Today is the twelfth month of the lunar year 24 days, yesterday, we spent northward off year, also should arrive today southern " spend the New Year " . A lot of netizens also may follow the author to have a such doubt euqally, why is good year same day and does off year differ one day? We understand today, will know another off year of the North sea of city of Guangxi edge seaside incidentally.
Difference of off year of north and south"23 candy melon is stuck, the 24 words that write blessing, 25 sweep dust, the 26 beef that stew... " . This is to circulate a paragraph of of our country northern region classical Tong Yao. And in partial south the area also has similar Tong Yao to pass sing, just content has alter smally. Say actually, our country each district crosses the consuetudinary it may be said of off year to be the same as a source with the root, however each has his strong point.
Off year of north and south has equation of time
The twelfth month of the lunar year of the traditional Chinese calendar 23 days, the friend of northern region is called " off year " ; And partial south area is in the twelfth month of the lunar year 24 days are greeted " off year " .
Folk-custom expert expresses, difference of this kind of north and south results from our country is olden " Guan Sanmin 4 boats 5 (old times becomes an officer over- 23, common people passes 24, and maritime boatman passes 25) " view. And Jiang Zhehu takes area criterion " the twelfth month of the lunar year 24 " and " before the New Year's Eve one night " say for Xiaonian night.
But no matter where day passes " off year " , what can know is, the Chinese been planninging good year. Also have on the network say, dried meat 8 begin gong that are good year, so " off year " be good year is prelusive, prelusive, begin from today, each each begin to rise busily, buy house of special purchases for the Spring Festival, clean to sweep abandon, entered truly " spend good year " time, year flavour also all the more is powerful.
Off year of north and south is consuetudinary poor
Remove dustNorthward: Northward off year, say again " sweep dirt " . "Dirt " sound with " old " , reason " sweep dirt " it is except old see the New Year in. Should will indoor clean thoroughly, clear box, ark, kang mat, whitewash a wall, brush glass, paste spends a window, stick New Year picture...
Southern: Of southern off year and north make a way endless and identical, call " whisk dirt " . The eve of off year, domestic home begins to clean a house, do not take away terrestrial dust when the middle of forhead of the report on father of king letting oven. According to " gleaning is written down " carry, this is consuetudinary but before go against the river comes more than 3000 years, when ghost of epidemic disease of common people drive, the ceremony with in good health pray.
Eat feedNorthward: Dumpling, stick candy of melon of cake, candy, maltose, hemp, beautiful steamed bun to wait.
Southern: New Year cake, year cake of palm, sugar cane, rice, water chest nut. Southern each district is right " eat " consuetudinary the unity that does not have north, guangxi Guilin has " kill year of hog " , Changjiang Delta area has " 24 groups " ...
Stick paper-cut for window decorationNorthward: Sticking paper-cut for window decoration is be current the activity of a traditional folk-custom at north, design grain is acted the role of have commonly " blessing " word, magpie ascends plum, 2 dragon play bead, what because of its elegant design and the happiness to future live is yearning and wide to circulate.
Southern: Without.
Bath is tonsorialNorthward: Northern part place has " money does not have money, have one's head shaved spends the New Year " view, basically be bath of junior before Xiaonian travel, tonsorial activity, the implied meaning is worn a new year of new beginning.
Southern: Off year nots only commonly meaning have one's head shaved, southern and general meeting undertakes for some time before the New Year's Eve tonsorial.
Of course, we are enumerated the difference that the off year that is the north austral the majority only appears, but our country with a vast territory, different area is in of off year consuetudinary on each are not identical, but spend off year anyhow, the happiness that was full of the Chinese nation to live to future is yearning.
The North sea " off year "The off year of Guangxi the North sea looks like some special, the off year of the North sea is in annual the first month of the lunar year 15 (6) , it is the festival of lanterns that official institute says.
In the North sea, the festival of lanterns weighs off year again, the off year of the North sea is the first month of the lunar year 15, 16, as spend the New Year, the off year of the North sea is grander, like crossing the off year of should use articles of tribute of good year to also be met many. Generally speaking, of deal what pass commonly is 15, and ordinary common people basically passes 16, but the place is different also neither one celebrates a festival unifiedly standard.
Be troubled by Yuanxiao -- " steal blueness "
Major area still is withholding the North sea up to now a kind old consuetudinary -- " steals green " , whenever the first month of the lunar year of the traditional Chinese calendar 15 in the evening, people is OK of short duration makes " thief " , "Steal " the vegetable in vegetable garden of a bit others.
"Steal blueness " " green " the crop in general wretched situation, steal blueness " secretly " which kinds have different implied meaning. Arrive secretly " dish " , the implied meaning has money; Arrive secretly " green " , the implied meaning is clever; Arrive secretly " garlic " , contain sense plans... these implied meaning are reflected generally go up in colloquialism and colloquial dialect.
This kind of culture is consuetudinary already fastidious of have no way, have a kind of more general view, saying is in old society, the " of " colour head that the common people masses of poverty-stricken is looking forward to to be able to denounce a " to give birth to money " in the 10 or 20 days following Lunar New Year's Day of the first month of the lunar year, will spend the time of " of good plan of a " henceforth, to beg auspicious, formed a such tradition gradually consuetudinary. "Stealing " is not the thing of what glorious, but this is consuetudinary what also can explain in old times common people lives to happiness is yearning the spirit with the indefatigable make a stand against to poverty-stricken destiny.
[the writer is young stick person]
Some closer year come, our Xiaonian plays a heart gently bigger, already " steal blueness " regarded as farm " steal food " . There is no lack of those who in threes and fours takes snakeskin bag to install, drive electric car, open a car to carry, allow the loss with our farmhouse huge incur. This is not advocated, the author also has in one's childhood go " steal blueness " , but the parents before going out at that time can give a few small red packages (together two) , still admonish we cannot be collected more, a 9 individual plant can be selected only like, every collect one plant food to want to put a red package. "Steal blueness " it is a kind of folk-custom activity that places happiness to wish, we cannot build our joy the anguish in other over. The young associate of hope the North sea people can civilized " steal blueness " , cross significant the off year of the North sea that has tender feeling.
Now (on Feburary 5, 2021, the twelfth month of the lunar year of the traditional Chinese calendar 24 days) southern off year, the author wishs here you and family flexibly restful!
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