What is the month of the year 2021
The small year is a special festival, because the customs of each place are different, so the date of the small year is also different It is very big, but according to the official statement on the calendar, the small year we are referring to is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is February 4, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar.
Introduction to Xiaonian
Xiaonian does not refer to a single day.Due to local customs, the days called "Xiaonian" are not the same.During the small year, the main folk activities are dust-sweeping, offering sacrifices to the stove, etc.In folk tradition, the small year (sweeping the dust and offering sacrifices to the kitchen) is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.In most areas of the south, the ancient tradition of celebrating the small year on the 24th lunar month is still maintained.Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor’s family held a ceremony to worship the heaven on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.In order to "save expenses", they also worshiped the Lord of the Kitchen.Therefore, the people in the northern areas followed suit and celebrated the day on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in advance.young.
The time of Xiaonian
"Xiaonian" has different concepts and dates in different places.The northern region is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and most of the southern regions are the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.Shanghai area calls "the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year’s Eve" as "Xiao Nian", Nanjing area calls the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as "Xiao Nian", in some areas of Yunnan the date of "Xiao Nian" is the sixteenth of the first lunar month, in some areas of southwest and north the "Xiao Nian".The year date is New Year’s Eve.But according to the calendar, the time of the small year is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and the date of the small year in 2021 is February 4, 2021.
Children’s Customs
Sacrificing to the Kitchen God
Sacrificing to the kitchen is an important activity on this day of Xiaonian.In addition to offering candied melons and cakes, it is also necessary to change the portrait of the kitchen god.At the same time as the old Kitchen God portrait is taken off, every household must "please" come back with a new one.According to folklore, every year on the day of the young year, the Stove Lord will report to the Jade Emperor the good and evil of the family, so that the Jade Emperor will reward and punish him.Therefore, when the kitchen is delivered, people put candy, water, beans, and grasses on the table in front of the statue of the kitchen king.There is a folk custom of "men do not worship the moon, and women do not sacrifice to the stove", so the sacrifice to the king of the stove is limited to men.
Sweeping the dust
On the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, sweeping the house:From the 24th to the New Year’s Eve, the folks in our country call this period the "Spring Day", also known as "sweeping the dust" day"."Sweeping the dust" means the end-of-year cleaning.Every household has to clean the environment on this day, clean up all kinds of utensils, remove and wash bedding and curtains, sweep Liulu courtyards, brush dust and cobwebs, and dredging open canals and culverts.There is an atmosphere of hygienic hygiene and a clean and welcoming New Year everywhere.The purpose of sweeping the dust is to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and to remove the ominous.After the new year, there are only six or seven days left before the Spring Festival, and the preparations for the New Year seem even more enthusiastic.
Eating stove candy
As the saying goes, "Twenty-three, candied melon sticks".Wang Ye’s mouth is sweeter, and God says good things.
Bath
Adults and children should take a bath and get a haircut.There is a folk saying that "if you have money or not, shave your head for the New Year".The Luliang area pays attention to washing feet on the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month.That evening, my mother-in-law Ruzi washed her feet with boiling water.For an ignorant girl, adults should also help her to clean her feet without leaving any filth.There is a folk saying that "on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, my mother-in-law and Ruzi wash their feet.If one does not wash his feet, the pus and water will be drained for seven months".
Marriage
After a small year, the people believe that the gods are in heaven and there are no taboos.Marrying a daughter-in-law or hiring a daughter-in-law does not have to choose a date, which is called chaotic marriage.Until the end of the year, especially many wedding ceremonies are held.There is a folk song saying, "Suiyan is busy with marriage in the countryside, Yichun posts amuse the spring.The sisters in front of the lamp talk privately, Shou Sui is a bridal chamber this year".
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