Putian New Year's customs

Putian New Year's customs Fujian Putian New Year known as the New Year's Eve, Putian, Xianyou civil collectively referred to as the Chinese New Year, so old, thirty dark (night), fireplace and so on. Putian, Xianyou person New Year, starting from the twelfth lunar month, twenty, a lot of work. There are also many rules.

twenty-five the twelfth lunar month, the adults will make special account for children not allowed to curse on the outside, but can not fight, the adults can not be beaten children.
to make fun of flies, Wang Italy, Po, fairy folk, especially in rural areas, each household must be prepared to do the food red pigment, hence the name), buy oranges, tea, wine, and kill J (Ap), feminist (sheep), killing fish, collectively Sansheng (during the Spring Festival can not say chicken is not?), to prepare for festival world, God, ancestors and other words in use.

zero speech thirty years of the twelfth lunar month, coincidentally the countryside sound of firecrackers sounded, and everyone stood a yard before the Department of the King embroidered skirt altar tables, table was five fruits, six vegetarian, Sansheng and close to the Fu, Lu, Shou trunk surface of red paper flowers, the family led by the elderly, followed by Nianxiang bow down to earth, burning in the Gong Zhuoqian play for silver, silver paper, once again set off firecrackers. Altar and then step back and put on the same set of offerings, bow down to their ancestors, to pray for family safety, happiness in the coming year, and then burned again in the Gong Zhuoqian for silver, silver paper, set off firecrackers, said the end of year speech.
New Year's Eve at noon, families are eating and other mixed boiled ambiguous, meaning that the unsatisfactory Tangtangshuishui resigned in the past life). Hearthside began New Year's Eve, families hang on the door of a pair of red lanterns, a letter to the owner's last name, living room lights, the whole family gathered together to share their grandchildren. In rural areas, but also on the red-hot charcoal for the furnace, placed in the table below, that an affectionate reunion and prosperity.

Putian, Xianyou and pork, the dish on the table, there are rules. Most have auspicious meaning, and the very rich. Dish, be sure to have the fish (common name carp mother pronunciation Italy), oysters (homonym Tank in the kitchen but also raised a few fish, that every year more than. Putian, Xianyou to attach importance to family, New Year, we must do everything possible to get home and their families, their loved ones if there really can not go home New Year, be sure to put a table in his dishes, a place to stay.
; Hearthside after the elders to unmarried men and women under the age of 16 sub lucky money; have children to their parents, grandparents, lucky money in; there is no occupation of the wife to her husband's New Year's money. Chinese New Year lucky money's willing to sub: One of the junior's love and respect for elders, love for his wife. Second, Yasui its homonym Putian
New Year's Eve, used to the spring tour called In the rest of the country two days to visit friends and relatives is usually also a good day, however, is different in Putian, this day was not to go out. This custom stems from Jiajing forty year, pirates invade Xinghua (formerly Puxian area), the two were killed by many people. Qi Jiajun after winning pirates, people have sought refuge abroad return home to visit, you sad but also happy, only lucky to survive a living person, but also tragic and sad for the dead. Second day, many families are busy care of the funeral for the dead, stopping by to offer condolences of the people are, so two days of stopping things to be unlucky. Then put that day as the Later, during the Spring Festival because of feeling after all the inconvenience and do not door to work for the first day to the department if he has friends at home New Year, second day do not have taboo. Three days in the country are free to house. Putian fourth day is very different place and other places.

Putian fourth day also to the Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year is repeated, the fourth day of this day also, and the excitement of a grand New Year's Eve as a. This custom stems from Jiajing forty year, pirates invade Putian, everywhere Shalue to be Qijia Jun defeated the following year after the first day back to the beginning. Because every family refuge abroad, can not New Year ahead, we decided to make the fourth day of the night before. To commemorate this tragic episode in the history, folk similar to New Year's Eve as Xiaonian Ye, the first month the fourth day as Fifth day of the first day this day we are the same as before, the same as the first day, breakfast is fried noodles, is the year of the most delicious breakfast, stopping after each other.
Spring Festival there are the most important aspect is the Lantern Festival. Lantern Festival in Puxian quite lively, though Puxian time around the Lantern Festival, content, form is not exactly the same, but all embody the Villages (in the past called Lantern Festival celebrations in rural areas, generally acting thanksgiving, and in the Celebrate the Lantern Festival, the married men in the community year rotation should be , so that each household pilgrimage.