Send the stove gong, Cang
According to the third generation, every household will start to issue "bordeaux" on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. That night, every household cleaned the kitchen with bamboo brooms, replaced the incense burner with new ashes, pasted the already prepared portrait of "Tianma" on the stove, then burned incense and candles to offer fresh fruits and refreshments, and sent "Zao Gong" to heaven, praying for their own well-being and Man Cang in the coming year.
There is also a touching legend about seeing off "Jujube": Once upon a time, there was a couple who loved each other very much, but the husband abandoned his wife when his career was booming. Later, his business failed and he lived on the streets. His wife let bygones be bygones and accepted her husband again. The husband was ashamed, and one day he jumped into the fire while helping his wife cook, and he became the "kitchen god" who guarded the granary at home.
"Going east and going west", success and wealth.
During the Spring Festival, if you go to Sanya to pay New Year's greetings, you will find two auspicious red notes posted at their door. On the red paper on the left, it says "Dongcheng" and on the right, it says "Drinking". The host will be happy to explain to you that "drinking in Dongcheng" means mutual assistance, success and wealth.
Liang, who is keen on studying the customs of Sanya, told the reporter a story about "going east and going west": It is said that a rich man was lazy to work and squandered the wealth left by his ancestors. One day, he finally settled in the status quo, and his former fair-weather friends stopped visiting. The rich man regretted what he had done and chose to end his life, but he was saved by a businessman named "Xi Jiu". He lent money to the rich man to help him make a comeback. After the success, the rich people deliberately changed their name to "Dongcheng" to thank them for their kindness of "going west" and built a big house for their benefactors. After completion, the left and right sides of the house are engraved with "East Side" and "West Side" respectively. Since then, their friendship has become a much-told story. "sealing off wealth" and "welcoming wealth"
Uncle Cai, who has lived in Gangmen Village for decades, said that no matter whether the living conditions are rich or not, chickens and ducks should be slaughtered on New Year's Eve, and a rich table of dining tables should be prepared to worship the ancestors at the Eight Immortals table. The children at home knelt down and asked their ancestors to bless their healthy growth.
After the sacrificial ceremony, the family took the food off the table of the Eight Immortals and happily got together for the New Year's Eve dinner. After New Year's Eve, men, women and children should take a bath and put on new clothes to welcome the New Year.
After the New Year's Eve, family members remember to wrap some dried rice and meat with vegetarian leaves, and then throw the vegetables together on the broom cleaned before the New Year, indicating "sending them to the poor". Before midnight, the door at home should be closed, and guests should not be invited to visit, so as to prevent the loss of money at home, which is also called "sealing money". At midnight, the new year will be officially opened, and firecrackers will be set off to welcome the arrival of the new year. At this time, the door will be opened to accept the congratulations and congratulations of the guests.
"When the old year goes, the new year comes, one is blessed and the other is rich." Speaking of the custom of collecting fiscal year, Uncle Cai can't help smiling.
Betel nut New Year, good luck.
Hainanese have had the habit of eat areca since ancient times. In Sanya, betel nuts are always used as gifts for large and small activities, especially for big festivals like the Spring Festival.
According to the residents of Sanya, Gangmen Village, two or three days before the Chinese New Year, every household will prepare enough "betel nut horns", that is, cut a whole betel nut into four petals, and then coat the betel nut leaves (a kind of leaves specially made in eat areca) with special seasoning and fold them into small triangles for later use. On the first day of New Year's Day, when the younger generation pays a New Year call to their elders, they will put a small betel nut petal with a "small triangle" in their palm, then hold it in their hands, and respectfully hand it over while saying their New Year wishes.
Betel nut has a special meaning in Sanya people's hearts. It is one of the necessary new year's goods to celebrate the New Year with betel nut, which means auspiciousness and respect for comity.
"Brown sugar rice cake" is sweet and happy.
In Sanya, the second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married daughters return to their parents' homes to pay New Year greetings. At this time, the married daughter must bring a round and big brown sugar rice cake to celebrate the New Year, indicating that her husband's family and her mother's family are a family and happy. From the second day of the lunar new year to the fifteenth day of the first month, friends and relatives who pay New Year greetings one after another will also send a sweet brown sugar rice cake as a New Year gift.
I believe that people who have eaten brown sugar rice cakes will never forget the soft and sweet taste. Grandma Fu, 80, said that the main raw materials for making brown sugar rice cakes are glutinous rice flour and brown sugar. First, add a proper amount of water to brown sugar, put it in a pot, and stir it while cooking until the brown sugar water becomes sticky sugar gum, then stir it evenly with the cooked sugar gum and glutinous rice flour, and finally pour it into a circular steaming basin, and steam it in the pot for about half an hour to bake the sweet brown sugar rice cake.
During the Spring Festival, many Sanya people will make their own brown sugar rice cakes and send blessings to relatives and friends. In the past, brown sugar rice cake was a luxury that could only be eaten during the Chinese New Year. Now, if you want to eat it at ordinary times, you can buy it in the first market and other markets.