Today Is Minor New Year In Chinese Lunar Calendar
2022-01-25
Today is December 23 of the Chinese lunar calendar, which is the Minor New Year of the Chinese lunar calendar. Why is it called "Minor New Year"? Because the Chinese Lunar New Year falls on December 30 of the Chinese lunar calendar, it is the official New Year and also the "Big New Year", so December 23 of the Chinese lunar calendar is the "Minor New Year". "Big New Year" is coming soon, so people need to prepare for "Big New Year" in "Minor New Year", which is the custom of "Minor New Year". What are the customs of "Minor New Year"? 1. Offer Sacrifices to the Kitchen God
One of the most distinctive traditions of the Minor New Year is the burning of a paper image of the Kitchen God. The Kitchen God is then welcomed back by to the home through the pasting of a new paper image of him beside the stove. From this vantage point, the Kitchen God will protect the household for another year. 2. Write Spring Festival Couplets
During the Minor New Year, people write Spring Festival scrolls, which are made up of the left scroll, the right scroll, and the top scroll. 3. Preparations for Spring Festival
People start to prepare for the Spring Festival since the Minor New Year. Everything needed to make offerings to entertain guests and feed the family over the long holiday must be purchased in advance. 4. Sweeping the Dust
Sweeping the Dust shows the good wish of putting away old things and welcoming a new life, making everything look fresh in the New Year. 5. Bath and Haircut As the old Chinese saying goes, whether they're rich or poor, people often have a haircut before the Spring Festival. The activity of taking bath and haircut is often taken on the Little New Year to meet the New Year's arrival.
