2. According to the explanation of folklore:
1. "New Year's Eve" is a day when people, ghosts and gods are at war. Therefore, everyone must participate in it in order to achieve auspicious peace in the coming year.
2. A ghost is a "sunset", which is a spectre bred by the bad luck in the world for one year. "Evening" will come out on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, at the turn of the old and the new, and it will be harmful to the world! At this point, it takes God Qi Li to get rid of it. On the 3th day of the twelfth lunar month every year, God will send Nian, the god of Kone, to exorcise demons and ghosts on earth, but Nian's skill on New Year's Eve is only 9%, which proves that the spectre of Xi is very powerful, and it must be assisted by people to get rid of Xi. Therefore, people should light firecrackers at midnight on New Year's Eve to help Nian get rid of the spectre that harms the world.
3. On New Year's Eve, people will feel full of strength after eating jiaozi. Then, men, women and children will set off firecrackers to help the gods get rid of the spectre, and then put up a new portrait of the Kitchen God, and offer jiaozi-based food in front of the portraits of the God of Wealth and the Kitchen God, in order to show the meaning of peace and good fortune in the coming year. This is the origin of the custom of "firecrackers sound to get rid of the old year".
Third, according to the literature,
The custom of eating jiaozi during the Spring Festival appeared in the Ming Dynasty at the latest. Then it is particularly noteworthy that by the Qing Dynasty, this custom had become very widespread and had been fixed. This custom has something to do with the ancient timekeeping method in China. In ancient China, twelve earthly branches were used to record the time of each day. Let's divide every day into twelve time periods, so the beginning of every day is noon, which is equivalent to the time from 23: to 1: in the middle of the night today. Then at the end of each year, at the age of 3, this is not only the replacement of the old and new days, but the replacement of the old and new years. People in China call it "Jiaozi".
the origin of jiaozi:
jiaozi originated in the era of Zhang Zhongjing, and "jiaozi", also known as "Jiao Zi" or "Jiao Er", means the alternation of the old and the new, and it is also a feast that must be eaten according to the meaning of God. Otherwise, God will remove your name from the world of Yin and Yang, and will become an unrecorded ghost after death. Think about it, how much our ancestors paid attention to this! Anyway, in order to get rid of the bad luck for a year, you should have a "jiaozi" on New Year's Eve. People from afar will travel across mountains and rivers to their hometowns to eat jiaozi with their families for the winter festival, to show that they have a happy home.
Extended information
(1) jiaozi originated from the ancient slot. Jiaozi, formerly known as Jiaoer, was first invented by Zhang Zhongjing, a doctor in Nanyang, China, with a history of more than 1,8 years. It is a traditional special food deeply loved by the people of China, also known as dumplings. It is the staple food of China people and local snacks, and it is also a New Year's food.
(2) jiaozi is essential for northerners' New Year's Eve dinner. Mainly in most parts of China, mainly in the north, including jiaozi and eating jiaozi has become an important activity for most families to celebrate New Year's Eve. As the saying goes, "It's cold and mild, so eat jiaozi for the New Year.
(3) In addition to jiaozi as a holiday food in the north, South Renye Fang eats jiaozi on certain occasions.
(4) China has a tradition of eating jiaozi on New Year's Eve, but the custom of eating jiaozi varies from place to place. Some places eat jiaozi on New Year's Eve, and some places eat jiaozi on the first day. Eating jiaozi is a unique way to express people's wishes when they bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year.