Hubei Qianjiang Customs Diary 250 words
Chinese New Year: The Spring Festival is celebrated all over the country, but the Dong people in Enshi have their own characteristics, which vary from year to year. December 24th, December 30th. In order to welcome the arrival of the new year, the day before the new year, both indoors and outdoors should be cleaned. In the 30 years of the Communist Youth League, after the cabbage was set, the whole family arrived, worshiping their ancestors first, and then firing their guns to Beijing. Once every two years, once in 29 groups and once in 30 groups. Once for the 28th group and once for the 29th group. Dong people have some sayings, such as "a sparrow has thirty nights" and "a fire for thirty nights and a lamp for fifteen nights". Some firewood was prepared years ago, and a big tree was dug in summer. By the Spring Festival, it's ready, burning, and can last for a long time, which is convenient for "supporting the elderly". Burning big trees also indicates that a big fat pig will be raised next year. Every year until the fifteenth night of the first month, every household, indoors and outdoors, is brightly lit, and even the main road is filled with candles. People come and go in an endless stream, and the atmosphere of joy permeates Dong Caotang. During the Spring Festival every year, from the first day of the first month to the fifteenth day of the first month, people of all ethnic groups in Enshi will hold grand gatherings and hold various folk cultural activities to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.