishes to everyone. I wish you a happy new year, all the best, and a family reunion!