On the second day of the first month, married men lead their wives and children to visit their parents-in-law, unmarried men visit uncles to pay New Year greetings, and unmarried women receive visitors at home.
On the third day of the first month, if relatives and friends lost their lives last year, relatives and friends will prepare home visits such as vegetarian candles and toilet paper today, commonly known as "Happy New Year". Normal families are closed today and are not allowed to pay New Year greetings.
The fourth to fourteenth day of the first month: visiting aunts, uncles, sisters and other elders. Lantern Festival: On the 15th day of the first month, commonly known as "Half Moon" or "Shangyuan Festival", red lanterns are hung in front of each house at night, and all indoor lights are lit 1 hour. If children come to their host's house for the Lantern Festival, they need to be rewarded with gifts and money, which is very lucky. Tomb-Sweeping Day: In March, in Tomb-Sweeping Day, every family brought incense sticks and wine to the ancestral graves in the suburbs to make some repairs to the graves, commonly known as "sweeping graves". Dragon Boat Festival: the fifth day of May, commonly known as "Five Festivals". Steamed zongzi and boiled salted duck eggs, mugwort leaves and calamus are hung in front of each house to ward off evil spirits. Due to geographical location and public security reasons, there is no dragon boat race in this town. Huang Guan: May 13, Crown Day, to commemorate the birth of Guan Yu in the Three Kingdoms period. Central Plains: The Central Plains Festival on July 14th, commonly known as "July and a half" ancestor worship day, is called "Ghost Festival". Mid-Autumn Festival: On August 15, the family buys moon cakes, peanuts, apples and other foods and has a family reunion dinner at noon. On the moonlit night, every family decorated the moon with moon cakes and other fruits in front of the hall, and then set off firecrackers, which is called "enjoying the moon". Children build a tile tower and burn it with firewood, which is called "burning the tower". Off-year: Some villages celebrate off-year on the 24th and 29th of the lunar calendar (on New Year's Eve, off-year is changed to 28th) and hold family banquets. On this day or so, pigs were slaughtered, fruits were made, and annual loans were issued ... It was very lively. New Year's Eve: The last day of the twelfth lunar month is New Year's Eve. On that day, every household cleaned up, put up Spring Festival couplets, hung calligraphy and paintings in nave, held a banquet in the evening, set off firecrackers, offered sacrifices to ancestors, had family reunion and drank alcohol, which was called "Eating New Year's Eve". After dinner, parents give their children lucky money. Setting off firecrackers and closing the door after midnight is called "closing the door"