What day is the new year in 2021 and related customs
The small year of 2021 refers to February 4, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar, which is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar.Whenever the new year comes, the folk have festival customs of offering sacrifices to the Lord of the Stove, cleaning and eating stove candy.For traditional Chinese people, the small year is also a relatively important festival.
Introduction to the festivals of 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 festival time of Xiao Nian in 2021
"Xiao Nian" has different concepts and dates in different places, the northern region is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and most of the south is the 20th of the twelfth lunar month.Fourth, in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas, "the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year’s Eve" are called Xiaonian.In Nanjing, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is called Xiaonian.New Year’s Eve in some areas.Most people think that the small year in 2021 refers to the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, which is Thursday, February 4th, 2021 in the Gregorian calendar.
Folk Customs in Small Years
1.Worshiping the Kitchen King
Folklore, every year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen Lord ascends to heaven and reports the good and evil of the world to the Jade Emperor , let the Jade Emperor reward and punish every household.Therefore, on the day of his ascension to report, people rushed to put candy, water, beans, and grasses on the statue of the Kitchen King on the "shrine" (the table under the table of the god) before he set off.Among them, the last three are the feed prepared for the kitchen king’s ascension mount.When offering sacrifices to the stove, the Kanto sugar was melted with fire and smeared on the mouth of the statue of the Lord of the Kitchen, hoping that the Lord of the Kitchen would speak well for him.
2.Dust sweeping
The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month has passed, and there are only six or seven days left before the Spring Festival.The preparations for the New Year are more urgent and lively.On this day, every household has to clean the environment, clean all kinds of utensils, remove and wash bedding and curtains, and clean spider webs.
3.Eat stove candy
As the saying goes, "Twenty-three, candied melons stick." Pray for the kitchen king to have a sweeter mouth, and God will say good things.
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