1. What does it mean to eat popcorn on the first day?
Eating popcorn on New Year's Day is because people eat popcorn on this day, which has a beautiful meaning of disaster relief and refuge. In rural areas, every family will fry cuttlefish every New Year. Because they are all called corncob, corncob flowers are corncob flowers, one is to give children toothache, and the other is to make a crackling sound in the pot through corncob flowers, which indicates that the new year has begun again.
Second, the custom of New Year's Day.
1. Jucai
It is said that the first day of the first month is the birthday of a broom, so you can't use a broom on this day, otherwise it will ruin your fortune, attract a broom and bring bad luck. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside. Don't throw water on the garbage on this day, for fear of breaking the money. In many places, this custom still exists. Don't put a broom or take out the garbage on New Year's Eve. Prepare a big barrel of waste water to avoid splashing outside that day.
Open the door and set off firecrackers.
On the morning of the Spring Festival, you must set off firecrackers first. This is called opening the door to set off firecrackers. Putting three in a row is called ternary; Put four Xi Shou named Fulu; Put five called Five Blessingg; Put six "66 Dashun" and so on. After the firecrackers, the ground is full of broken red, also called full house red. At this time, the streets were full of anger and joy. Everyone meets and says "Happy New Year" to each other, and this new year begins.
3. Eat jiaozi, jiaozi and rice cakes.
In most parts of the north, it is a custom to eat jiaozi in the morning during the Spring Festival, and a coin is often put in the jiaozi. Whoever eats a coin will be said to be the happiest person in the family that year. In Huai 'an, Jiangsu, there is a custom of eating jiaozi in the morning. In Kaifeng City, Henan Province, people will eat jiaozi during the Spring Festival. There is also the habit of eating rice cakes in the New Year, and the taste of rice cakes varies from place to place.
These are the reasons for eating popcorn on the first day and the customs on the first day of New Year's Day. Eating popcorn on New Year's Day means disaster relief, and it is also the beginning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new. The first day of New Year's Day is our traditional Spring Festival, which is a very important festival. On this day, there are also many customs that we need to inherit, and the Spring Festival is coming soon, so you can get to know them properly.