After one year, you are one year older. But it was still very lively during the Chinese New Year. It’s just that in recent years, the Spring Festival has become increasingly lackluster. There aren’t so many little kids running around anymore. However, some traditional customs should not be forgotten. This article introduces you to Wenzhou’s New Year customs. Let’s take a look at them.
Open the door with firecrackers: In the early morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first thing every household does is to rush to open the door with firecrackers. The whole city is filled with the sound of firecrackers, which symbolizes seeing off the old and welcoming the new and bringing in blessings. It is commonly known as "welcoming the new year". There is also a tradition of "opening the door". Generally, a bunch of small firecrackers are set off first, called "Baizi Cannon"; then a double blast of large firecrackers is set off. The big firecrackers only set off three rounds, which means that the disaster of the epidemic and disaster for a year can be lifted. Welcome the new year. It is required that all three rounds sound loud and clear, which is the most auspicious. It is believed that the sooner you open the door, the better. It means that whatever you do this year will go smoothly, you will get rich as you wish, and those who farm will have a good harvest. In some places, when opening the door cannon, they also mutter something like: "Open the door, fire up the cannon; wealth will come, and happiness will come." Generally, the outer and inner skins of firecrackers are uniformly red, and after setting off, the paper flowers are all over the ground, and they are bright. Zhongyun brocade formed a hall full of auspicious colors and joy. Firecrackers are now banned in cities and towns, but they are still allowed in rural areas and on fishing islands.
Worship the Six Gods: After opening the cannon, the men and women of each family wear new clothes. The housewife burns Buddhist tea and holds various sacrifices in Jiangxi porcelain bowls and offers them on the incense table. Images of ancestors are hung in the middle hall. We worship the ancestors first and then the six gods (the Kitchen God, the Eaves God, the White Tiger God, the Well God, the Earth God, and the God of Wealth). Folks believe that these six gods are the protectors of every family. When worshiped during the New Year, they mainly pray for the safety of the population throughout the year and the prosperity of the family business.
Receive the three gods: After worshiping the six gods, set up a small square table in the atrium, hold a bowl of rice, cover it with red paper, glue it around, put it on the table, burn incense and candles, and worship devoutly. It is called "receiving the three gods" (i.e. Yuqing, Shangqing and Taiqing in Taoism). After the sacrifice, it is moved indoors and it is not until the fourth day of the first lunar month that the gods are sent away and removed from their seats.
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