Chapter 218: Chinese New Year
After lunch at noon on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Gao Shunhua instructed everyone to clean up the hall and hang a statue of a god on the wall due north, as for what kind of god it was, Yun Xiaoshuang did not know.
Ask Gao Shunhua, Gao Shunhua is called "New Year's God", and every household must hang it for the New Year.
Also hang the statue of the stove king on the wall of the pot table between the stoves.
That year, under the god was the offering table, covered with red paper, placed the candlestick incense burner, and the steamed steamed buns were also placed on the offering table.
It's all ready.
In the evening, it is time to take the New Year's dumplings and set off firecrackers, and there are many Zhan families, and it is very lively.
After the "New Year" ceremony, it means that all the gods and goddesses have come to the house, and then there are many taboos, such as paying attention to speaking, not colliding with the ancestors, not sweeping the floor, that will sweep away the God of Wealth......
Yun Xiaoshuang has passed many years in her previous life, but it is very simple, everyone takes their mobile phones to send messages to greet the New Year and then watch the Spring Festival Gala, firecrackers are not allowed to be released, to be honest, it is not interesting at all.
Because she is the eldest sister-in-law, she took her with her when Zhan struggled with Gao Shunhua for the ceremony.
And she felt very new when she looked at it.
Because there is a TV at home, so after everything is done, everyone eats, drinks and watches the Spring Festival Gala, and the Spring Festival Gala at this time is still quite interesting.
And from now on, every household can't close the door, because maybe some god will come to the house, and closing the door won't turn the gods away?
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhan Zhan changed into a new dress from beginning to end, and then took Zhan Bojun, who was also wearing a new dress, to paste a couplet at home, and after burning incense to the god of the New Year, he went out to pay New Year's greetings.
In fact, Zhan Zhan should have taken his eldest son with him, but Zhan Boxiang's legs and feet were inconvenient, so he could only stay at home.
New Year's greetings are also customs, the first and second days of the Lunar New Year to the elders of the family to pay New Year's greetings, the surname Zhan in the village is an ancestor, that is the family, so, almost everyone has to go to the whole village's homes.
Then go to someone's house and eat at someone's house when they meet a meal.
The only thing that makes Yun Xiaoshuang uncomfortable is that it is men who go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, and women can't visit the New Year's at this time, because women are going to marry outside, and they will be people from other people's families in the future.
There is a patriarchal mentality.
But the rules left by the ancestors have always been followed.
As for the women, they were busy at home, preparing food and drink.
Soon, someone came to the door, everyone said "Happy New Year" to each other, and then grabbed a handful of melon seeds and candy and continued to the next one.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, we still have to continue walking, and when we are done, we will go home to eat and drink, and the children will play everywhere and set off firecrackers.
However, the dinner on the second day of the new year must go back to their respective homes, and they cannot be eaten at other people's homes, because at this time, they also have to hold a "New Year" sacrifice, which is to respectfully send away the gods and goddesses, and pray for blessings for the year.
The third day of the Lunar New Year is the day when the married girl returns to her parents' home.
Yun Xiaoshuang has severed relations with the Yun family, so she doesn't have to go back, so she took the initiative to ask to accompany Gao Shunhua back to her parents' house.
Although Gao Shunhua's parents have passed away, every year on the third day of junior high school, she will go back to burn paper to her father's grave, and her own brother and sister-in-law are not good, and her second uncle and aunt are good to her.