1, Laba. On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Tianjin people boil Laba porridge and soak garlic into green Laba garlic with vinegar.
2. Visit the Niangniang Palace. After the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, there will be many new year's goods in the business circle around Niangniang Palace, and most women come here to "wash dolls". The "dolls" tied back from Niangniang Palace have to be "washed once a year", which is something that women must complete before the festival.
3. honeydew melon sacrifices the stove. The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when the kitchen god ascended to heaven. Everyone should buy honeydew melons and wait until evening 12 to worship the kitchen god. After the incense is burned, please come down from the statue of Kitchen God, light it and burn it. You can buy a new statue of the kitchen god on New Year's Eve, which is commonly known as the "kitchen god size" and change it every year. The purpose of offering honeydew melons to the stove is to stick the mouth of the kitchen god so that the kitchen god will not speak ill.
4. The art of New Year pictures. New Year pictures will be posted in Tianjin during the Spring Festival. The production method is "half printing and half painting", that is, the lines of the picture are carved with wood, then watermarked with ink on the paper, printed in monochrome for two or three times, filled with colored pens, manually hooked, engraved, brushed, painted and mounted.
5. Take a five-minute break. Tianjin people call the fifth day of the first month "Breaking Five". On this day, every household will eat jiaozi, and the chopping board will jingle for the neighbors to hear, to show that they are chopping "little people".