On New Year's Eve, people have long been overwhelmed by inner joy. In the morning, they will clean the yard that has been swept several times. Every household is busy posting Spring Festival couplets, some of them are written by themselves, and some are bought in the market county. Then there will be firecrackers. Women prepare jiaozi with minced meat, while children are busy trying on new clothes. The men also changed their usual laziness, dressed neatly, and were busy helping the family to choose vegetables, make a fire, mix noodles and make jiaozi. The women's faces are filled with happy smiles. At this special moment, the whole family is talking and laughing. In the evening, people eat steaming jiaozi and watch the Spring Festival Gala, which is a different kind of cultural enjoyment.
When the New Year bell rings, people will burn incense in the same place, pray for peace, light a long string of firecrackers, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, drive away disasters and sing a happy song to welcome the new year. Some people stay up all night, playing mahjong, playing poker and watching TV, and have an auspicious and safe night.
On the morning of New Year's Day, people eat delicious wonton and wear new clothes carefully selected and bought years ago. It is new from head to toe. Lunch is very important. The whole family, old and young, will be busy for a long time. There are several delicious stir-fried dishes and cold dishes on the reunion dinner. Eating meat and vegetables, eating white steamed buns, drinking wine and drinking drinks have a unique flavor. Early this morning, I went to my parents' home to worship my ancestors and bow down to my elders. Then my children and grandchildren got together and had a grand and delicious reunion dinner.
New Year's Day is a very important day. People with families take their children to their mother-in-law's house to pay New Year greetings. People with new son-in-law are busier, and they are treated with fine wine and meat carefully prepared. In the first month, the food served was basically wonton in the morning and a reunion dinner at noon. Children are having fun eating sweets, while adults are drinking fragrant tea and chatting about the joys and sorrows of their work and life in the past year. I finally came together, how can I let go of this wonderful moment of forgetting fatigue and all my troubles? When leaving, the host will give the children of the guests more or less lucky money, including one or two yuan, fifty yuan and one hundred yuan, which symbolizes the good expectation and infinite blessing for the future generations of the guests. Generally speaking, when children reach the age of 18, they will no longer give lucky money, instead, they will talk sweetly and care about their children's career. If the newly-married young couple pays New Year greetings to the relatives of either man, the host will also give the newly-married wife 50 or 100 lucky money, plus beautiful cloth, which symbolizes the good wishes for the new couple.
On the third and fourth days, people who are close to each other are basically given New Year greetings, such as uncles, grandmothers and uncles. Still a comrade-in-arms friend. When you meet an old friend you haven't seen for years, the host must take out the best things in the house to entertain the guests. If he can, he must fill up the guests, drink delicious drinks, eat delicious dishes, talk about intimate topics and smoke intoxicating cigarettes. He never stops.
This life goes on. Generally speaking, men and children go out to pay New Year greetings to relatives, and women greet guests at home. If a distinguished guest is coming, the host family will not go anywhere, but stay at home to meet the guests. If a distinguished guest pays a New Year call, the whole family, old and young, will go. However, it is necessary to communicate well in advance so that the host can be prepared. In addition, neighbors often visit each other to say hello to next year and talk about new plans and new weather for the New Year. Although in different ways, their mood is the same, full of unspeakable joy and blessings.
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